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Reasons to use our Shard End conveyancing solicitors

  • 1 Excellent communication together with a wealth of experience are key benefits that you should value when choosing conveyancing solicitors. Shard End property deals can be made significantly more complicated due to lack of transparency between all the parties. The lawyers we work with ensure that communication channels are open and act on arising issues and developments instantly.
  • 2 The Shard End conveyancing firms that are identified are committed to supplying value for money, efficient and accessible conveyancing service to borrowers, sellers and investors in Shard End
  • 3 Notwithstanding what alternative solicitors inform you it may be important to attend your solicitor to execute documents. There are various parties with with an interest in a house sale without having to add the postman into the pot.
  • 4 Property lawyer conveyancing solicitors have valuable personal connections with Shard End estate agents and work very closely with them and local surveyors so as to ensure transactions proceed expeditiously.
  • 5 Low cost packages from online conveyancers might seem attractive. However, these firms are often located hundreds of kilometers away with limited understanding of the factors that impact property transactions in Shard End

Examples of recent conveyancing in Shard End since January 2025*

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Disposal

of terraced premises, Cole Hall Lane, B34 6HD completing on 17/01/2025 at a price of £200,000. The conveyancing process incorporates some of the following tasks: dealing with appropriate requisitions and enquiries, sending the transfer to the vendor for signature in readiness for completion, setting up the completion formalities

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Sale

of house property, Brownfield Road, B34 7HX completing on 20/01/2025 at a price of £230,000. The conveyancing process included amongst the various tasks: drafting the sale agreement and Transfer, dealing with appropriate requisitions and enquiries, taking formal instructions from and updating the seller client

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Sale

of terraced residence, North Roundhay, B33 9PB completing on 15/01/2025 at a price of £205,000. The legal transfer of property included amongst the various tasks: drafting the sale agreement and Transfer, sending the transfer to the seller for execution in readiness for completion, taking formal instructions from and updating the seller client

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Sale

of terraced property, Goldstar Way, B33 0YP completing on 17/01/2025 at a price of £184,000. The conveyancing process included amongst the various tasks: drafting the sale agreement and Transfer, sending conveyancing papers to buyers representatives, dealing with appropriate requisitions and enquiries

Recently asked questions about conveyancing in Shard End

We are about to exchange contracts for a garden flat in Shard End. We encountered a stumbling block. The mortgage offer with Nottingham Building Society runs out on 13/6/2025 but the owners are suggesting a completion date of 17/6/2025. Can one prolong the mortgage expiry date?

The best person to deal with your question is your solicitors who is in a position to determine if they better off negotiating with the mortgage company, vendor’s solicitors, property agents or indeed all parties taking into account the history of your conveyancing as of today.

I had intended to instruct a conveyancing solicitor in Shard End for our house move. Our financial adviser informed us that our mortgage company Clydesdale won't deal with them. Surely this is unduly restrictive?

A lender may require a panel solicitor act for it. Borrowers are liable to bear the charges for this. Try using our database to locate a solicitor to conduct conveyancing in Shard End on the Clydesdale approved list of solicitors.

I am assisting my step-mother sell her flat in Shard End. Does the conveyancing solicitor commission the energy assessment or it is for the owner to coordinate?

Following the abolition of Home Information Packs, EPC’s was maintained a required part of moving house. An energy assessment needs to be commissioned in advance of the property being advertised. It is not as aspect of the sale process that conveyancers ordinarily arrange. If you are instructing a Shard End conveyancing solicitor they might be able to arrange energy performance certificates due to their relationships with reputable local energy assessors

I am purchasing a property in Shard End. A rare aspect is that the roof has a solar panel. Virgin Money have issued a mortgage offer so presumably this is not a concern to them. Why is my solicitor raising questions about the panel?

As your lender is Virgin Money your lawyer must follow the formal requirements contained in Part 2 of UK Finance Lenders’ Handbook for Virgin Money. The CML Handbook stipulates minimum conditions for solar panel roof-space leases, and conveyancing practitioners are required to report to Virgin Money where a lease fails to meet these requirements. The specifications relate to the installation of panels on properties countrywide and is not isolated to Shard End.

I have paid off my mortgage with Yorkshire BS. I assume I don't need a Shard End conveyancer on the Yorkshire BS panel to remove the mortgage at the Land Registry. Please confirm.

If you have finished paying off your Yorkshire BS 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 Yorkshire BS mortgage from the register. Yorkshire BS, 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 Yorkshire BS has sent the Land Registry the discharge electronically, and
  3. Yorkshire BS has instructed the Land Registry to do so
The Land Registry will send you a letter confirming that your Yorkshire BS mortgage has been paid off.

