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Selecting the right solicitor is the most important decision when it comes to your Stoke Sub Hamdon house move

Reasons to use our Stoke Sub Hamdon conveyancing solicitors

  • 1 Experience means that Stoke Sub Hamdon solicitor have established very good connections with Stoke Sub Hamdon local estate agents, banks, building societies, landlords and property developers enabling them to liaise at speed with all parties involved in the process of handling your house sale or purchase in Stoke Sub Hamdon.
  • 2 Stoke Sub Hamdon solicitors have a crucial edge when it comes to Stoke Sub Hamdon conveyancing as they have important local knowledge of local authority requirements, planning policies and other matters that will impact your conveyancing
  • 3 There is a better than average chance that the other side’s conveyancers have offices in Stoke Sub Hamdon - if so sets of conveyancers are likely to be familiar
  • 4 Stoke Sub Hamdon property lawyers work in partnership with Stoke Sub Hamdon estate agents, property finders, surveyors, mortgage companies and other professionals to make sure that a quality service is offered to clients every step of the way, ensuring the smoothest, most stress-free process possible
  • 5 Personal touch together with a wealth of experience are key benefits that you should seek when choosing conveyancing solicitors. Stoke Sub Hamdon home moves can be made significantly more complicated due to lack of transparency between all the parties. The lawyers listed ensure that the lines of communication are open and act on arising issues and developments quickly.

Examples of recent conveyancing in Stoke Sub Hamdon since August 2025*

Recently asked questions about conveyancing in Stoke Sub Hamdon

Can the conveyancing lawyers listed on your site handle attended exchange conveyancing in Stoke Sub Hamdon?

There are a few conveyancing experts who can conduct attended exchanges. Please e-mail us to receive a costs illustration and details as to dates.

We note that you have a post code search directory listing solicitors on the Nottingham conveyancing panel. Do companies pay you a commission if I appoint them for our conveyancing in Stoke Sub Hamdon?

We are a listing service only for law firms wishing to communicate if they are on the Nottingham conveyancing panel or other lender panels. We do not charge referral fees to any conveyancer that you subsequently appoint for your conveyancing in Stoke Sub Hamdon.

I just bought a house at auction in Stoke Sub Hamdon. Conveyancing is needed. What are my next steps?

Now that you are exchanged you will need to appoint a conveyancing solicitor soon as you now have a tight a fixed date to complete the deal. An auction property will ordinarily have an associated legal pack. This should include the copy title deeds, local authority and drainage searches. Where you are dealing with leasehold property the legal papers should contain a copy of the lease, management information and a sellers leasehold information form and other conveyancing documentation specific to a leasehold property. You should pass this on to the lawyer working for you ASAP. Do make sure that your finances are organised to complete on the on the contractual date .

I had a mortgage agreed in principle with UBS. Stoke Sub Hamdon conveyancing lawyers have been selected. What is the average time that one could expect to receive a mortgage offer from UBS?

There is no definitive answer here. Have UBS conducted the survey? Have you informed UBS as to your lawyers' details and checked that your lawyers are on the UBS conveyancing panel? Sometimes it can take as long as six weeks for a mortgage offer to be issued.

I'm in the throws of viewing apartments in Stoke Sub Hamdon and I am now considering a potential offer. Should I already have a property lawyer appointed at this point? I intend to finance via a home loan with Lloyds.

You should start obtaining conveyancing quotes from solicitors ASAP. After you have chosen your lawyer and once your offer is accepted you can instruct them to work for you and pass their contact information on to the EA. Given that you are seeking a mortgage with Lloyds, ask your prospective lawyers if they are on the Lloyds conveyancing panel otherwise they can't do the mortgage legal work.

Over the last few months I have been searching for a ground for flat up to £235,500 and found one round the corner in Stoke Sub Hamdon I like with a park and railway links in the vicinity, the downside is that it only has 52 years on the lease. I can't really find anything else in Stoke Sub Hamdon for this price, so just wondered if I would be making a mistake acquiring a short lease?

Should you need a mortgage the shortness of the lease may be an issue. Reduce the price by the anticipated lease extension will cost if not already taken into account. If the existing owner has owned the property for a minimum of twenty four months you may ask them to start the process of the extension and then assign it to you. You can add 90 years to the current lease and have £0 ground rent by law. You should consult your conveyancing lawyer regarding this.

