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Conveyancing in St Albans : Keep it Local

Reasons to use our St Albans conveyancing solicitors

  • 1 Firms that specialise in conveyancing in St Albans have a grasp oflocal concerns specific to St Albans and therefore you may benefit from better guidance and faster conveyancing.
  • 2 No matter what any alternative solicitors advise it may be necessary to visit your conveyancer to sign documents. There are enough parties with an interest in a house sale without having to include Royal Mail into the mix.
  • 3 You can gain comfort when you choose the very best, most recommended conveyancing solicitors. St Albans has a number to choose from, but for a truly professional and dependable service many local people have been use the recommendation of this site.
  • 4 The companies identified on our web pages have a mix of conveyancing practitioners, legal executives and support staff handling thousands of conveyancing matters annually.
  • 5 St Albans solicitors will be familiar with the local Land Registry Office, Local Authority and selling agents

Examples of recent conveyancing in St Albans since February 2025*

Recently asked questions about conveyancing in St Albans

I require conveyancing for a flat in a relatively new development (five years built) in St Albans. The vast majority the appartments have already been sold. Is it strictly necessary to order local searches as part of conveyancing in St Albans?

You would be opening yourself up to an unnecessary risk in refusing to carrying out St Albans conveyancing searches. Without searches you have no clarity over flooding, environmental etc which may mean you walk away due to potential problems down the line. If you are buying without a mortgage there is no legal requirement to have them, but we would strongly advise in no uncertain terms that your conveyancer conducts them. If time pressures and cost are top of your concerns you should consider with your solicitor about the possibility of search insurance

Completed the sale of my flat in St Albans last August but the buyer keeps texting daily complaining that his conveyancer needs to hear from mine. What should have happened now that I have sold?

After completion of your sale your lawyer is obliged to send the transfer documentation and all of the paperwork to the buyer’s conveyancer. Where appropriate, your lawyer should also confirm that the home loan has been discharged to the buyers lawyers. There are no post completion requirements just for conveyancing in St Albans.

What does a local search tell me concerning the house my wife and I purchasing in St Albans?

St Albans conveyancing often starts with the applying for local authority searches directly from your local Authority or via a personal search organisations for example Searchflow The local search is essential in every St Albans conveyancing purchase; that is if you wish to avoid any nasty surprises after you move into your property. The search will provide information on, amongst other things, details on planning applications applicable to the property (whether granted or refused), building control history, any enforcement action, restrictions on permitted development, nearby road schemes, contaminated land and radon gas; in all a total of 13 topic sections.

Due to the guidance of my in-laws I had a survey completed on a property in St Albans before instructing conveyancers. I have been advised that there is a flying freehold aspect to the house. My surveyor advised that some banks tend refuse to issue a mortgage on such a premises.

It varies from the lender to lender. Santander has different requirements from Birmingham Midshires. If you e-mail us we can look into this further via the appropriate bank. If you lender is happy to lend one our lawyers can assist as they are accustomed to dealing with flying freeholds in St Albans. Conveyancing will be smoother if you use a solicitor in St Albans especially if they are accustomed to such properties in St Albans.

In my capacity as executor for the estate of my grandmother I am disposing of a house in Cardiff but live in St Albans. My conveyancer (approximately 200 miles from meneeds me to sign a stat dec ahead of completion. Could you suggest a conveyancing lawyer in St Albans who can attest and place their company stamp on the document?

strictly speaking you are unlikely to need to have the documents attested by a conveyancing solicitor. Ordinarily any notary public or solicitor will do regardless of whether they are located in St Albans

Our conveyancer has advised that he intends to complete and exchange simultaneously on the disposal of our £475,000 flat in St Albans next Monday. The landlords agents has quoted £312 for Certificate of Compliance, insurance certificate and previous years service charge statements. Is it legal for a freeholder to charge exorbitant fees for a leasehold conveyance in St Albans?

St Albans conveyancing on leasehold maisonettes usually necessitates the purchaser’s conveyancer submitting enquiries for the landlord to answer. Although the landlord is under no legal obligation to answer these enquiries most will be content to assist. They may levy a reasonable charge for responding to enquiries or supplying documentation. There is no upper cap for such fees. The average fee for the paperwork that you are referring to is £350, in some situations it exceeds £800. The management information fee required by the landlord must be sent together with a summary of entitlements and obligations in respect of administration fees, otherwise the invoice is not strictly payable. In reality one has little option but to pay whatever is requested of you should you wish to sell the property.

St Albans Leasehold Conveyancing - A selection of Queries before buying

    Are any of leasehold owners in arrears of their service charge liability? How many years remain on the lease? Is the freehold owned jointly by the leaseholders?

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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

Commercial Conveyancing solicitors in St Albans regulated by the SRA

The firms listed below are a non-comprehensive list of solicitors in St Albans specialising in commercial conveyancing in St Albans. This will likely include advice on buying and selling small and large scale commercial property and agricultural land
  • Bretherton Law Ltd, Alban Row, 27-31 Verulam Road, St. Albans, Hertfordshire, AL3 4DG
  • Sony Sadaf Haroon Solicitors, 1st and 2nd Floor, 6 Victoria Street, St. Albans, Hertfordshire, AL1 3JB
  • 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

Planning law solicitors in St Albans regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority

The list below is a non-comprehensive list of solicitors in St Albans specialising in planning law. The solicitors can give expert legal advice on all aspects of planning, including special planning controls
  • Debenhams Ottaway Llp, Ivy House, 107 St. Peters Street, St. Albans, Hertfordshire, AL1 3EW
  • Perrins Solicitors Llp, 10 Waterside, Station Road, Harpenden, Hertfordshire, AL5 4US
  • Alban Perrin Limited, 10 Waterside, Station Road, Harpenden, Hertfordshire, AL5 4US

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

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