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5 reasons to use our service to assist you choose a high street conveyancing solicitor in St Albans

  • 1 St Albans solicitors have a significant edge when it comes to St Albans conveyancing as they have valuable local knowledge of local authority requirements, planning policies and other issues that can affect your conveyancing
  • 2 The hallmark of our conveyancing solicitors in St Albans is quality not quantity. The level of service offered by conveyancing "factories" (sometimes 'recommended' by national chain estate agents) often falls short of the level of professionalism you will expect.
  • 3 This site is the only site that enables you the facility to check that your conveyancing in St Albans will be carried out by a property lawyer on your lender’s conveyancing panel.
  • 4 St Albans property lawyers work in conjunction with St Albans estate agents, house builders, surveyors, banks and other professionals to make sure that a quality service is offered to home movers every step of the way, helping make the process as straightforward as possible
  • 5 Personal touch and pure property expertise are key benefits that you should value when choosing conveyancing solicitors. St Albans home moves can be made a lot more protracted due to lack of transparency between all the parties. The lawyers we work with endeavour to make sure that communication channels are open and act on arising issues and developments quickly.

Examples of recent conveyancing in St Albans since December 2024*

Sale

of semi-detached premises, Temperance Street, AL3 4PZ completing on 10/01/2025 at a price of £730,000. The legal transfer of property incorporates some of the following tasks: drafting the sale agreement and Transfer, sending conveyancing papers to buyers representatives, preparing statement detailing charges

Transfer

of semi-detached property, New England Street, AL3 4QG completing on 06/01/2025 at a price of £670,000. The conveyancing process included amongst the various tasks: sending conveyancing papers to buyers representatives, sending the transfer to the seller for execution in preparation for completion, taking formal instructions from and updating the seller client

Sale

of terraced premises, Church Crescent, AL3 5JD completing on 17/01/2025 at a price of £950,000. The legal transfer of property incorporates some of the following tasks: taking formal instructions from and updating the seller client, obtaining official copies of the title, preparing statement detailing charges

Sale

of terraced property, Folly Lane, AL3 5JU completing on 07/01/2025 at a price of £700,000. The conveyancing process included amongst the various tasks: sending conveyancing papers to buyers representatives, preparing statement detailing charges, setting up the completion formalities

Recently asked questions about conveyancing in St Albans

The St Albans conveyancing firm handling our St Albans conveyancing has discovered a difference when comparing the information in the home valuation report and what is in the conveyancing documents. My solicitor has advised that he needs to ensure that the lender is OK with this discrepancy and is still content to lend. Is my conveyancer’s stance right?

Your conveyancing practitioner must comply with the UK Finance Lenders’ Handbook requirements 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 both parties.

Can you explain why leasehold purchase conveyancing in St Albans costs more?

St Albans leasehold conveyancing transactions usually involve additional investigations than freeholds including investigating the Lease, liaising with the Landlord such as serving relevant notices on the Landlord or managing agent, obtaining up-to-date service charge and management information, obtaining Landlord’s consents and reviewing management accounts and formation documents.

We are planning on selling our property in St Albans and the buyers lawyers are claiming that there is a risk of it being constructed on contaminated land. A local conveyancer would know this is not the case. For the life of me I don't know why the buyers are using a national conveyancing practice rather than a conveyancing solicitor in St Albans. We have lived in St Albans for three years we know of no issue. Is it a good idea to get in touch with our local Authority to seek clarification that the buyers are looking for.

It would appear that you have a conveyancing lawyer already. What do they say? You need to check with your lawyer before you do anything. It is very possible that once the local authority has been informed of a potential issue it cannot be insured against (a bit like being diagnosed with a serious illness and then taking out life insurance to cover that same ailment)

I'm purchasing a new build house in St Albans with a mortgage from Halifax. The developers would not move on the amount so I negotiated five thousand pounds worth of fixtures and fittings instead. The sale representative advised me not to tell my solicitor about the deal as it would put at risk my loan with the lender. Do I keep my lawyer in the dark?.

All lenders require a Disclosure of Incentives Form from the developer 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 uncle has recommend that I use his conveyancing solicitors in St Albans. Do I take his recommendation?

There are no two ways about it the ideal way to select a conveyancing practitioner is to have feedback from friends or family who have used the firm you're considering.

Much to my surprise my lawyer in St Albans is asking me for ID documents saying that this is part of his obligations as a solicitor on the lender Conveyancing panel. Is this right?

Due to Money Laundering Regulations your conveyancing lawyer is duty bound to confirm positively your identification when entering into a business relationship with you. It is a criminal offence if your lawyer not do this. If you do not provide ID early in the transaction the solicitor must refuse to act for you. It’s unlikely a lawyer will turn you away if you come to the first meeting without relevant ID but you will have to produce it at some point so you might as well bring it with you to the initial meeting so the lawyer can tick the ID verification box and start sorting out the conveyancing straight away. If you are getting a mortgage, your lawyer also has to check ID documents to satisfy the mortgage company. This is not unique to conveyancing in St Albans

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Sample of conveyancing solicitors in St Albans regulated by the SRA

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

  • Bretherton Law Ltd, Alban Row, 27-31 Verulam Road, St. Albans, Hertfordshire, AL3 4DG
  • Turner & Co, Suite 12, Arquen House, 4-6 Spicer Street, St. Albans, Hertfordshire, AL3 4PQ
  • Photiades Solicitors Ltd, Longmire House, 36-38 London Road, St. Albans, Hertfordshire, AL1 1NG
  • Sa Law Llp, Gladstone Place, 36-38 Upper Marlborough Road, St. Albans, Hertfordshire, AL1 3UU
  • Debenhams Ottaway Llp, Ivy House, 107 St. Peters Street, St. Albans, Hertfordshire, AL1 3EW

Residential Landlord and Tenant Conveyancing solicitors in St Albans

The firms listed below are a non-comprehensive list of solicitors in St Albans specialising in landlord and tenant law and on the regulations governing different types of tenancies. This should include advice on Claims for damages for illegal

  • Sa Law Llp, Gladstone Place, 36-38 Upper Marlborough Road, St. Albans, Hertfordshire, AL1 3UU
  • Debenhams Ottaway Llp, Ivy House, 107 St. Peters Street, St. Albans, Hertfordshire, AL1 3EW
  • Sherrards Solicitors Llp, 45 Grosvenor Road, St. Albans, Hertfordshire, AL1 3AW
  • Radius Law Limited, 5 The Old Dairy Mews, Castle Road, St. Albans, Hertfordshire, AL1 5FJ
  • Rexton Law Llp, The Old Post Office, 38 South Riding, Bricket Wood, St. Albans, Hertfordshire, AL2 3NE

Residential Licensed Conveyancers in St Albans regulated by the Council of Licensed Conveyancers

Please note that the listed conveyancers do not limit their work for conveyancing in St Albans but also conveyancing across England and Wales.
  • Horizon Law Limited, 48 High Street, AL3 7LN
  • Horizon Law Limited, 12 Market Place, AL10 0LN
  • Graham Smith Property Lawyers , St Johns House, WD24 6PW

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

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