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Top 5 reasons to use our service to help you choose a high street conveyancing solicitor in Sandwich

  • 1 Sandwich property lawyers are likely to acquainted with the local Land Registry Office, Local Authority and estate agents
  • 2 There is a distinct possibility the other side’s lawyers are based in Sandwich - if so both parties are likely to be familiar
  • 3 The practices identified on our web pages have a variation of conveyancing solicitors, legal executives and support staff handling over one hundred thousand cases annually.
  • 4 Personal touch and a wealth of local knowledge are key benefits that you should look for when choosing conveyancing solicitors. Sandwich property deals can be made significantly more protracted due to poor communication between all the parties. The lawyers we work with strive to make sure that communication channels are open and act on arising issues and developments quickly.
  • 5 This site is the only site that enables you the facility to check that your conveyancing in Sandwich will be carried out by a solicitor on your bank conveyancing panel.

Examples of recent conveyancing in Sandwich since June 2025*

Recently asked questions about conveyancing in Sandwich

Willusing a Sandwich conveyancing practitioner make the ownership transfer smoother?

In the main conveyancing lawyers in your location will benefit from strong alliances with your local authority, which could help with your Sandwich conveyancing searches that your solicitor will require. It can only be a plus if they have good connections with the Land Registry covering your area Sandwich, other property lawyers in the area and Sandwich Estate Agents.

Do the conveyancing practitioners listed on your site carry out right to buy conveyancing in Sandwich?

We work with a number of conveyancing practitioners carrying out right to buy transactions Please contact us to obtain a costs calculation.

I know that there are debates on Chancel Insurance on online forums. Am I compelled to take this when buying a property in Sandwich? or I am told that there is a law dating back centuries that could mean that house owners living in a parish church boundary will be compelled to pay for repairs towards the chancel within the church. Is this a legitimate concern for conveyancing in Sandwich?

Unless a previous acquisition of the property completed post 12 October 2013 you could expect lawyers delivering conveyancing in Sandwich to continue to propose a a chancel search and or insurance against a claim.

Yesterday I discovered that there is a flying freehold element on a property I put an offer in two weeks back in what should have been a straight forward, chain free conveyancing. Sandwich is the location of the property. Can you shed any light on this issue?

Flying freeholds in Sandwich are rare but are more likely to exist in relation to terraced houses. Even where you use a solicitor outside Sandwich you would need to get your solicitor to go through the deeds diligently. Your lender may require your conveyancing solicitor to take out an indemnity policy. Some of the more diligent conveyancing solicitors in Sandwich may decide that this is not enough and that the deeds be re-written to give you the most up to date legal protection. If so, the next door neighbour also had to sign up to the revised deeds.It is possible that your lender will not accept the situation so the sooner you find out the better. You should also check with your insurance broker as to whether they will insure a flying freehold premises.

I am looking into buying my first house which is in Sandwich and I am already nervous. I couldn't find anything specific about Sandwich. Conveyancing will be needed in due course but do you know about the Sandwich area? or perhaps some other tips you can share?

Rather than looking online forget looking online you should go and have a look at Sandwich. In the meantime here are some basic statistics that we found

I am employed by a reputable estate agent office in Sandwich where we have witnessed a few flat sales jeopardised as a result of leases having less than 80 years remaining. I have received inconsistent advice from local Sandwich conveyancing firms. Could you shed some light as to whether the seller of a flat can initiate the lease extension formalities for the purchaser on completion of the sale?

Provided that the seller has been the owner for at least 2 years it is possible, to serve a Section 42 notice to kick-start the lease extension process and assign the benefit of the notice to the purchaser. This means that the buyer can avoid having to wait 2 years for a lease extension. Both sets of lawyers will agree to form of assignment. The assignment needs to be completed before, or at the same time as completion of the disposal of the property.

Alternatively, it may be possible to agree the lease extension with the freeholder either before or after the sale. If you are informally negotiating there are no rules and so you cannot insist on the landlord agreeing to grant an extension or transferring the benefit of an agreement to the purchaser.

Sandwich Leasehold Conveyancing - A selection of Questions you should ask Prior to Purchasing

    It is important to be aware whether redecorating or some other major work is pending that will be shared between the leaseholders and may well dramatically impact the level of the service fees or result in a one off payment. Plenty Sandwich leasehold apartments will have a service charge for the upkeep of the building set on behalf of the freeholder. If you buy the flat you will have to meet this contribution, normally quarterly throughout the year. This can differ from a few hundred pounds to thousands of pounds for blocks with lifts and large common grounds. There will also be a ground rent for you to pay annual, this is usually not a significant sum, say about £25-£75 but you should to enquire it because occasionally it could be many hundreds of pounds. Who are the managing agents?

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Sample of conveyancing solicitors in Sandwich regulated by the SRA

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

  • Emmerson Brown & Brown, 127 High Street, Deal, Kent, CT14 6BD
  • Hardmans, 4-6 Park Street, Deal, Kent, CT14 6AQ
  • C.m.robinson Solicitors Ltd, 47 Queen Street, Deal, Kent, CT14 6EY
  • Paynes Solicitors And Mediators, 38 The Strand, Walmer, Deal, Kent, CT14 7DX
  • Daniel & Edwards, 44-46 Queen Street, Ramsgate, Kent, CT11 9EG

Commercial Conveyancing solicitors in Sandwich regulated by the SRA

The firms listed below are a small selection of solicitors in Sandwich with expertise in commercial conveyancing in Sandwich. This should include advice on buying or selling a shop, pub, restaurant, office, retail unit
  • Emmerson Brown & Brown, 127 High Street, Deal, Kent, CT14 6BD
  • Hardmans, 4-6 Park Street, Deal, Kent, CT14 6AQ
  • Hardmans & Co, 49 - 51 High Street, Deal, Kent, CT14 6EL
  • C.m.robinson Solicitors Ltd, 47 Queen Street, Deal, Kent, CT14 6EY
  • Daniel & Edwards, 44-46 Queen Street, Ramsgate, Kent, CT11 9EG

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

  • Obtaining instructions from the appropriate parties
  • Checking the title unregistered or registered
  • Conducting Sandwich conveyancing searches with respect to the property
  • Reviewing draft sale agreement and other documentation supplied by the seller’s conveyancing practitioner
  • Raising questions with the seller’s conveyancing practitioner
  • Negotiating the sale contract
  • Examining replies supplied by the vendor to pre-contract enquiries
  • Agreeing the wording for the Transfer Deed for completion
  • Guiding the purchasing in respect of the mortgage offer: (if appropriate)
  • Drawing up and sending the buyer a report on title (that is; a breakdown of all findings on the property)
  • Carrying out the key stage of exchanging contracts and then preparing for completion
  • Completion of and submitting to HMRC the appropriate Land Tax forms and payment
  • Registering the transfer of ownership and the home loan (if relevant) at the Land Registry.

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

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