Residential Conveyancers
Residential Conveyancing Solicitors in Cumbria, the South Lake District and Furness Peninsula
Poole Townsend Solicitors have a dedicated conveyancing team that can give you just the support and confidence that you need.
Legal searches, Land Registry documents, contracts of sale and complex boundary or access negotiations often make process of buying and selling property more complicated. You need a legal advisor with the expertise, experience and local contacts to help you avoid any unforeseen legal complications and make the buying and selling process as efficient and as painless as possible.
Our broad portfolio also means that we can sell your house, arrange your mortgage and insurances and deal with the conveyancing, all under one roof. From our experience, this means that you can reduce the stress of moving to a minimum, giving you the added benefits of dealing with familiar people and moving as fast as possible.
With offices in Kendal, Barrow in Furness, Dalton in Furness, Ulverston and in Grange-over-Sands, Poole Townsend is one of the longest-established residential conveyancing solicitors in Cumbria and the South Lake District. When you need expert legal advice on buying or selling your home you can get in touch via your local branch of Poole Townsend Solicitors or complete our online enquiry form.
For commercial properties please visit commercial conveyancing services.
Land Registry: Is your home registered as belonging to you?
Most people have heard of the term Registered Land but what does it mean?
If you purchased your property before December 1987 your property is probably not registered at the Land Registry and you may want to consider a voluntary application to register your land. Registration gives peace of mind, proves your ownership and protects against any claims on your land.
Land Registration is now compulsory when a property is sold. The compulsory registration date for the Furness area was 1st December 1987. If you bought your property after that date it should be registered. Just over 60 per cent of land in England and Wales is currently registered at the Land Registry.
Registration of property means the Land Registry has a record of who owns the property and other relevant information. On completion of registration you will receive a unique title number for your property.
You can register land by visiting www.landregistry.gov.uk or alternatively, let Poole Townsend undertake this on your behalf by calling our Conveyancing Team on (01229) 811811.
Exchange of Contracts
A commonly used term when buying or selling a house is "exchange of contracts" but what does this actually mean?
Exchange of contracts is possibly the most critical stage in the house selling process, as until this point all steps have been "subject to contract" and either the sellers or the buyers have been free to withdraw.
When contracts have been "exchanged" then both parties become legally bound and there can be no turning back. This is also the stage when a "completion" or "moving" date is set and definite arrangements can now be made with regard to removals etc.
Completion basically involves the buyers’ conveyancer handing over the required sum of money to the sellers’ conveyancer, in return for the deeds and most importantly to the buyers, confirmation that they can collect their keys from the estate agent and move into their new home and start unpacking all those boxes.
For more information please contact our estate agents.
Your home may be repossessed if you do not keep up repayments on your mortgage. Poole Townsend are Independent Financial Advisers regulated by the Financial Services Authority. Regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority.