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Top reasons to use our service to assist you select a local conveyancing solicitor in Sherborne

  • 1 Sherborne lawyers have a crucial edge when it comes to Sherborne conveyancing as they have important local knowledge of local authority requirements, planning policies and other issues that can affect your sale or purchase
  • 2 Sherborne conveyancing lawyers are likely to have connections at the local Land Registry Office, Local Authority and selling agents
  • 3 Using a a family Solicitor usually results in a more personal touch. When using a large conveyancing firm, you tend to be looked after by a team of people who check what is happening on the file by determining whether the ‘computers says no’.
  • 4 Our site is the first site that enables you the facility to ensure that your property ownership legalities in Sherborne will be conducted by a property lawyer on your bank conveyancing panel.
  • 5 The Sherborne conveyancing practitioners that are listed are dedicated to providing the most cost, efficient and transparent conveyancing service to purchasers, sellers and investors in Sherborne

Examples of recent conveyancing in Sherborne since March 2025*

Recently asked questions about conveyancing in Sherborne

I am obtaining a offer of a home loan from Santander. My intention is to retain the legal services of a Licensed Conveyancer in Sherborne. Does the Santander Solicitor panel exclude Licensed Conveyancers?

The Santander conveyancing panel is, like many other lenders, associated to the CML or BSA, open to Licensed Conveyancers regulated by the Council of Licensed Conveyancers.

We were just about to exchange contracts for a semi detached house in Sherborne. We have hit a problem. The loan offer with Barnsley Building Society expires on 5/8/2025 but the owners are putting forward a completion date of 7/8/2025. Can one extend the loan offer?

The best person to address this question is your lawyer who will calculate whether they better off negotiating with the mortgage broker, vendor’s solicitors, property agents or conceivably all three taking into account the circumstances your house move to date.

We are buying a 4 bedroom semi-detached house in Sherborne. The intention is to an extension at the rear at the property.Will legal investigations on the property involve checks to see if these alterations are permitted?

Your solicitor should review the registered title as conveyancing in Sherborne can occasionally identify restrictions in the title deeds which prevent categories of alterations or necessitated the permission of a 3rd party. Certain extensions require local authority planning consent and approval in compliance with building regulations. Some locations are designated conservation areas and special planning restrictions apply which often prevent or affect extensions. You should check these things with a surveyor before you commit yourself to a purchase.

When it comes to lenders such as Lloyds, do Sherborne lawyers incur a fee to be on the conveyancing panel?

We are unaware of any lender fees to be on their panel, although some do charge an administration charge to deal with the processing of the conveyancing panel submission.

I recently had an offer agreed on an apartment in Sherborne. My mortgage broker recommended their conveyancers. I paid an on account payment of £225. Shortly after, the lawyer called me sheepishly admitting that they were not on the Nationwide conveyancing panel. Am I right in thinking that I should be due a refund?

You should be able to recover this from the law firm if they were not on the Nationwide panel. They should have asked at the outset which lender you were obtaining a mortgage with. An important lesson to readers of this site is to check that the lawyers are on the appropriate lender panel.

Over the last few months I have been searching for a flat up to £195,000 and identified one round the corner in Sherborne I like with open areas and transport links nearby, the downside is that it's only got 49 remaining years left on the lease. I can't really find anything else in Sherborne for this price, so just wondered if I would be making a mistake acquiring a lease with such few years left?

Should you require a home loan that many years may be an issue. Discount the offer by the expected lease extension will cost if not already taken into account. If the current owner has owned the premises for a minimum of 2 years you could request that they commence the lease extension formalities and pass it to you. An additional ninety years can be extended on to the existing lease term with a zero ground rent applied. You should speak to your conveyancing solicitor regarding this matter.

As co-executor for the estate of my father I am disposing of a house in Newport but I am based in Sherborne. My solicitor (approximately 250 kilometers awayrequires that I sign a statutory declaration ahead of the transaction finalising. Could you suggest a conveyancing practitioner in Sherborne to witness and place their company stamp on the document?

Technically speaking you should not be required to have the documents witnessed by a conveyancing solicitor. Normally or notary public or solicitor will do regardless of whether they are Sherborne based

I am a negotiator for a busy estate agency in Sherborne where we see a few leasehold sales derailed due to leases having less than 80 years remaining. I have been given inconsistent advice from local Sherborne conveyancing solicitors. Please can you shed some light as to whether the owner of a flat can initiate the lease extension formalities for the purchaser on completion of the sale?

As long as 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 sit tight for 2 years to extend their lease. Both sets of lawyers will agree to form of assignment. The assignment needs to be completed prior to, 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.

Sherborne Conveyancing for Leasehold Flats - A selection of Questions you should consider before buying

    Is the freehold owned collectively by the leaseholders? Plenty Sherborne leasehold properties will have a service charge for maintenance of the block set on behalf of the freeholder. Where you buy the flat you will have to meet this liability, normally in instalments accross the year. This may be anything from a few hundred pounds to thousands of pounds for large purpose-built buildings. There will also be a ground rent to be met annual, this is usually not a exorbitant sum, say about £50-£100 but you should to enquire as occasionally it could be surprisingly expensive.

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Sample of conveyancing solicitors in Sherborne regulated by the SRA

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

  • Bartlett Gooding & Weelen, Old Bank House, High Street, Castle Cary, Somerset, BA7 7AW
  • Rutter & Rutter, St. Audreys, South Street, Wincanton, Somerset, BA9 9DR
  • Maclachlan Solicitors Limited, Long Street, Sherborne, Dorset, DT9 3BS

Planning law solicitors in Sherborne regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority

The practices listed below are a small selection of solicitors in Sherborne specialising in planning law. The solicitors can give expert legal advice on all aspects of planning, including tree preservation orders
  • Maclachlan Solicitors Limited, Long Street, Sherborne, Dorset, DT9 3BS

What to expect from a Licensed Conveyancer for conveyancing in Sherborne?

Licensed Conveyancers support the transfer of ownership of a property from one person to another and cover conveyancing countrywide not just Sherborne. If using a Licensed Conveyancer governed by the CLC, you are entitled to:
  • Have an honest and lawful conveyancing.
  • Have a high standard of legal services.
  • Be supplied with your matters dealt with using care, skill and legal know-how.
  • Enjoy the benefit of a high quality of service due to your lawyer’s arrangements, resources, procedures, skills and commitment.
  • Have a service which is accessible and responsive to your specific requirements.
  • Not feel discriminated against, victimised or harassed.
  • To receive the level you could expect, however, if you do your lawyer accepts responsibility for this and provides you with any appropriate redress.
  • Have your individual needs taken into account should you make a complaint.
  • Enjoy the benefit of a timeous, independent and comprehensive service when if a complaint is registered about your conveyancing in Sherborne.

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

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