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Selling property in Berkhamsted
Your expert conveyancing solicitor's role when selling a property in Berkhamsted, will include:
- Draft contracts – Your conveyancing solicitor drafts the initial legal contract to be sent to the buyer's solicitor.
- Responding to enquiries – your solicitor responds to any questions the buyer's solicitor may have (this is where you'll find out if you are missing documents, which can cause delays to your sale).
- Investigating issues – your solicitor may need to complete further investigation to try and satisfy them.
- Exchange contracts – once the buyer's solicitor has satisfied their enquiries, contracts are finalised and exchanged
- On the day of completion – your solicitor receives the money for the sale, discharges the mortgage (if required), pays the estate agent, deducts their fee and then sends the net sale proceeds to you.
- Post completion – your solicitor receives the DS1 discharge documents and, when leasehold, settles your liabilities for ground rent and service charges.
Our Berkhamsted conveyancing solicitors' cost for selling a property starts from £723 INC VAT.
Why buy a home in Berkhamsted?
Berkhamsted is a historic market town in Dacorum Borough in Hertfordshire. Among many listed building landmarks, Ashridge House has a spire which can be seen from a fair distance. The independent Berkhamsted School is well known; its origins date back to 1541. You can also view a Norman motte-and-bailey castle there - Berkhamsted Castle. The town also contains an excellent Rex Cinema and if you like beer, you might choose to visit the wonderful Haresfoot Brewery in River Park.
Priory Hospital Hemel Hempstead, Longcroft Lane, Felden, Hemel Hempstead, HP3 0BN
Hemel Hempstead Hospital, Hillfield Road, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, HP2 4AD
Amersham Hospital, Amersham Hospital, Whielden Street, Amersham, Bucks, HP7 0JD
By road, the A41 is within easy reach and provides access to London. Berkhamsted Railway Station has services running between London Euston and Milton Keynes Central.
There are also services going to Northampton and Birmingham New Street and an hourly service going directly to South Croydon via Clapham Junction.
Distance to Airports from Berkhamsted
| Airport | Miles by car |
| Luton | 18.7 miles |
| Heathrow | 26.2 miles |
| Stansted | 49.4 miles |
Berkhamsted School, Castle Campus, Castle Street, Berkhamsted, HP4 2BB
Ashlyns School, Chesham Road, Berkhamsted, HP4 3AH
Bridgewater Middle School, Bridle Way, Billet Lane, Berkhamsted, HP4 1ES
Fixed quote for our legal costs plus a budget-friendly breakdown of third-party disbursements.
Your sale or purchase is protected by our no sale, no fee guarantee***.
Our panel solicitors are pre-approved to work with 99% of mortgage lenders in England & Wales*.
Panel solicitors accredited by the Conveyancing Quality Scheme; regulated by the SRA**.
Residential Conveyancing Solicitors in and around Berkhamsted
Our Berkhamsted conveyancing solicitors can help you with your conveyance locally or in any of the surrounding areas, including London, Watford, Chesham, Tring, Amersham, Hemel Hempstead and Harpenden.
We have many offices throughout England and Wales, so you can find a solicitor near you.
- Heron Place, Berkhampsted, HP4 2FW
- 24 Granville Road, Northchurch, Hertfordshire, HP4 3RN
- 10 Avenue House Park Road, Chesham, HP5 2JR
- High St, Berkhamsted HP4 1BL
- North Road, Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire, HP4 3DU
- Ashby Road (house) – North Church, Berkhamsted.
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Berkhamsted Property Prices
| Average property price in Berkhamsted | £719,345 |
| Population of Berkhamsted | 16,243 (2001) |
Local conveyancing solicitor
Are online licensed conveyancing solicitors better than property lawyers near me?
Before the internet, finding licensed conveyancing solicitors in Berkhamsted would have meant to consult your local phone book or just to take a walk down your local high street to find your conveyancer near me.
Before modern ID checking processes your local conveyancing solicitors would need to meet with you to confirm who you were as part of their money laundering and 'Know Your Client' checks. Solicitors previously used to use this time to talk through the transaction with you in person - a part of the service that was reflected within their conveyancing solicitors fees. Nowadays, the legal process can be completed without face to face meetings, using online ID checks and new ID process.
Although local knowledge becomes critical when choosing your RICS surveyor for a home buyers survey, your solicitor in all cases, whether they're a 'conveyancing solicitor near me' or based 200 miles away will carry out their work by processing documents and forms, virtually all of which can be obtained and/or transmitted electronically.
There is no need for them to be based locally and you'll usually find that conveyancer near me will charge extra for business conducted 'in person' - such as ID checking - and that their time is better spent focusing on the paperwork. We welcome queries from our clients and act as the vital link between you and your solicitor which means you're kept in the loop and your solicitor is fully engaged in getting your move completed as quickly and efficiently as possible.
