Our conveyancing solicitors understand that buying and selling your home can be one of life’s most stressful events – only divorce comes higher. We have a team of experienced conveyancing solicitors handling house and flat sales throughout Wiltshire, Hampshire and Dorset – and further afield. We provide expert and independent legal advice to ensure you know exactly what you are buying in the conveyancing process.
Our property Solicitors can help you with:
- Purchase and Sale of houses and flats.
- Re-mortgages.
- Freehold or Leasehold property.
- Preparation of Leases and Tenancy Agreements.
- Leasehold enfranchisement and lease extension work
- Transfer of Equity.
- Equity Release Schemes.
- New build houses/apartments
Conveyancing, perhaps more than any other area of law needs regular contact between Client Lawyer and Estate Agent to minimise delay and ease your move. You need to be confident you can get hold of your solicitor. We can be contacted by phone, email or fax and if your conveyancing solicitor is unavailable for any reason there will always be another team member ready and able to deal with your file.
We provide:
- A FREE first discussion in the office or on the phone to answer any questions and get you off to the right start.
- A written conveyancing quote of the fixed fee legal costs of buying and selling your house or flat – without “hidden extra conveyancing costs”.
- A full written report before Exchange of Contracts.
- Regular contact and updates on progress.
We have a sophisticated Case Management System to manage routine paperwork leaving our conveyancing lawyers free to deal with you, your Estate Agent and everyone else involved in the transaction.
Home Information Packs
Our conveyancing Solicitors at our Salisbury, Andover and Amesbury offices can provide you with a Home Information Pack. Get marketing your property straight away. Our packs only cost £295.
Buying a Property
Once you have found your dream home and had your offer accepted ,you should instruct your conveyancing solicitor straight away. If you need a mortgage to buy the property then obtaining that mortgage should be your priority – otherwise you risk delay at a later stage. Once you have instructed your solicitor they will obtain the Estate Agent’s Memorandum of Sale giving details of the sale and obtain a Seller’s Package ( including the draft Contract, details of the title and information about the property). At that stage, your conveyancing solicitor will make a local search – which deals with issues like planning permission and whether your property is in a conservation area etc.
Selling a Property
The first thing you need to do is find a buyer. Don't forget if you use an Estate Agent to consider how commission will be paid. We can advise you on whether sole agency, multiple agency or joint sole agency is right for you.
Letting a Property
Whether you are letting your house or flat as an investment or as a result of working away, you need to ensure your property is properly protected. Our Solicitors can advise on, and draft agreements to deal with problems which can arise such as non-payment of rent, damage to your property or tenants refusing to leave at the end of a tenancy Should disputes arise, we also have a strong litigation team as well as a debt collection team to help you.
Re-mortgaging
Timing is often very important when you re-mortgage. You need the work to be done as swiftly as possible. Our conveyancing solicitors can act for both you and your lender to avoid doubling up work as well as dealing with the discharge of your existing mortgage. We can carry out the necessary enquiries and searches on your home even before you get the new mortgage offer. You should be aware that the enquiries necessary on a re-mortgage are as extensive as those on buying a property in the first place. Be aware your new lender may require an up to date valuation of your home – instructing Surveyors approved by your new lenders is usually the most practical way to get a re-mortgage property valuation.
Transfers of Equity
When a partnership or marriage comes to an end, often one owner buys the other's share. The value of this share is the difference between the outstanding mortgage and the current value of your home and is known as equity. It is essential that the property transfer is recognised in Law to ensure the owner selling their share is released from any commitment or mortgage payments on the property.
Co-habitees owning a property together
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For more advice contact our expert property solicitors in our Salisbury, Andover or Amesbury offices today.
