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Reasons to use our West Kirby conveyancing solicitors

  • 1 There is a distinct possibility the other side’s solicitors are based in West Kirby - if so both parties are likely to have worked on conveyancing matters in the past
  • 2 Experience means that West Kirby property lawyer have developed excellent links with West Kirby local estate agents, banks, building societies, landlords and house builders enabling them to liaise at speed with all parties involved in the process of undertaking your home move in West Kirby.
  • 3 West Kirby conveyancing lawyers will acquainted with the local Land Registry Office, Local Authority and selling agents
  • 4 Using a a family Solicitor generally means that you will receive a more bespoke service. When using a large conveyancing firm, your matter is dealt with by a team of people who who update you by determining whether the ‘computers says no’.
  • 5 The companies listed on our directory have a mix of conveyancing lawyers, legal executives and support staff handling thousands of conveyancing matters each year.

Examples of recent conveyancing in West Kirby since January 2025*

Disposal

of apartment Orrysdale Road CH48 5BU, at sale sum of £144,000. Leasehold conveyancing included: taking formal instructions from and updating the seller client, agreeing completion date with parties, setting up the completion formalities

Transfer

of semi-detached premises, Brookfield Road, CH48 4EJ completing on 08/01/2025 at a price of £485,000. The legal transfer of property incorporates some of the following tasks: drafting the sale agreement and Transfer, sending the transfer to the vendor for execution in readiness for completion, setting up the completion formalities

Transfer

of house premises, Broxton Avenue, CH48 5JB completing on 13/01/2025 at a price of £280,000. The legal transfer of property included amongst the various tasks: sending conveyancing papers to buyers representatives, securing official copies of the title, sending title deeds and executed transfer to purchaser’s conveyancer

Transfer

of terraced property, Melloncroft Drive, CH48 2JB completing on 08/01/2025 at a price of £973,100. The conveyancing process included amongst the various tasks: drafting the sale agreement and Transfer, agreeing completion date with parties, setting up the completion formalities

Recently asked questions about conveyancing in West Kirby

A mortgage agreement from Santander for the remortgage of my single bedroom apartment is coming within the next few days. Are you able to suggest a cheap conveyancing law firm in West Kirby?

This site is not designed to aid those in pursuit of a cheap conveyancing in West Kirby. Our aim is to provide affordable conveyancing but our intention is not to work with the cheapest lawyers. Avoid the trap of appointing companies offering the bait of ninety nine pound conveyancing in West Kirby. In your best case scenario, in going for low cost conveyancing, you will get your money’s worth and at worst you will end up being stung for additional fees and still not get the service required.

Is it possible for conveyancing in West Kirby to be completed in less than 10 days?

In the event that you are under pressure for your conveyancing it is advisable to make sure that your conveyancer is familiar with the location as they will benefit local relationships and knowledge. It is possible that they would have conducted otherhomes in the same road. Therefore consider using a West Kirby conveyancing firm. Second, double check that the lawyer is on the on the approved list for your mortgage company. It is understood that 18% of West Kirby conveyancing deals are delayed or derailed after finding out that a purchaser’s lawyer was not on their mortgage lender’s member panel. This can often result in the home move being frustrated by almost three weeks. It is believed that this issue impacts in the region of one hundred thousand home sales every year. Most West Kirby conveyancing practices can not act for certain lenders so do check as early as possible.

We note that you have a post code search directory listing law firms on the Yorkshire BS conveyancing panel. Do firms pay you a commission if I instruct them for our own conveyancing in West Kirby?

We are a listing service only for law firms wishing to communicate if they are on the Yorkshire BS conveyancing panel or other lender panels. We do not charge referral fees to any conveyancer that you subsequently appoint for your conveyancing in West Kirby.

Are the BSA planning on creating a searchable register to list firms on the Earl Shilton BS conveyancing panel for example in West Kirby?

We would not expect to be advised of any intention on the part of the BSA to develop such a search facility.

I am the only recipient of my late father’s will and I have everything in my name alone, including the my former home in West Kirby. The West Kirby property was put into my name in March. I want to move. I understand that there is a CML 6 month 'rule', which means that my property ownership could be treated the same way as if I'd bought the property in March. Do I have to wait half a year to sell?

