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5 reasons to let us assist you choose a high street conveyancing solicitor in Petersfield

  • 1 Notwithstanding what other companies may claim it may be necessary to pop into your solicitor to execute contracts. Too many 3rd parties are already engaged in a homemove without needing to add Royal Mail into the mix.
  • 2 Retaining the services of a local Solicitor in the main results in a more personalised service. Sometimes when dealing with a large conveyancing firm, your transaction is handled by a team of people who who progress matters by reading from their computer screens.
  • 3 On the balance of probabilities the other side’s lawyers are based in Petersfield - if so sets of solicitors are likely to have worked on conveyancing matters in the past
  • 4 The accumulation of transactions means that Petersfield property lawyer have established excellent links with Petersfield local estate agents, banks, building societies, landlords and house builders enabling them to liaise at speed with all concerned in the process of handling your house sale or purchase in Petersfield.
  • 5 Petersfield conveyancing lawyers are likely to be familiar with the local Land Registry Office, Local Authority and estate agents

Examples of recent conveyancing in Petersfield since September 2024*

Recently asked questions about conveyancing in Petersfield

Can your site be used to recommend a Conveyancing solicitor in Petersfield even where I’m not buying or disposing of a house, for example where I want to acquire a shop in Petersfield with a loan from Clydesdale?

Our search tool is predominantly utilised to find domestic conveyancing solicitors in Petersfield but we have recorded towards the bottom of this page a few Petersfield commercial conveyancing firms. You will need to speak with the solicitors directly to establish if they are also authorised to represent Clydesdale

Is it necessary during the course of the conveyancing process to attend the offices of the solicitor to execute the legal charge? If so, I will appoint a lawyer who conducts conveyancing in Petersfield so that I can attend their offices when needed.

Most approved lawyers for lenders undertake all of the work via Royal Mail, e-mail or over phone calls. This means that they can undertake the legal work for your home move regardless of where you live in England or Wales. That being said you can see if you can still book an appointment to visit conveyancing lawyer if needed.

I purchased my apartment on 3 May and the transaction details is not yet on the land registry website. Any reason for this? My conveyancing solicitor in Petersfield said it should be recorded in less than a month. Are titles in Petersfield uniquely lengthy to register?

There is nothing unique when it comes to conveyancing in Petersfield registration formalities. Rather than based on location, timeframes can vary subject to the party submitting the application, whether it is in order and whether the Land registry have to notify any 3rd persons or bodies. As of today in the region of three quarters of submission are fully addressed in less than three weeks but occasionally there can be extensive delays. Registration is effected after the purchaser has moved in to the property therefore 'speed' is not always primary concern but where there is a degree of urgency associated with the registration then you or your lawyers should communicate with the Registry to express the reasoning for the application to be prioritised.

I've recently found out that there is a flying freehold issue on a house I put an offer in a fortnight ago in what should have been a simple, no chain conveyancing. Petersfield is the location of the property. Can you offer any advice?

Flying freeholds in Petersfield are rare but are more likely to exist in relation to terraced houses. Even where you use a solicitor outside Petersfield you must be sure that your lawyer goes through the deeds diligently. Your mortgage company may require your conveyancing solicitor to take out an indemnity policy. Some of the more diligent conveyancing solicitors in Petersfield may decide that this is not enough and that the deeds be re-written to give you the most up to date legal protection. If so, the next door neighbour also had to sign up to the revised deeds.It is possible that your lender will not accept the situation so the sooner you find out the better. You should also check with your insurance broker as to whether they will insure a flying freehold property.

Am I better off to instruct a Petersfield conveyancing lawyer based in the area that I am hoping to buy? I have an old university friend who can deal with the conveyancing but his firm is located 300miles away.

The benefit of a local Petersfield conveyancing firm is that you can visit the firm to execute paperwork, deliver your identification documents and apply pressure on them where appropriate. They will also have local insight which is a benefit. That being said it's more important to get someone that will pull out all the stops for you. If if people you trust instructed your friend and in the main were impressed that must trump using an unknown Petersfield conveyancing solicitor solely due to them being Petersfield based.

