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If you have reached us by Googling ‘Conveyancing in South Yorkshire’ follow your intuition — you will have a better house move where you instruct a conveyancing solicitor in South Yorkshire.

Reasons to use our South Yorkshire conveyancing solicitors

  • 1 Solicitor conveyancing firms have excellent personal links with South Yorkshire estate agents and work very closely with them and local surveyors so as to ensure transactions proceed expeditiously.
  • 2 The mark of a good conveyancing solicitor in South Yorkshire is quality not quantity. The level of service offered by conveyancing "factories" (sometimes 'recommended' by national chain estate agents) sometimes falls short of the high standards of professionalism you will expect.
  • 3 Firms that specialise in conveyancing in South Yorkshire have a grasp oflocal concerns specific to South Yorkshire and therefore you may benefit from better advice and faster conveyancing.
  • 4 Low cost packages from online conveyancers might be tempting. However, these companies are often based many kilometers away with little understanding of the factors that affect property transactions in South Yorkshire
  • 5 South Yorkshire solicitor are the linchpin to a successful South Yorkshire home move, keeping the process under control. They are on your side throughout, offering dedicated advice for the duration of your move

Examples of recent conveyancing in South Yorkshire since January 2025*

Disposal

of house property, Kew Court, S64 8HZ completing on 10/01/2025 at a price of £195,000. The conveyancing process included amongst the various tasks: drafting the sale agreement and Transfer, taking formal instructions from and updating the seller client, securing official copies of the title

Sale

of semi property, The Lea, S64 8EX completing on 17/01/2025 at a price of £145,000. The conveyancing process included amongst the various tasks: dealing with appropriate requisitions and enquiries, ordering official copies of the title, sending title deeds and executed transfer to buyer’s lawyers

Disposal

of semi-detached residence, East Avenue, S64 8JN completing on 17/01/2025 at a price of £152,500. The legal transfer of property incorporates some of the following tasks: sending the transfer to the seller for signature in preparation for completion, taking formal instructions from and updating the seller client, setting up the completion formalities

Transfer

of detached residence property, Carlton Road, S62 6FB completing on 23/01/2025 at a price of £252,500. The conveyancing process included amongst the various tasks: taking formal instructions from and updating the seller client, agreeing completion date with parties, sending title deeds and executed transfer to purchaser’s lawyers

Recently asked questions about conveyancing in South Yorkshire

I was notified recently by my mortgage adviser that my South Yorkshire the law firm I have appointed is not on the bank Solicitor panel. What can I do to be sure that this is correct?

The first thing you need to do is to call your South Yorkshire lawyer directly. It is reasonable to expect your lawyer to inform you what has happened. If they are not on the panel they may be able to suggest a South Yorkshire conveyancing practice that is on the approved list of lawyers for your mortgage company.

As someone with no idea as to conveyancing in South Yorkshire what is your top tip you can give me concerning the home moving process in South Yorkshire

You may not hear this from too many lawyers but conveyancing in South Yorkshire or throughout England and Wales is an adversarial process. In other words, when it comes to conveyancing there is lots of room for conflict between you and other parties involved in the legal transfer of property. E.g., the vendor, selling agent and on occasion your lender. Selecting a law firm for your conveyancing in South Yorkshire should not be taken lightly as your conveyancer is your adviser, and is the SOLE party in the legal process whose role it is to protect your best interests and to keep you safe.

On occasion a third party with a vested interest may attempt to persuade you that you should follow their advice. For instance, the estate agent may claim to be helping by suggesting your solicitor is slow. Or your financial adviser may try to convince you to do something that is against your lawyers advice. You should always trust your lawyer above all other parties in the home moving process.

I have recentlyfound out that Wolstenholmes have been shut down. They conducted my conveyancing in South Yorkshire for a purchase of a freehold house 10 months ago. How can I be sure that my home is not still registered in the name of the previous owner?

