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If you have reached us by Googling ‘Conveyancing in Westbourne’ follow your intuition — you will have a better house move where you instruct a conveyancing solicitor in Westbourne.

Reasons to use our Westbourne conveyancing solicitors

  • 1 Over the years Westbourne lawyer have established valuable connections with Westbourne local estate agents, banks, building societies, landlords and property developers enabling them to liaise at speed with all concerned in the process of dealing with your conveyancing in Westbourne.
  • 2 Regardless alternative companies say it could be necessary to pop into your lawyer to execute contracts. Too many 3rd parties are already with an interest in a homemove without having to include Royal Mail into the pot.
  • 3 The companies shown on our directory have a variation of conveyancing lawyers, legal executives and support staff handling thousands of conveyancing matters each year.
  • 4 Low cost packages from online conveyancers might be tempting. However, these firms are often located hundreds of miles away with limited understanding of the factors that impact property transactions in Westbourne
  • 5 Westbourne conveyancers have a significant advantage when it comes to Westbourne conveyancing as they have important local knowledge of local authority requirements, planning policies and other matters that can affect your home move

Examples of recent conveyancing in Westbourne since October 2025*

Recently asked questions about conveyancing in Westbourne

Do the conveyancing practitioners listed on your site carry out right to buy conveyancing in Westbourne?

We have identified numerous conveyancing experts carrying out right to buy conveyancing Please contact us with a view to get a costs illustration.

Is it necessary to pay for insurance to protect me from financial exposure to chancel repairs when buying a residence in Westbourne?

Unless a previous acquisition of the house completed post 12 October 2013 you can expect solicitors conducting conveyancing in Westbourne to remain encouraging a chancel search and or insurance against a claim.

I have todayfound out that Action Conveyancing have been shut down. They carried out my conveyancing in Westbourne for a purchase of a leasehold apartment 18 months ago. How can I establish that my home is in my name in the name of the previous owner?

The quickest way to see if the property is in your name, you can make a search of the land registry (£3.00). You can either do this yourself or ask a law firm to do this for you. If you are not registered you can seek help from one of a number of Westbourne conveyancing specialists.

Just had an offer accepted on a new build flat in Westbourne. Conveyancing is necessary evil at the best of times but I have never purchased a new build flat before. Can you give me some examples of some of the questions asked in new build conveyancing.

Here are examples of a few leasehold new build questions that you should expect your new-build leasehold conveyancing in Westbourne

    The Landlord must covenant to assume the management if the Management Company goes into liquidation or otherwise defaults in running the management scheme. Will the freehold then be transferred for a nominal consideration (not exceeding £100) to the Management Company? Will control of the Management Company (if any) be handed over to purchasers on completion of the last sale or earlier? Forfeiture - bankruptcy or liquidation must not apply under this provision.

I decided to have a survey done on a property in Westbourne prior to appointing lawyers. I have been informed that there is a flying freehold overhang to the house. My surveyor has said that some lenders tend refuse to issue a mortgage on this type of property.

It depends who your proposed lender is. Santander has different instructions from Nationwide. If you contact us we can look into this further via the relevant mortgage company. If you lender is happy to lend one our lawyers can help as they are used to dealing with flying freeholds in Westbourne. Conveyancing can be more complicated and therefore you should check with your conveyancing solicitor in Westbourne to see if the conveyancing will be more expensive.

I am due to assess costs for conveyancing in Westbourne from numerous lawyer and decide on one. Am I right to ask them to hold tight until I a suitable apartment to buy.

We suggest that you wait to get your solicitor to open a file and order searches once the sales confirmation has been sent by the selling agent particularly as Westbourne conveyancing searches are costly.

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Sample of conveyancing solicitors in Westbourne regulated by the SRA

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

  • Solomons Solicitors (inc Billins & Co), Hamilton Court House, 1-3 Alum Chine Road, Westbourne, Bournemouth, Dorset, BH4 8DT
  • Laceys Solicitors Llp, 5 Poole Road, Bournemouth, Dorset, BH2 5QL
  • The Jmc Practice, Suite 2, 12 Poole Hill, Bournemouth, Dorset, BH2 5PS
  • Turners Solicitors Llp, 1 Poole Road, Bournemouth, Bournemouth, Dorset, BH2 5QQ
  • Kiteleys Solicitors Limited, 7 St. Stephens Court, 15-17 St. Stephens Road, Bournemouth, Dorset, BH2 6LA

Residential Landlord and Tenant Conveyancing solicitors in Westbourne

The firms listed below are a non-comprehensive list of solicitors in Westbourne with expertise in landlord and tenant law and on the regulations governing different types of tenancies. This may include advice on Service charge disputes

  • Laceys Solicitors Llp, 5 Poole Road, Bournemouth, Dorset, BH2 5QL
  • Turners Solicitors Llp, 1 Poole Road, Bournemouth, Bournemouth, Dorset, BH2 5QQ
  • Kiteleys Solicitors Limited, 7 St. Stephens Court, 15-17 St. Stephens Road, Bournemouth, Dorset, BH2 6LA
  • Rawlins Davy, Heliting House, 35 Richmond Hill, Bournemouth, Dorset, BH2 6HT
  • Rawlins Davy Limited, Heliting House, 35 Richmond Hill, Bournemouth, Dorset, BH2 6HT

Typically, Westbourne conveyancing for a purchase has some of the following tasks

  • Taking instructions from the appropriate parties
  • Checking the title unregistered or registered
  • Carrying out Westbourne property searches with respect to the title
  • Reviewing draft sale agreement and other papers collated by the vendor’s solicitor
  • Submitting questions with the vendor’s solicitor
  • Agreeing the wording of the sale contract
  • Examining replies given by the seller to pre-contract enquiries
  • Negotiating the Transfer Deed for completion
  • Advising the buyer in respect of the mortgage offer: (where appropriate)
  • Drawing up and sending the purchaser a report on title (that is; reporting to the buyer on the contents of the contract pack, pre-contract enquiries and the result of the searches)
  • Carrying out the key stage of exchanging contracts and then preparing for completion
  • Completing and submitting to HMRC the correct stamp duty forms and payment
  • Dealing with the registration procedures for the purchase 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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