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Reasons to use our Towcester conveyancing solicitors

  • 1 Retaining the services of a local Solicitor generally results in a more personal touch. Sometimes when dealing with a large conveyancing firm, your conveyancing is handled by a team of people who check what is happening on the file by reading from their computer screens.
  • 2 Chances are that the other side’s conveyancers are located in Towcester - if so both parties are likely to be familiar
  • 3 No matter what any alternative sites advise it could be necessary to visit your solicitor to sign legal papers. Too many 3rd parties are already engaged in a homemove without having to add Royal Mail into the mix.
  • 4 Lawyer conveyancing firms have excellent personal links with Towcester selling agents and work very closely with them and local surveyors so as to ensure transactions proceed expeditiously.
  • 5 The practices identified on our directory have a variation of conveyancing solicitors, legal executives and support staff handling thousands of conveyancing matters annually.

Examples of recent conveyancing in Towcester since July 2025*

Recently asked questions about conveyancing in Towcester

At what point does exchange of contracts happen for residential conveyancing in Towcester and do I need to be at the conveyancers office?

Where you are near to one of the conveyancing solicitors in Towcester you are invited in to sign contracts. That being said, the lender approved solicitors we work with supply countrywide coverage for conveyancing and give just as detailed and professional a job for you when dealing with you digitally. The executing of the contract is not the point of no return. Signing on the dotted line simply enables the firm to exchange contracts at the suitable time, which is ordinarily shortly after signing. The procedure is is usually a five minute process, although where a lengthy "chain" is in the mix, since the process requires the relevant party's solicitor (not necessarily a conveyancing solicitor in Towcester)to be in the office available at the end of the phone to exchange contracts.

Having invested time looking at consumer advice sites for a recommended solicitor in Towcester, most comment that I should use a CQS kitemarked solicitor. What is CQS?

The Conveyancing Quality Scheme (CQS) provides a kitemark for residential conveyancing practices issued by the Law Society. Membership achievement establishes a level of credibility for member firms with stakeholders (regulators, lenders, insurers and consumers) based upon: * the integrity of the senior responsible officer and other key conveyancing staff * the firm's adherence to good practice management standards * compliance with prudent and efficient conveyancing processes via the scheme protocol It includes many organisations who carry out conveyancing in Towcester.

I opted to have a survey carried out on a house in Towcester prior to appointing conveyancers. I have been told that there is a flying freehold overhang to the property. My surveyor advised that some mortgage companies will not grant a mortgage on a flying freehold property.

It varies from the lender to lender. Santander has different instructions from Halifax. Should you wish to call us we can investigate further with the appropriate lender. If you lender is happy to lend one our lawyers can help as they are accustomed to dealing with flying freeholds in Towcester. Conveyancing may be slightly more expensive based on your lender's requirements.

My business partner and I are wishing to lease a unit on a shopping parade. Can you recommend lawyers offering fixed fees for commercial conveyancing in Towcester for under 2k?

We are happy to recommend firms who have an in-depth of experience of commercial conveyancing in Towcester, including the sale and purchase of businesses as well as simply property. If you are hoping to acquire or lease a shop, pub, restaurant, office, retail premises or a whole business we can put you in touch with the right lawyer. Regarding the charges this will depend on the structure and nuances of the proposed transaction. Please provide us with your contact information or email us so that we can furnish you with a fixed commercial conveyancing quote.

Can you offer any advice when it comes to finding a Towcester conveyancing practice to carry out our lease extension conveyancing?

If you are instructing a solicitor for your lease extension (regardless if they are a Towcester conveyancing practice) it is essential that they be familiar with the legislation and specialises in this area of work. We recommend that you make enquires with two or three firms including non Towcester conveyancing practices prior to instructing a firm. If the firm is ALEP accredited then so much the better. The following questions could be of use:

    If they are not ALEP accredited then what is the reason? Can they put you in touch with clients in Towcester who can give a testimonial?

Towcester Leasehold Conveyancing - A selection of Queries Prior to Purchasing

    Does the lease have onerous restrictions? For many Towcester leaseholds the cost for major works are not built into the maintenance charges, albeit that there some managing agents in Towcester obliged leaseholders to pay into a reserve fund created for the specific intention of establishing a fund for larger works.

There are plenty of properties in Towcester on private lanes. I am buying one such house. What would be the pros and cons of buying a house on a private road?

Towcester conveyancing firms will be used to transacting propertieson unadopted roads. The property lawyer will investigate title to find any rights or liabilities. In many cases there is a management company (wholly owned by residents) that proprietors pay into to maintain the road. If one exists, the road will likely be maintained and appear better than publicly adopted.

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Commercial Conveyancing solicitors in Towcester regulated by the SRA

The list below is a small selection of solicitors in Towcester specialising in commercial conveyancing in Towcester. This should include advice on complex issues under the Landlord and Tenant Act of 1954
  • Shepherd & Co, 184 Watling Street East, Towcester, Northamptonshire, NN12 6DB

What to expect from a Licensed Conveyancer for conveyancing in Towcester?

Licensed Conveyancers specialise in the legalities surrounding purchasing and selling property and cover conveyancing throughout England and Wales as well as Towcester. If appointed a Licensed Conveyancer regulated by the CLC, you should:
  • Receive an honest and lawful service.
  • Be supplied with a high standard of legal services.
  • Be supplied with your transaction dealt with using care, skill and diligence.
  • Enjoy the benefit of a high standard of service due to your lawyer’s arrangements, resources, procedures, skills and commitment.
  • Be provided with a service which is accessible and responsive to your specific requirements.
  • Not feel discriminated against, victimised or harassed.
  • Not receive a service which is below the level you could expect, however, if you do your lawyer accepts responsibility for this and provides you with any appropriate redress.
  • Ensure your specific needs taken into account should a complaint be necessary.
  • Enjoy the benefit of a speedy, independent and comprehensive service where if a complaint is made about your conveyancing in Towcester.

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
  • Drafting contract and related papers
  • Submitting draft papers to the property lawyer retained by the purchaser
  • Finalising the wording for contracts and answering supplemental queries from the purchaser’s property lawyer
  • Agreeing the transfer deed
  • Responding to requisitions raised by the purchaser’s property lawyer
  • Carrying out the key stage of exchanging contracts and then preparing for completion
  • Accepting the sale proceeds and sending funds to the seller, the estate agent and repaying the home loan (where relevant)

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

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