Find a Lender-Approved Local Conveyancer in Wickford

Ready to buy a new home? Find a law firm approved by your lender.

Cheap conveyancing in Wickford does not necessarily mean low quality - but the odds are stacked against you

Reasons to use our Wickford conveyancing solicitors

  • 1 The organisations listed on our directory have a variation of conveyancing practitioners, legal executives and support staff handling thousands of conveyancing matters each year.
  • 2 The hallmark of our conveyancing solicitors in Wickford is quality not quantity. The level of service offered by conveyancing "factories" (sometimes 'recommended' by large estate agency chains) sometimes falls short of the high standards of professionalism you will expect.
  • 3 Personal touch and pure property experience are key benefits that you should seek when selecting conveyancing solicitors. Wickford property deals can become significantly more complicated because of poor communication between all the parties. The lawyers listed ensure that communication channels are open and act on arising issues and developments quickly.
  • 4 You can rest easier when choose the very best, most recommended conveyancing solicitors. Wickford has a number to choose from, but for a truly professional and dependable service many local people have been use the endorsement of this site.
  • 5 The Wickford conveyancing practitioners that we work with are dedicated to providing value for money, efficient and transparent conveyancing service to borrowers, sellers and remortgagors in Wickford

Examples of recent conveyancing in Wickford since January 2025*

Disposal

of semi-detached residence, Nayland Close, SS12 9AR completing on 17/01/2025 at a price of £355,000. The legal transfer of property incorporates some of the following tasks: preparing statement detailing charges, setting up the completion formalities, sending title deeds and executed transfer to buyer’s solicitor

Transfer

of detached residence residence, Station Avenue, SS11 7AY completing on 17/01/2025 at a price of £580,000. The conveyancing process included amongst the various tasks: dealing with appropriate requisitions and enquiries, obtaining official copies of the title, sending title deeds and executed transfer to buyer’s lawyers

Sale

of detached residence property, Cedar Avenue, SS12 9DT completing on 17/01/2025 at a price of £303,750. The legal transfer of property incorporates some of the following tasks: agreeing completion date with parties, setting up the completion formalities, sending title deeds and executed transfer to buyer’s lawyers

Sale

of detached residence property, Drummond Place, SS12 9LL completing on 13/01/2025 at a price of £267,000. The conveyancing process incorporates some of the following tasks: sending conveyancing papers to buyers representatives, dealing with appropriate requisitions and enquiries, agreeing completion date with parties

Recently asked questions about conveyancing in Wickford

I am one month into the sale of my flat in Wickford and the EA has just e-mailed to warn that the buyers are appointing a new conveyancer. The reason given is that the mortgage company will only work with solicitors on their approved list. On what basis would a big named lender only deal with specific solicitors rather the firm that they want to choose for their conveyancing in Wickford ?

Banks have always had an approved set of law firms they are content to work with, but in the past few years big names such as Yorkshire Building Society, have reviewed and reduced their conveyancing panel– in some cases removing conveyancing firms who have acted for them for decades.

Lending institutions point to the increase in fraud as the reason for the pruning – criteria have been tightened as a smaller panel is easier to monitor. Banks tend not to disclose how many solicitors have been dropped, claiming the information is commercially sensitive, but the Law Society claims that it is hearing daily from firms that have been removed from panels. Some do not even realise they have been dropped until contacted by a borrower who has instructed them as might be the situation in your buyers' case. Your purchasers are not going to have any impact on this.

Please help. My Wickford lawyer is advising me that he is legally obliged toorder Wickford conveyancing searches becausethe firm are on the Santanderapproved lawyer panel. Is this really necessary?

Unfortunately both you and your lawyer have little choice here. As you are taking a mortgage with a mortgage company your solicitor has to comply with their conditions as set out in their version of the CML Conveyancing Handbook. Your conveyancing practitioner would have previously signed the Terms and Conditions of your lender’s conveyancing panel appointment which obliges them to comply with the Council of Mortgage Lenders’ Handbook conditions . Even if you were a cash buyer you would be ill advised not to carry out Wickford conveyancing searches.

