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Selling property in East Sussex
Your expert conveyancing solicitor's role when selling a property in East Sussex, 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 East Sussex conveyancing solicitors' cost for selling a property starts from £723 INC VAT.
Why buy a home in East Sussex?
East Sussex is a South East England county bordered by Surrey to the north-west, West Sussex to the west and Kent to the north and east. The south coast borders it to the south. Districts within it include Hastings, Rother, Wealden, Eastbourne, Lewes and the City of Brighton and Hove. Among the many attractions are Battle Abbey, which marks the site of where William the Conqueror defeated King Harold in 1066; Bodiam Castle, which has a moat and battlements and hosts archery events; and Camber Sands, with its beaches, chalets, gardens and lighthouses.
Conquest Hospital, The Ridge, Saint Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7RD
Eastbourne District General Hospital, King's Dr, Eastbourne, BN21 2UD
Bexhill Hospital, Holliers Hill, Bexhill-on-Sea, East Sussex, TN40 2DZ
East Sussex has no motorways, no major airports and many trunk roads. Connections are best between coastal towns, such as Eastbourne to Hastings, which have railway lines and roads interlinking them. In many ways, Brighton is its most important transport hub.
Distance to Airports from East Sussex (Heathfield)
| Airport | Miles by car |
| Gatwick | 30.5 miles |
| Heathrow | 68.9 miles |
| Stansted | 76.6 miles |
Lewes Old Grammar School, Tyne House, 140 High St, Lewes BN7 1XS
Peacehaven Community School, Greenwich Way, Peacehaven BN10 8RB
St Richard's Catholic College, Ashdown Rd, Bexhill-on-Sea TN40 1SE
Residential Conveyancing Solicitors in and around East Sussex
Our East Sussex conveyancing solicitors can help you with your conveyance locally or in any of the surrounding areas, including London, Eastbourne, Brighton, Crawley, Worthing, Bexhill-on-Sea and Bognor Regis.
We have many offices throughout England and Wales, so you can find a solicitor near you.
- Eagle Cottages, Landgate, Rye, TN31 7LY
- 38 Udimore Road, Rye, East Sussex, TN31 7DS
- 22 High Street, Robertsbridge, East Sussex, TN32 5AQ
- 18 Jevington Close, Bexhill on Sea, East Sussex, TN39 3 BB
- 2 White Horse Cottages, Hurst Green, East Sussex, TN19 7QA
- Merrydown Village (houses) – off Little London Road, East Sussex.
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East Sussex Property Prices
| Average property price in East Sussex | £434,572 |
| Population of East Sussex | 800,200 (2014) |
Local conveyancing solicitor
What are the Pros and Cons of using a licensed conveyancing solicitor in East Sussex?
The Pros of using property lawyers near me
- You may know your local conveyancing solicitors - this is a huge benefit if you know your solicitor already, especially if it is a small community where you live.
- You can drop your documents and ID off - losing your original ID and documents is always a worry, so being able pop in to your local conveyancing solicitors office helps alleviate this issue (although with scanned ID and online ID checks the worry of loss passport is a thing of the past).
The Cons of using property solicitors near me
- Not on your mortgage lender's panel - local law firms are often smaller with fewer principals which may exclude them from working with certain major high street solicitors.
- Taking time off from work - it isn't always easy to visit your solicitor and having to see them 2 or 3 times during the conveyancing process may add a strain onto your work life, or be unachievable if you live abroad.
- Locally inexperienced - your local solicitor may not specialise in conveyancing and may have more experience in other areas of law.
- Less competition, higher prices - with less competition your local solicitor's legal fees are most likely to cost more, especially if they have to keep premises in premium high-street real estate.
Why choose SAM Conveyancing Solicitors in East Sussex?
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 East Sussex has to offer, which are backed by a no sale no fee guarantee and the East Sussex 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 East Sussex 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 East Sussex - speak to East Sussex Local Authority Councils to find out if you are eligible
- Discount Market Sale East Sussex - check with East Sussex Local Authority Councils if they are running a DMS scheme
East Sussex conveyancing solicitors
You can rest assured that you're in good hands with our East Sussex Conveyancing Solicitors. They are skilled and experienced with complex property transactions from a simple purchase for a property in East Sussex 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 East Sussex?
We have specialist leasehold conveyancing solicitors in East Sussex to handle your sale & purchase of a leasehold property, as well as lease extensions and creation, sale, or purchase of a East Sussex 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 East Sussex 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 East Sussex
East Sussex is a county in southern England. Coupled with West Sussex, it used to make up the larger ceremonial county of Sussex. It consists of chalk uplands, river gaps, marshlands, both sand and clay soils, sandstone cliffs and forests, such as Ashdown Forest.
The county town is Lewes and other major populated settlements include Eastbourne, Hastings, Bexhill, Seaford, Rottingdean, Crowborough and Hailsham. It also contains the large city/conurbation of Brighton and Hove, although the latter is its own unitary authority. Brighton has a whole host of attractions including the Royal Pavilion.
The county contains no motorways. Adjacent counties include Surrey, West Sussex and Kent. There are two universities based in the county: the University of Sussex and the University of Brighton.
**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?
East Sussex 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?
The four property searches which all mortgage lenders will insist you book for security when you're buying a property in East Sussex are Local Authority Search, Environmental Search, Drainage Search and Chancel Indemnity.
Sometimes, the property situation in East Sussex might mean you are encouraged to book additional searches. In some parts of the country, for example, it might be recommended that you book a Mining Search
This report, often called a Coal and Brine Report, gives you information about whether the property you're looking to buy is likely to be affected by past or present coal and brine mine workings, particularly in terms of subsidence. Conveyancing Searches Guide.
