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Reasons to use our St Brides Major conveyancing solicitors

  • 1 The hallmark of our conveyancing solicitors in St Brides Major is quality not quantity. The level of service offered by conveyancing "factories" (sometimes 'recommended' by national chain estate agents) often falls short of the high standards of professionalism you will expect.
  • 2 Chances are that the the lawyers for the other party have offices in St Brides Major - if so both parties are likely to be less confrontational
  • 3 St Brides Major lawyers have a crucial advantage when it comes to St Brides Major conveyancing as they have valuable local knowledge of local authority requirements, planning policies and other issues that can affect your conveyancing
  • 4 Our site is the only site that enables you the facility to check that your property ownership legalities in St Brides Major will be conducted by a law firm on your mortgage lender’s approved panel.
  • 5 No matter what any other lawyers say it just might be necessary to visit your conveyancer to execute documents. There are various parties with involved in a homemove without having to add the postman into the pot.

Examples of recent conveyancing in St Brides Major since April 2025*

Recently asked questions about conveyancing in St Brides Major

Can the conveyancing solicitors identified via your search tool carry out attended exchange conveyancing in St Brides Major?

There are a few conveyancing specialists carrying out personalised exchanges. You should e-mail us to secure a fee calculation and details as to dates.

This question may be naive but I am unseasoned as a 1st time purchaser of a two bedroom flat in St Brides Major. Do I collect the keys to the premises on the completion date from my solicitor? If this is the case, I will appoint a High Street conveyancing solicitor in St Brides Major?

On the day of completion you do not need to go to the conveyancers office in St Brides Major. Conveyancing lawyers for you will transfer the purchase money to the vendor’s lawyers, and once they have received this, you will be able to collect the keys from the property Agents and move into your new home. This tends to happen early afternoon.

Are all St Brides Major Conveyancing Quality Solicitors on the Yorkshire BS conveyancing list of approved firms?

Some major lenders now use CQS as the starting point for Panel approval such as HSBC and Santander. The Law Society’s CQS membership however is no guarantee to lender panel acceptance. Nevertheless,the Council of Mortgage Lenders have indicated that it is likely to become a pre-requisite for solicitors wishing to join their approved list of conveyancing solicitors.

After weeks of negotiation I have agreed a price on an apartment in St Brides Major. My mortgage broker recommended their conveyancers. I paid an on account payment of £175. A couple of days later, the property lawyer called me embarrassingly acknowledging that they were not on the Kent Reliance conveyancing panel. Am I right in thinking that I should be due a refund?

You should be able to recover this from the law firm if they were not on the Kent Reliance panel. They should have asked at the outset which lender you were obtaining a mortgage with. An important lesson to readers of this site is to check that the lawyers are on the appropriate lender panel.

What will a local search inform me about the property my wife and I buying in St Brides Major?

St Brides Major conveyancing often commences with the ordering local authority searches directly from your local Authority or via a personal search organisations for instance Searchflow The local search is essential in every St Brides Major conveyancing purchase; that is if you wish to avoid any unpleasant once you have moved into your new home. The search should reveal data on, amongst other things, details on planning applications relevant 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 thirteen topic areas.

I have recentlyfound out that Wolstenholmes have been shut down. They conducted my conveyancing in St Brides Major for a purchase of a freehold house 12 months ago. How can I establish that the property is not still registered in the name of the former proprietor?

The quickest method to see if the property is in your name, you can make 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 St Brides Major conveyancing specialists.

What does commercial conveyancing in St Brides Major cover?

St Brides Major conveyancing for business premises incorporates a wide array of services, provided by regulated solicitors, relating to business property. For example, this type of conveyancing can cover the sale or purchase of freehold business premises or, more commonly, the assignment of existing leases or the drafting of new leasing arrangements. Commercial conveyancing solicitors can also offer advice on the sale of business assets, commercial loans and the termination of tenancies.

What can I do to determine who owns a house in St Brides Major?

Assuming that the premises is registered with HM Land Registry, and you have requisite details of the location of the property, you will be able to obtain details from the HM Land Registry of the registered proprietor for a a minimal charge.

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Sample of conveyancing solicitors in St Brides Major regulated by the SRA

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

  • David & Snape, Old Castle Offices, South Street, Bridgend, Mid Glamorgan, CF31 3ED
  • Gordon A Battrick & Co, 10 Court Road, Bridgend, Mid Glamorgan, CF31 1BN
  • Sian Thomas & Daughter, 8 Court Road, Bridgend, Mid Glamorgan, CF31 1BN
  • Whittinghams, 5-7 Court Road, Bridgend, Mid Glamorgan, CF31 1BE
  • Anthony & Jarvie, 6 Court Road, Bridgend, Mid Glamorgan, CF31 1BW

Residential Landlord and Tenant Conveyancing solicitors in St Brides Major

The list below is a non-comprehensive list of solicitors in St Brides Major specialising in landlord and tenant law and on the regulations governing different types of tenancies. This may include advice on wrongful eviction

  • David & Snape, Old Castle Offices, South Street, Bridgend, Mid Glamorgan, CF31 3ED
  • Gordon A Battrick & Co, 10 Court Road, Bridgend, Mid Glamorgan, CF31 1BN
  • Sian Thomas & Daughter, 8 Court Road, Bridgend, Mid Glamorgan, CF31 1BN
  • Whittinghams, 5-7 Court Road, Bridgend, Mid Glamorgan, CF31 1BE
  • Anthony & Jarvie, 6 Court Road, Bridgend, Mid Glamorgan, CF31 1BW

Residential conveyancing in St Brides Major normally involves the following:

  • Conveyancing practitioner 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 solicitor representing the purchaser
  • Finalising the wording for contracts and replying to additional queries from the buyer’s solicitor
  • Finalising the transfer document
  • Responding to requisitions submitted by the buyer’s solicitor
  • Carrying out the key stage of exchanging contracts and then preparing for completion
  • Receiving sale proceeds and wiring funds to the seller, the estate agent and other relevant parties (where applicable)

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

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