How does conveyancing in Shard End differ for new build properties?

Most buyers of new build property in Shard End approach us having been asked by the housebuilder to sign contracts and commit to the purchase even before the property is constructed. This is because new home sellers in Shard End tend to buy the real estate, plan the estate and want to get the plots sold off as they are building the properties. Buyers, therefore, will have to exchange contracts without actually seeing the house they are buying. To reduce the chances of losing the property, buyers should instruct conveyancing solicitors as soon as the property is reserved and mortgage applications should be submitted quickly. Due to the fact that it could be several months and even years between exchange of contracts and completion, the mortgage offer may need to be extended. It would be wise to use a lawyer who specialises in new build conveyancing especially if they are used to new build conveyancing in Shard End or who has acted in the same development.

I’m about to sell my 2 bed apartment in Shard End. Conveyancing is yet to be initiated, however I have just had a half-yearly service charge demand – should I leave it to the buyer to sort out?

Your conveyancing lawyer is likely to suggest that you should discharge the invoice as you normally would as all ground rent and maintenance charges will be allotted as part of the financial calculations for completion monies, so you should recover the relevant percentage by the buyer for the period running from after the completion date to the subsequent invoice date. Most managing agents will not acknowledge the buyer until the service charges have been paid and are up to date, so it is important for both buyer and seller for the seller to show that they are up to date. This will smooth the conveyancing process.

Leasehold Conveyancing in Shard End - A selection of Queries Prior to Purchasing

    The majority of Shard End leasehold apartments will incur a service bill for the upkeep of the building levied on behalf of the management company. Should you acquire the flat you will have to pay this charge, usually quarterly during the year. This can differ from two or three hundred pounds to thousands of pounds for bigger purpose-built buildings. There will also be a ground rent for you to pay annual, normally this is not a large sum, say about £25-£75 but you need to enquire as occasionally it could be many hundreds of pounds. On the whole the cost for major works tend not to be incorporated into the service charges, albeit that some managing agents in Shard End obliged tenants to contribute towards a reserve fund and this is used to offset against major works. Does the lease include onerous restrictions?

I need to change lawyers as my Shard End lawyer is not on the lender's approved list of conveyancing solicitors. Is it practical to instruct different lawyers?

If you haven't yet appointed a solicitor to do anything for you and have just received quotes, you're perfectly free to choose a different solicitor to carry out your work for you. The best way is to get recommendations from friends or family who have actually used the solicitor or conveyancer in Shard End that you're considering.

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Commercial Conveyancing solicitors in Shard End regulated by the SRA

The list below is a small selection of solicitors in Shard End practicing in commercial conveyancing in Shard End. This may include advice on buying or selling a shop, pub, restaurant, office, retail unit
  • Evans Derry Solicitors, 46 Chelmsley Circle, Birmingham, West Midlands, B37 5UH
  • Ikon Law Ltd, 82 Stechford Lane, Birmingham, West Midlands, B8 2AN
  • Aspen Court Solicitors Limited, 191 Church Road, Yardley, Birmingham, West Midlands, B25 8UR
  • Benjamin Law Company Limited, Equipoint, 1506 -1508 Coventry Road, Yardley, Birmingham, West Midlands, B25 8AD
  • Kilroys, Suite 2m1, Park Business Centre, Wood Lane, Erdington, Birmingham, West Midlands, B24 9QR

Domestic Licensed Conveyancers in Shard End regulated by the CLC

Please be aware that the listed conveyancers do not limit their work for conveyancing in Shard End but also conveyancing throughout England and Wales.
  • Northwood Banks & Co Ltd, 1600 Coventry Road, B26 1AL
  • Seymour Luke Limited, 22 Islington Row Middleway, B15 1LD

Planning law solicitors in Shard End regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority

The firms listed below are a small selection of solicitors in Shard End specialising in planning law. This should include advice on development on contaminated land
  • Dassaur Solicitors Limited, 700 Stratford Road, Sparkhill, Birmingham, West Midlands, B11 4AT
  • Shakespeare Martineau Llp, No 1, Colmore Square, Birmingham, West Midlands, B4 6AA
  • The Wilkes Partnership Llp, 41 Church Street, Birmingham, West Midlands, B3 2RT
  • Gateley Plc, 111 Edmund Street, Birmingham, West Midlands, B3 2HJ
  • Clarke Willmott Llp, 138 Edmund Street, Birmingham, B3 2ES

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

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