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Top reasons to use our service to help you choose a local conveyancing solicitor in Totnes

  • 1 Notwithstanding what alternative companies advise it could be important to pop into your conveyancer to sign legal papers. There are various parties with involved in a house sale without needing to include the postman into the mix.
  • 2 The mark of a good conveyancing solicitor in Totnes 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.
  • 3 Over the years Totnes solicitor have developed very good links with Totnes local estate agents, banks, building societies, landlords and house builders enabling them to liaise at speed with all parties involved in the process of dealing with your conveyancing in Totnes.
  • 4 Lawyer conveyancing solicitors have very good personal links with Totnes estate agents and work very closely with them and local surveyors so as to ensure transactions proceed expeditiously.
  • 5 There is a better than average chance that the the solicitors for the other party are located in Totnes - if so both parties are likely to be familiar

Examples of recent conveyancing in Totnes since February 2025*

Recently asked questions about conveyancing in Totnes

I am in need of a conveyancer. Should I go for for an online conveyancer as opposed to a family Totnes conveyancing solicitor?

Existing third party connections are another important factor to consider when choosing conveyancing solicitors. Totnes conveyancers benefit from connections with financial advisers and property, local authorities, surveyors and other conveyancing firms meaning you will move in shortest possible time. Hosting years of knowledge of the local area is an advantage.

Can you clarify what the consequences are if my lawyer’s firm is expelled from the Skipton Solicitor panel ahead of completing my conveyancing in Totnes?

First, this is a very rare occurrence. In most cases even where a law firm is removed off of a panel the lender would allow the completion to go ahead as the lender would appreciate the difficulties that they would place you in if you have to instruct a new solicitor days before completion. In a worst case scenario where the lender insists that you instruct a new firm then it is possible for a very good lawyer to expedite the conveyancing albeit that you may pay a significant premium for this. The analogous situation is where a buyer instructs a lawyer, exchanges contracts and the law firm is shut down by a regulator such as the SRA. Again, in this situation you can find lawyers who can troubleshoot their way to bring the conveyancing to a satisfactory conclusion - albeit at a cost.

Me and my partner are purchasing a flat in Totnes. I might seem paranoid but how we can trust a solicitor? On completion day we have to deposit our life savings into their account. What protection do we have from them run away with our money?

Be assured that all money in a Solicitors client account is 100% safe, and even if your Solicitor ran off with it, the Law Society would reimburse you fully.

Is it the case that all Totnes solicitor firms on the Co-operative conveyancing panel are regulated by the SRA?

As a firm of solicitors, in order to be on the Co-operative conveyancing panel they would need to be overseen by the Solicitors Regulatory Authority. Some mortgage companies do list licenced conveyancers on their panel in which case such organisation would be regulated by the Council of Licensed Conveyancers.

I have today made my last payment due on my mortgage with HSBC. I assume I don't need a Totnes conveyancer on the HSBC panel to discharge the mortgage at the Land Registry. Please confirm.

If you have finished paying off your HSBC mortgage, they may send you evidence showing that you have paid it off. Alternatively they may notify the Land Registry directly. The Land Registry need to see this evidence before they will remove the HSBC mortgage from the register. HSBC, and any evidence they send you, will determine the action you need to take. In cases where no conveyancer is acting for you and you have paid off your mortgage:

  1. but are not moving to another property
  2. where HSBC has sent the Land Registry the discharge electronically, and
  3. HSBC has instructed the Land Registry to do so
The Land Registry will send you a letter confirming that your HSBC mortgage has been paid off.

Despite weeks of looking the Title Certificate and documents to my house are lost. The conveyancers who conducted the conveyancing in Totnes 10 years ago no longer exist. Will I be able to sell the house?

Assuming you have a registered title the information relating to your proprietorship will be documented by HMLR under a Title Number. It is easy to conduct a search at the Land Registry, find your house and secure current copies of the Registered Entries for less than a fiver. Where the property is Leasehold then the Land Registry will usually retain a file duplicate of the Registered Lease and again, a copy can be ordered for a small fee.

What makes your site different to other web based conveyancing solicitors when it comes to conveyancing in Totnes?

At this site obtain a fixed fee costs illustration via a Solicitor or Licensed Conveyancer that appreciates the nuances for your conveyancing in Totnes. Unlike many estate agents and many comparison sites we are not in the business of charging firms a commission if you appoint them for your home move in Totnes

At long last our conveyancing in Totnes completes on Friday, but the person I am buying from wishes to move out on the Saturday PM. Should I agree to such a plan?

You can't complete on a Saturday because the bank systems aren't operational.

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Residential Landlord and Tenant Conveyancing solicitors in Totnes

The firms listed below are a non-comprehensive list of solicitors in Totnes practicing in landlord and tenant law and on the regulations governing different types of tenancies. This could include advice on Service charge disputes

  • Windeatts, 19 High Street, Totnes, Devon, TQ9 5NW
  • Bartons.co.uk.limited, 9 Town Quay, The Plains, Totnes, Devon, TQ9 5DW
  • Knapman & Co, Dendy House, 16 Dendy Road, Paignton, Devon, TQ4 5DB
  • Michael W Pipe, Geneva House, 10 Dendy Road, Paignton, Devon, TQ4 5DB
  • Gowmans, 65 Hyde Road, Paignton, Devon, TQ4 5BT

Commercial Conveyancing solicitors in Totnes regulated by the SRA

The firms listed below are a small selection of solicitors in Totnes practicing in commercial conveyancing in Totnes. This should include advice on taking a commercial lease as a tenant
  • Windeatts, 19 High Street, Totnes, Devon, TQ9 5NW
  • Bartons.co.uk.limited, 9 Town Quay, The Plains, Totnes, Devon, TQ9 5DW
  • Knapman & Co, Dendy House, 16 Dendy Road, Paignton, Devon, TQ4 5DB
  • Michael W Pipe, Geneva House, 10 Dendy Road, Paignton, Devon, TQ4 5DB
  • Gowmans, 65 Hyde Road, Paignton, Devon, TQ4 5BT

Typically, Totnes conveyancing for a sale has some of the following tasks

  • Obtaining instructions from the appropriate parties
  • Collating the documents evidencing the title to the property
  • Drawing up the contract and associated documents
  • Sending draft papers to the conveyancing practitioner retained by the buyer
  • Finalising the wording for contracts and responding to supplemental enquires from the purchaser’s conveyancing practitioner
  • Negotiating the transfer deed
  • Answering requisitions submitted by the buyer’s conveyancing practitioner
  • Proceeding to exchange of contracts and then preparing for completion
  • Accepting the sale proceeds and transferring funds to the seller, the estate agent and paying off the mortgage (if applicable)

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

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