The easiest way to check if the premises is in your name, you can carry out a search of the land registry (£3.00). You can either do this yourself or ask a law firm to do this for you. If you are not registered you can seek help from one of a number of South Yorkshire conveyancing specialists.

I'm buying a new build house in South Yorkshire with a loan from Yorkshire Building Society. The builders would not reduce the amount so I negotiated £7000 of fixtures and fittings instead. The property agent advised me not inform my conveyancer about the deal as it would adversely affect my mortgage with Yorkshire Building Society. Is this normal?.

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 company is looking to lease a unit on the high street. Can you recommend conveyancers offering fixed charges for non-domestic conveyancing in South Yorkshire for below £2000?

We are happy to recommend firms who host a wealth of experience of commercial conveyancing in South Yorkshire, including the disposal and purchase of businesses as well as simply premises. If you are looking to buy or sell a shop, pub, restaurant, office, retail premises or a complete business we can find you the right firm. As for the charges these will vary based on the structure and complexity of the proposed transaction. Please provide us with your contact information or call so as to enable us to furnish you with comprehensive commercial conveyancing quote.

Two months into buying a residence in South Yorkshire. Conveyancing solicitor has phoned to say the property is "Leasehold". Should this adversely affect our Halifax valuation?

South Yorkshire conveyancing does not in most situations involve leasehold houses. The main factor here is the length of lease and the ground rent. If it's 999 years with a nominal rent, it's virtually freehold, so it shouldn't impact the marketability significantly.

At the other end of the spectrum, if it's, say, fifty five years it will have a material impact on the value, and probably wouldn't be mortgageable. The length of lease and ground rent will be specified in the lease provided to your conveyancer.

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Residential Landlord and Tenant Conveyancing solicitors in South Yorkshire

The firms listed below are a non-comprehensive list of solicitors in South Yorkshire specialising in landlord and tenant law and on the regulations governing different types of tenancies. This should include advice on wrongful eviction

  • Arthur Jackson & Co, 4 Ash Mount, Doncaster Gate, Rotherham, South Yorkshire, S65 1DQ
  • Oxley & Coward Solicitors Llp, 34-46 Moorgate Street, Rotherham, South Yorkshire, S60 2HB
  • Bradford & Son, 9 Moorgate Road, Rotherham, South Yorkshire, S60 2EN
  • Parker Rhodes Hickmotts, The Point, Bradmarsh Business Park, Bradmarsh Way, Rotherham, South Yorkshire, S60 1BP
  • Pennine Law Limited, Riversdale, 34 Market Street, Hoyland Nether Barnsley, Barnsley, South Yorkshire, S74 9QR

Commercial Conveyancing solicitors in South Yorkshire regulated by the SRA

The firms listed below are a small selection of solicitors in South Yorkshire specialising in commercial conveyancing in South Yorkshire. This will likely include advice on re-mortgaging commercial property
  • Arthur Jackson & Co, 4 Ash Mount, Doncaster Gate, Rotherham, South Yorkshire, S65 1DQ
  • Oxley & Coward Solicitors Llp, 34-46 Moorgate Street, Rotherham, South Yorkshire, S60 2HB
  • Bradford & Son, 9 Moorgate Road, Rotherham, South Yorkshire, S60 2EN
  • Waring Associates Llp, 354 Herringthorpe Valley Road, Rotherham, South Yorkshire, S60 4LA
  • Tierney & Co, 137 Bawtry Road, Wickersley, Rotherham, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, S66 2BW

Residential conveyancing in South Yorkshire ordinarily entails the following:

  • Conveyancer instructed by the seller on acceptance of the offer
  • Investigating the title to the property
  • Preparing contract and related papers
  • Forwarding draft papers to the conveyancer representing the buyer
  • Finalising the wording for contracts and answering further queries from the buyer’s conveyancer
  • Negotiating the transfer document
  • Replying to requisitions submitted by the buyer’s conveyancer
  • Carrying out the key stage of exchanging contracts and then completion of the sale
  • Receiving sale proceeds and sending funds to the seller, the estate agent and other relevant parties (if applicable)

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

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