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Sheffield Conveyancing Statistics*

  • 1 Percentage of leasehold conveyancing purchases in Sheffield is 15% where there is a share in the management company or freehold company
  • 2 Average time from start to completion was 90 days for conveyancing in Sheffield
  • 3 Average Land Registry Fee for this year to date was £270
  • 4 Average Stamp Duty Payable for this year to date was £3,395
  • 5 Average time frame of 86 days for registration of title in Sheffield

Examples of recent conveyancing in Sheffield since January 2025*

Sale

of flat Lydgate Lane S10 5FN, at purchase amount of £279,500. Leasehold conveyancing included: dealing with appropriate requisitions and enquiries, securing official copies of the title, preparing statement detailing charges

Conveyance

of apartment Fulwood Road S10 3GG, acquired for £118,400. Leasehold conveyancing legalities included: dealing with appropriate requisitions and enquiries, taking formal instructions from and updating the seller client, preparing statement detailing charges

Sale

of flat Hunter House Road S11 8TY, at purchase consideration of £185,000. Leasehold conveyancing included: drafting the sale agreement and Transfer, preparing statement detailing charges, setting up the completion formalities

Purchase

of apartment Hagg Lane S10 5PJ, acquired for £386,500. Leasehold conveyancing due diligence included: dealing with appropriate requisitions and enquiries, sending the transfer to the vendor for execution in readiness for completion, agreeing completion date with parties

Recently asked questions about conveyancing in Sheffield

I am selling my flat in Sheffield and the estate agent has just telephoned to advise that the buyers are switching solicitor. I am told that this is due to the fact that the lender will only engage with property lawyers on their conveyancing panel. Why would a leading lender only work with specific solicitors rather the firm that they want to choose for their conveyancing in Sheffield ?

Lenders have always had an approved set of law firms that can represent them, but in the last few years big names such as HSBC, have considered and reduced their conveyancing panel– in some cases removing conveyancing firms who have acted for them for more than 15 years.

Mortgage companies point to the increase in fraud as the reason for the cull – criteria have been stiffened as a smaller panel is easier to keep an eye on. Banks tend not to reveal how many solicitors have been dropped, claiming the information is commercially sensitive, but the Law Society says it is being contacted daily by practices that have been removed from panels. Some do not even realise they have been dropped until contacted by a borrower who has instructed them as might be the situation in your buyers' case. The buyers are not going to have any sway in the decision.

The estate agent has sent us the confirmation of our purchase of a new build apartment in Sheffield. Conveyancing is a frightening process at the best of times but I have never purchased a new build flat before. What sort of enquires would be asked in new build legal work.

Here are examples of a selection of leasehold new build questions that you can expect your new-build leasehold conveyancing in Sheffield

    Where there is an Undertaking being granted there is the risk of forfeiture of the Headlease subject to relief if one or more of the Underlessees are willing to accept the original Head Lessee’s obligations as otherwise relief will be denied to the Underlessees. The only alternatives are the Head Lessor agreeing not to forfeit the Headlease or the Head Lessee guaranteeing to the Underlessees that it will not be in breach of the Headlease. Will control of the Management Company (if any) be handed over to purchasers on completion of the last sale or earlier? There must be mutual enforceability of lessee’s covenants. Please confirm the Lease plans are surveyor prepared. Please supply evidence that the form of Lease proposed has been approved by the Land Registry.

My company is wishing to lease a unit on a shopping parade. Can you recommend conveyancers offering no-sale-no fees for commercial conveyancing in Sheffield for less than 2k?

We are happy to recommend firms who host a wealth of experience of commercial conveyancing in Sheffield, including the disposal and acquisition of businesses as well as simply premises. Whether you are looking to acquire or sell a shop, pub, restaurant, office, retail premises or a whole business we will put you in touch with the right lawyer. As for the charges this will depend on the structure and nuances of the deal. Please provide us with your contact information or call so as to enable us to provide you with a detailed commercial conveyancing calculation.

