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Selecting the right solicitor is the most important decision when it comes to your Swanscombe conveyancing

Reasons to use our Swanscombe conveyancing solicitors

  • 1 Firms that specialise in conveyancing in Swanscombe are familiar with the local issues specific to Swanscombe and therefore you may benefit from better guidance and expeditious conveyancing.
  • 2 Personal touch and a wealth of expertise are key benefits that you should value when selecting conveyancing solicitors. Swanscombe home moves can become a lot more complicated because of poor communication between all the parties. The lawyers listed endeavour to make sure that communication channels are open and act on arising issues and developments instantly.
  • 3 Experience means that Swanscombe solicitor have developed valuable connections with Swanscombe local estate agents, banks, building societies, landlords and house builders enabling them to liaise at speed with all concerned in the process of dealing with your conveyancing in Swanscombe.
  • 4 Using a high street Solicitor usually means that you will receive a more bespoke service. Sometimes when dealing with a large conveyancing firm, your transaction is handled by a team of people who who progress matters by reading from their computer screens.
  • 5 Swanscombe property lawyers work in partnership with Swanscombe estate agents, property finders, surveyors, lenders and other professionals to ensure that the highest level of service is offered to clients every step of the way, ensuring the smoothest, most stress-free process possible

Examples of recent conveyancing in Swanscombe since August 2024*

Recently asked questions about conveyancing in Swanscombe

What is the ideal way of identifying a leasehold conveyancing in Swanscombe?

First ask relatives who they used in the past and if they were happy with the service.

Option 2 is to search the internet for conveyancing in Swanscombe. Pick up the phone to two or three from the list and ask them to forward you their conveyancing fee calculations and have a conversation with the lawyer who will oversee the legal process in advance ofmaking your decision.

Third is to make use of this site to assist you in finding the right lawyers taking into account your individual expectations including location,speed, complications and who your intended lender is. Don't take the bait of low cost conveyancing in Swanscombe

Are you able to suggest a TSB sanctioned Swanscombe conveyancing practice that can complete within 10 days? Would it be better to use a local Swanscombe solicitor or a web based comparison site?

We can recommend some very good Swanscombe conveyancing firms. You can also walk up the high street in Swanscombe. Go in to two or three firms and ask to see a conveyancing solicitor for a fee estimate. Explain your expectations together with the reasons and ask for an assurance on your deadline. Choose the one that appears most efficient.

I am helping my step-mother sell her house in Swanscombe. Will the conveyancing solicitor commission the energy performance certificate or do I organise this?

Following the abolition of Home Information Packs, energy performance certificates was left as a mandatory component of selling a house. An EPC needs to be commissioned prior to the property being marketed. This is not something that solicitors ordinarily organise. If you are instructing a Swanscombe conveyancing lawyer they may be able to arrange energy assessments given their contacts with reputable Swanscombe accredited person

A relative advised me that in purchasing a property in Swanscombe there may be a number of restrictions limiting what one can do in terms of external changes to the property. Is this right?

There are a number of properties in Swanscombe which have some sort of restriction or requirement of consent to carry out external variations. Part of the conveyancing in Swanscombe should determine what restrictions are applicable and advising you as part of a ROT that should be sent to you.

Does a directory service exist listing RBS panel solicitors in Swanscombe on the Building Society Association’s Website?

Unfortunately not yet. There is no such facility on the CML or Building Society Association websites. Very few lending institutions make their panel listings open the public over the internet. If you are looking for a Swanscombe property lawyer on the RBS please use our tool.

I am purchasing a property and the conveyancer has mentioned Chancel Repair for which the house could be obligated to contribute to given it’s proximity to the area of such a church. He has recommended insurance. Is this strictly required for conveyancing in Swanscombe

Unless a prior purchase of the property completed after 12 October 2013 you may take it that conveyancing practitioners delivering conveyancing in Swanscombe to continue to suggest a chancel search and or insurance against a claim.

I am looking for a ground for flat up to £305k and found one round the corner in Swanscombe I like with open areas and station nearby, however it's only got 61 remaining years left on the lease. I can't really find anything else in Swanscombe suitable, so just wondered if I would be making a mistake acquiring a lease with such few years left?

Should you need a home loan that many years will be an issue. Discount the price by the amount the lease extension will cost if it has not already been discounted. If the current proprietor has owned the premises for at least 2 years you could ask them to commence the lease extension formalities and then assign it to you. You can add 90 years to the existing lease term and have £0 ground rent by law. You should speak to your conveyancing lawyer regarding this.

I need to find a conveyancing solicitor for residential conveyancing in Swanscombe. I've land on a site which looks to be the perfect solution If there is a chance to get all formalities completed via email that would be preferable. Do I need to be concerned? What should out be looking out for?

As usual with these online conveyancers you need to read ALL the small print - did you notice the extra charge for dealing with the mortgage?

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Sample of conveyancing solicitors in Swanscombe regulated by the SRA

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

  • Cumming & Riley, 11a High Street, Grays, Essex, RM17 6NB
  • M. Reynolds Partnership Solicitors, 24 London Road, Grays, Essex, RM17 5XY
  • Attwood & Co, 20 London Road, Grays, Essex, RM17 5XY
  • Hattens Solicitors, 90 Orsett Road, Grays, Essex, RM17 5ER
  • Martin Tolhurst Partnership Llp, 7 Wrotham Road, Gravesend, Kent, DA11 0PD

Residential Landlord and Tenant Conveyancing solicitors in Swanscombe

The firms listed below are a non-comprehensive list of solicitors in Swanscombe practicing in landlord and tenant law and on the regulations governing different types of tenancies. This will likely include advice on Rent Act Protected, Assured and Assured Shorthold tenancies

  • Rex Cowells Solicitors Limited, Old Rectory Business Centre, Springhead Road, Northfleet, Gravesend, Kent, DA11 8HN
  • Cumming & Riley, 11a High Street, Grays, Essex, RM17 6NB
  • Attwood & Co, 20 London Road, Grays, Essex, RM17 5XY
  • M. Reynolds Partnership Solicitors, 24 London Road, Grays, Essex, RM17 5XY
  • Hattens Solicitors, 90 Orsett Road, Grays, Essex, RM17 5ER

Home buying in Swanscombe is a complex business, both legally and administratively. The exact order of events varies slightly, below are some of the tasks in the process.

  • Lawyer instructed by the purchaser once the offer has been accepted
  • Checking the title to the premises
  • Ordering Swanscombe property searches with respect to the title
  • Reviewing draft contract and other documentation collated by the seller’s solicitor
  • Raising queries with the vendor’s solicitor
  • Agreeing the wording of the sale agreement
  • Analysing replies given by the seller to pre-contract enquiries
  • Negotiating a Transfer Deed for completion
  • Guiding the buyer in respect of the mortgage offer: (if appropriate)
  • Drawing up and sending the buyer a report on title (that is; a breakdown of all findings on the property)
  • Proceeding to exchange of contracts and then preparing for completion
  • Completing and submitting to HMRC the correct stamp duty forms and payment
  • Registering the new ownership and the home loan (if relevant) at the HMLR.

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

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