Conveyancing Solicitors in Derby
Buying your first home, moving to a new property, or selling your home is one of the biggest financial commitments you’ll ever make. It’s crucial to work with an experienced professional specialising in conveyancing.
Our Derby-based conveyancing experts are here to guide you through your transaction, keeping you informed every step of the way.
Our team in Derby can assist with the following conveyancing matters:
- Buying your first property
- Selling your home
- Purchasing a property
- Buy-to-let transactions
- Shared ownership
- Leasehold and freehold properties
- Right to buy
- Transfer of equity
- Equity release
What makes Rothera Bray Derby the best for conveyancing?
We take pride in delivering exceptional service to ensure your move is quick and stress-free.
- Honesty and Transparency: from the outset, we’ll make you aware of timescales, costs, and any potential expenses. If unforeseen circumstances arise, we’ll inform you of the additional work needed and its causes.
- Knowledge and Experience: our team has extensive knowledge of the Derbyshire and East Midlands property market and is accredited by the Law Society’s Conveyancing Quality Scheme, ensuring high standards of competence and client service.
- Regular Communication: you’ll be assigned a dedicated case handler and receive their direct contact details. Your case handler will oversee your transaction from start to finish and keep you updated throughout.
- Quick and Efficient Transactions: with our experience in property matters, we can often anticipate and address potential issues before they cause delays. Your house purchase or sale is kept on track.
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“Moving house is meant to be stressful. Let our Derby conveyancers prove otherwise.”
Lucy Walsh
Senior Associate Solicitor
How we can help with conveyancing in Derby
FAQs
Conveyancing is the legal process of transferring property ownership from one person to another.
Conveyancing is a process that involves several steps. It varies depending on the type of transaction, but often covers:
- Property searches. These may cover checks with the local authority, environmental searches and HM Land Registry searches. Read more about property searches.
- Enquiries and liaison with authorities based on the results of these searches
- Review of legal documents to ensure that you’re protected from issues in the future
- Dealing with mortgage offers and lender requirements
- Once the legalities are satisfied, documents are signed and a completion date is agreed
- Contracts are exchanged
- Stamp duty is paid
- An application is made to the Land Registry to register you as the new owner
Our Derby conveyancing solicitors can help you with all these things.
Property searches like flood risk, drainage, water, and Land Registry typically take up to 10 days. Local authority searches might extend to a few months.
However, completion times can vary based on factors like property size, condition, location, and search result retrieval speed. Resolving any issues uncovered in the searches could further prolong the process, depending on their severity.
While you can handle your own conveyancing, it’s likely to be more time-consuming and stressful compared to hiring a solicitor. If you have a mortgage, the lender will likely require a solicitor for conveyancing.
Conveyancing involves more than just paperwork; it often includes searches, surveys, and identity verification for Land Registry applications, tasks that a solicitor would manage. It’s essential to note that without a solicitor, you lack protection if issues arise, whereas a solicitor carries professional insurance.
Since the survey predominantly helps the buyer by providing information on the state of the property they are looking to buy and any possible risks with it, it’s the buyer who usually organises and pays for the survey.
The survey is normally arranged by the buyer after their offer has been accepted by the seller.