Looking forward to complete next month on a garden flat in Petersfield. Conveyancing solicitors have said that they are sending me a report on Monday. What should I be looking out for?

Your report on title for your leasehold conveyancing in Petersfield should include some of the following:

    Where does the liability rest for repairing the window frames Does the lease prevent you from subletting the flat, or having a home office for business Repair and maintenance of the flat Advice as to the provision in the lease to pay service charges - in relation to the building, and the wider rights a lessee has It needs to be made clear to you whether the lease permits you to change or upgrade aspects of the flat- you must know whether any restrictions relates to all alterations or limited to structural alteration, and whether licences for alterations is mandated necessary
For a comprehensive list of information to be contained in your report on your leasehold property in Petersfield please enquire of your solicitor in ahead of your conveyancing in Petersfield.

Petersfield Leasehold Conveyancing - Sample of Queries Prior to buying

    Be sure to discover if there is anything that is prohibited in the lease. By way of example it is fairly common in Petersfield leases that pets are not permitted in in a block in Petersfield. If you like the apartmentin Petersfield yet your dog can’t live with you then you will be faced hard decision. How many of the leaseholders are in arrears for their maintenance charge payments? The prefered form of lease structure is a share of the freehold. In this situation the tenants have control and even though a managing agent is frequently employed if the building is bigger than a house conversion, the managing agent acts for the leaseholders themselves.

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Residential Landlord and Tenant Conveyancing solicitors in Petersfield

The list below is a non-comprehensive list of solicitors in Petersfield specialising in landlord and tenant law and on the regulations governing different types of tenancies. This should include advice on Claims for damages for illegal

  • Burley & Geach, 8 Swan Street, Petersfield, Hampshire, GU32 3AE
  • Mackarness & Lunt, 16 High Street, Petersfield, Hampshire, GU32 3JJ
  • Macdonald Oates Llp, Walltree Court, St. Peters Road, Petersfield, Hampshire, GU32 3HT
  • Rebecca Kirby Family Law, North Lodge, Empshott, Liss, Hampshire, GU33 6HN

Commercial Conveyancing solicitors in Petersfield regulated by the SRA

The list below is a non-comprehensive list of solicitors in Petersfield practicing in commercial conveyancing in Petersfield. This could include advice on buying or selling a shop, pub, restaurant, office, retail unit
  • Burley & Geach, 8 Swan Street, Petersfield, Hampshire, GU32 3AE
  • Mackarness & Lunt, 16 High Street, Petersfield, Hampshire, GU32 3JJ
  • Donna L Corbin, Antrobus House Business Centre, Antrobus House, 18 College Street, Petersfield, Hampshire, GU31 4AD
  • Macdonald Oates Llp, Walltree Court, St. Peters Road, Petersfield, Hampshire, GU32 3HT

Residential conveyancing in Petersfield almost always involves the following:

  • Obtaining instructions from the appropriate parties
  • Checking the title unregistered or registered
  • Ordering Petersfield conveyancing searches for the title
  • Reviewing draft sale agreement and other documentation prepared the seller’s property lawyer
  • Submitting questions with the seller’s property lawyer
  • Agreeing the wording of the purchase agreement
  • Examining replies given by the owner to pre-exchange enquiries
  • Agreeing the wording for a Transfer Deed for completion
  • Advising the purchasing in respect of the loan offer: (if relevant)
  • Preparing and sending the buyer a report on title (that is; a breakdown of all findings on the property)
  • Carrying out the key stage of exchanging contracts and then completion formalities
  • Preparing and submitting to HM Revenue and Customs the correct Land Tax forms and payment
  • Dealing with the registration procedures for the buyer and the mortgage (where relevant) at the Land Registry.

*Source acknowledgement: House price data produced by Land Registry as well data supplied by Lexsure Ltd.

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