Find a Lender-Approved Local Conveyancer in Sturminster Newton

Ready to buy a new home? Find a law firm approved by your lender.

Follow your intuition—you will have a better move where you instruct a high street solicitor in Sturminster Newton

Reasons to use our Sturminster Newton conveyancing solicitors

  • 1 The organisations identified on our directory have a mix of conveyancing solicitors, legal executives and support staff handling over one hundred thousand cases annually.
  • 2 Regardless other on-line conveyancers inform you it just might be important to visit your conveyancer to execute documents. There are enough parties involved in a house sale without needing to include Royal Mail into the mix.
  • 3 Sturminster Newton property lawyers work in conjunction with Sturminster Newton estate agents, developers, surveyors, lenders and other professionals to ensure that the highest level of service is provided to home movers every step of the way, never losing sight of the time-critical nature behind your conveyancing transaction
  • 4 Solicitors that specialise in conveyancing in Sturminster Newton have a grasp oflocal concerns specific to Sturminster Newton and therefore you may benefit from better guidance and speedier conveyancing.
  • 5 Sturminster Newton solicitor are the key to a successful Sturminster Newton conveyancing experience, keeping the process under control. They are on your side throughout, offering dedicated advice for the duration of your transaction

Examples of recent conveyancing in Sturminster Newton since April 2025*

Recently asked questions about conveyancing in Sturminster Newton

Have just purchased a probate house at auction in Sturminster Newton. Conveyancing is needed. What happens now?

Given that you are now to in every practical sense signed on the dotted line you will need to choose a conveyancing lawyer quickly as you now have a tight a fixed date to complete the transaction. All auction property will have a corresponding legal pack. This will include most,if not all of the documents that your solicitor requires. If you have purchased leasehold premises the legal papers should provide a copy of the lease, management information and a sellers leasehold information form and associated conveyancing documentation specific to a leasehold property. You must pass this on to your appointed conveyancing solicitor at the earliest opportunity. You also need to ensure that that you have the requisite funding in order to complete on the on the contractual date .

We expect to receive a OIP from Yorkshire BS this week so we know how much we could potentially offer as otherwise we only have online calculators to go by (which aren't taking into account credit checks etc). Do Yorkshire BS recommend any Sturminster Newton solicitors on the Yorkshire BS conveyancing panel, or is it better to go independently?

You will need to appoint Sturminster Newton solicitors independently although you'll need to choose one on the Yorkshire BS conveyancing panel. The solicitor represents both you and Yorkshire BS through the process.

I can not fathom if my bank obliges me to make sure the lease term for the flat is extended prior to the completion date. I have telephoned my Sturminster Newton building society branch on a couple of occasions and was told they are content with the situation and they would lend. My Sturminster Newton conveyancing solicitor - who is on the bank conveyancing panel- telephoned and was told they would not lend based on their UK Finance Lenders’ Handbook minimum lease term requirements. Who do I believe?

Provided that the conveyancing practitioner is on the mortgage company panel, they must adhere to the Council of Mortgage Lenders’ Handbook conditions for the bank. Unless your lawyer obtains specific confirmation in writing that the lender will go ahead, your lawyer has no choice but to refrain from exchanging contract and committing you to the purchase. We would suggest that you ask the bank to contact your lawyer in writing confirming that they will accept the number of years left on the lease.

The deeds to my house can not be found. The conveyancers who did the conveyancing in Sturminster Newton 4 years ago no longer exist. What are my next steps?

You no longer need to have the physical deeds to evidence that you are the registered proprietor of land or property, given that the Land Registry have everything they need in a digital format.

I've recently found out that there is a flying freehold issue on a property I have offered on a fortnight ago in what should have been a simple, no chain conveyancing. Sturminster Newton is where the house is located. What do you suggest?

