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Selling property in Skelmersdale
Your expert conveyancing solicitor's role when selling a property in Skelmersdale, 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 Skelmersdale conveyancing solicitors' cost for selling a property starts from £723 INC VAT.
Why buy a home in Skelmersdale?
Skelmersdale is a valley town in Lancashire, England, located around 10 kilometres from Wigan. Interestingly, its centre has a lot of forest cover because it was intended to cater to both natural vegetation and residential properties. The Beacon Country Park is a notable landmark. It is situated near the River Tawd and hosts a golf course. Skelmersdale's town centre offers numerous facilities for leisure and primary needs. These include the two supermarkets, two gyms, a college campus, a swimming pool, a library, and the Concourse Shopping Centre, which has several fast food restaurants.
Ormskirk District General Hospital, Dicconson Way, Wigan Rd, Ormskirk L39 2AZ
Whiston Hospital, Warrington Rd, Rainhill, Prescot L35 5DR
Broadgreen Hospital, Thomas Dr, Liverpool L14 3LB
The M58 motorway is located in the southern part of Skelmersdale. The nearest airport town is Manchester, which is a 46-minute drive via M6.
Distance to Airports from Skelmersdale
| Airport | Miles by car |
| Manchester | 35 miles |
| Liverpool | 20.5 miles |
| Birmingham | 104.3 miles |
Crow Orchard Primary School, School Lane, Skelmersdale WN8 8QG
Brookfield Park Primary School, School Ln, Skelmersdale WN8 8EH
Holland Moor Primary School, Cornbrook, Skelmersdale WN8 9AG
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 Skelmersdale
Our Skelmersdale conveyancing solicitors can help you with your conveyance locally or in any of the surrounding areas, including Wigan, St Helens, Southport, Bolton, Preston, Blackburn and Burnley.
We have many offices throughout England and Wales, so you can find a solicitor near you.
- Castlehey, Skelmersdale, Lancashire, WN8 9DS
- Broadleaf Crescent, Standish, Wigan, WN6 0ZN
- Spey Close, Wigan, Greater Manchester, WN6 0RA
- Vardon Drive, Standish, WN6 0YY
- Ellerbeck Close, Wigan, Greater Manchester, WN6 0UP
- Beacon Park – Digmoor Road, Skelmersdale.
Developed by Gleeson Homes.
Skelmersdale Property Prices
| Average property price in Skelmersdale | £167,762 |
| Population of Skelmersdale | 34,813 |
Local conveyancing solicitor
Are local, licensed conveyancing solicitors near me more expensive?
Buyers and sellers alike often start the process by searching online for conveyancing solicitors in Skelmersdale. You need to find a legally qualified person to handle the conveyancing for your sale or purchase. But, do you really need to use local property lawyers or can you find a better service, regardless of where they are based?
With technological progress, you are no longer restricted to having to work with a licenced conveyancer near you. Often an online conveyancing solicitor who specialises in property transactions will be preferable to a local one in Skelmersdale.
Why choose SAM Conveyancing Solicitors in Skelmersdale?
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 Skelmersdale has to offer, which are backed by a no sale no fee guarantee and the Skelmersdale 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 Skelmersdale 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 Skelmersdale - speak to West Lancashire Borough Council to find out if you are eligible
- Discount Market Sale Skelmersdale - check with West Lancashire Borough Council if they are running a DMS scheme
Skelmersdale conveyancing solicitors
You can rest assured that you're in good hands with our Skelmersdale Conveyancing Solicitors. They are skilled and experienced with complex property transactions from a simple purchase for a property in Skelmersdale 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 Skelmersdale?
If there are 80 years or less on the Skelmersdale leasehold, it will be harder to mortgage. Whether you're buying or selling, you should consider extending the lease, which may be done before, during, or in some cases after the transaction.
Our specialist leasehold conveyancing solicitors have vast experience handling the extension of a short lease for the buyer or the seller in Skelmersdale; speak to a SAM advisor for inclusive, fixed fee, conveyancing quotes for leasehold conveyancing or share of freehold conveyancing today. Property Challenges Solved.
Conveyancing FAQs: Property Lawyers Skelmersdale
Lancashire is a county in the north-west of England, whose administrative centre is Preston. Its history dates back to the 12th century and, curiously, some of its lands were originally treated as being part of Yorkshire in the Domesday Book of 1086. The county borders Cumbria, Greater Manchester, Merseyside, North Yorkshire and West Yorkshire.
The county particularly came to prominence during the Industrial Revolution, with Liverpool and Manchester growing into its major cities, whose economies expanded as a result of the trade from the docks and the cotton mills respectively. By the 1830s, a massive 85% of all cotton manufactured worldwide was processed in Lancashire. Cotton mill towns which developed from this economy include Accrington, Blackburn, Bolton, Burnley, Bury, Chorley, Colne, Darwen, Manchester, Nelson, Oldham, Preston, Rochdale and Wigan.
The main motorway in the area is the M6 but other motorways, such as the M55, M65, M61, M66, M62 and M58 also run through it. The county has international airports like Manchester Airport, the third busiest in the UK and Liverpool John Lennon Airport. These cities are also excellent transport hubs in general and their main train stations (Liverpool Lime Street and Manchester Piccadilly) offer fast access to other major British conurbations as well as to a host of other locations.
The county has many universities including, for example, the University of Liverpool, Liverpool John Moores University, Manchester Metropolitan University, the University of Bolton, the University of Law, the University of Manchester, the University of Salford, UMIST and Preston University.
There are at least four professional orchestras, including The Hallé, which is the UK's oldest symphony orchestra and is based at the Bridgwater Hall. The Manchester Arena, which hosts more than 21,000, is the largest indoor arena in Europe and has been voted the most popular venue in the world. Landmarks include the Blackpool Tower, the Ashton Memorial, Rivington Pike and King Street Mill. Other attractions include Morecambe Bay, the Ribble Steam Railway, Blackpool Zoo and Camelot Theme Park. Lancashire has given many gems to cuisine such as Eccles Cakes, Ormskirk gingerbread, 'savoury ducks', black peas and bury black pudding. It would take many more words to detail how important the county has been musically, whether regarding folk music (for example the number of ballads emanating from the county, take 'The Ballad of Chevy Chase) or contemporary music (the Beatles and many more).
**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?
Skelmersdale 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 Skelmersdale using a mortgage, when your four main searches are returned, they may recommend you book additional searches. These can include a specialist Energy and Infrastructure Report, for example.
This report highlights if your property is located near:
- sites likely to be affected by HS2
- areas for fracking
- wind farms, solar farms or wind turbines
- Crossrail
