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Main reasons to use our service to assist you select a local conveyancing solicitor in Wadhurst

  • 1 This site is the only site that enables you the facility to ensure that your conveyancing in Wadhurst will be carried out by a property lawyer on your lender’s conveyancing panel.
  • 2 The Wadhurst conveyancing practitioners that are listed are dedicated to providing value for money, efficient and transparent conveyancing service to purchasers, sellers and investors in Wadhurst
  • 3 Our site offers most comprehensive residential conveyancing directory listing bank approved law firms delivering conveyancing in Wadhurst who are regulated by the SRA or Council of Licensed Conveyancers.
  • 4 Retaining the services of a high street Solicitor generally means that you will receive a more personal touch. When using a an online conveyancing factory, your transaction is dealt with by a team of people who who update you by determining whether the ‘computers says no’.
  • 5 There is a strong possibility the other side’s lawyers have offices in Wadhurst - if so sets of conveyancers are likely to be on good working terms

Examples of recent conveyancing in Wadhurst since April 2025*

Recently asked questions about conveyancing in Wadhurst

We are planning to acquire a flat and require a conveyancing solicitor in Wadhurst who is on the Skipton conveyancing panel. Can you recommend a local firm?

Our service is limited to being a directory service for firms who wish to be listed as being on the approved conveyancing panel for Skipton . We don't recommend any particular firms conducting conveyancing in Wadhurst.

I require expedited conveyancing in Wadhurst as I have an ultimatum to exchange contracts in less than one month. A mortgage is not required. Is it possible to avoid the conveyancing searches to save fees and time?

If.Given you are not getting a home loan you have the choice not to have searches carried out although no lawyer would suggest that you don't. With plenty of history conveyancing in Wadhurst the following are instances of issues that can crop up and therefore impact market value: Enforcement Notices, Outstanding Fees, Outstanding Grants, Road Schemes,...

I purchased a 4 bedroom Victorian house in Wadhurst. Conveyancing solicitor acted for me and Barnsley Building Society. I happened to do a free search for it on the Land Registry database and I saw a couple of entries: one for freehold, the second leasehold with the exact same property. If a house is not a freehold shouldn't I have been informed?

You need to read the Freehold register you have again and check the Charges Register for mention of a lease. The best way to be sure that you are also the registered proprietor of the leasehold and freehold title as well is to check (£3). It is not completely unheard of in Wadhurst and other areas of the country and poses no real issues for owners other than when they mortgage they have to account for both freehold and leasehold interests when dealing with purchasers. You can also enquire as to the position with your conveyancing solicitor who conducted the conveyancing.

I have been advised by a number of property agents in Wadhurst to select a solicitor on your site. Is there a financial inducement for Estate Agents to offer your site over and above a competitor’s?

We refuse to make any commission for pointing buyers and sellers to this site. We thought it would be too underhand a fee because home movers will think, ‘Why is the agent getting a kickback? Why aren’t I receiving any benefit too?’ So we decided to step away from that.

I need to find a conveyancing solicitor for residential conveyancing in Wadhurst. I've stumble across a site which appears to be the perfect answer If there is a chance to get all the legals done via phone that would be preferable. Do I need to be concerned? What are the potential pitfalls?

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?

Do you have any top tips for leasehold conveyancing in Wadhurst with the aim of expediting the sale process?

  • Much of the frustration in leasehold conveyancing in Wadhurst can be avoided if you instruct lawyers the minute your agents start advertising the property and request that they start to put together the leasehold information needed by the buyers’ conveyancers.
  • If you are supposed to have a share in the Management Company, you should ensure that you hold the original share document. Obtaining a new share certificate is often a time consuming formality and frustrates many a Wadhurst home move. Where a new share certificate is required, do contact the company officers or managing agents (where applicable) for this at the earliest opportunity. You believe that you know the number of years left on your lease but you should verify this via your solicitors. A purchaser's lawyer will not be happy to advise their client to to exchange contracts if the remaining number of years is below 75 years. It is therefore essential at an as soon as possible that you identify whether the lease for your property needs extending. If it does, contact your solicitors before you put your premises on the market for sale. The majority of landlords or managing agents in Wadhurst charge for supplying management packs for a leasehold premises. You or your lawyers should find out the actual amount of the charges. The management information can be applied for as soon as you have a buyer, thus accelerating the process. The typical amount of time it takes to receive management information is three weeks. It is the most usual cause of frustration in leasehold conveyancing in Wadhurst.

Leasehold Conveyancing in Wadhurst - Examples of Questions you should consider Prior to buying

    Who is in charge of the building? Generally speaking the outlay for major works are not included within maintenance charges, albeit that there some managing agents in Wadhurst ask leaseholders to contribute towards a sinking fund and this is used to offset against major repairs or maintenance. Please tell me if there are any major works on the horizon that will add a premium to the service costs?

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Sample of conveyancing solicitors in Wadhurst regulated by the SRA

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

  • Knights, Regency House, 25 High Street, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, TN1 1UT
  • Burtons Solicitors Limited, Tyled House, 23a High Street, Pembury, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, TN2 4PH
  • Parfitt Cresswell Trading As €˜max Barford & Co.’, Max Barford & Co, 16 Mount Pleasant Road, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, TN1 1QU
  • Thomson Snell & Passmore Llp, 3 Lonsdale Gardens, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, TN1 1NX
  • Parfitt Cresswell Trading As €˜keene Marsland’, Keene Marsland, 6 Clanricarde Gardens, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, TN1 1PH

Planning law solicitors in Wadhurst regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority

The list below is a non-comprehensive list of solicitors in Wadhurst with expertise in planning law. The solicitors can give expert legal advice on all aspects of planning, including applications about listed buildings and conservation areas
  • Knights, Regency House, 25 High Street, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, TN1 1UT
  • Parfitt Cresswell Trading As €˜max Barford & Co.’, Max Barford & Co, 16 Mount Pleasant Road, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, TN1 1QU
  • Thomson Snell & Passmore Llp, 3 Lonsdale Gardens, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, TN1 1NX
  • Parfitt Cresswell Trading As €˜keene Marsland’, Keene Marsland, 6 Clanricarde Gardens, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, TN1 1PH
  • Cripps Llp, Wallside House, 12 Mount Ephraim Road, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, TN1 1EG

Home buying conveyancing in Wadhurst normally comprises the following:

  • Taking instructions from the appropriate parties
  • Checking the title unregistered or registered
  • Conducting Wadhurst property searches for the property
  • Reviewing draft contract pack and other documentation forwarded by the seller’s solicitor
  • Submitting questions with the vendor’s solicitor
  • Agreeing the wording of the sale contract
  • Going through replies supplied by the vendor to pre-exchange enquiries
  • Agreeing the wording for a Transfer document
  • Advising the buyer in respect of the loan offer: (if appropriate)
  • Drafting and sending the purchaser a report on title (that is; a breakdown of all findings on the property)
  • Proceeding to exchange of contracts and then completion of the purchase
  • Completion of and submitting to HM Revenue and Customs the correct stamp duty forms and payment
  • Dealing with the registration formalities for the transfer of ownership and the mortgage (where appropriate) at the HM Land Registry.

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

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