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Reasons to use our Robertsbridge conveyancing solicitors

  • 1 Notwithstanding what alternative lawyers advise it may be important to pop into your conveyancer to execute legal papers. There are various parties with involved in a house sale without having to include the postman into the mix.
  • 2 Robertsbridge conveyancers have a significant advantage when it comes to Robertsbridge conveyancing as they have valuable local knowledge of local authority requirements, planning policies and other matters that will affect your sale or purchase
  • 3 Robertsbridge solicitors will have connections at the local Land Registry Office, Local Authority and property agents
  • 4 Conveyancer conveyancing solicitors have excellent personal links with Robertsbridge selling agents and work very closely with them and local surveyors so as to ensure transactions proceed expeditiously.
  • 5 You can gain comfort when you choose the very best, most recommended conveyancing solicitors. Robertsbridge has a number to select from, but for a truly professional and reliable service many local people have been use the endorsement of this site.

Examples of recent conveyancing in Robertsbridge since January 2025*

Recently asked questions about conveyancing in Robertsbridge

My bid for a property was accepted at auction in Robertsbridge. Conveyancing is required. What are my next steps?

Given that you have now exchanged you should retain a conveyancing lawyer as a matter of urgency as you are faced with a fast approaching a fixed date to complete the transaction. All auction property will have a bespoke legal pack. This will likely include the copy title deeds, local authority and drainage searches. In the case of leasehold property the auction papers may include a copy of the lease, management information and a sellers leasehold information form and associated conveyancing paperwork relating to leasehold premises. You should hand this to your appointed conveyancing solicitor as soon as possible. You also need to ensure that you have funds in place to complete on the date specified in the contract.

Two weeks ago we had a mortgage agreed in principle with Kent Reliance. Robertsbridge conveyancing lawyers are selected. How long does it take for Kent Reliance to send the offer to the conveyancer?

There is no definitive answer here. Have Kent Reliance done the survey? Have you informed Kent Reliance as to your lawyers' details and checked that your lawyers are on the Kent Reliance conveyancing panel? It is not unusual for a mortgage offer to take a month to come through.

I have paid off my mortgage with Skipton. I assume I don't need a Robertsbridge lawyer on the Skipton panel to discharge the mortgage at the Land Registry. Am I right?

If you have finished paying off your Skipton mortgage, they may send you evidence showing that you have paid it off. Alternatively they may notify the Land Registry directly. The Land Registry need to see this evidence before they will remove the Skipton mortgage from the register. Skipton, and any evidence they send you, will determine the action you need to take. In cases where no conveyancer is acting for you and you have paid off your mortgage:

  1. but are not moving to another property
  2. where Skipton has sent the Land Registry the discharge electronically, and
  3. Skipton has instructed the Land Registry to do so
The Land Registry will send you a letter confirming that your Skipton mortgage has been paid off.

Is it necessary to pay for insurance to cover chancel repairs when acquiring a residence in Robertsbridge?

Unless a prior acquisition of the premises took place after 12 October 2013 you could expect lawyers carrying out conveyancing in Robertsbridge to remain encouraging a chancel search and or chancel repair liability insurance.

I used Arc property Solicitors several years ago for my conveyancing in Robertsbridge. I now require my papers however cannot find the solicitor. What do I do?

Do call the Solicitors Regulatory Authority (SRA) to assist in tracking down your conveyancing files. They can be contacted on please contact on 0870 606 2555. Alternatively, you should use their online form to make an enquiry. You will need to provide the SRA with as much information as possible to assist their search, including the name and address in Robertsbridge of the conveyancing firm of solicitors you previously used, the name of conveyancing solicitor with whom you had dealings, and the date on which you last had dealings with the firm.

I'm remortgaging my primary house to a buy to let mortgage with The Mortgage Works and intend to use the remaining equity as a deposit on a second property. The neighborhood we are interested in is Robertsbridge. Will your conveyancers be able to act for the two lenders and tie in the transactions?

Do use our search tool on this page to check that the solicitors are on the relevant lender panels. On the basis that they are the lawyer should be able to simultaneously deal with the two conveyancing matters but you should talk with you conveyancer and communicate your expectations and needs.

As co-executor for the will of my father I am selling a residence in Cardiff but I am based in Robertsbridge. My conveyancer (approximately 235 kilometers awayneeds me to execute a stat dec before the transaction finalising. Could you suggest a conveyancing practitioner in Robertsbridge to attest this legal document for me?

Technically speaking you are not likely to be required to have the documents attested by a conveyancing solicitor. Ordinarily any notary public or solicitor will be fine regardless of whether they are Robertsbridge based

Planning to sign contracts shortly on a leasehold property in Robertsbridge. Conveyancing lawyers inform me that they are sending me a report on Monday. Are there areas in the report that I should be focusing on?

The report on title for your leasehold conveyancing in Robertsbridge should include some of the following:

    Repair and maintenance of the premises if lease has a provision for a reserve fund for major repairs? Who has the liability to repair and maintain the building. It is essential for you to know who is duty bound to repair and maintenance of every part of the building Will you be prohibited or prevented from having pets in the property? How long the lease is. You should be advised as what happens when the lease expires, and informed of the importance of not letting the lease term falling below eighty years
For details of the information to be contained in your report on your leasehold property in Robertsbridge please enquire of your lawyer in ahead of your conveyancing in Robertsbridge.

Leasehold Conveyancing in Robertsbridge - A selection of Queries Prior to buying

    Best to be warned if fixing the lift or some other significant cost is coming up to be shared between the leaseholders and will dramatically increase the the service costs or necessitate a specific invoice. Does the lease have onerous restrictions? Does the lease have in excess of 82 years unexpired?

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Sample of conveyancing solicitors in Robertsbridge regulated by the SRA

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

  • Wykeham-hurford Sheppard & Son Ltd, 6 High Street, Battle, East Sussex, TN33 0AE

Residential Landlord and Tenant Conveyancing solicitors in Robertsbridge

The list below is a non-comprehensive list of solicitors in Robertsbridge practicing in landlord and tenant law and on the regulations governing different types of tenancies. This may include advice on wrongful eviction

  • Housing Law Services Llp, Hls House, Chain Lane, Battle, East Sussex, TN33 0GB
  • Housing Law Services (south East) Limited, Hls House, Watch Oak Business Centre, 5 Chain Lane, Battle, East Sussex, TN33 0GB
  • Wykeham-hurford Sheppard & Son Ltd, 6 High Street, Battle, East Sussex, TN33 0AE

Commercial Conveyancing solicitors in Robertsbridge regulated by the SRA

The list below is a small selection of solicitors in Robertsbridge specialising in commercial conveyancing in Robertsbridge. This should include advice on taking a commercial lease as a tenant
  • Crookeslaw Solicitors, 16 Sunnybank, The Mount, Flimwell, Wadhurst, East Sussex, TN5 7QR
  • Wykeham-hurford Sheppard & Son Ltd, 6 High Street, Battle, East Sussex, TN33 0AE

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