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Reasons to use our Westhoughton conveyancing solicitors

  • 1 Low cost packages from online conveyancers might be tempting. However, these companies are often located many miles away with little appreciation of the factors that impact property transactions in Westhoughton
  • 2 The Westhoughton conveyancing practitioners that are listed are committed to providing the most cost, efficient and accessible conveyancing service to purchasers, sellers and remortgagors in Westhoughton
  • 3 Westhoughton property lawyer are the key to a successful Westhoughton home move, keeping the process under control. They are on your side throughout, offering dedicated advice for the duration of your move
  • 4 You can rest easier when choose the very best, most recommended conveyancing solicitors. Westhoughton has a number to select from, but for a truly professional and dependable service many local people have been use the endorsement of this site.
  • 5 Personal touch together with a wealth of experience are key benefits that you should seek when selecting conveyancing solicitors. Westhoughton conveyancing can be made a lot more complicated due to lack of transparency between all the parties. The lawyers listed ensure that the lines of communication are open and act on arising issues and developments expeditiously.

Examples of recent conveyancing in Westhoughton since May 2025*

Recently asked questions about conveyancing in Westhoughton

Is there a reason to instruct a Westhoughton conveyancing company when web based conveyancers are less overpriced?

By all means make sure that you contrast conveyancing costs in Westhoughton and you should seek a reasonable quote but don’t become consumed with getting the lowest priced Westhoughton conveyancer. Finding the right conveyancer can be the distinction between a smooth and a distressing home move. You need to ensure that you have expert advice from an experienced solicitor. Emails can't be as helpful as a phone conversation and can never replicate a face to face meeting. Our partner firms will find you a qualified and top rated conveyancing solicitor who can tackle your conveyancing from from the outset to completion, providing a level of hand holding that you rarely receive from an web based conveyancer. He or She will update you on progress making sure that you are ensuring that you are updated at regular intervals. Should it ever be necessary to phone the office you will be sure who you need to speak to and we'll be sure you are kept fully informed.

In looking at online forums for a recommended lawyer in Westhoughton, most post that I must use a CQS kitemarked solicitor. Can you explain what CQS is?

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 best practice conveyancing processes through the scheme protocol Membership covers many organisations who conduct conveyancing in Westhoughton.

What is the difference between a licensed conveyancer and conveyancing solicitor in Westhoughton

There are many registered licenced Conveyancers in Westhoughton and Solicitor firms in Westhoughton to choose from It is important to make clear that both are supervised by regulatory bodies with both specialising in the legal work in transferring property. Both can deal with associated property related work such as remortgage conveyancing, lease extensions and transfer of equity conveyancing.

This question may be naive but I am unexperienced as FTB of a garden flat in Westhoughton. Do I receive the keys to the house on the completion date from my conveyancer? If so, I will use a High Street conveyancing solicitor in Westhoughton?

There is no need to visit the lawyers office on the day of completion. Your solicitors will electronically transfer the purchase money to the seller's conveyancers, and shortly after the monies have arrived, you will be invited to collect the keys from the selling Agents and move into your new home. This tends to happen between 1 and 3pm.

I am due to exchange contracts on my apartment. I had a double glazing fitted in June 2008, but did not receive a FENSA certificate or Building Regulation Certificate. My purchaser’s lender, Kent Reliance are being pedantic. The Westhoughton solicitor who is on the Kent Reliance conveyancing panel is saying indemnity insurance will be fine but Kent Reliance are insisting on a building regulation certificate. Why do Kent Reliance have a conveyancing panel if they don't accept advice from them?

It is probably the case that Kent Reliance have referred the matter to their valuer. The reason why Kent Reliance may not want to accept indemnity insurance is because it does not give them any reassurance that the double glazing was correctly and safely installed. The indemnity insurance merely protects against enforcement action which is very unlikely anyway.

