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Examples of recent conveyancing in Portslade since October 2025*

Recently asked questions about conveyancing in Portslade

I am hoping to receive a mortgage with Nat West. My intention is to employ the services of a Licensed Conveyancer in Portslade. Does the Nat West Conveyancing panel include conveyancers regulated by the CLC?

The Nat West approved solicitor list is, like many other lenders, associated to the Council or Mortgage Lenders or Building Society Association, open to Licensed Conveyancers regulated by the Council of Licensed Conveyancers.

Will lawyers ask for money up-front for my conveyancing in Portslade?

Where you are retaining lawyers for conveyancing in Portslade your solicitor will request that you put them with monies to cover the the cost of the conveyancing searches. This will be the total of the cost of the Local Authority Search. If any down payment is payable against the total price then this should be needed shortly in advance of contracts are exchanged. The closing balance that is due should be transferred a few days ahead of the day of completion.

Will commercial conveyancing searches disclose proposed roadworks that may impact a commercial estate in Portslade?

Its becoming the norm that commercial conveyancing solicitors in Portslade will perform a SiteSolutions Highways report as it reduces the time that conveyancers spend in looking into accurate data on highways that impact buildings and development assets in Portslade. The search result provides definitive information on the adoption status of roads, footpaths and verges, as well as the implication of traffic schemes and the rights of way surrounding a commercial development sites in Portslade.

For each commercial conveyancing transaction in Portslade it is critical to investigate the adoption status of roads surrounding a site. The absence of identifying developments where adoption procedures have not been dealt with adequately could cause delays to Portslade commercial conveyancing transactions as well as present a risk to future intentions for the site. These searches are not carried out for domestic conveyancing in Portslade.

The estate agent has sent us the confirmation of our purchase of a new build apartment in Portslade. Conveyancing is necessary evil at the best of times but I have never purchased a new build flat before. What sort of enquires would be asked in new build legal work.

Set out below is a sample of a selection of leasehold new build questions that you should expect your new-build leasehold conveyancing in Portslade

    Please confirm the Lease plans are architect prepared. Has the Lease plan been approved by the Land Registry and if not when will they be lodged for this purpose? Investor purchasers must be able to freely grant unsecured tenancies at market rents without requiring any consents. Will control of the Management Company (if any) be handed over to purchasers on completion of the last sale or earlier? The Lease must contain a provision on behalf of the Vendor to pay the service charges in respect of unoccupied units in order to ensure that all services can be provided.

Yesterday I discovered that there is a flying freehold element on a property I put an offer in a fortnight ago in what was supposed to be a quick, chain free conveyancing. Portslade is where the house is located. Is there any advice you can impart?

Flying freeholds in Portslade are unusual but are more likely to exist in relation to terraced houses. Even though you don't necessarily need a conveyancing solicitor in Portslade you must be sure that your lawyer goes through the deeds very carefully. Your mortgage company may require your conveyancing solicitor to take out an indemnity policy. Some of the more diligent conveyancing solicitors in Portslade may determine 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.

Is there a reason that Portslade conveyancing costs differ for leasehold and freehold properties?

Leasehold conveyancing in Portslade can involve additional work including investigating the lease, liaising with the freeholder, obtaining up to date rent receipts, landlord’s consents, management company’s accounts amongst other tasks.

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Sample of conveyancing solicitors in Portslade regulated by the SRA

It is important to note that the listed firms do not limit their work for conveyancing in Portslade but also conveyancing throughout England and Wales.

  • M S Page, 3 The Rise, Portslade, Brighton, East Sussex, BN41 2PY
  • Engleharts, Vallance Hall, Hove Street, Hove, East Sussex, BN3 2DE
  • Griffith Smith Conway, 154a Church Road, Hove, East Sussex, BN3 2DL
  • Laura Garcia Navarrete, Curtis House, 34 Third Avenue, Hove, East Sussex, BN3 2PD
  • Goodlaw Solicitors, 6 The Drive, Hove, East Sussex, BN3 3JA

Residential Landlord and Tenant Conveyancing solicitors in Portslade

The firms listed below are a small selection of solicitors in Portslade practicing in landlord and tenant law and on the regulations governing different types of tenancies. This should include advice on Court proceedings for possession

  • Hightrees Law, 26 Brighton Road, Shoreham, West Sussex, BN43 6RG
  • Engleharts, Vallance Hall, Hove Street, Hove, East Sussex, BN3 2DE
  • Griffith Smith Conway, 154a Church Road, Hove, East Sussex, BN3 2DL
  • Goodlaw Solicitors, 6 The Drive, Hove, East Sussex, BN3 3JA
  • Crosby & Woods Solicitors, Sussex House, 75 Church Road, Hove, East Sussex, BN3 2BB

Sale conveyancing in Portslade ordinarily consists of the following:

  • Conveyancer instructed by the vendor once the offer has been accepted
  • Collating the documents evidencing the title to the property
  • Drawing up the contract and associated documents
  • Supplying draft papers to the solicitor retained by the buyer
  • Finalising the wording for contracts and replying to supplemental queries from the purchaser’s solicitor
  • Agreeing the transfer document
  • Responding to requisitions raised by the purchaser’s solicitor
  • Carrying out the key stage of exchanging contracts and then completion of the sale
  • Receiving sale proceeds and transferring funds to the owner, the estate agent and paying off the mortgage (where relevant)

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

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