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Conveyancing in Swanage : Keep it Local

5 reasons to let us assist you find a local conveyancing solicitor in Swanage

  • 1 Using a local Solicitor generally means that you will receive a more bespoke service. Sometimes when dealing with a large conveyancing firm, you tend to be looked after by a team of people who who update you by determining whether the ‘computers says no’.
  • 2 Swanage lawyer are the linchpin to a successful Swanage home move, keeping the process under control. They are on your side throughout, offering dedicated advice for the duration of your conveyancing
  • 3 The hallmark of our conveyancing solicitors in Swanage is quality not quantity. The level of service offered by conveyancing "factories" (sometimes 'recommended' by large estate agency chains) sometimes falls short of the high standards of professionalism you will expect.
  • 4 Personal touch and pure property expertise are key benefits that you should seek when selecting conveyancing solicitors. Swanage home moves can be made significantly more complicated as a result of poor communication between all the parties. The lawyers we work with ensure that communication channels are open and act on arising issues and developments quickly.
  • 5 Swanage conveyancers have a crucial edge when it comes to Swanage conveyancing as they have important local knowledge of local authority requirements, planning policies and other matters that will impact your conveyancing

Examples of recent conveyancing in Swanage since March 2025*

Recently asked questions about conveyancing in Swanage

I am expecting a mortgage offer from Nat West. I intend to enlist the help of a Licensed Conveyancer in Swanage. Does the Nat West Solicitor panel include conveyancers regulated by the CLC?

The Nat West approved solicitor list is, like many other lenders, associated to the CML or Building Society Association, open to Licensed Conveyancers regulated by the Council of Licensed Conveyancers.

Would the conveyancing solicitors that you recommend execute auction conveyancing in Swanage?

We know of a few niche solicitors we can put you in touch with those conducting auction conveyancing. Swanage is one of our areas of where our lawyers are based.

I am assisting my step-mother sell her house in Swanage. Will the solicitor commission an EPC or do I organise this?

After the abolition of Home Information Packs, energy performance certificates remained a compulsory component of selling a property. An energy assessment should be commissioned in advance of the property being placed on the market. It is not a task that solicitors ordinarily arrange. Where you are using a Swanage conveyancing solicitor they may help arrange EPC’s due to their relationships with reputable local providers

After weeks of negotiation I have agreed a price on a house in Swanage. My financial adviser pressured me to appoint their solicitor. I paid an advanced payment of £225. A couple of days later, the conveyancer contacted me sheepishly admitting that they were not on the UBS 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 UBS 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.

I've read lots of house buying guides, I note that they all recommend that you should get your house surveyed prior to buying it. When I asked my local Swanage solicitor - who is on the Leeds Building Society conveyancing panel - on this she said they don't do this and I need to contract an independent surveyor. is that correct?

Leeds Building Society will need an independent valuation of the property. Your lawyer will not arrange this. Usually Leeds Building Society will appoint their own surveyor to do this, and you will have to pay for it. Remember that this is a valuation for mortgage purposes and not a survey. You may wish to consider appointing your own Swanage surveyor to carry out a survey or prepare a home buyers report on the property. It is up to you to satisfy yourself that the property is structurally sound before you buy it. If the survey or report reveals that building work is needed, you should tell your solicitor. You may wish to renegotiate with the seller.

Despite weeks of looking the Title Certificate and documents to my house are lost. The lawyers who handled the conveyancing in Swanage 5 years ago have long since closed. What are my next steps?

You no longer need to have the physical official documentation to establish that you are the registered proprietor of land or property, as the Land Registry have everything they need in a digital format.

I have been on the look out for a flat up to £305k and found one close by in Swanage I like with amenity areas and transport links in the vicinity, the downside is that it's only got 52 remaining years left on the lease. There is not much else in Swanage suitable, so just wondered if I would be making a grave error buying a short lease?

If you need a home loan that many years will likely be an issue. Reduce the price by the anticipated lease extension will cost if it has not already been discounted. If the current proprietor has owned the property for a minimum of twenty four months you may ask them to commence the lease extension formalities and then assign it to you. You can add 90 years to the current lease and have £0 ground rent by law. You should speak to your conveyancing solicitor concerning this matter.

We are about to complete buying a house in Swanage but as a consequence of damage from the recent storms I have agreed reparation from the current proprietors of five thousand pounds taking the form of a reduction in the price. This was going to be dealt with as part of the conveyancing process however the lender will not agree to this. Why were they involved?

Any lawyer being on the bank approved list is obliged to inform the bank of any amendments to the sale figure. If you were to refuse your property lawyer to disclose the price change to your lender then they would have no choice but to discontinue representing you and the bank.

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Home selling conveyancing in Swanage normally comprises the following:

  • Taking instructions from parties involved
  • Investigating the title to the property
  • Preparing contract and associated papers
  • Submitting draft papers to the lawyer representing the purchaser
  • Negotiating contracts and answering supplemental enquires from the buyer’s lawyer
  • Negotiating the transfer document
  • Responding to requisitions raised by the buyer’s lawyer
  • Proceeding to exchange of contracts and then preparing for completion
  • Receiving sale proceeds and transferring funds to the seller, the estate agent and other relevant parties (where applicable)

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

  • Obtaining instructions from parties involved
  • Investigating the title to the property
  • Representing lender (if applicable)
  • Agreeing the terms of the transaction
  • Drafting Transfer or approving draft Transfer
  • Agreeing adjustments to the the Transfer deed
  • Communicating with parties concerning the Transfer
  • Agreeing and preparing for completion
  • Receiving and releasing monies to relevant parties
  • Preparing and submitting to HMRC the appropriate Land Tax forms and payment
  • Registering the transfer of ownership and the mortgage (where relevant) at the HMLR.

Swanage commercial property solicitors draw on a wide range of commercial expertise offering advice on numerous issues across all aspects of commercial property law

    Creating and negotiating new leases complex procedures concerning renewal, rent reviews, dilapidations and the many obligations encountered by Landlords and Tenants of commercial premises Buying, selling and leasing land for registered charities Commercial development (from overage and options through to site acquisitions and construction) Property finance transactions, including sale and leaseback Subletting, licences and sharing occupation

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

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