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Main reasons to let us help you find a high street conveyancing solicitor in Sneinton

  • 1 Sneinton property lawyers work in partnership with Sneinton estate agents, house builders, surveyors, lenders and other professionals to make sure that a quality service is offered to buyers and sellers every step of the way, to ensure you’re kept up to date with progress throughout
  • 2 Sneinton conveyancers have a significant advantage when it comes to Sneinton conveyancing as they have important local knowledge of local authority requirements, planning policies and other matters that can affect your home move
  • 3 The accumulation of transactions means that Sneinton property lawyer have developed very good links with Sneinton local estate agents, banks, building societies, landlords and property developers enabling them to liaise at speed with all concerned in the process of dealing with your house sale or purchase in Sneinton.
  • 4 The Sneinton conveyancing firms that we work with are committed to providing the most cost, efficient and transparent conveyancing service to purchasers, sellers and investors in Sneinton
  • 5 This site is the first site offering you the facility to check that your conveyancing in Sneinton will be conducted by a property lawyer on your lender’s conveyancing panel.

Examples of recent conveyancing in Sneinton since January 2025*

Transfer

of semi-detached property, St Chads Road, NG3 2AU completing on 24/01/2025 at a price of £130,000. The legal transfer of property incorporates some of the following tasks: dealing with appropriate requisitions and enquiries, sending the transfer to the vendor for signature in readiness for completion, agreeing completion date with parties

Disposal

of house property, Serlby Rise, NG3 2LS completing on 27/01/2025 at a price of £190,000. The conveyancing process incorporates some of the following tasks: sending conveyancing papers to buyers representatives, ordering official copies of the title, setting up the completion formalities

Sale

of semi premises, St Saviours Gardens, NG2 3LH completing on 24/01/2025 at a price of £177,000. The legal transfer of property incorporates some of the following tasks: dealing with appropriate requisitions and enquiries, agreeing completion date with parties, sending title deeds and signed transfer to buyer’s lawyers

Sale

of semi property, Second Avenue, NG4 1GJ completing on 24/01/2025 at a price of £195,500. The conveyancing process included amongst the various tasks: sending conveyancing papers to buyers representatives, dealing with appropriate requisitions and enquiries, obtaining official copies of the title

Recently asked questions about conveyancing in Sneinton

We are acquiring our first house. Our conveyancer has calledto ask if we wish to order supplemental conveyancing searches. We are really unsure what's appropriate for conveyancing in Sneinton

The type of Sneinton conveyancing searches should be dictated entirely on the property, the location, the probability of any of these risks, your knowledge of the area and risks, your overall attitude to risk. What is important is that you properly appreciate what information the searches could provide. You may then decide if you consider that you need that information. Where you are in doubt, ask your conveyancer to provide guidance.

Completed the sale of my flat in Sneinton last June yet the purchaser is texting every few hours complaining that her lawyer needs to hear from mine. What are the post completion sale legalities following completion?

After completion of your house sale your conveyancer should forward the transfer deeds and all of the paperwork to the purchaser's conveyancer. Where appropriate, your lawyer must also evidence that the legal charge in favour of the lender has been discharged to the buyers conveyancers. There is unlikely to be post completion tasks unique to conveyancing in Sneinton.

I am planning to acquire a flat and need a conveyancing solicitor in Sneinton who is on the Halifax solicitor. Could you point me in the right direction as regards a 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 Halifax in certain locations such as Sneinton. We dont recommend any particular firm.

is it true that all Sneinton conveyancing solicitors on the Barclays conveyancing panel are governed by the Solicitors Regulatory Authority?

As solicitors, in order to be on the Barclays conveyancing panel they would need to be overseen by the Solicitors Regulatory Authority. The majority of lenders do permit licenced conveyancers on their panel and in that case the practice would be overseen by the Council of Licensed Conveyancers.

My husband and I have organised a further advance on our home loan from Principality as we intend to conduct a loft conversion to our house in Sneinton. Do we need to choose a nearby Sneinton solicitor on the Principality conveyancing panel to deal with the paperwork?

Principality do not ordinarily appoint firms on their approved list of lawyers to deal with the formalities. If they do require any legal work then you would need to ensure that such a lawyer was on the Principality panel.

RBS have agreed my home loan in principle, my offer on a flat in Sneinton has been agreed to, what happens next?

The property agent will wish to know who your solicitors are (be sure the property lawyers are on the lender’s approved list). Telephone RBS or your broker and finish off any relevant documentation. RBS will instruct a valuer who will get in touch with the selling agent or owners to schedule a time for the valuation to take place. Once conducted (assuming no problems) it takes on average a fortnight to receive the mortgage offer. RBS will send the offer to you and your solicitors. The transaction will then take it’s course according the nature and complexity of the conveyancing in Sneinton.

I am purchasing a new build house in Sneinton with the aid of help to buy. The builders refused to budge the amount so I negotiated £7000 of additionals instead. The estate agent told me not inform my lawyer about this side-deal as it would adversely affect my mortgage with the bank. Do I keep my lawyer in the dark?.

All lenders require a Disclosure of Incentives Form from the builder 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.

My brother has suggested that I use his conveyancers in Sneinton. Should I use them?

There are no two ways about it it’s preferable to find a conveyancing lawyer is to seek referrals from friends or relatives who have experience in using the solicitor you're contemplating using.

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Sample of conveyancing solicitors in Sneinton regulated by the SRA

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

  • Burton & Burton Solicitors Limited, Fox House, 17 Dale Street, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, NG2 4LE
  • Rothera Sharp, 2 Kayes Walk, Stoney Street, The Lace Market, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, NG1 1PZ
  • J E S Smith Limited, C/o Rothera Dowson, 2 Kayes Walk, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, NG1 1PZ
  • M A Foulds Limited, C/o Rothera Dowson, 2 Kayes Walk, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, NG1 1PZ
  • Yates & Co, 5 Kayes Walk, The Lace Market, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, NG1 1PY

Residential Landlord and Tenant Conveyancing solicitors in Sneinton

The list below is a non-comprehensive list of solicitors in Sneinton with expertise in landlord and tenant law and on the regulations governing different types of tenancies. This should include advice on wrongful eviction

  • Burton & Burton Solicitors Limited, Fox House, 17 Dale Street, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, NG2 4LE
  • Jlm No5 Ltd, Sharp Young and Pearce Llp, 6 Weekday Cross, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, NG1 2GF
  • Rdb No7 Ltd, Sharp Young and Pearce Llp, 6 Weekday Cross, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, NG1 2GF
  • Awf No6 Ltd, Sharp Young and Pearce Llp, 6 Weekday Cross, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, NG1 2GF
  • Dvg No9 Ltd, Sharp Young and Pearce Llp, 6 Weekday Cross, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, NG1 2GF

Planning law solicitors in Sneinton regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority

The list below is a small selection of solicitors in Sneinton specialising in planning law. The solicitors can give expert legal advice on all aspects of planning, including special planning controls
  • Ashton Bond Gigg, Pearl Assurance House, Friar Lane, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, NG1 6BX
  • Siobhan Goodacre Limited, Pearl Assurance House, Friar Lane, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, NG1 6BX
  • Fraser Brown, 84 Friar Lane, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, NG1 6ED
  • Browne Jacobson Llp, Mowbray House, Castle Meadow Road, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, NG2 1BJ
  • Freeths Llp, Cumberland Court, 80 Mount Street, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, NG1 6HH

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

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