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Reasons to use our Sandown conveyancing solicitors

  • 1 Our site offers largest residential conveyancing directory service identifying lender approved property lawyers carrying out conveyancing in Sandown regulated and authorised by the SRA or CLC.
  • 2 The mark of a good conveyancing solicitor in Sandown is quality not quantity. The level of service offered by conveyancing "factories" (sometimes 'recommended' by large estate agency chains) often falls short of the high standards of professionalism you will expect.
  • 3 Sandown solicitors have a significant edge when it comes to Sandown conveyancing as they have valuable local knowledge of local authority requirements, planning policies and other matters that can impact your home move
  • 4 No matter what any alternative solicitors may claim it just might be important to attend your lawyer to execute legal papers. Too many 3rd parties are already involved in a conveyancing transaction without needing to include the postman into the mix.
  • 5 Sandown property lawyers are likely to be familiar with the local Land Registry Office, Local Authority and property agents

Examples of recent conveyancing in Sandown since July 2025*

Recently asked questions about conveyancing in Sandown

Can the conveyancing practitioners Indexed on your site carry out auction conveyancing in Sandown?

We know of a few niche practitioners we can connect you with those who can conduct auction conveyancing. Sandown is one of hundreds of locations in which our lawyers have a presence.

What is the first thing I need to know regarding purchase conveyancing in Sandown?

You may not hear this from too many lawyers but conveyancing in Sandown and elsewhere in Isle Of Wight is often a confrontational process. Put another way, when it comes to conveyancing there is plenty of opportunity for conflict between you and other parties involved in the ownership transfer. For example, the vendor, estate agent and sometimes your mortgage company. Choosing a solicitor for your conveyancing in Sandown should not be taken lightly as your conveyancer is your adviser, and is the ONLY person in the process whose role it is to look after your best interests and to keep you safe.

We are witnessing a worrying ongoing adversarial element to conveyancing- someone has to be blamed for the process being so protracted. We recommend that you your first instinct should be to trust your lawyer ahead of the other players in the home moving process.

I am looking for a leasehold apartment up to £245,000 and found one round the corner in Sandown I like with a park and railway links nearby, the downside is that it's only got 52 years unexpired on the lease. I can't really find anything else in Sandown for this price, so just wondered if I would be making a mistake purchasing a short lease?

If you require a home loan that many years may be an issue. Reduce the price by the expected lease extension will cost if not already taken into account. If the current owner has owned the premises for at least 2 years you may ask them to commence the lease extension formalities and pass it to you. An additional ninety years can be extended on to the current lease and have £0 ground rent by law. You should speak to your conveyancing lawyer about this matter.

How easy is it to transfer to a new firm as I have to find a firm on the The Royal Bank of Scotland conveyancing panel. I was using a local conveyancing solicitor in Sandown five minutes from me but the firm is not accepted by The Royal Bank of Scotland

It would be our pleasure to help you select a conveyancing solicitor in Sandown on the The Royal Bank of Scotland panel. Please note that the solicitors that we work with do not pay us commission if you instruct them and are authorised and regulated by the SRA who regulate all conveyancing solicitors in Sandown. In making use of search facility on this site, you can compare fees for conveyancing solicitors in Sandown and beyond.

Are there frequently found defects that you come across in leases for Sandown properties?

There is nothing unique about leasehold conveyancing in Sandown. All leases are individual and drafting errors can sometimes mean that certain provisions are not included. The following missing provisions could result in a defective lease:

    A provision to repair to or maintain elements of the property

You may have a problem when selling your property if you have a defective lease primarily because it impacts on the ability to obtain a mortgage on the property. Accord Mortgages Ltd, Coventry Building Society, and Barclays Direct all have express requirements when it comes to what is expected in a lease. If a mortgage lender believes that the lease is defective they may refuse to provide security, forcing the buyer to pull out.

Sandown Conveyancing for Leasehold Flats - A selection of Queries before buying

    Best to be warned if window replacement or some other significant cost is anticipated to be shared by the tenants and may well dramatically increase the the service fees or result in a specific invoice. Is there a share of the freehold? Is anyone aware of any major works on the horizon that will likely add a premium to the maintenance fees?

20 days into a sale of a flat in Sandown. Conveyancing solicitors are doing their job but we are being charged a fortune by the freeholder. To date we have forked out £237 for a leasehold management information and then another £200 plus VAT for supplemental questions supplied by the buyers conveyancer.

Neither you or your property lawyer will have any say over the level of the fee for this information but the average fee for the information for Sandown leasehold property is £380. For Sandown conveyancing transactions it is standard for the vendor to pay for these costs. The freeholder or their agents are not duty bound to answer these questions most will agree to do so - albeit often at exorbitant prices out of proportion to the work involved. Unfortunately there is no legislation that mandates set fees for administrative tasks. Neither is there any prescriptive time frame by which they are required to supply the information.

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Sample of conveyancing solicitors in Sandown regulated by the SRA

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

  • Lesley A Kemp Solicitor, 2a Sandown Road, Lake, Sandown, Isle of Wight, PO36 9JP
  • Corporate Legal, Wight Stones, Thornton Manor Drive, Ryde, Isle of Wight, PO33 1PQ
  • Rjr Solicitors Limited, 18 Melville Street, Ryde, Isle of Wight, PO33 2AP
  • Walter Gray & Co Limited, 3-4 St. Thomas Street, Ryde, Isle of Wight, PO33 2ND
  • Merry & Co, 73 Union Street, Ryde, Isle of Wight, PO33 2LN

Residential Landlord and Tenant Conveyancing solicitors in Sandown

The list below is a small selection of solicitors in Sandown with expertise in landlord and tenant law and on the regulations governing different types of tenancies. This should include advice on Court proceedings for possession

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

Sandown commercial property solicitors draw on a full range of commercial expertise offering advice on a number of issues across all aspects of commercial property law

    General advice on title or other property issues Property finance transactions, including disposal and leaseback Subletting, licences and sharing occupation Acquisitions and disposals of property portfolios at commercial auctions Property finance for investment and development loans for mortgage companies and borrowers Land use planning and environmental issues

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

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