Find a Lender-Approved Local Conveyancer in Walkden

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Reasons to use our Walkden conveyancing solicitors

  • 1 Solicitors accustomed to conveyancing in Walkden are familiar with the local issues peculiar to Walkden and therefore you may benefit from better advice and faster conveyancing.
  • 2 Walkden solicitors will be familiar with the local Land Registry Office, Local Authority and selling agents
  • 3 Solicitor conveyancing solicitors have excellent personal connections with Walkden estate agents and work very closely with them and local surveyors so as to ensure transactions proceed expeditiously.
  • 4 Personal touch and a wealth of local knowledge are key benefits that you should value when selecting conveyancing solicitors. Walkden home moves can be made a lot more protracted because of lack of transparency between all the parties. The lawyers listed strive to make sure that the lines of communication are open and act on arising issues and developments instantly.
  • 5 Walkden conveyancers have a significant edge when it comes to Walkden conveyancing as they have valuable local knowledge of local authority requirements, planning policies and other issues that can impact your home move

Examples of recent conveyancing in Walkden since January 2025*

Transfer

of semi-detached residence, Memorial Road, M28 3AG completing on 24/01/2025 at a price of £173,000. The conveyancing process included amongst the various tasks: sending the transfer to the vendor for signature in readiness for completion, taking formal instructions from and updating the seller client, agreeing completion date with parties

Transfer

of flat Parkside Avenue M28 7DN, at buying consideration of £198,000. Leasehold conveyancing included: dealing with appropriate requisitions and enquiries, agreeing completion date with parties, setting up the completion formalities

Transfer

of apartment Roe Green Avenue M28 2SA, at buying sum of £250,000. Leasehold conveyancing included: dealing with appropriate requisitions and enquiries, agreeing completion date with parties, setting up the completion formalities

Purchase

of apartment Manchester Road West M38 9XD, purchased for £287,600. Leasehold conveyancing investigations included: dealing with appropriate requisitions and enquiries, sending the transfer to the vendor for execution in preparation for completion, setting up the completion formalities

Recently asked questions about conveyancing in Walkden

My grandson is purchasing a new build apartment in Walkden with a home loan from Nottingham. His lawyer has said that there is a delay in completing the ‘Disclosure of Incentive Form’. What is this document - I have never come across this before?

The document is intended to provide information to the main parties involved in the purchase. Therefore, it will be provided to your son’s lawyer who should be on the Nottingham conveyancing panel as a standard part of the process, and to the valuer when asked. The developer will be required to start the process by downloading the form and completing it. The form will therefore need to be available for the valuer at the time of his or her site visit. The form should be sent to the Nottingham conveyancing panel solicitor as early as possible, in order to avoid any last minute delays, and no later than at exchange of contracts.

As someone unfamiliar with the Walkden conveyancing process what’s the number one tip you can impart concerning the home moving process in Walkden

You may not hear this from too many lawyers but conveyancing in Walkden or throughout England and Wales is an adversarial experience. Put another way, when it comes to conveyancing there is lots of room for friction between you and other parties involved in the transaction. E.g., the vendor, property agent and on occasion your mortgage company. Appointing a lawyer for your conveyancing in Walkden an important selection as your conveyancer is your adviser, and is the ONE party in the legal process whose interest is to act in your best interests and to protect you.

There is a worrying increase of a "blame" culture- someone must be at fault for the process taking so long. We recommend that you your first instinct should be to trust your conveyancer ahead of the other players when it comes to the legal assignment of property.

My uncle informed me that in buying a property in Walkden there may be various restrictions affecting the ability to carry out external alterations to the property. Is this right?

We are aware of a number of properties in Walkden which have some sort of restriction or requirement of consent to carry out external alterations. Part of the conveyancing in Walkden should determine what restrictions are applicable and advising you as part of a ROT that should be sent to you.

When it comes to mortgage companies such as HSBC, do Walkden solicitors incur a yearly amount to be on the list of approved solicitors?

We are unaware of any bank fees to register on their panel, although some do charge an administration fee to deal with the processing of the conveyancing panel submission.