Flying freeholds in Sturminster Newton are rare but are more likely to exist in relation to terraced houses. Even though you don't necessarily need a conveyancing solicitor in Sturminster Newton you would need to get your solicitor to go through the deeds very carefully. Your bank may require your conveyancing solicitor to take out an indemnity policy. Some of the more diligent conveyancing solicitors in Sturminster Newton may decide that this is not enough and that the deeds be re-written to give you the most up to date legal protection. If so, the next door neighbour also had to sign up to the revised deeds.It is possible that your lender will not accept the situation so the sooner you find out the better. You should also check with your insurance broker as to whether they will insure a flying freehold residence.

Is it possible to change firm as I have to choose a firm on the Alliance & Leicester conveyancing panel. I instructed a high street conveyancing solicitor in Sturminster Newton round the corner but he is not accepted by Alliance & Leicester

It would be our pleasure to help you find a conveyancing solicitor in Sturminster Newton on the Alliance & Leicester panel. Please note that the conveyancers that we work with do not pay us commission if you instruct them and are regulated by the SRA who oversee all conveyancing solicitors in Sturminster Newton. In making use of the find a conveyancing solicitor tool on this page, you can compare fees for conveyancing solicitors in Sturminster Newton and throughout England and Wales.

Should I choose a Sturminster Newton conveyancing solicitor based in the area that I am purchasing? An old friend can deal with the legal work but her office is a couple of hundredmiles drive away.

The benefit of a local Sturminster Newton conveyancing practice is that you can pop in to execute documents, present your ID and apply pressure on them where appropriate. Having local Sturminster Newton know how is a benefit. That being said it's more important to get someone that will do a good and efficient job. If if people you trust instructed your friend and on the whole were content that should surpass using an unknown Sturminster Newton conveyancing solicitor just because they are based in the area.

After what feels like an age I have had an offer on an flat in Sturminster Newton agreed to, but there is a chain. The vendors have submitted an offer on somewhere, but it’s not yet agreed to, and has viewings of other apartments booked. I have instructed a nearby conveyancing lawyer in Sturminster Newton. What should be my next step? At what point do I apply for the mortgage with Nottingham?

It is standard to have concerns where there is a chain as you are unlikely to want to incur expenses too early (home loan application is approx one thousand pounds, then survey, Sturminster Newton conveyancing search charges, etc). First, you must check that your conveyancing practitioner is on the Nottingham approved list. Regarding the next stages this very much dictated by the circumstances of your transaction, desire for the property and on the state of the market. In a rising market some purchasers would apply for the mortgage with Nottingham and arrange for the valuation and only if it was satisfactory would they pay their solicitor to move forward with searches.

Last updated

Sample of conveyancing solicitors in Sturminster Newton regulated by the SRA

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

  • Jane V Wilkinson, Wrekin House, Ibberton, Blandford Forum, Dorset, DT11 0EN

Commercial Conveyancing solicitors in Sturminster Newton regulated by the SRA

The firms listed below are a non-comprehensive list of solicitors in Sturminster Newton practicing in commercial conveyancing in Sturminster Newton. This will likely include advice on buying or selling a shop, pub, restaurant, office, retail unit
  • Jane V Wilkinson, Wrekin House, Ibberton, Blandford Forum, Dorset, DT11 0EN

Whether you are going through a divorce or separation or simply wish to transfer your property to someone else, transfer of equity conveyancing in Sturminster Newton has some of the following tasks:

  • Obtaining instructions from parties involved
  • Collating the documents evidencing the title to the property
  • Representing lender (if applicable)
  • Agreeing the terms of the transaction
  • Preparing the Transfer or approving draft Transfer
  • Agreeing amendments to the draft Transfer
  • Corresponding with parties concerning the Transfer
  • Agreeing and preparing for completion
  • Receiving and releasing monies to the appropriate parties
  • Completing and submitting to HM Revenue and Customs the correct stamp duty forms and payment
  • Dealing with the registration procedures for the change in proprietorship and the home loan (if appropriate) at the HM Land Registry.

Neighboring Locations

Templecombe
Wincanton
Mere
Shaftesbury
Sturminster Newton
Blandford Forum

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

© Crown copyright material is reproduced with the permission of Land Registry under delegated authority from the Controller of HMSO.