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Logical reasons to use our service to assist you select a local conveyancing solicitor in Soham

  • 1 No matter what any alternative on-line conveyancers may claim it may be necessary to attend your solicitor to execute contracts. There are various parties with engaged in a house sale without having to add Royal Mail into the pot.
  • 2 Soham conveyancers have a crucial edge when it comes to Soham conveyancing as they have valuable local knowledge of local authority requirements, planning policies and other issues that will impact your sale or purchase
  • 3 The practices identified on our web pages have a variation of conveyancing lawyers, legal executives and support staff handling thousands of conveyancing matters each year.
  • 4 Solicitor conveyancing solicitors have extremely good personal links with Soham estate agents and work very closely with them and local surveyors so as to ensure transactions proceed expeditiously.
  • 5 There is a distinct possibility the other side’s conveyancers are based in Soham - if so both parties will be familiar

Examples of recent conveyancing in Soham since July 2025*

Recently asked questions about conveyancing in Soham

At what point will exchange of contracts happen for sale conveyancing in Soham and do I need to be at the solicitors office?

If you are local to our conveyancing solicitors in Soham you are welcome to attend to sign documents. However, the law practices we recommend provide countrywide coverage for conveyancing and give just as comprehensive and professional a job for you when dealing with you electronically. The signing of the property agreement is not when everything is set in stone. A signed contract is just a prerequisite for the firm to exchange contracts when the time is right, which is ordinarily shortly after signing. The procedure is is usually a five minute process, although where an extended "chain" is in the mix, since the process requires the relevant party's solicitor (not necessarily a conveyancing solicitor in Soham)to be in the office at the appropriate time.

Are the BSA planning on creating a searchable register to to identify practices on the Darlington Building Society conveyancing panel for instance in Soham?

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

I've recently found out that there is a flying freehold issue on a property I have offered on last month in what should have been a quick, no chain conveyancing. Soham is the location of the property. Can you offer any opinion?

Flying freeholds in Soham are not the norm but are more likely to exist in relation to terraced houses. Even where you use a solicitor outside Soham you must be sure that your lawyer goes through the deeds diligently. Your mortgage company may require your conveyancing solicitor to take out an indemnity policy. Some of the more diligent conveyancing solicitors in Soham may decide that this is not enough and that the deeds be re-written to give you the most up to date legal protection. If so, the next door neighbour also had to sign up to the revised deeds.It is possible that your lender will not accept the situation so the sooner you find out the better. You should also check with your insurance broker as to whether they will insure a flying freehold residence.

How easy is it to change solicitor as I need to instruct one who is on the Lloyds TSB Bank conveyancing panel. I had appointed a local conveyancing solicitor in Soham five minutes from me but she is not accepted by Lloyds TSB Bank

We will our best to assist in finding you a conveyancing solicitor in Soham on the Lloyds TSB Bank panel. Please note that the law firms that we work with do not pay us commission if you instruct them and are registered with the Solicitors Regulation Authority who oversee all conveyancing solicitors in Soham. In utilising search facility on this site, you can compare and instruct different solicitors and conveyancers both nationally and in Soham.

I am using a search engine for the term cheap conveyancing in Soham it brings up numerous conveyancerslocally. With so much choice what is the best way to find the suitable solicitor for purchase transaction?

The preferential way of seeking a suitable conveyancer is via trusted recommendation, so enquire of colleagues and relatives who have bought a property in Soham or the reputable estate agent or financial adviser. Costs for conveyancing in Soham differ, so it's advisable to request a minimum of four quotes from different companies. Dont forget to clarify that the charges are assured not to rise.

Estate agents have just been given the go-ahead to market my ground floor apartment in Soham. Conveyancing solicitors are to be appointed soon, but I have just had a half-yearly maintenance charge demand – what should I do?

The sensible thing to do is pay the service charge as you normally would given that all rents and maintenance charges should be apportioned as part of the financial calculations for completion monies, so you should recover the relevant percentage by the buyer for the period running from after the completion date to the subsequent invoice date. Most management companies will not acknowledge the buyer until the service charges have been paid and are up to date, so it is important for both buyer and seller for the seller to show that they are up to date. Having a clear account will assist your cause and will leave you no worse off financially.

I invested in buying a garden flat in Soham, conveyancing having been completed half a dozen years ago. Can you please calculate a probable premium for a statutory lease extension? Comparable properties in Soham with over 90 years remaining are worth £180,000. The ground rent is £65 invoiced annually. The lease runs out on 21st October 2083

With 58 years left to run we estimate the price of your lease extension to range between £22,800 and £26,400 as well as plus your own and the landlord's "reasonable" professional fees.

The suggested premium range that we have given is a general guide to costs for extending a lease, but we cannot give you a more accurate figure in the absence of comprehensive due diligence. You should not use this information in tribunal or court proceedings. There are no doubt additional concerns that need to be taken into account and you obviously want to be as accurate as possible in your negotiations. You should not move forward based on this information before getting professional advice.

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Commercial Conveyancing solicitors in Soham regulated by the SRA

The firms listed below are a small selection of solicitors in Soham with expertise in commercial conveyancing in Soham. This should include advice on complex issues under the Landlord and Tenant Act of 1954
  • Smart Law Solicitors Llp, 42 High Street, Soham, Ely, Cambridgeshire, CB7 5HE
  • Jg Poole & Co Llp, E Space, 26 St. Thomas Place, Ely, Cambridgeshire, CB7 4EX
  • P B W Solicitors Ely Limited, 2, Three Cups Walk, Forehill, Ely, Cambridgeshire, CB7 4AN
  • Hey Solicitors Ltd, 53 Market Street, Ely, Cambridgeshire, CB7 4LR

Residential Licensed Conveyancers in Soham regulated by the Council of Licensed Conveyancers

Please be aware that the listed conveyancers do not limit their work for conveyancing in Soham but also conveyancing throughout England and Wales.
  • Bendall Roberts Ltd, 53 Market Street, CB7 4LR

Typically, Soham conveyancing for a purchase has some of the following tasks

  • Lawyer instructed by the purchaser once the offer has been accepted
  • Investigating the title unregistered or registered
  • Conducting Soham conveyancing searches with respect to the title
  • Reviewing draft sale agreement and other papers prepared the owner’s lawyer
  • Submitting questions with the owner’s lawyer
  • Agreeing the wording of the purchase agreement
  • Analysing replies supplied by the owner to pre-exchange enquiries
  • Negotiating a Transfer Deed for completion
  • Guiding the purchasing in respect of the loan offer: (if relevant)
  • Drawing up and sending the purchaser a report on title (that is; a breakdown of all findings on the property)
  • Carrying out the key stage of exchanging contracts and then preparing for completion
  • Preparing and submitting to HMRC the correct stamp duty forms and payment
  • Registering the change in ownership and the mortgage (if appropriate) at the Land Registry.

Neighboring Locations

Ely
Littleport
Soham
Red Lodge
Waterbeach
Burwell
Newmarket

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

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