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Reasons to use our Rainford conveyancing solicitors

  • 1 This site is the first site that enables you the facility to ensure that your conveyancing in Rainford will be carried out by a property lawyer on your lender’s authorised panel.
  • 2 Chances are that the other side’s lawyers are located in Rainford - if so both parties will be familiar
  • 3 The companies listed on our directory have a mix of conveyancing lawyers, legal executives and support staff handling over one hundred thousand cases annually.
  • 4 Our site offers most comprehensive domestic conveyancing directory listing bank approved property lawyers conducting conveyancing in Rainford regulated and authorised by the SRA or CLC.
  • 5 Cut price packages from online conveyancers might be tempting. However, these organisations are often located hundreds of kilometers away with little appreciation of the factors that impact property transactions in Rainford

Examples of recent conveyancing in Rainford since February 2025*

Recently asked questions about conveyancing in Rainford

We were about to retain a conveyancing solicitor in Rainford listed on your site but stumbled across alternative quotes via the web appear cheaper – why is this?

There are many firms of conveyancing outfits marketing what appear to be the cheapest conveyancing in Rainford. You should give due consideration about how much you respect your own move to want to be penny wise pound foolish over the quality of the legal work. Some embed fees well inside the terms and conditions. The solicitors that we list for conveyancing in Rainford will notdo this.

Please help. My Rainford lawyer is informing me me that he is legally obliged toapply for Rainford conveyancing searches asthe firm are on the Lloydsconveyancing panel. Is my conveyancer correct?

You have limited options available to you. As you are obtaining a mortgage with a lender your property lawyer has to comply with their conditions as set out in their version of the CML Conveyancing Handbook. Your conveyancer would have previously signed the Terms and Conditions of your bank’s conveyancing panel appointment which obliges them to follow the Council of Mortgage Lenders’ Handbook conditions . Even if you were a cash buyer you would be ill advised not to carry out Rainford conveyancing searches.

I purchased a freehold property in Rainford yet invoiced for rent, why is this and what is this?

It’s unusual for properties in Rainford and has limited impact for conveyancing in Rainford but some freehold properties in England (particularly common in North West England) pay an annual sum known as a Chief Rent or a Rentcharge to a third party who has no other legal interest in the land.

Rentcharge payments are usually between £2.00 and £5.00 per year. Rentcharges have existed for many centuries, but the Rent Charge Act 1977 barred the generation of new rentcharges post 1977.

Previous rentcharges can now be redeemed by making a one off payment under the Act. Any rentcharges that are still in existence in 2037 will be dispensed with completely.

Me and my brother have a terraced Victorian house in Rainford. Conveyancing solicitor represented me and Virgin Money. I did a free Land Registry search last week and there are two entries: one for freehold, the second leasehold with the exact same property. If a house is not a freehold shouldn't I have been informed?

You need to assess the Freehold register you have again and check the Charges Register as there may be mention of a lease. The best way to be sure that you are also the registered owner of the leasehold and freehold title as well is to check (£3). It is not completely unheard of in Rainford and other areas of the country and poses no real issues for owners other than when they mortgage they have to account for both freehold and leasehold interests when dealing with lenders. You can also question the situation with your conveyancing lawyer who conducted the purchase.

Just had an offer accepted on a new build apartment in Rainford. Conveyancing is daunting 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 few leasehold new build questions that you should expect your new-build leasehold conveyancing in Rainford

    Please supply evidence that the form of Lease proposed has been approved by the Land Registry. Forfeiture - bankruptcy or liquidation must not apply under this provision. The Vendor must covenant to keep unsold units in good repair until long leases are granted therefore. Will the freehold then be transferred for a nominal consideration (not exceeding £100) to the Management Company? There must be mutual enforceability of lessee’s covenants.

I'm refinancing my existing house to a buy to let mortgage with Santander and I will use the ballance of the raised equity as a down payment on a second property. The location we are interested in is Rainford. Will your conveyancers be able to act for both sets of mortgage companies and tie in the two deals?

Make use of our search tool on this page to ensure that the lawyers are on the appropriate lender panels. Having checked that they are your conveyancer should be able to connect the two conveyancing matters but you should have a chat with you conveyancer and make apparent your desired outcome and requirements.

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Sample of conveyancing solicitors in Rainford regulated by the SRA

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

  • Scott Rees & Co, Centaur House, Gardiners Place, Skelmersdale, Lancashire, WN8 9SP
  • Haygarth Jones, 109-111 Corporation Street, St. Helens, Merseyside, WA10 1SX
  • Nicholas John Hall Limited, Barrow House, 26 Barrow Street, St. Helens, Merseyside, WA10 1RX
  • J Keith Park Solicitors, Claughton House, 39 Barrow Street, St. Helens, Merseyside, WA10 1RX
  • J Keith Park Solicitors, Barrow House, Barrow Street, St. Helens, Merseyside, WA10 1RX

Commercial Conveyancing solicitors in Rainford regulated by the SRA

The list below is a small selection of solicitors in Rainford with expertise in commercial conveyancing in Rainford. This should include advice on taking a commercial lease as a tenant
  • Scott Rees & Co, Centaur House, Gardiners Place, Skelmersdale, Lancashire, WN8 9SP
  • Haygarth Jones, 109-111 Corporation Street, St. Helens, Merseyside, WA10 1SX
  • Barrow And Cook Solicitors Limited, 5-7 Victoria Square, St. Helens, Merseyside, WA10 1HH
  • Tickle Hall Cross, Carlton Chambers, 25 Hardshaw Street, St. Helens, Merseyside, WA10 1RP
  • Frodshams Solicitors Limited, 17/19 Hardshaw Street, St. Helens, Merseyside, WA10 1RB

Typically, Rainford conveyancing for a purchase has some of the following tasks

  • Obtaining instructions from parties involved
  • Investigating the title unregistered or registered
  • Ordering Rainford conveyancing searches for the title
  • Reviewing draft sale agreement and other documentation collated by the seller’s solicitor
  • Raising enquiries with the vendor’s solicitor
  • Agreeing the wording of the sale agreement
  • Considering the replies prepared by the seller to pre-contract enquiries
  • Agreeing the wording for a Transfer Deed for completion
  • Guiding the purchasing in respect of the mortgage offer: (if applicable)
  • Drafting and sending the purchaser a report on title (that is; summarising to the buyer on the contents of the contract pack, preliminary enquiries and the result of the searches)
  • Proceeding to exchange of contracts and then completion formalities
  • Completion of and submitting to HM Revenue and Customs the appropriate stamp duty forms and payment
  • Registering the purchase and the home loan (where applicable) at the HM Land Registry.

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

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