At Ashtons Legal, our conveyancing team in Cambridge, Norwich, Ipswich and Bury St Edmunds are dedicated to providing you with a service that is user-friendly and straightforward.
Our experienced team of conveyancing solicitors are accredited by the Law Society Conveyancing Quality Scheme – the mark of excellence for the home buying process.
Whilst your property sale or purchase is handled by one individual, any member of the team can step in when required. We know that buying or selling your home is both stressful and exciting, and we will keep you well-informed throughout the process, guiding you every step of the way. Our team will pay close attention to detail and work hard to minimise delays.
Our residential conveyancing solicitors can assist with:
- Buying and selling property
- Mortgages and re-mortgages
- Transfers of equity
- Equity release
- Lease extensions
- Right to buy
- Shared ownership
- New build and help to buy
- Adverse possession
- Auctions
- Voluntary first registrations
- Declarations of Trust
- Small-scale new build site set up and plot sales
Contact our residential conveyancing solicitors
Contact our residential conveyancing team in Bury St Edmunds, Cambridge, Ipswich and Norwich. If you prefer, you can fill in our short enquiry form, and a member of our team will be in touch.
Our residential conveyancing solicitors services
Buying and selling property
Our expert team have much experience guiding clients through residential conveyancing transactions, whether you are buying or selling a property.
We can provide specialist assistance at every stage, from the initial offer and acceptance to completion day and post-transaction tasks via Land Registry.
Mortgages & remortgages
At Ashtons Legal we can provide full support with all legal aspects of mortgages and remortgages.
Remortgaging involves a different conveyancing process to standard residential conveyancing, which is why we recommend working with specialists.
At Ashtons Legal, we are experts in the remortgaging conveyancing process. Our team will always base our support on a detailed understanding of your needs.
To find out more about how we might help you, please contact our conveyancing solicitors at Ashtons Legal.
Transfers of equity
Transferring equity refers to the process of transferring property ownership, from one individual to another.
This might be required for instance, where a property owner is transferring ownership to their adult child, or where spouses are separating, and one person is moving out.
Our specialist local conveyancing team can answer any questions you have about equity transfers and support you with every aspect of the process.
Equity release
Our specialist conveyancing team can support clients with all equity release associated tasks, including, providing legal advice, reviewing legal documents, and carrying out the required due diligence.
To discuss equity release today, please get in touch with our conveyancing team at Ashtons Legal.
Lease extensions
Our conveyancing team at Ashtons Legal can help clients with all aspects of lease extensions, including:
- Support to negotiate and review lease terms as necessary
- Providing guidance on funding matters and costs
- Preparing all legal documents required for the lease
We understand that lease extensions are not always straight forward. Our conveyancing solicitors will ensure that you have a solid understanding of your obligations and legal position.
Right to buy
Right to buy is a type of scheme that provides council tenants the chance to purchase their property, for a significant discount.
Our residential conveyancing team can assist clients who are considering this purchase option, helping you with all stages, including:
- Assistance to assess your eligibility
- Legal advice based on your circumstances
- Legal guidance throughout the conveyancing procedures
The Ashtons Legal team can also provide clients support across the following specialist areas:
- Adverse possession
- Shared ownership
- New build and help to buy
- Voluntary first registrations
- Declarations of Trust
- Small-scale new build site set up and plot sales
Our conveyancing solicitors fees
Our conveyancing costs are transparent and we do not believe in ‘hidden extras’. From the outset, we will provide you with a full breakdown of the costs of your transaction and an indication of the likely timescales involved. Should anything change in relation to either once matters are underway, we will let you know as soon as possible.
In general, our conveyancing charges start from £1050.00 plus VAT, plus disbursements and expenses (these include search fees, land registry fees, fees to obtain leasehold information packs, bank charges and UK Stamp Duty Land Tax or Welsh Land Transfer Tax).