We have agreed to purchase a house in Walkden. One unusual aspect is that the roof has a solar panel. Solicitors conducting should look into this right? Will my lender Coventry BS be concerned?

As your lender is Coventry BS your lawyer must comply with the formal instructions outlined in Section two of UK Finance Lenders’ Handbook for Coventry BS. The CML Handbook sets out minimum provisions for solar panel roof-space leases, and conveyancers are required to report to Coventry BS where a lease does not satisfy these specifications. The requirements relate to the installation of panels on properties in England and Wales and is not restricted to Walkden.

I need some quick conveyancing in Walkden as I am faced with an ultimatum to complete in less than one month. Luckily I do not require a mortgage. Is it possible to avoid the conveyancing searches to save money and time?

If.Given you are are a mortgage free purchaser you have the choice not to do searches although no conveyancer would advise that you don't. Drawing on our experience of conveyancing in Walkden the following are examples of what can arise and therefore affect market value: Refused Planning Applications, Outstanding Fees, Outstanding Grants, Railway Schemes,...

I am purchasing a new build house in Walkden benefiting from help to buy. The sellers refused to move on the amount so I negotiated five thousand pounds worth of additionals instead. The property agent told me not inform my lawyer about this deal as it may affect my loan with Barnsley Building Society. Should I keep quiet?.

All lenders require a Disclosure of Incentives Form from the builder 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.

Yesterday I discovered that there is a flying freehold element on a house I put an offer in last month in what was supposed to be a quick, chain free conveyancing. Walkden is where the house is located. Can you offer any assistance?

Flying freeholds in Walkden are not the norm but are more likely to exist in relation to terraced houses. Even where you use a solicitor outside Walkden you must be sure that your lawyer goes through the deeds thoroughly. Your mortgage company may require your conveyancing solicitor to take out an indemnity policy. Some of the more diligent conveyancing solicitors in Walkden may decide that this is not enough and that the deeds be re-written to give you the most up to date legal protection. If so, the next door neighbour also had to sign up to the revised deeds.It is possible that your lender will not accept the situation so the sooner you find out the better. You should also check with your insurance broker as to whether they will insure a flying freehold property.

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Residential Landlord and Tenant Conveyancing solicitors in Walkden

The firms listed below are a non-comprehensive list of solicitors in Walkden practicing in landlord and tenant law and on the regulations governing different types of tenancies. This should include advice on Court proceedings for possession

  • Widdows Pilling & Co, The Manse, 2b Memorial Road, Walkden, Worsley, Manchester, Lancashire, M28 3AQ
  • Hcb Berry & Berry Limited, 1-5 Longley Road, Walkden, Worsley, Manchester, Lancashire, M28 3JB
  • Rothwell And Evans Limited, The Old Brewery House, 1 Station Road, Swinton, Manchester, Lancashire, M27 6AH
  • Maidstone Solicitors Llp, 308 Manchester Road, Bolton, Lancashire, BL3 2QS
  • Ezra Elijah Law Ltd, 102 St. Helens Road, Bolton, Lancashire, BL3 3PJ

Residential Licensed Conveyancers in Walkden regulated by the Council of Licensed Conveyancers

Please be aware that the listed conveyancers do not limit their work for conveyancing in Walkden but also conveyancing across England and Wales.
  • Conveyancing Expert Limited, 117 Chorley Road, M27 4AA
  • Tq Property Lawyers Limited, 54 Church Street, WN7 1AZ

Planning law solicitors in Walkden regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority

The practices listed below are a non-comprehensive list of solicitors in Walkden practicing in planning law. This could include advice on special planning controls
  • Mary Monson Solicitors Limited, 87 Chorley Road, Swinton, Manchester, Lancashire, M27 4AA
  • Nabi Solicitors, Rose Hill Works, Nelson Street, Bolton, Lancashire, BL3 2RW
  • Afg Law Limited, 20 Mawdsley Street, Bolton, Lancashire, BL1 1LE
  • Russell & Russell, Churchill House, Wood Street, Bolton, Lancashire, BL1 1EE
  • Winder Taylor Smith, Designa House,569 Chorley Old Road, Bolton, Lancashire, BL1 6BL

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

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