Conveyancing Solicitors in Chelmsford
Now you have finally found the property in Chelmsford you wish to buy, or maybe you plan on selling a home, you will require a Licensed Conveyancer or a Property Solicitor to sort out the necessary legal aspect of the property ownership transfer.
A conveyancing solicitor will process the mandatory legal tasks and purchase checks on your behalf. Selecting a conveyancer or solicitor to process the legal work for your transaction can be tricky, there are so many options to choose from. You can choose your estate agents preferred conveyancing solicitor, but they can be more expensive.
This is were Conveyancing Pro can help. We compare conveyancing quotes in Chelmsford from our highly rated panel of conveyancing solicitors. Get the best conveyancing quotes using the conveyancer quote finder above.
Use the Estate Agents recommended conveyancer or solicitor for Chelmsford
If you’re buying through an Estate Agent, they will usually ask you to use their recommended conveyancing solicitor, but you do NOT need to. It’s not uncommon for Estate Agents to get extra commission from pushing their clients to their conveyancers or solicitors, usually the commission is added to the Conveyancers quote. In the end you’ll end up paying a lot more than you need to for the conveyancing work.
You might be better off comparing conveyancers online though our website. You can save a lot of money from using Conveyancing Pro’s Chelmsford Conveyancer comparison. For more info see: Should I use my Estate Agent’s recommended Conveyancer?
What is the average costs for Conveyancing in Chelmsford?
The amount you pay for Legal Work depends on whether you are purchasing, selling or remortgaging a home. Conveyancer and Solicitor fees are typically around £850-£1,500. If the property you’re buying/selling is a Leasehold Property, the legal fees might include extra fees (because there will be more work to do).
When purchasing, Conveyancers also do property searches, searches check if there might be some local issues or problems that can effect the homes value.
Hidden Fees
If you receive low quotes for conveyancing, you need to review the quotes small print for any extra fees hidden in the numerous pages of terms and conditions. Our conveyancers give expert legal advice in Chelmsford and throughout Essex, and with our conveyancers there will be no surprises at the end of your purchase/sale. If you compare our conveyancing solicitors, the quotes we provide you will be accurate, they include all the associated costs and all the disbursements (for more info see: hidden fees in conveyancing quotes).
Leasehold and Flat Conveyancing Chelmsford
A leasehold property is where the buyer purchases the right to live in a house or flat for a specific period of time. They will be subject to the restrictive conditions within the “Lease”. The duration of time acknowledged by the lease can be up to 999 years.
It’s essential that you choose a knowledgeable Conveyancing Solicitor that has a lot of experience in managing Lease Sales. A knowledgeable Leasehold Conveyancer will know all the types of problems that possibly will come with Leasehold sales, for example:
1. your conveyancer will need to check out the duration of the unexpired term left on the leasehold contract as almost all lenders will not provide a mortgage for a leasehold property that only has less than 60 years leftover on them.
2. the leasehold conveyancer must check out the other conditions and obligations within the lease agreement that might restrict the usage, satisfaction and furtherenhancement of the home.
As we already mentioned before that the legal cost on a leasehold property almost always is more expensive than on a normal freehold sale (for more info see: leasehold conveyancing).
Chelmsford Remortgage Solicitors
If your are remortgaging your property in Chelmsford, you will need a conveyancer to act for your case and your mortgage providers interests. Lenders only let you use a remortgage conveyancing solicitor that is on their selected list of approved conveyancing solicitors. Our recommended remortgage conveyancers for Chelmsford are approved by and on all lender lists. Our recommended conveyancing solicitors have years of experience, they act quickly to complete and hopefully make the transaction easy and stress free.
About Chelmsford
Chelmsford (/ˈtʃɛlmzfərd/)[2] is the principal settlement of the City of Chelmsford and the county town of Essex, in the East of England. It is located in the London commuter belt, approximately 32 miles (51 km) northeast of the notional “Centre of London” at Charing Cross and approximately 22 miles (35 km) from Colchester. The urban area of the city has a population of approximately 120,000,[1] whilst the district has a population of 168,310.[3][4]
The main conurbation of Chelmsford incorporates all or part of the former parishes of Broomfield, Great Baddow, Galleywood, Writtle, Moulsham, Widford and Springfield, including Springfield Barnes, now known as Chelmer Village.
(from Wikipedia).
The national average timescale for conveyancing is between 9-10 weeks. Conveyancing for simple purchase transactions can take just 4-6 weeks but a more complicated transaction can take much much longer to complete. Some transactions have been known to take over a year to complete, why? More info visit our How long does conveyancing take?.
If you are buying a property in Chelmsford (or anywhere in England and Wales), for more than £125,000, you will be subject to Stamp Duty Land Tax (or SDLT for short). This tax is calculated in brackets, like the UK income tax system. When you get a quote with us, we calculate the Stamp Duty (SDLT) you’ll have to pay for you. For more info visit our Stamp Duty Rates and Examples page.
Essex is a county in England immediately north-east of London. It borders the counties of Suffolk and Cambridgeshire to the north, Hertfordshire to the west, Kent across the estuary of the River Thames to the south and London to the south-west. The county town is Chelmsford, which is the only city in the county. As well as rural areas, the county also includes London Stansted Airport, the new towns of Basildon and Harlow, Lakeside Shopping Centre, the port of Tilbury and the town of Southend-on-Sea.
The current average value in Essex in May 2017 is £353,594. This has increased 0.37% from February 2017. Terraced properties sold for a current average value of £302,150 and semi-detached properties valued £351,716. In the past year property prices in Essex have increased 2.50%. This is according to the current Zoopla estimates.
