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Main reasons to use our service to help you select a local conveyancing solicitor in Towcester

  • 1 Lawyer conveyancing lawyers have excellent personal links with Towcester selling agents and work very closely with them and local surveyors so as to ensure transactions proceed expeditiously.
  • 2 Cut price packages from online conveyancers might be tempting. However, these companies are often based hundreds of miles away with little appreciation of the factors that affect property transactions in Towcester
  • 3 Towcester conveyancers work in conjunction with Towcester estate agents, property finders, surveyors, mortgage companies and other professionals to make sure that a quality service is offered to clients every step of the way, ensuring the smoothest, most stress-free process possible
  • 4 Retaining the services of a local Solicitor on the whole means that you will receive a more personalised service. When using a an online conveyancing factory, you tend to be looked after by a team of people who check what is happening on the file by determining whether the ‘computers says no’.
  • 5 You can rest easier when select the very best, most recommended conveyancing solicitors. Towcester 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.

Examples of recent conveyancing in Towcester since April 2025*

Recently asked questions about conveyancing in Towcester

We are buying a 3 bedroom apartment in Towcester with a mortgage. We like our Towcester solicitor, but the bank advise he's not on their "panel". It seems we have little choice but to select one of the bank panel solicitors or continue with our Towcester property lawyer and pay for one of their panel lawyers to act for them. We feel that this is inequitable; is there anything we can do?

No, not really. The mortgage offered to you is subject to its terms and conditions, one of which will be that lawyers will on the lender’s conveyancing panel. Until recently, most lenders had large numbers of law firms on their panels: a borrower could choose one for themselves, as long as it was on the lender's panel. The lender would then simply instruct the borrower's lawyers to act for the lender, too. You can use your lender's panel lawyers or you could borrow from another lender which does not restrict your choice. Another option that might be available is for your Towcester conveyancing solicitor to apply to be on the conveyancing panel.

How up to date is your search tool for Towcester conveyancing solicitors on the Coventry BS conveyancing panel? Do Coventry BS send you an updated list?

Towcester conveyancing firms themselves provide us confirmation that they are on the Coventry BS conveyancing panel as opposed to being supplied with a list from Coventry BS directly.

My fiance and I wish to acquire a newly converted apartment in Towcester with a residential mortgage from Platform Home Loans Ltd.We would like to retain our Towcester conveyancing practitioner but Platform Home Loans Ltd advised that she’s not on their approved list of member firms. It seems we are left with little choice but to instruct a Platform Home Loans Ltd panel firm or retain our local solicitor and fork out for one of their panel ones to represent them. We feel as though this is unjust; Can we not simply insist that Platform Home Loans Ltd use our lawyer?

No, not really. The home loan issued to you is subject to its various provisions, one of which will be that lawyers must be on the Platform Home Loans Ltd approved list. in the past, most mortgage companies had large numbers of solicitors on their panels: a borrower could find one for themselves, as long as it was on the lender's panel. The lender would then simply instruct the borrower's lawyers to act for the lender, too. You can use your lender's panel lawyers or you could borrow from another lender which does not restrict your choice. A further alternative is for your lawyer to apply to be on the conveyancing panel for Platform Home Loans Ltd

Should my conveyancer be asking questions about flooding during the conveyancing in Towcester.

The risk of flooding is if increasing concern for lawyers carrying out conveyancing in Towcester. Some people will acquire a house in Towcester, completely expectant that at some time, it may suffer from flooding. However, aside from the physical damage, if a house is at risk of flooding, it may be difficult to get a mortgage, satisfactory building insurance, or sell the premises. Steps can be carried out during the course of a house purchase to forewarn the purchaser.

Conveyancers are not best placed to give advice on flood risk, but there are a number of checks that can be carried out by the buyer or by their conveyancers which can give them a better appreciation of the risks in Towcester. The conventional set of information given to a buyer’s lawyer (where the solicitors are adopting what is known as the Conveyancing Protocol) contains a usual inquiry of the vendor to find out whether the premises has suffered from flooding. If the property has been flooded in past which is not revealed by the owner, then a buyer could commence a compensation claim as a result of such an misleading reply. The buyer’s lawyers should also order an environmental report. This should reveal whether there is any known flood risk. If so, further investigations should be initiated.

2 months have gone by following my purchase conveyancing in Towcester concluded. I have checked the Land Registry website which shows that I paid £150,000 when infact I paid £160,000. Why the discrepancy?

The price paid figure is taken from the application to register the purchase. It is the figure included in the Transfer (the legal deed which transfers the asset from one person to the other) and referred to as the 'consideration' or purchase price. You can report an error in the price paid figure using the LR online form. In most cases errors result from typos so at first glance the figure. Do report it so they can double check and advise.

Given that I will soon part with hundreds of thousands of pounds on a garden flat in Towcester I wish to have a conversation with the lawyer about myhome move before appointing the firm. Can this be arranged?

We could not agree more - we would be delighted to talk to you we do not take any clients on without you liaising with the conveyancer due to be doing your conveyancing in Towcester.There is no ‘factory style conveyancing’ - each client is unique individual, not a file number. The law firms that we put you in touch with believe that the figure you are quoted for residential conveyancing in Towcester should be the figure that you end up paying.

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Residential Licensed Conveyancers in Towcester regulated by the CLC

Please be aware that the listed conveyancers do not limit their work for conveyancing in Towcester but also conveyancing across England and Wales.
  • Andrew Gordon & Co, 183 Watling Street West, NN12 6BX

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

  • Obtaining instructions from parties involved
  • Investigating the title unregistered or registered
  • Carrying out Towcester searches for the property
  • Assessing draft sale agreement and other documentation supplied by the vendor’s lawyer
  • Raising enquiries with the owner’s lawyer
  • Agreeing the wording of the purchase agreement
  • Reviewing replies provided by the seller to pre-contract enquiries
  • Agreeing the wording for the Transfer document
  • Guiding the buyer in respect of the loan offer: (where appropriate)
  • Drawing up and sending the purchaser a report on title (that is; a breakdown of all findings on the property)
  • Carrying out the key stage of exchanging contracts and then completion formalities
  • Preparing and submitting to HM Revenue and Customs the appropriate Land Tax forms and payment
  • Dealing with the registration formalities for the buyer and the home loan (if relevant) at the Land Registry.

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

  • Solicitor instructed by the owners once the offer has been accepted
  • Investigating the title to the property
  • Drawing up the contract and related documents
  • Supplying draft papers to the property lawyer representing the purchaser
  • Negotiating contracts and answering further enquires from the purchaser’s property lawyer
  • Negotiating the transfer document
  • Answering requisitions submitted by the purchaser’s property lawyer
  • Proceeding to exchange of contracts and then completion of the sale
  • Accepting the sale proceeds and sending funds to the owner, the estate agent and other relevant parties (where appropriate)

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

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