Find a Lender-Approved Local Conveyancer in Shoreham By Sea

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Main reasons to let us help you select a local conveyancing solicitor in Shoreham By Sea

  • 1 Excellent communication and pure property experience are key benefits that you should seek when choosing conveyancing solicitors. Shoreham By Sea home moves can become a lot more complicated because of 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 expeditiously.
  • 2 Shoreham By Sea conveyancers work in partnership with Shoreham By Sea estate agents, developers, surveyors, mortgage companies and other professionals to ensure that the highest level of service is provided to home movers every step of the way, with the aim of reducing administrative burdens and transaction times
  • 3 Notwithstanding what other sites advise it could be important to pop into your conveyancer to execute documents. Too many 3rd parties are already engaged in a homemove without needing to add Royal Mail into the pot.
  • 4 Our site is the first site offering you the facility to ensure that your property ownership legalities in Shoreham By Sea will be conducted by a conveyancer on your mortgage lender’s conveyancing panel.
  • 5 Firms that specialise in conveyancing in Shoreham By Sea are familiar with the local issues peculiar to Shoreham By Sea and therefore you may benefit from better guidance and expeditious conveyancing.

Examples of recent conveyancing in Shoreham By Sea since July 2025*

Recently asked questions about conveyancing in Shoreham By Sea

Are the BSA planning on creating a online directory to list firms on the Melton Mowbray Building Society conveyancing panel for example in Shoreham By Sea?

Lexsure has not been advised of any plans on the part of the BSA to develop such a tool.

There are a variety of conveyancing solicitors in Shoreham By Sea but how do I know who I should use?

Do not opt for the lowest Shoreham By Sea conveyancing quote. You really do get what you pay for when it comes to property lawyers. A cheap quote may mean that the conveyancing solicitor is handling a lot of jobs at one time and you won’t get the quality of service and the attention that you need. It is, however, wise to use a conveyancer who has a fixed fee on a no sale, no fee basis. This way, you go into the conveyancing with your eyes wide open.

I am assisting my step-mother sell her house in Shoreham By Sea. Does the conveyancer arrange the EPC or it is for me to coordinate?

After the demise of Home Packs, EPC’s remained a compulsory element of selling a house. An EPC needs to be commissioned before the property is advertised. It is not something that law firms ordinarily arrange. Where you are using a Shoreham By Sea conveyancing lawyer they might be willing to arrange energy assessments given their relationships with reputable Shoreham By Sea providers

The formalities of my purchase has taken place for my property in Shoreham By Sea. Conveyancing was of an acceptable standard but I feel I should register my dissatisfaction about the lender. Who do I contact should I wish to lodge a complaint?

All banks and building societies have complaints procedures. Your first port of call should be one of the lender’s branches or the Customer Care Department at head office. Ordinarily complaints to a lender are sorted out effectively and efficiently. If you feel the matter is not resolved you can write to Financial Ombudsman Service with full details of your complaint.

I know that there are debates on Chancel Insurance on online forums. Am I compelled to have this when acquiring a residence in Shoreham By Sea? or I am told that there is a law dating back centuries that could mean that house owners living in a parish church boundary may be liable to contribute towards maintenance towards the chancel in proximity to the church. Is this applicable for conveyancing in Shoreham By Sea?

Unless a prior purchase of the property took place post 12 October 2013 you could assume that lawyers conducting conveyancing in Shoreham By Sea to remain recommending a chancel search and or chancel repair liability insurance.

I am buying a new build house in Shoreham By Sea benefiting from help to buy. The developers would not budge the price so I negotiated five thousand pounds worth of extras instead. The estate agent advised me not to tell my conveyancer about the deal as it would adversely affect my loan with the lender. Should I keep quiet?.

All lenders require a Disclosure of Incentives Form from the developer of any new build, converted or renovated property, It is available online from the Lenders’ Handbook page on the CML website. CML form is completed and handed to the lender's surveyor when the inspection is done.

Lenders have different policies on incentives. Some accept none at all, cash or physical, while others will accept cash incentives up to 5%.

Hard to understand why the representative of a builder would be suggesting you withold information from a solicitor when all this will be clearly visible on forms the builder has to supply to its solicitor, the buyer's solicitor and the surveyor.

What does commercial conveyancing in Shoreham By Sea cover?

Commercial conveyancing in Shoreham By Sea covers a wide range of services, provided by qualified solicitors, relating to business premises. For example, this type of conveyancing can cover the sale or purchase of freehold business premises or, more usually, the assignment of existing business tenancies or the drafting of new leasing arrangements. Commercial conveyancing solicitors can also offer advice on the sale of business assets, commercial mortgages and the termination of tenancies.

I am looking to buy a property and need a conveyancing solicitor in Shoreham By Sea who is on the bank approved panel. Could you point me in the right direction as regards a Shoreham By Sea conveyancing firm?

Our service is limited to being a directory service for firms who wish to listed as being on the approved conveyancing panel for the bank who do conveyancing in Shoreham By Sea. We dont recommend any particular firm.

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Commercial Conveyancing solicitors in Shoreham By Sea regulated by the SRA

The list below is a small selection of solicitors in Shoreham By Sea with expertise in commercial conveyancing in Shoreham By Sea. This may include advice on commercial leases including all matters relating to landlord and tenant law
  • Robert Simon & Co, St Mary's House, St Mary's Road, Shoreham-by-Sea, West Sussex, BN43 5ZA
  • Engleharts, Vallance Hall, Hove Street, Hove, East Sussex, BN3 2DE
  • Acumen Business Law Limited, Regent House, Hove Street, Hove, East Sussex, BN3 2DW
  • Griffith Smith Conway, 154a Church Road, Hove, East Sussex, BN3 2DL
  • Dennis J Webb, 41 Longlands, Worthing, West Sussex, BN14 9NW

Planning law solicitors in Shoreham By Sea regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority

The solicitors listed below are a non-comprehensive list of solicitors in Shoreham By Sea practicing in planning law. This will likely include advice on tree preservation orders
  • M S Page, 3 The Rise, Portslade, Brighton, East Sussex, BN41 2PY
  • Bennett Griffin Llp, Shelley House, 23 Warwick Street, Worthing, West Sussex, BN11 3DG
  • Mayo Wynne Baxter Llp, Century House, 15-19 Dyke Road, Brighton, East Sussex, BN1 3FE

Home buying in Shoreham By Sea is a complex business, both legally and administratively. The exact order of events varies slightly, below are some of the tasks in the process.

  • Obtaining instructions from parties involved
  • Investigating the title to the property
  • Preparing contract and related documents
  • Sending draft papers to the conveyancer acting for the purchaser
  • Negotiating contracts and replying to further queries from the buyer’s conveyancer
  • Agreeing the transfer deed
  • Replying to requisitions submitted by the purchaser’s conveyancer
  • Proceeding to exchange of contracts and then completion of the sale
  • Receiving sale proceeds and sending funds to the vendor, the estate agent and paying off the mortgage (where appropriate)

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

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