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Reasons to use our Prestbury conveyancing solicitors

  • 1 Over the years Prestbury solicitor have established valuable working relationships with Prestbury local estate agents, banks, building societies, landlords and property developers enabling them to liaise at speed with all concerned in the process of undertaking your house sale or purchase in Prestbury.
  • 2 Conveyancer conveyancing solicitors have very good personal links with Prestbury selling agents and work very closely with them and local surveyors so as to ensure transactions proceed expeditiously.
  • 3 The companies listed on our web pages have a variation of conveyancing practitioners, legal executives and support staff handling over one hundred thousand cases each year.
  • 4 Regardless alternative solicitors may claim it may be necessary to attend your lawyer to sign contracts. There are enough parties engaged in a house sale without having to add Royal Mail into the pot.
  • 5 Prestbury solicitor are the key to a successful Prestbury conveyancing experience, keeping the process under control. They are on your side throughout, offering dedicated advice for the duration of your move

Examples of recent conveyancing in Prestbury since December 2024*

Sale

of apartment Castle Rise SK10 4UR, at sale price of £495,000. Leasehold conveyancing included: sending conveyancing papers to buyers representatives, dealing with appropriate requisitions and enquiries, agreeing completion date with parties

Sale

of semi-detached residence, Willow Way, SK10 4XB completing on 06/01/2025 at a price of £792,000. The conveyancing process included amongst the various tasks: drafting the sale agreement and Transfer, obtaining official copies of the title, setting up the completion formalities

Transfer

of house premises, Weybridge Drive, SK10 2UP completing on 10/01/2025 at a price of £710,000. The legal transfer of property incorporates some of the following tasks: sending conveyancing papers to buyers representatives, securing official copies of the title, setting up the completion formalities

Conveyance

of flat Abbey Road SK10 3PD, acquired for £117,000. Leasehold conveyancing investigations included: sending conveyancing papers to buyers representatives, agreeing completion date with parties, preparing statement detailing charges

Recently asked questions about conveyancing in Prestbury

Having sold my house in Prestbury last January yet the purchaser is Skype messaging daily to say his lawyer is waiting to hear from mine. What are the post completion sale formalities following completion?

Following your sale your solicitor is committed to forward the transfer documentation and all of the paperwork to the buyer’s conveyancer. Depending on the transaction, your conveyancer must also send confirmation that the home loan has been paid off to the buyers solicitors. There are no post completion steps just for conveyancing in Prestbury.

We are purchasing a property and the solicitor has mentioned Chancel Repair for which the house could be obligated to pay because it falls into the area of such a church. She has recommended insurance. Is this strictly necessary for conveyancing in Prestbury

Unless a prior acquisition of the house completed after 12 October 2013 you can take it that conveyancing practitioners conducting conveyancing in Prestbury to continue to suggest a chancel search and or insurance against a claim.

Due to the encouragement of my in-laws I had a survey completed on a property in Prestbury ahead of appointing conveyancers. I have been advised that there is a flying freehold element to the house. My surveyor advised that some mortgage companies will not grant a loan on such a home.

It depends who your proposed lender is. Santander has different requirements from Nationwide. Should you wish to call us we can investigate further via the appropriate lender. If you lender is happy to lend one our lawyers can help as they are used to dealing with flying freeholds in Prestbury. Conveyancing can be more complicated and therefore you should check with your conveyancing solicitor in Prestbury to see if the conveyancing will be more expensive.

My business partner and I are wishing to lease a unit on the high street. Can you recommend conveyancers offering no-move-no charges for non-domestic conveyancing in Prestbury for less than £2000?

We can recommend firms who host a wealth of experience of commercial conveyancing in Prestbury, including the sale and acquisition of businesses as well as simply property. If you are looking to purchase or sell a shop, pub, restaurant, office, retail premises or a complete business we can find you the right lawyer. As for the fees this will depend on the structure and nuances of the deal. Please provide us with your details or call us so that we may supply you with a detailed commercial conveyancing quote.

I am on look out for some leasehold conveyancing in Prestbury. Before I get started I want to be sure as to the number of years remaining on the lease.

Assuming the lease is recorded at the land registry - and 99.9% are in Prestbury - then the leasehold title will always include the short particulars of the lease, namely the date; the term; and the original parties. From a conveyancing perspective such details then enable any prospective buyer and lender to confirm that any lease they are looking at is the one relevant to that title. For any other purpose, such as confirming how long the term was granted for and calculating what is left, then the register should be sufficient on it's own.

I invested in buying a basement flat in Prestbury, conveyancing having been completed 5 years ago. Can you work out an approximate cost of a lease extension? Equivalent properties in Prestbury with a long lease are worth £179,000. The ground rent is £65 per annum. The lease terminates on 21st October 2082

With only 57 years unexpired we estimate the price of your lease extension to range between £26,600 and £30,800 as well as plus your own and the landlord's "reasonable" professional fees.

The figure that we have given is a general guide to costs for renewing a lease, but we cannot give you a more accurate figure in the absence of detailed due diligence. You should not use this information in a Notice of Claim or as an informal offer. There are no doubt other issues that need to be considered and you obviously should be as accurate as possible in your negotiations. Neither should you move forward placing reliance on this information before getting professional advice.

To what extent are Prestbury conveyancing solicitors duty bound by the Law Society to publish transparent conveyancing costs?

Contained within the Solicitors Code of Conduct are set rules and regulations as to how the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) allow solicitors to publicise their charges to clients.The Law Society have practice note giving advice on how to publicise transparent charges to avoid breaching any such rule. Practice notes are not legal advice issued by the Law Society and is not intended as the only standard of good practice a conveyancing solicitor should adhere to. The Practice Note does, nevertheless, represent the Law Society’s view of acceptable practice for publicising conveyancing charges, and accordingly it’s a recommended read for any solicitor or conveyancer in Prestbury or or elsewhere in the country.

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Commercial Conveyancing solicitors in Prestbury regulated by the SRA

The firms listed below are a small selection of solicitors in Prestbury specialising in commercial conveyancing in Prestbury. This will likely include advice on commercial leases including all matters relating to landlord and tenant law
  • Roberts Solicitors Limited, 42 Jordangate, Macclesfield, Cheshire, SK10 1EW
  • Blunts Solicitors Limited, 2 - 6 King Edward Street, Macclesfield, Cheshire, SK10 1AB
  • Bennetts, 37 Market Place, Macclesfield, Cheshire, SK10 1DY
  • Wains, 39-43 Churchside, Macclesfield, Cheshire, SK10 1HW
  • Aboudi Bradley & Co, 35 Church Street, Macclesfield, Cheshire, SK11 6LB

Domestic Licensed Conveyancers in Prestbury regulated by the CLC

Please note that the listed conveyancers do not limit their work for conveyancing in Prestbury but also conveyancing across England and Wales.
  • D R Dunkerley & Co , Property Lawyers, SK12 1RD

Planning law solicitors in Prestbury regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority

The firms listed below are a non-comprehensive list of solicitors in Prestbury practicing in planning law. The solicitors can give expert legal advice on all aspects of planning, including special planning controls
  • Chafes Solicitors Llp, 32 London Road, Alderley Edge, Cheshire, SK9 7DZ

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

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