I note that there are debates on Chancel Insurance on online forums. Do I require chancel insurance when purchasing a house in Westhoughton? or Apparently there is an ancient law that could mean that house owners living in a parish church boundary may be liable to pay for repairs towards the chancel in proximity to the church. Is this relevant for conveyancing in Westhoughton?

Unless a prior acquisition of the premises took place after 12 October 2013 you may take it that solicitors delivering conveyancing in Westhoughton to remain encouraging a chancel search and or chancel repair liability insurance.

What tools are available to locate a Westhoughton solicitor on the National Westminster Bank conveyancing panel? I am a keen cyclist and am prepared to travel upto 20kilometers to meet the solicitor.

You can use the search on this website. Please select a lender and your location and you will see a number of Westhoughton conveyancing lawyers located nearest you. We have detailed some Westhoughton conveyancing firms at the bottom of this page and you can contact them to verify whether they are on the National Westminster Bank panel

Partway through the sale of a leasehold flat in Westhoughton. Conveyancing lawyers are doing their job but we have been asked to pay a fortune by the managing agents. To date we have issued a cheque for £268 for a leasehold management pack and then another £118 for additional queries raised by the buyers lawyer.

Neither you or your conveyancer will have any say over the extent of the fee for this information however the average costs for the information for Westhoughton leasehold premises is £360. For Westhoughton conveyancing transactions it is customary for the owner to pay for these costs. The freeholder or their agents are not duty bound to answer these questions most will be willing to do so - albeit often at exorbitant prices where the fees bear little relation to the work involved. Regretfully there is no law that mandates set fees for administrative tasks. There is no prescriptive time limit by which they are required to provide answers.

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Sample of conveyancing solicitors in Westhoughton regulated by the SRA

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

  • Keoghs Llp, The Parklands, Lostock, Bolton, Lancashire, BL6 4SE
  • Swift Lawyers Limited, Bluebell Business Centre, 120 Bolton Road, Atherton, Manchester, Lancashire, M46 9JZ
  • Aa Solicitors Ltd, 195 St Helens Road, Bolton, Lancashire, BL3 3PY
  • Ezra Elijah Law Ltd, 102 St. Helens Road, Bolton, Lancashire, BL3 3PJ
  • Knights Law Solicitors Ltd, 312 Derby Street, Bolton, Lancashire, BL3 6LF

Residential Landlord and Tenant Conveyancing solicitors in Westhoughton

The list below is a non-comprehensive list of solicitors in Westhoughton specialising in landlord and tenant law and on the regulations governing different types of tenancies. This will likely include advice on Service charge disputes

  • Keoghs Llp, The Parklands, Lostock, Bolton, Lancashire, BL6 4SE
  • Ezra Elijah Law Ltd, 102 St. Helens Road, Bolton, Lancashire, BL3 3PJ
  • Knights Law Solicitors Ltd, 312 Derby Street, Bolton, Lancashire, BL3 6LF
  • Winder Taylor Smith, Designa House,569 Chorley Old Road, Bolton, Lancashire, BL1 6BL
  • Lex Legal Uk Limited, 271 Derby Street, Bolton, Lancashire, BL3 6LA

Planning law solicitors in Westhoughton regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority

The firms listed below are a non-comprehensive list of solicitors in Westhoughton specialising in planning law. This should include advice on planning applications and appeals
  • Winder Taylor Smith, Designa House,569 Chorley Old Road, Bolton, Lancashire, BL1 6BL
  • Hcb Widdows Mason Limited, 3 - 5 King Street, Leigh, Lancashire, WN7 4LP
  • Afg Law Limited, 20 Mawdsley Street, Bolton, Lancashire, BL1 1LE
  • Nabi Solicitors, Rose Hill Works, Nelson Street, Bolton, Lancashire, BL3 2RW
  • Russell & Russell, Churchill House, Wood Street, Bolton, Lancashire, BL1 1EE

Neighboring Locations

Adlington
Horwich
Hindley
Westhoughton
Leigh
Atherton
Tyldesley
Astley

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