Why choose SAM Conveyancing Solicitors in Berkhamsted?
Whether you're buying, selling, remortgaging, dealing with a lease, staircasing shared ownership, or paying offyour help to buy loan, you'll need a conveyancing specialist to handle the legal side of things. With SAM you get the benefit of dedicated conveyancing executive who'll guide you through the process, from start to finish, at no extra cost. Available Monday to Saturday to answer all your questions, we'll bridge the gap between you and your solicitor, with regular updates in plain English.
We have hand selected some of the best conveyancing solicitors Berkhamsted has to offer, which are backed by a no sale no fee guarantee and the Berkhamsted conveyancing fee we quote is broken down so you can see exactly what your quote includes. What we quote you is the fixed price you will pay for the agreed work. No unpleasant surprises.
You'll also benefit form our state of the art Online Conveyancing Process to track your progress and next steps along the way.
Affordable Housing Schemes
Several affordable housing schemes in Berkhamsted help make buying a property more achievable. The work is more complex, and we have specialist conveyancing solicitors to handle the following:
- Shared Ownership Solicitors
- Right to Buy Solicitors Berkhamsted - speak to Berkhamsted Town Council to find out if you are eligible
- Discount Market Sale Berkhamsted - check with Berkhamsted Town Council if they are running a DMS scheme
Berkhamsted conveyancing solicitors
You can rest assured that you're in good hands with our Berkhamsted Conveyancing Solicitors. They are skilled and experienced with complex property transactions from a simple purchase for a property in Berkhamsted to a Sale and Purchase of a shared ownership property, executing a Deed of Trust simultaneously.
Are you buying or selling a short lease in Berkhamsted?
We have specialist leasehold conveyancing solicitors in Berkhamsted to handle your sale & purchase of a leasehold property, as well as lease extensions and creation, sale, or purchase of a Berkhamsted share of freehold property.
Due to the additional legal work surrounding the lease and terms, your quote will be calculated based on the tenure, so as long as you give us the correct details when getting your Berkhamsted leasehold inclusive, fixed fee, conveyancing quotes with the simple form above, this will be included in your initial quote, not a surprise addition later on. Property Challenges Solved.
Conveyancing FAQs: Property Lawyers Berkhamsted
Hertfordshire is commonly abbreviated to the name Herts and is a county located in the south of England. It is bordered by Bedfordshire to the north, Cambridgeshire to the north-east, Essex to the east, Buckinghamshire to the west and Greater London to the south (it is classed as a 'Home County' for this reason). The county town of Hertfordshire is Hertford.
Hertfordshire has 3 motorways running through it - the M1, the M25 and the A1(M). It is particularly associated with new towns as it contains 5 in total: Stevenage, Welwyn Garden City, Hemel Hempstead, Hatfield and Letchworth. There are two airports just outside Hertfordshire's borders: Luton and Stansted. It also has a university, the University of Hertfordshire, which is in Hatfield. There are a number of independent schools in the area, including, for example, Haileybury (Turnford), St George's Harpenden, Haberdasher's Aske's (Elstree) and Berkhamsted.
For random facts, St Alban, who gave his name to the same city in the county, was the earliest British saint - he was reputed to have been beheaded where the cathedral now stands. In addition to that, Sele Mill, near Hertford. was the site of the first paper mill in Britain, established in about 1488.
**Our panel of solicitors are regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority and conveyancing work is accredited with the Law Society's Conveyancing Quality Scheme.
***No Sale No Fee applies to any sale or purchase quote except auction and right to buy. Read our No Sale No Fee Policy.
What are the conveyancing costs?
Berkhamsted Conveyancing Solicitor fees vary between online conveyancing solicitors, high street conveyancers or housing solicitors introduced by your estate agent.
The actual conveyancing costs, outside of the legal work, should be fixed, including:
For buyers: stamp duty, land registration, property searches, ID searches and leasehold charges (if buying a leasehold property).
For sellers: office copies, title plan and management information (if selling a leasehold property).
Make sure to budget for all of the above conveyancing costs and to get a fixed fee conveyancing quote from several firms, to compare value.
Making the right choice of solicitor is key to the whole process:
- Cheap Conveyancing
- Fast Conveyancing
- Best Conveyancing Service
Which Property Searches Do You Need?
If you're buying a property in Berkhamsted using a mortgage, when your four main searches are returned, they may, in turn, recommend that you book additional searches. For example, these can include a specialist Coal, Brine or Tin Report.
This report highlights if the property is affected by coal or brine mining. If concerns about mining are flagged up in other reports, this is only an optional report if you are not getting a mortgage; otherwise, your licensed conveyancer must obtain the information to pass on to your mortgage lender.
