At what point will exchange of contracts occur in residential conveyancing in Sandhurst and do I need to be at the solicitors office?

If you are in close proximity to our conveyancing solicitors in Sandhurst you are invited in to sign contracts. That being said, the law practices we work with supply a countrywide conveyancing service and give as equally diligent and professional a job for you when dealing with you electronically. The executing of the contract is not the critical part. Signing on the dotted line is necessary for the solicitor to officially exchange when the time is right, which is ordinarily shortly after signing. The procedure is nowadays normally dealt with by telephone and can be very rapid, although where an extended "chain" is involved, since the process requires the relevant party's solicitor (not necessarily a conveyancing solicitor in Sandhurst)to be in the office at the appropriate time.

I am told that my conveyancing solicitors will need to check that the building insurance for my purchase of a house in Sandhurst. My lender is The Mortgage Works

The Mortgage Works have specific requirements as set out in the UK Finance Lenders’ Handbook. As of 12/1/2025, the requirements read as follows :

I am helping my sister sell her house in Sandhurst. Does the solicitor commission an EPC or should I organise this?

After the abolition of Home Packs, energy performance certificates was retained a compulsory component of moving property. An energy performance certificate should be to hand before the property is advertised. It is not a task that solicitors normally organise. If you are instructing a Sandhurst conveyancing solicitor they might help arrange energy performance certificates due to their contacts with long established Sandhurst providers

I am the single recipient of my late father’s will and I have everything in my name alone, including the my former home in Sandhurst. The Sandhurst property was put into my name in December. I plan to dispose of the house. I do know about the Mortgage Lenders 6 month 'rule', meaning my proprietorship will be considered the same way as if I'd bought the property in December. Is the property unsalable for six months?

The Council of Mortgage Lenders’ handbook requires conveyancers to: "report to us immediately if the owner or registered proprietor has been registered for less than six months." By the strict wording you may be affected by that. How practical a view lenders take of it, depend on the bank as this clause is primarily there to capture subsales or the wholesaling and assigning of property.

I am purchasing a property in Sandhurst. One unusual aspect is that the roof has a solar panel. Solicitors conducting should look into this right? Will my lender Yorkshire BS be concerned?

Given that your lender is Yorkshire BS your lawyer must check the conveyancing requirements outlined in Part 2 of UK Finance Lenders’ Handbook for Yorkshire BS. The CML Handbook contains minimum provisions for solar panel roof-space leases, and property lawyers are required to report to Yorkshire BS where a lease fails to satisfy these specifications. The specifications relate to the installation of panels on properties nationwide and is not restricted to Sandhurst.

In my capacity as executor for the will of my uncle I am disposing of a house in Cardiff but reside in Sandhurst. My conveyancer (approximately 250 kilometers awayhas requested that I sign a stat dec prior to the transaction finalising. Could you suggest a conveyancing practitioner in Sandhurst who can witness this legal document for me?

strictly speaking you are not likely to be required to have the documents witnessed by a conveyancing solicitor. Normally any notary public or solicitor will do regardless of whether they are Sandhurst based

The conveyancers undertaking our conveyancing in Sandhurst has forwarded documents to review that indicate that the land is unregistered with epitome documents. Why is the property not yet recorded at the Land Registry?

Whilst most properties in Sandhurst are now registered with the Land Registry there are still a few that remain unregistered. Any property in Sandhurst that has been remortgaged since the late 1980’s will have been registered at the HMLR under the compulsory ‘first registration’ scheme. However, if a Sandhurst property has not changed hands in that time then it’s likely the old fashioned title deeds will be the only evidence of ownership.Many Sandhurst conveyancing lawyers should be able to handle this type of conveyancing but if any uncertainty reigns the usual recommendation presently seems to be for the current owners to address the registration formalities first and subsequently sell - this can though naturally result in a prolonged conveyancing.