The CML handbook mandates conveyancers to: "report to us immediately if the owner or registered proprietor has been registered for less than six months." Technically you could be affected by that. Some lenders would take a sensible view as this provision is principally there to pick up on subsales or the wholesaling and assigning of properties.

The formalities of my purchase has taken place for my property in West Kirby. Conveyancing was of an acceptable standard but I would like to complain about the lender. How does one go about formally complaining?

All banks and building societies have complaints procedures. Your first port of call should be one of the lender’s branches or the Customer Services Department at head office. In most cases complaints to a lender are sorted out effectively and efficiently. If you feel the matter is not resolved you can write to Financial Ombudsman Service, South Quay Plaza, 183 Marsh Wall, London E14 9SR who will take matters further.

Coventry BS have agreed my home loan in principle, my offer on a apartment in West Kirby has been accepted, what are the next steps?

Your property agent will want to be informed of your solicitor's details (ensure that the conveyancing practitioners are on the lender’s panel). Call up Coventry BS or the broker and finalise any appropriate documentation. Coventry BS will appoint a valuer who will get in contact with the selling agent or vendor to book a time for the valuation to occur. Once conducted (assuming no problems) it takes approximately a week to get a mortgage offer. Coventry BS will issue the offer to you and your lawyers. The transaction will then take it’s course according the nature and complexity of the conveyancing in West Kirby.

Should our conveyancer be making enquiries about flooding during the conveyancing in West Kirby.

The risk of flooding is if increasing concern for conveyancers dealing with homes in West Kirby. There are those who acquire a property in West Kirby, fully aware that at some time, it may be flooded. However, aside from the physical damage, if a property is at risk of flooding, it may be difficult to obtain a mortgage, adequate insurance cover, or dispose of the premises. Steps can be carried out during the course of a house purchase to forewarn the purchaser.

Solicitors are not best placed to impart advice on flood risk, but there are a number of checks that may be initiated by the buyer or by their lawyers which should give them a better understanding of the risks in West Kirby. The conventional set of property information forms supplied to a purchaser’s conveyancer (where the solicitors are adopting what is known as the Conveyancing Protocol) includes a usual inquiry of the vendor to determine if the premises has historically flooded. In the event that the premises has been flooded in past which is not notified by the seller, then a buyer may issue a legal claim for losses as a result of such an incorrect response. The purchaser’s conveyancers will also order an environmental search. This should disclose if there is a recorded flood risk. If so, more detailed investigations should be made.

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Residential Landlord and Tenant Conveyancing solicitors in West Kirby

The list below is a small selection of solicitors in West Kirby practicing in landlord and tenant law and on the regulations governing different types of tenancies. This will likely include advice on Terms and conditions of tenancy agreements

  • Ian C Free, 11a Banks Road, West Kirby, Wirral, Merseyside, CH48 0QX
  • The Hetherington Partnership Limited, 32 Market Street, Hoylake, Wirral, Merseyside, CH47 2AF
  • Kirwans, 363 Woodchurch Road, Birkenhead, Merseyside, CH42 8PE

Commercial Conveyancing solicitors in West Kirby regulated by the SRA

The list below is a small selection of solicitors in West Kirby practicing in commercial conveyancing in West Kirby. This will likely include advice on commercial leases including all matters relating to landlord and tenant law
  • Ian C Free, 11a Banks Road, West Kirby, Wirral, Merseyside, CH48 0QX
  • The Hetherington Partnership Limited, 32 Market Street, Hoylake, Wirral, Merseyside, CH47 2AF
  • J P Almond & Co, 23 Market Street, Wirral, Merseyside, CH47 2BG
  • Kirwans, 363 Woodchurch Road, Birkenhead, Merseyside, CH42 8PE

West Kirby commercial property solicitors draw on a full range of commercial expertise offering advice on numerous aspects of commercial property law

    Development, including options, overage agreements, JCT building contracts General advice on title or other property issues Creating and negotiating new leases Comprehensive advice on planning issues Property finance transactions, including disposal and leaseback

Neighboring Locations

Hoylake
West Kirby
Moreton
Greasby
Irby
Greenfield

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

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