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Reasons to use our Thurrock conveyancing solicitors

  • 1 Chances are that the the conveyancers for the other party have offices in Thurrock - if so sets of conveyancers are likely to be familiar
  • 2 You can gain comfort when you choose the very best, most recommended conveyancing solicitors. Thurrock has a number to pick from, but for a truly dependable and reliable service many local people have been use the endorsement of this site.
  • 3 Conveyancer conveyancing lawyers have excellent personal links with Thurrock selling agents and work very closely with them and local surveyors so as to ensure transactions proceed expeditiously.
  • 4 Our site is the first site offering you the ability to ensure that your conveyancing in Thurrock will be conducted by a conveyancer on your mortgage lender’s authorised panel.
  • 5 Retaining the services of a local Solicitor usually results in a more personal touch. Online forums bear testimony to the idea that in appointing a an online conveyancing factory, you tend to be looked after by a team of people who who progress matters by determining whether the ‘computers says no’.

Examples of recent conveyancing in Thurrock since March 2025*

Recently asked questions about conveyancing in Thurrock

My partner and I are buying our first home. Our lawyer has contact usto check if we want to order supplemental conveyancing searches. As novices we in the dark as to what's appropriate for conveyancing in Thurrock

The type of Thurrock conveyancing searches depends entirely on the property, the location, the likelihood of any of these risks, your familiarity of the locality and risks, your general attitude to risk. What is important is that you properly comprehend what information each search could give you. You may then make a decision if you consider that you need that search. Should you be unclear, ask the lawyer to recommend.

Having sold my house in Thurrock last July but our buyer keeps calling every few hours to moan that her solicitor is waiting to hear from mysolicitor. What should have happened following completion?

Following your sale your conveyancer is obliged to forward the transfer documentation and all supplemental paperwork to the buyer’s lawyers. Where relevant, your lawyer should also confirm that the legal charge in favour of the lender has been paid off to the purchasers lawyers. There is unlikely to be post completion requirements peculiar conveyancing in Thurrock.

I am looking to buy a house and need a conveyancing solicitor in Thurrock who is on the Alliance & Leicester solicitor. Can you recommend a local firm?

Our service is limited to being a directory service for firms who wish to listed as being on the approved conveyancing panel for Alliance & Leicester in certain locations such as Thurrock. We dont recommend any particular firm.

I'm buying a new build house in Thurrock with the aid of help to buy. The sellers would not reduce the amount so I negotiated £7000 of fixtures and fittings instead. The sale representative told me not disclose to my solicitor about this extras as it may impact my loan with The Mortgage Works. Do I keep my lawyer in the dark?.

All lenders require a Disclosure of Incentives Form from the developer of any new build, converted or renovated property, It is available online from the Lenders’ Handbook page on the CML website. CML form is completed and handed to the lender's surveyor when the inspection is done.

Lenders have different policies on incentives. Some accept none at all, cash or physical, while others will accept cash incentives up to 5%.

Hard to understand why the representative of a builder would be suggesting you withold information from a solicitor when all this will be clearly visible on forms the builder has to supply to its solicitor, the buyer's solicitor and the surveyor.

I've found a house that appears to tick a lot of boxes, at a great figure which is making it more attractive. I have subsequently been informed that it's a leasehold rather than freehold. I would have thought that there are issues purchasing a leasehold house in Thurrock. Conveyancing lawyers have are soon to be appointed. Will they explain the issues?

Most houses in Thurrock are freehold rather than leasehold. This is one of the situations where having a local solicitor used to dealing with such properties who can assist with the conveyancing process. It is clear that you are buying in Thurrock in which case you should be shopping around for a Thurrock conveyancing solicitor and check that they have experience in dealing with leasehold houses. First you will need to check the unexpired lease term. Being a leaseholder you will not be entirely free to do whatever you want with the house. The lease comes with conditions for example requiring the landlord’spermission to carry out changes to the property. It may be necessary to pay a maintenance charge towards the maintenance of the communal areas where the property is located on an estate. Your lawyer should appraise you on the various issues.

Thurrock Conveyancing for Leasehold Flats - Examples of Queries Prior to Purchasing

    How many of the leaseholders are in arrears for their maintenance charge payments? Plenty Thurrock leasehold apartments will have a service bill for the upkeep of the building levied by the management company. Should you acquire the apartment you will have to pay this amount, normally quarterly throughout the year. This could be anything from a couple of hundred pounds to thousands of pounds for blocks with lifts and large communal grounds. In all probability there will be a ground rent for you to pay annual, normally this is not a exorbitant figure, say approximately £25-£75 but you should to enquire as on occasion it could be prohibitively expensive.

I need to find a mortgage company panel solicitor in Thurrock. Could you help me?

It is not clear why you need a Thurrock panel solicitor but in any event, if you can not find one on our search tool you will need to speak directly to the mortgage company to find out which solicitors in Thurrock are on their panel . If you do find such a firm in Thurrock not listed please direct them to our site to list. At a fee of one pound per month it is not expensive to register on the site

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Sample of conveyancing solicitors in Thurrock regulated by the SRA

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

  • Hattens Solicitors, 90 Orsett Road, Grays, Essex, RM17 5ER
  • 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
  • Scannell Evans, 20 Kings Parade, King Street, Stanford-le-Hope, Essex, SS17 0HP

Residential Landlord and Tenant Conveyancing solicitors in Thurrock

The list below is a small selection of solicitors in Thurrock with expertise in landlord and tenant law and on the regulations governing different types of tenancies. This may include advice on Court proceedings for possession

  • Hattens Solicitors, 90 Orsett Road, Grays, Essex, RM17 5ER
  • 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
  • Penmans, Stanhope House, Stanford-le-Hope, Essex, SS17 0HA

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

    Buying, selling and leasing land for registered charities Property finance transactions, including disposal and leaseback Creating and negotiating new leases Acquisitions and disposals of property portfolios at commercial auctions Commercial development (from overage and options through to site acquisitions and construction) Formation of commercial management companies

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

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