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Reasons to use our Southbourne conveyancing solicitors

  • 1 Southbourne conveyancer are the key to a successful Southbourne home move, keeping the process under control. They are on your side throughout, offering dedicated advice for the duration of your transaction
  • 2 Southbourne conveyancers have a significant advantage when it comes to Southbourne conveyancing as they have valuable local knowledge of local authority requirements, planning policies and other issues that will affect your sale or purchase
  • 3 Southbourne conveyancers will be familiar with the local Land Registry Office, Local Authority and property agents
  • 4 Our site offers most comprehensive domestic conveyancing directory listing mortgage company approved law firms conducting conveyancing in Southbourne governed by the SRA or Council of Licensed Conveyancers.
  • 5 Personal touch together with pure property local knowledge are key benefits that you should value when choosing conveyancing solicitors. Southbourne home moves can be made significantly more stressful due to 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 instantly.

Examples of recent conveyancing in Southbourne since April 2025*

Recently asked questions about conveyancing in Southbourne

Will commercial conveyancing searches reveal proposed roadworks that could affect a commercial premises in Southbourne?

Many commercial conveyancing solicitors in Southbourne will order a SiteSolutions Highways report as it reduces the time that conveyancers invest in investigating accurate data on highways that impact buildings and development assets in Southbourne. The search result sets out definitive information on the adoption status of roads, footpaths and verges, as well as the implication of traffic schemes and the rights of way surrounding a commercial development sites in Southbourne.

For each commercial conveyancing transaction in Southbourne it is critical to investigate the adoption status of roads surrounding a site. Failure to identify developments where adoption procedures have not been addressed adequately can cause delays to Southbourne commercial conveyancing deals as well as present a risk to future intentions for the site. These searches are not conducted for residential conveyancing in Southbourne.

I used Action Conveyancing several years ago for my conveyancing in Southbourne. I now require my papers but the law firm has closed. What do I do?

Do contact 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 Southbourne of the conveyancing firm of solicitors you previously retained, 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 flat in Southbourne. Conveyancing is a frightening process at the best of times but I have never purchased a new build flat before. What sort of enquires would be asked in new build conveyancing.

Set out below is a sample of a few leasehold new build questions that you may expect your new-build leasehold conveyancing in Southbourne

    The Landlord must covenant to assume the management if the Management Company goes into liquidation or otherwise defaults in running the management scheme. The Lease must contain a provision on behalf of the Vendor to pay the service charges in respect of unoccupied units in order to ensure that all services can be provided. Has the Lease plan been approved by the Land Registry and if not when will they be lodged for this purpose? Where there is an Undertaking being granted there is the risk of forfeiture of the Headlease subject to relief if one or more of the Underlessees are willing to accept the original Head Lessee’s obligations as otherwise relief will be denied to the Underlessees. The only alternatives are the Head Lessor agreeing not to forfeit the Headlease or the Head Lessee guaranteeing to the Underlessees that it will not be in breach of the Headlease.

How simple is it to change conveyancer as I need to appoint a firm on the Clydesdale conveyancing list. I had appointed a local conveyancing solicitor in Southbourne round the corner but he is not approved by Clydesdale

It would be our pleasure to assist you find a conveyancing solicitor in Southbourne on the Clydesdale panel. Please note that the law firms that we on the directory do not pay us fee if you instruct them and are regulated by the SRA who regulate all conveyancing solicitors in Southbourne. In utilising the find a conveyancing solicitor tool on this page, you can compare and instruct different solicitors and conveyancers both nationally and in Southbourne.

I am using a search engine for the phrase conveyancing in Southbourne it brings up many solicitorsin the vicinity. How do I determine which is the right conveyancing solicitor for my move?

The best method of seeking a suitable conveyancer is via personal referral, so enquire of colleagues and those you trust who have bought a property in Southbourne or the reputable estate agent or financial adviser. Charges for conveyancing in Southbourne vary, so it's a good idea to obtain a minimum of four fee calculations from varying types of conveyancers. Be sure to obtain confirmation that the costs are assured not to increase.

A licensed conveyancer handled my conveyancing in Southbourne half a dozen years past and was holding my registration documents but has now closed – how do I get hold of them?

Title deeds, as such, are no longer appropriate for the majority of homes in Southbourne are recorded electronically at Land Registry. If you need to prove ownership or are selling or re-mortgaging your property lawyer can obtain up to date copies of the register from the Land Registry in any case.

If you feel there may be other documents or you have any other queries please e-mail your request with details of the transaction and documents you need to filerequest@clc-uk.org. The CLC will let you know what information they have and any additional information they may need before they are in a position to identify and send the documents to you. Following an intervention it may take some time for the CLC to access archived files and documents, but your request will be actioned with reasonable haste.

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Sample of conveyancing solicitors in Southbourne regulated by the SRA

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

  • Robert Wrynne Solicitors, 138-140 Tuckton Road, Bournemouth, Dorset, BH6 3JX
  • Spurlings Solicitors & Notary Public, 2a Church Street, Christchurch, Dorset, BH23 1BW
  • Matthew & Matthew Limited, 194 Seabourne Road, Southbourne, Bournemouth, Dorset, BH5 2JD
  • Frettens Llp, The Saxon Centre, 11 Bargates, Christchurch, Dorset, BH23 1PZ
  • Chester And Co, Ground Floor Offices, 480 Christchurch Road, Bournemouth, Dorset, BH1 4BD

Residential Landlord and Tenant Conveyancing solicitors in Southbourne

The firms listed below are a small selection of solicitors in Southbourne practicing in landlord and tenant law and on the regulations governing different types of tenancies. This should include advice on wrongful eviction

  • Matthew & Matthew Limited, 194 Seabourne Road, Southbourne, Bournemouth, Dorset, BH5 2JD
  • Frettens Llp, The Saxon Centre, 11 Bargates, Christchurch, Dorset, BH23 1PZ
  • Chester And Co, Ground Floor Offices, 480 Christchurch Road, Bournemouth, Dorset, BH1 4BD
  • Aldridge Brownlee Solicitors Llp, 13 Christchurch Road, Lansdowne, Bournemouth, Dorset, BH1 3JY
  • Lester Aldridge Trust Company, Russell House, 31 Oxford Road, Bournemouth, Dorset, BH8 8EX

Typically, Southbourne conveyancing for a sale has some of the following tasks

  • Taking instructions from parties involved
  • Collating the documents evidencing the title to the property
  • Drawing up the contract and related papers
  • Forwarding draft papers to the conveyancer acting for the buyer
  • Negotiating contracts and answering additional queries from the purchaser’s conveyancer
  • Negotiating the transfer deed
  • Replying to requisitions submitted by the purchaser’s conveyancer
  • Proceeding to exchange of contracts and then preparing for completion
  • Accepting the sale proceeds and transferring funds to the vendor, the estate agent and other relevant parties (if appropriate)

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

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