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Conveyancing in Silsoe : Keep it Local

Logical reasons to use our service to help you select a local conveyancing solicitor in Silsoe

  • 1 Retaining the services of a local Solicitor usually means that you will receive a more personalised service. Sometimes when dealing with a an online conveyancing factory, your matter is handled by a team of people who who progress matters by reading from their computer screens.
  • 2 Silsoe property lawyers will have connections at the local Land Registry Office, Local Authority and property agents
  • 3 Solicitors that specialise in conveyancing in Silsoe have a grasp oflocal issues specific to Silsoe and therefore you may benefit from better advice and expeditious conveyancing.
  • 4 Conveyancer conveyancing firms have valuable personal links with Silsoe estate agents and work very closely with them and local surveyors so as to ensure transactions proceed expeditiously.
  • 5 The mark of a good conveyancing solicitor in Silsoe is quality not quantity. The level of service offered by conveyancing "factories" (sometimes 'recommended' by large estate agency chains) often falls short of the level of professionalism you would hope for.

Examples of recent conveyancing in Silsoe since December 2024*

Transfer

of semi premises, Mill Lane, MK45 4BX completing on 13/01/2025 at a price of £283,000. The conveyancing process included amongst the various tasks: obtaining official copies of the title, setting up the completion formalities, sending title deeds and executed transfer to purchaser’s lawyers

Sale

of terraced residence, Primrose Crescent, MK45 2FD completing on 07/01/2025 at a price of £399,950. The legal transfer of property included amongst the various tasks: sending conveyancing papers to buyers representatives, dealing with appropriate requisitions and enquiries, sending title deeds and signed transfer to purchaser’s solicitor

Disposal

of semi premises, High Road, SG5 3LL completing on 03/01/2025 at a price of £355,000. The legal transfer of property incorporates some of the following tasks: sending conveyancing papers to buyers representatives, taking formal instructions from and updating the seller client, setting up the completion formalities

Transfer

of terraced premises, Longcroft Drive, MK45 4SF completing on 07/01/2025 at a price of £303,000. The legal transfer of property incorporates some of the following tasks: dealing with appropriate requisitions and enquiries, securing official copies of the title, agreeing completion date with parties

Recently asked questions about conveyancing in Silsoe

The Silsoe conveyancing firm handling our Silsoe conveyancing has discovered a difference when comparing the surveyor’s assumptions in the valuation report and what is in the legal papers for the property. My lawyer says that he needs to check that the lender is OK with this discrepancy and is content to go ahead. Is my solicitor’s approach appropriate?

Your conveyancing practitioner must comply with the UK Finance Lenders’ Handbook provisions which do require that your lawyer disclose any incorrect assumptions in the lender’s valuation report and the legal papers. 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.

I note that there are debates on Chancel Insurance on online forums. Do I need this when purchasing a property in Silsoe? or I am told that there is an ancient law that could mean that house owners residing in a parish church boundary may be liable to contribute towards maintenance to the chancel in proximity to the church. Is this appropriate for conveyancing in Silsoe?

Unless a prior acquisition of the house completed after 12 October 2013 you can assume that conveyancing practitioners carrying out conveyancing in Silsoe to remain encouraging a chancel search and or chancel repair liability policy.

I used Arc property Solicitors several years ago for my conveyancing in Silsoe. I now require my file but cannot find the solicitor. What do I do?

You should call the Solicitors Regulatory Authority (SRA) to assist in tracing your conveyancing files. They can be contacted on please contact on 0870 606 2555. Alternatively, you should use their online form to make an enquiry. You will need to provide the SRA with as much information as possible to assist their search, including the name and address in Silsoe of the conveyancing firm of solicitors you previously used, the name of conveyancing solicitor with whom you had dealings, and the date on which you last had dealings with the firm.

Just had an offer accepted on a new build apartment in Silsoe. Conveyancing is daunting at the best of times but I have never purchased a new build flat before. Can you give me some examples of some of the questions asked in new build legal work.

Here is a sample of a selection of leasehold new build enquiries that you may expect your new-build leasehold conveyancing in Silsoe

    Where service of notices and proceedings can be at the property demised please confirm that this can be amended to include simultaneous services at the Lessees’ solicitors’ offices where the Lessee from time to time is not resident in the UK - such solicitors may be varied by notice in writing to the Landlord from time to time but otherwise will be as previously specified. Please confirm the Lease plans are architect prepared. There must be mutual enforceability of lessee’s covenants. Please supply evidence that the form of Lease proposed has been approved by the Land Registry. Investor purchasers must be able to freely grant unsecured tenancies at market rents without requiring any consents.

I have been on the look out for a leasehold apartment up to £245,000 and found one close by in Silsoe I like with a park and station in the vicinity, however it only has 51 years on the lease. There is not much else in Silsoe suitable, so just wondered if I would be making a mistake buying a short lease?

If you need a mortgage the shortness of the lease will be an issue. Discount the offer by the expected lease extension will cost if it has not already been discounted. If the existing owner has owned the property for a minimum of twenty four months you can request that they commence the lease extension formalities and then assign it to you. You can add 90 years to the existing lease and have £0 ground rent by law. You should speak to your conveyancing solicitor concerning this.

I own a leasehold flat in Silsoe. Conveyancing was finalised in last year. I have heard that I mustn’t allow the the remaining lease term to fall too low. Why is that a problem?

Silsoe leasehold properties are for a fixed term - normally 99 years when they are first granted. However a significant appartments in Silsoe were built or converted in the 70’s80’s and so these leases now have under 80 years left to run. This may seem like a long time but Banks, Building Societies and other mortgage companies generally require leases to have at least seventy five years unexpired to adequate security. This means that when you come to sell the property you will need to extend the term of your lease if you are approaching seventy five years. To enhance your property value you should be considering whether or not to extend your lease long before you come to sell it. Furthermore strong financial reasons to taking action before the lease hits 80 years as when the lease is less than eighty years the amount to be paid to extend starts to escalate.

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Domestic Licensed Conveyancers in Silsoe regulated by the Council of Licensed Conveyancers

Please note that the listed conveyancers do not limit their work for conveyancing in Silsoe but also conveyancing across England and Wales.
  • Mid Beds Conveyancing Services Ltd, 5 & 6 Station Square, MK45 1DP

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

Licensed Conveyancers specialise in the legalities surrounding buying and selling property and cover conveyancing nationwide not just Silsoe. If using a Licensed Conveyancer governed by the CLC, you can expect:
  • Enjoy the benefit of an honest and lawful service.
  • Have a high standard of legal services.
  • Enjoy the benefit of your transaction dealt with using care, skill and legal know-how.
  • Have a high quality of service due to your lawyer’s arrangements, resources, procedures, skills and commitment.
  • Enjoy the benefit of a service which is accessible and responsive to your specific requirements.
  • Not feel discriminated against, victimised or harassed.
  • To receive the standard you could expect, however, if you do your lawyer accepts responsibility for this and provides you with any appropriate redress.
  • Ensure your specific needs taken into account should a complaint be made.
  • Enjoy the benefit of a timeous, impartial and comprehensive service if making a complaint about your conveyancing in Silsoe about your conveyancing in Silsoe.

Silsoe commercial property solicitors draw on a wide range of commercial expertise offering advice on a variety of aspects of commercial property law

    Offices, retail or industrial units Offices, shops, public houses, off licenses, factories, nursing homes and warehouses Property realisations and advice for insolvency practitioners Property finance for investment and development loans for banks and borrowers Property finance transactions, including sale and leaseback Buying, selling and leasing land for registered charities

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

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