Find a Lender-Approved Local Conveyancer in Sandown

Ready to buy a new home? Find a law firm approved by your lender.

Conveyancing in Sandown : Keep it Local

Logical reasons to let us assist you find a high street conveyancing solicitor in Sandown

  • 1 Our site is the first site offering you the ability to ensure that your property ownership legalities in Sandown will be conducted by a law firm on your bank member panel.
  • 2 Chances are that the other side’s lawyers are located in Sandown - if so sets of conveyancers will be familiar
  • 3 No matter what any alternative lawyers say it may be necessary to visit your conveyancer to execute documents. There are various parties with with an interest in a homemove without needing to include Royal Mail into the pot.
  • 4 Firms accustomed to conveyancing in Sandown regularly deal withlocal issues specific to Sandown and therefore you may benefit from better guidance and expeditious conveyancing.
  • 5 Property lawyer conveyancing firms have valuable personal connections with Sandown estate agents and work very closely with them and local surveyors so as to ensure transactions proceed expeditiously.

Examples of recent conveyancing in Sandown since July 2025*

Recently asked questions about conveyancing in Sandown

Our lawyer has discovered a a legal deficiency with the lease for the property we are purchasing in Sandown. The seller’s lawyers have put forward defective title insurance as a workaround. We are content with insurance and will cover the costs. Our property lawyer says that he must check that the mortgage company is content with this solution. Who is the client here, us or the bank?

The short answer to your last question is that, notwithstanding the risk of a conflict of interest, you and the bank are the client. Your lawyer must comply with the UK Finance Lenders’ Handbook specifications. The UK Finance Lenders’ Handbook conditions require your lawyer to disclose issues such as defects with the lease so that the bank can be afforded the opportunity to check with their valuer as to the extent that the value of the property is affected. Should you refuse to allow your lawyer to make the appropriate notification then your conveyancing practitioner will have no choice but to discontinue acting for you.

What does a local search inform me regarding the property I am purchasing in Sandown?

Sandown conveyancing often commences with the ordering local authority searches directly from your local Authority or via a personal search company for instance Onsearch The local search plays a central role in most Sandown conveyancing purchase; as long as you don’t want any unpleasant surprises after you move into your new home. The search should provide data on, amongst other things, details on planning applications relevant to the property (whether granted or refused), building control history, any enforcement action, restrictions on permitted development, nearby road schemes, contaminated land and radon gas; in all a total of thirteen topic areas.

Due to the encouragement of my in-laws I had a survey completed on a property in Sandown in advance of instructing lawyers. I have been advised that there is a flying freehold element to the property. My surveyor has said that some lenders tend not give a mortgage on this type of home.

It varies from the lender to lender. Bank of Scotland has different requirements for example to Birmingham Midshires. If you contact us we can check with the relevant lender. If you lender is happy to lend one our lawyers can help as they are accustomed to dealing with flying freeholds in Sandown. Conveyancing may be slightly more expensive based on your lender's requirements.

Is it simple use the search tool to select a conveyancing practitioner in Sandown on the panel for my mortgage?

1st choose a mortgage company such as Accord Mortgages Ltd, Leeds Building Society or Platform Home Loans Ltd then specify your preferred area for example Sandown. Conveyancing practices in Sandown and across England and Wales should be identified.

I am attracted to a couple of apartments in Sandown both have about forty five years left on the lease term. Will this present a problem?

There are plenty of short leases in Sandown. The lease is a right to use the property for a prescribed time frame. As a lease shortens the value of the lease deteriorates and it becomes more expensive to acquire a lease extension. For this reason it is generally wise to increase the term of the lease. More often than not it is difficulties arise selling premises with a short lease as mortgage lenders less inclined to grant a loan on such properties. Lease extension can be a protracted process. We advise that you get professional assistance from a solicitor and surveyor with experience in this area.

Sandown Leasehold Conveyancing - Sample of Queries Prior to Purchasing

    How many of the leaseholders are in arrears for their service charge payments? Best to be warned if window replacement or some other major work is pending that will be shared between the leaseholders and could well materially impact the level of the service fees or result in a specific payment.

Developers have recommended to me a property lawyer and I've received a quote from them. It's nearly two hundred pounds cheaper than my local Sandown conveyancing practitioner. Should I use them?

Housebuilders frequently have panels of solicitors who expedite matters and who know the seller’s paperwork and conveyancer. Plenty of developers offer an inducement to select a preferred lawyer for this reason, any increased cost can be avoided and a developer won't recommend a conveyancing factory and run the risk of having the conveyancing stall when they require an exchange within a tight time frame. A counter-argument for not opting for the suggested conveyancer is that they may prove hesitant to 'push' your interests for fear of upsetting the developer. Where you have concerns that this may be the case you should remain with your high street Sandown lawyer.

Last updated

Residential Landlord and Tenant Conveyancing solicitors in Sandown

The list below is a non-comprehensive list of solicitors in Sandown practicing in landlord and tenant law and on the regulations governing different types of tenancies. This could include advice on Court proceedings for possession

  • Walter Gray & Co Limited, 3-4 St. Thomas Street, Ryde, Isle of Wight, PO33 2ND

Commercial Conveyancing solicitors in Sandown regulated by the SRA

The firms listed below are a non-comprehensive list of solicitors in Sandown practicing in commercial conveyancing in Sandown. This will likely include advice on taking a commercial lease as a tenant
  • Lesley A Kemp Solicitor, 2a Sandown Road, Lake, Sandown, Isle of Wight, PO36 9JP
  • Rjr Solicitors Limited, 18 Melville Street, Ryde, Isle of Wight, PO33 2AP
  • Merry & Co, 73 Union Street, Ryde, Isle of Wight, PO33 2LN
  • A J Careless Limited, 19 Church Street, Ventnor, Isle of Wight, PO38 1SN

Whether you are going through a divorce or separation or simply wish to transfer your property to someone else, transfer of equity conveyancing in Sandown has some of the following tasks:

  • Obtaining instructions from parties involved
  • Collating the documents evidencing the title to the property
  • Following instructions from the bank (where relevant)
  • Negotiating the terms of the transaction
  • Drafting Transfer or approving the Transfer deed
  • Agreeing amendments to the the Transfer deed
  • Corresponding with parties with regards to the Transfer
  • Agreeing and preparing for completion
  • Receiving and transferring monies to the appropriate parties
  • Preparing and submitting to HM Revenue and Customs the appropriate Land Tax forms and payment
  • Registering the buyer and the mortgage (where relevant) at the HM Land Registry.

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

© Crown copyright material is reproduced with the permission of Land Registry under delegated authority from the Controller of HMSO.