Any quote that we provide is based on the advice provided to us at that time and assumes that the transaction is ‘standard’. A ‘standard’ transaction has no unpredictable issues that may unusually lengthen the process or increase costs and expenses during the course of the transaction. The precise cost to you will depend on a number of factors, which we will discuss with you if you seek an estimation of fees.
While you may be able to get a cheaper estimate elsewhere, we do not believe that you will get a more thorough or better value service anywhere.
For more information on pricing and what is included in our fees, please see our pricing page.
Our Residential Conveyancing team is also supported by other specialist departments within the firm, including:
- Plot development team that deals with all aspects of new build developments
- Lifetime planning team who deal with wills, trusts and probate matters
- Dispute resolution team who advise on property disputes and tenant issues such as rent arrears/possession proceedings and deal with statutory lease extensions
- Planning team who can assist with planning applications, appeals, and construction matters
- Commercial property team that specialises in non-residential transactions, such as commercial buildings, shops, hotels, etc.
- Agricultural & estates team who deal with farms and related property matters, renewables and farming subsidies.
Why choose our conveyancing solicitors?
At Ashtons Legal, we care about the clients we work with, always putting your goals and needs first. When you work with us, you’ll find our team to be professional, friendly, and dedicated, with in depth specialist knowledge of conveyancing law.
We always aim to find the very best solutions to your requirements, whilst ensuring that our prices are both transparent and fair. When dealing with your residential conveyancing matters, we take a tailor-made approach, always focusing on the key aspects of your case and situation.
Ashtons Legal are Lexcel accredited, demonstrating our outstanding level of practice management and client care, as well as holding accreditation under the Conveyancing Quality Scheme.
We appreciate that finding a conveyancing solicitor can be somewhat confusing, and that you are likely to have some questions, or potential concerns. Our friendly team will make sure that all of these are addressed from the get-go, ensuring that you feel entirely happy to proceed.
If you have any immediate questions about our conveyancing service, please do not hesitate to contact us.
Frequently asked questions about residential conveyancing
What is a search pack in conveyancing?
In the context of conveyancing, a search pack includes a range of different searches, such as:
Environmental searches – these searches are used to assess the risk of contamination or flooding, and similar risks
Local authority searches – these searches provide information on matters such as building regulations and planning permissions
Water and drainage searches – these searches are used to find out information about the water supply, sewerage and drainage systems
Land Registry searches – a search to establish legal ownership and find out if there are any title restrictions
Chancel repair liability search –a search to investigate if the property might be liable for church chancel repairs.
How long does conveyancing take?
How long the conveyancing process takes varies according to the complexity of the transaction, type of property, and chain length. Due to these changeable factors, it is difficult to say exactly how long the process takes. However, approximately, it takes between 8 and 12 weeks.
When you work with our experts at Ashtons Legal, we will do everything that we can to speed up the process.
How to speed up conveyancing?
How long the conveyancing process takes depends on many factors from property type to the complexity of the transaction, and the length of the property chain.
Purchasing a property that is not part of any chain can significantly reduce the conveyancing process time frame. The following may also help to speed up the conveyancing process:
Choosing an experienced and highly accredited conveyancing solicitor with a great reputation in this area of the law
Making arrangements for your mortgage as early as possible. For instance, by securing a Mortgage Agreement in Principle
When selling a property, ensuring that you are well organised and that you have all of the necessary documents at the beginning (e.g. the Energy Performance Certificate)
When should I instruct a conveyancing solicitor?
As soon as you make the decision to buy or sell a property, you should instruct a conveyancing solicitor.
Your conveyancing solicitor can support you with every necessary stage and legal requirement, as well as providing conveyancing legal advice based on your transaction.
To learn more and to discuss conveyancing quotes, please contact our conveyancing team at Ashtons Legal.
Contact our residential conveyancing solicitors
Contact our residential conveyancing team in Bury St Edmunds, Cambridge, Ipswich and Norwich. If you prefer, you can fill in our short enquiry form, and a member of our team will be in touch.