Should conveyancers request an advanced payment for my conveyancing in Wickford?

If you are buying a property in Wickford your solicitor will ask you to provide them with funds to cover the search fees. Normally this is called for to cover the fees of the conveyancing searches. When the down payment is as part of the sale price then this will be needed shortly before contracts are exchanged. The final balance that is needed will be payable shortly before completion.

Do the Building Society Association intend to launch a online directory to to identify firms on the Melton Mowbray Building Society conveyancing panel for example in Wickford?

We have not been informed any plans on the part of the BSA to promote such a search facility.

A relative informed me that in purchasing a property in Wickford there could be various restrictions affecting the ability to carry out external changes to the property. Is this right?

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

Intending to buy a maisonette in Wickford. I have received an online quote from a licenced conveyancer, which states: "There will be no charge for dealing with the Lender if you are obtaining a mortgage". I take this to mean that there will be no additional fee if the solicitor is on the Nationwide conveyancing panel. I wanted to make sure it means there will be no additional fees for dealing with the mortgage.

They are simply saying that the cost for acting for the lender is included in the fee being quoted. It is worth you checking that the Wickford conveyancing practitioner is on the Nationwide conveyancing panel.

Having digested plenty of house buying guides, I note that they all recommend that you should get your house surveyed prior to buying it. When I asked my local Wickford solicitor - who is on the Aldermore conveyancing panel - on this she said they don't do this and I need to contract an independent surveyor. is that correct?

Aldermore will need an independent valuation of the property. Your lawyer will not arrange this. Usually Aldermore will appoint their own surveyor to do this, and you will have to pay for it. Remember that this is a valuation for mortgage purposes and not a survey. You may wish to consider appointing your own Wickford surveyor to carry out a survey or prepare a home buyers report on the property. It is up to you to satisfy yourself that the property is structurally sound before you buy it. If the survey or report reveals that building work is needed, you should tell your solicitor. You may wish to renegotiate with the seller.

I'm buying my first flat in Wickford with a loan from HSBC Bank. The developers would not budge the price so I negotiated 6k of additionals instead. The house builders rep advised me not reveal to my conveyancer about this deal as it could put at risk my mortgage with HSBC Bank. Is this normal?.

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.

Last updated

Residential Landlord and Tenant Conveyancing solicitors in Wickford

The firms listed below are a non-comprehensive list of solicitors in Wickford practicing in landlord and tenant law and on the regulations governing different types of tenancies. This will likely include advice on service charge disputes and the right to manage

  • Harvey Copping & Harrison Llp, De Burgh House, Market Road, Wickford, Essex, SS12 0BB
  • Ao Solicitors Limited, 33 Nobel Square, Basildon, Essex, SS13 1LT
  • Palmers, 19 Town Square, Basildon, Essex, SS14 1BD
  • Mwp Solicitors, Suite 2g, Southgate House, Town Square, Basildon, Essex, SS14 1BN
  • Pearl Baker, Ivy House, 13 High Road, Rayleigh, Essex, SS6 7SA

Domestic Licensed Conveyancers in Wickford regulated by the CLC

Please note that the listed conveyancers do not limit their work for conveyancing in Wickford but also conveyancing throughout England and Wales.
  • Chris Allnutt & Co, Ground Floor, Broadway House, SS11 7AD
  • Dorling Cottrell Limited, Suite 6 Phoenix House, SS14 3EZ
  • Pcs Legal , 5 The Capricorn Centre, SS14 3JA
  • Nfl Legal Ltd, 105 London Road, SS7 5TG

Planning law solicitors in Wickford regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority

The list below is a small selection of solicitors in Wickford specialising in planning law. This could include advice on making sure people do what the planning regulations say
  • Dadds Llp, 51 High Street, Billericay, Essex, CM12 9AX

Neighboring Locations

Wickford
Battlesbridge
Rayleigh
Basildon
Pitsea
Benfleet

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

© Crown copyright material is reproduced with the permission of Land Registry under delegated authority from the Controller of HMSO.