My cousin has encouraged me to use his lawyers for conveyancing in Sheffield. Do I follow his advice?

There are no two ways about it the ideal way to select a conveyancing solicitor is to have guidance from friends or family who have used the firm that you are contemplating using.

Planning to exchange soon on a studio apartment in Sheffield. Conveyancing solicitors inform me that they are sending me a report within the next couple of days. Are there areas in the report that I should be focusing on?

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

    You should know if the lease allows you to add or improve anything in the flat- you should be made aware as to whether it relates to all alterations or just structural alteration, and whether permission is required Your solicitors should enable you to have an understanding of the building insurance obligations Whether the lease restricts you from letting out the flat, or working from home Does the lease require carpeting throughout thus preventing wood flooring? Repair and maintenance of the flat
For details of the information to be contained in your report on your leasehold property in Sheffield please ask your solicitor in ahead of your conveyancing in Sheffield.

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

    Who takes charge for maintaining and repairing the block? Be sure to investigate if there is anything that is prohibited in the lease. By way of example it is reasonably common in Sheffield leases that pets are not allowed in certain buildings in Sheffield. If you love the flatin Sheffield yet your cat can’t move with you then you will be faced difficult compromise. The answer will be important as a) areas can cause problems for the block as the communal areas may start to deteriorate if repairs remain unpaid b) if the leaseholders have an issue with the managing agents you will wish to know about it

Our lawyer in Sheffield has identified a a problem with the lease for the apartment we are buying in Sheffield. The other side have put forward title insurance as a solution. We are happy with insurance and will pay for it. Our lawyer has advised that as he is on the bank conveyancing panel he must check that the lender is happy with this solution. Who is the client here, us or the lender?

The short answer to your last question is that, notwithstanding the potential for a conflict of interest, you and the lender are the client. A precondition to being on the mortgage company approved panel is to comply with the UK Finance Lenders’ Handbook requirements. The UK Finance Lenders’ Handbook conditions require your lawyer to disclose issues such as defects will the lease so that the mortgage company 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 lawyer will have no choice but to discontinue acting for you.

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Sample of conveyancing solicitors in Sheffield regulated by the SRA

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

  • Nether Edge Law, 392a Psalter Lane, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, S11 8UW
  • Rosalind Watchorn, 10 Kenwood Park Road, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, S7 1NF
  • F W Meggitt & Co, 2 Broad Lane, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, S1 4BT
  • Wake Smith Solicitors Limited, No 1 Velocity, 2 Tenter Street, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, S1 4BY
  • Lewis Francis Blackburn Bray, 14-16 Paradise Square, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, S1 2DE

Residential Landlord and Tenant Conveyancing solicitors in Sheffield

The firms listed below are a small selection of solicitors in Sheffield with expertise in landlord and tenant law and on the regulations governing different types of tenancies. This could include advice on Leasehold Valuation Tribunal proceedings

  • Wake Smith Llp, 68 Clarkehouse Road, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, S10 2LJ
  • Nether Edge Law, 392a Psalter Lane, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, S11 8UW
  • Rosalind Watchorn, 10 Kenwood Park Road, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, S7 1NF
  • F W Meggitt & Co, 2 Broad Lane, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, S1 4BT
  • Best Solicitors, Broughton House, 48 West Street, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, S1 4EX

Commercial Conveyancing solicitors in Sheffield regulated by the SRA

The list below is a small selection of solicitors in Sheffield specialising in commercial conveyancing in Sheffield. This may include advice on complex issues under the Landlord and Tenant Act of 1954
  • Hemingways Solicitors Limited, Redlands Business Centre, 3-5 Tapton House Road, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, S10 5BY
  • Wake Smith Llp, 68 Clarkehouse Road, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, S10 2LJ
  • Nether Edge Law, 392a Psalter Lane, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, S11 8UW
  • Rosalind Watchorn, 10 Kenwood Park Road, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, S7 1NF
  • F W Meggitt & Co, 2 Broad Lane, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, S1 4BT

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

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