I would like to sublet my leasehold apartment in Stoke Sub Hamdon. Conveyancing solicitor who did the purchase is retired - so can't ask him. Is permission from the freeholder required?

Some leases for properties in Stoke Sub Hamdon do contain a provision to say that subletting is only allowed with permission. The landlord cannot unreasonably refuse but, in such cases, they would need to see references. Experience suggests that problems are usually caused by unsatisfactory tenants rather than owner-occupiers and for that reason you can expect the freeholder to take up the references and consider them carefully before granting consent.

I purchased a garden flat in Stoke Sub Hamdon, conveyancing formalities finalised in 1999. Can you work out an approximate cost of a lease extension? Equivalent flats in Stoke Sub Hamdon with an extended lease are worth £260,000. The average or mid-range amount of ground rent is £50 charged once a year. The lease ceases on 21st October 2100

With just 75 years unexpired we estimate the premium for your lease extension to range between £8,600 and £9,800 plus plus your own and the landlord's "reasonable" professional fees.

The figure that we have given is a general guide to costs for renewing a lease, but we cannot give you the actual costs in the absence of detailed due diligence. Do not use the figures in a Notice of Claim or as an informal offer. There are no doubt other issues that need to be taken into account and you obviously want to be as accurate as possible in your negotiations. You should not take any other action based on this information without first getting professional advice.

When it comes to my conveyancing in Stoke Sub Hamdon should I be paying VAT on the following: (1) Land reg fee on purchase (2) Pre - completion search fee (3) SDLT E submission on purchase (4) Bank TT fee

(1) Land reg fee on purchase - No (2) Pre - completion search fees -No, (such conveyancing searches are HMLR ones and means £4 and possibly £2 bankruptcy per name on your mortgage) (3) SDLT E submission on your purchase - There is no VAT on Stamp Duty. However if the firm is charging a stamp duty e-submission fee as part of their services - some Stoke Sub Hamdon conveyancers do - that will incur VAT(4) Bank transfer fee - Yes it is for the conveyancer's time in submitting the funds this way.

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Residential Landlord and Tenant Conveyancing solicitors in Stoke Sub Hamdon

The firms listed below are a non-comprehensive list of solicitors in Stoke Sub Hamdon with expertise in landlord and tenant law and on the regulations governing different types of tenancies. This could include advice on Claims for damages for illegal

  • Richard P Kemp, 31 North Street, Martock, Somerset, TA12 6DH
  • Battens Solicitors Limited, Mansion House, 54-58 Princes Street, Yeovil, Somerset, BA20 1EP
  • Porter Dodson Llp, Central House, Church Street, Yeovil, Somerset, BA20 1HH
  • Stokes Partners Llp, Kingfisher House, Market Square, Crewkerne, Somerset, TA18 7LH
  • Gareth Webb & Co Llp, 5-6 Church Terrace, Yeovil, Somerset, BA20 1HX

Commercial Conveyancing solicitors in Stoke Sub Hamdon regulated by the SRA

The list below is a non-comprehensive list of solicitors in Stoke Sub Hamdon practicing in commercial conveyancing in Stoke Sub Hamdon. This should include advice on buying or selling a shop, pub, restaurant, office, retail unit
  • Richard P Kemp, 31 North Street, Martock, Somerset, TA12 6DH
  • Bannister & Co, Tudor Chambers, Manor Road, Yeovil, Somerset, BA20 1UQ
  • Battens Solicitors Limited, Mansion House, 54-58 Princes Street, Yeovil, Somerset, BA20 1EP
  • Porter Dodson Llp, Central House, Church Street, Yeovil, Somerset, BA20 1HH
  • Stokes Partners Llp, Kingfisher House, Market Square, Crewkerne, Somerset, TA18 7LH

Whether you are going through a divorce or separation or simply wish to transfer your property to someone else, transfer of equity conveyancing in Stoke Sub Hamdon includes some of the following tasks:

  • Obtaining instructions from the appropriate parties
  • Investigating the title to the property
  • Representing mortgage company (if relevant)
  • Negotiating the terms of the transaction
  • Drawing up Transfer or approving draft Transfer
  • Agreeing amendments to the draft Transfer
  • Corresponding with parties with regards to the Transfer
  • Agreeing and preparing for completion
  • Receiving and transferring funds to the appropriate parties
  • Preparing and submitting to HM Revenue and Customs the correct stamp duty forms and payment
  • Dealing with the registration procedures for the new ownership and the mortgage (where applicable) at the HMLR.

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

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