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Reasons to use our Whitchurch conveyancing solicitors

  • 1 Whitchurch lawyers have a significant edge when it comes to Whitchurch conveyancing as they have important local knowledge of local authority requirements, planning policies and other issues that can affect your conveyancing
  • 2 Over the years Whitchurch conveyancer have developed very good links with Whitchurch local estate agents, banks, building societies, landlords and house builders enabling them to liaise at speed with all parties involved in the process of dealing with your conveyancing in Whitchurch.
  • 3 Whitchurch solicitor are the key to a successful Whitchurch conveyancing experience, keeping the process under control. They are on your side throughout, offering dedicated advice for the duration of your move
  • 4 Retaining the services of a local Solicitor on the whole results in a more personal touch. Sometimes when dealing with a large conveyancing firm, your transaction is dealt with by a team of people who who update you by reading from their computer screens.
  • 5 This site is the only site that enables you the facility to check that your conveyancing in Whitchurch will be conducted by a conveyancer on your bank authorised panel.

Examples of recent conveyancing in Whitchurch since March 2025*

Recently asked questions about conveyancing in Whitchurch

My solicitor has discovered a defect with the lease for the apartment we are buying in Whitchurch. The other side have put forward defective title insurance as a workaround. We are content with insurance and will cover the costs. Our conveyancer says that he must check that the lender is willing to move forward with this solution. Are we the client or is the bank?

The short answer to your last question is that, notwithstanding the potential for a conflict of interest, you and the lender are the client. Your conveyancer must comply with the UK Finance Lenders’ Handbook specifications. The UK Finance Lenders’ Handbook conditions require your lawyer to disclose issues such as defects with the lease so that the bank can be afforded the opportunity to check with their valuer as to the extent that the value of the property is affected. Should you refuse to allow your lawyer to make the appropriate notification then your conveyancing practitioner will have no choice but to discontinue acting for you.

Why do I have to pay up front when it comes to conveyancing in Whitchurch?

Where you are retaining lawyers for conveyancing in Whitchurch your solicitor will request that you to provide them with funds to cover the search fees. Generally this is needed to cover the fees of the Local Authority Search. If any deposit is payable against the purchase price then this will be asked for shortly prior to exchange of contracts. The closing balance that is needed should be transferred a couple of days prior to the day of completion.

My friend suggested that if I am purchasing in Whitchurch I should carry out a Neighbourhood, Planning and Local Amenity Search. Can you explain what the purpose of this search is?

A search of this type is usually included in the estimate for your Whitchurch conveyancing searches. It is not a small report of about 40 pages, listing and detailing important information about Whitchurch around the property and the people living there. It incorporates an Aerial Photograph, Planning Applications, Land Use, Mobile Phone Masts, Rights of Way, the local Housing Market, Council Tax Banding, the type of People living in the area, the dominant type of Housing, the Average Property Price, Crime statistics, Local Education with maps and statistics, Local Amenities and other useful data concerning Whitchurch.

Have purchased a a semi-detached house in Whitchurch , What is the estimated time for the Land Registry to deal with the formalities evidencing the transfer to my name? My Whitchurch conveyancing solicitor works at snail pace, so I want to check that my name is recorded.

As far as conveyancing in Whitchurch registration is no faster or slower than anywhere else in England and Wales. Rather than based on location, timescales can differ subject to the party submitting the application, whether it is in order and if the Land registry have to notify any interested parties. Currently approximately three quarters of submission are completed within two weeks but some can be subject to extensive delays. Registration is effected once the new owner has moved in to the property therefore an expedited registration is not always top priority but if there is a degree of urgency associated with the registration then you or your conveyancer could contact the land registry and explain the circumstances.

I am purchasing my first flat in Whitchurch with a loan from Halifax. The sellers refused to budge the price so I negotiated five thousand pounds worth of additionals instead. The sale representative told me not reveal to my lawyer about this deal as it will impact my loan with the bank. Do I keep my lawyer in the dark?.

All lenders require a Disclosure of Incentives Form from the developer 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 two weeks back in what should have been a quick, chain free conveyancing. Whitchurch is the location of the property. Is there any guidance you can impart?

Flying freeholds in Whitchurch are rare but are more likely to exist in relation to terraced houses. Even though you don't necessarily need a conveyancing solicitor in Whitchurch you would need to get your solicitor to go through the deeds diligently. Your bank may require your conveyancing solicitor to take out an indemnity policy. Some of the more diligent conveyancing solicitors in Whitchurch 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 Whitchurch

The list below is a non-comprehensive list of solicitors in Whitchurch with expertise in landlord and tenant law and on the regulations governing different types of tenancies. This could include advice on Court proceedings for possession

  • Cooke Painter Limited, 314 Wells Road, Knowle, Bristol, South Gloucestershire, BS4 2QG
  • David Lees & Co, 319 Wells Road, Bristol, Avon, BS4 2QD
  • Open Trustees Limited, 2 Temple Back East, Bristol, South Gloucestershire, BS1 6EG
  • Osborne Clarke Trustees Limited, 2 Temple Back East, Bristol, South Gloucestershire, BS1 6EG
  • Burges Salmon Llp, 1 Glass Wharf, Bristol, South Gloucestershire, BS2 0ZX

Domestic Licensed Conveyancers in Whitchurch regulated by the Council of Licensed Conveyancers

Please be aware that the listed conveyancers do not limit their work for conveyancing in Whitchurch but also conveyancing throughout England and Wales.
  • Key Property Lawyers Limited, Barley Lodge, BS31 2BP
  • Ocean Property Lawyers Ltd, The Plaza, 275 North Street, BS3 1JN
  • Ocean Property Lawyers Ltd, 199 Gloucester Road, BS7 8BG
  • Ocean Property Lawyers Ltd, 199 Whiteladies Road, BS8 2SB

Planning law solicitors in Whitchurch regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority

The firms listed below are a non-comprehensive list of solicitors in Whitchurch with expertise in planning law. This should include advice on special planning controls
  • Osborne Clarke Trustees Limited, 2 Temple Back East, Bristol, South Gloucestershire, BS1 6EG
  • Open Trustees Limited, 2 Temple Back East, Bristol, South Gloucestershire, BS1 6EG
  • Burges Salmon Llp, 1 Glass Wharf, Bristol, South Gloucestershire, BS2 0ZX
  • Bond Pearce Llp, 3 Temple Quay, Temple Back East, Bristol, South Gloucestershire, BS1 6DZ
  • Veale Wasbrough Vizards Llp, Narrow Quay House, Narrow Quay, Bristol, South Gloucestershire, BS1 4QA

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

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