Conveyancing Solicitors

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At Houldsworth Solicitors we have a specialist team of conveyancing solicitors and specialists to guide you through each step of buying and selling your home.

Our experienced and friendly team is here to ensure the conveyancing process runs as smoothly as possible for you, offering the support you need as your buy or sell a property.  A member of our team is always available by phone, online, or a face to face meeting to answer any queries you may have during your property transactions.

Amanda Hall, Director and Solicitor, is the head of our residential conveyancing department. Visit our Meet the Team page to find out more about the experience and qualifications of each member of the conveyancer team.

How can we help as your residential conveyancing solicitor?

We offer a complete conveyancing service to clients across England and Wales to help you through every stage of selling your home, which includes:

  • Working with your estate agents and buyers’ solicitors
  • Writing to all parties advising we are acting on your behalf
  • Drafting the necessary Contract papers
  • Establishing how much you owe on any mortgage secured upon your existing residential property
  • Dealing with your buyers’ solicitors and answering any enquiries raised
  • Attending on you to sign the contracts and other legal documents
  • Negotiating a convenient date for completion of your sale
  • Repaying your existing mortgages upon sale of the property and settling the estate agents fees
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  • Working with the estate Agent and the Sellers Solicitor
  • Searches carried out and enquiries raised
  • Draft contract received and information regarding the property checked
  • Receiving and checking mortgage offer is satisfactory and the conditions are met
  • Sending you a detailed title report ensuring you are fully aware of everything you need to know about the property you are buying
  • Attending on you to sign the contracts and other legal documents
  • Agreeing the completion date and obtaining deposit
  • Exchanging contracts
  • Requesting and obtaining mortgage funds from your lender
  • On completion paying balance of purchase price to seller’s solicitors and ensuring release of keys
  • Paying any SDLT to HM Revenue
  • Registration of your property with HM Land Registry
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Property conveyancing timescales

A standard transaction will take approximately 6 weeks from the time we are instructed as your property solicitors.  However, every transaction is slightly different depending upon a number of factors such as:

  • The number of parties in the chain
  • The other parties’ circumstances
  • The time taken for your buyer to obtain a mortgage offer, search results, and surveys.
  • Whether there is a management company
  • Other parties’ timescales.

Costs of buying or selling your home

Our charges are broken down into costs and disbursements.

Disbursements are costs payable to third parties such as Land Registry fees.

We handle the payment of disbursements on your behalf.

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Once you insert the purchase price of the property the calculator will also inform you of the SDLT (stamp duty land tax) and Land Registry Fees payable

We charge a fixed fee for all residential conveyancing transactions, based on a scale according to the property price.

There are other factors which determine the fees including whether the property is freehold or leasehold, whether a mortgage is being obtained, if it is a high value transaction or properties with special complications.

Once you have instructed us we will advise you immediately of any complications and discuss the potential impact this would have on our fees or whether any payments to third parties are required such as to management companies.

Occasionally we may need to increase your fixed fee – this may be due to but not limited to the following:

  • Septic tanks
  • Private water supplies
  • Deed of variations
  • Complicated title matters
  • Adverse possession
  • Lease defects
  • Retrospective consent
  • Conditional exchange of contracts
  • Missing documentation
  • Transfer of part

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Meet our conveyancing team...
Amanda Hall
Marsaya Taylor
Ricky Allen
Susan Harrison
Liz Pelleymounter
Rebecca Davies
kate Jackson
Mandy Smith
Caitlin Macdonald
Hayley Nikandrou

Why choose Houldsworth Solicitors as your Lancashire law firm?

Experienced - since 1817, we've been the local, go-to firm for the full suite of legal advice and services from our Clitheroe office

Responsive - we value real human connection. When you're stressed or up late worrying, we’re here. We pick up, respond, ensuring you’re not alone.

Adaptive - we embrace modern tools like WhatsApp, electronic identification, and e-sign to save you time and hassle

Driven - from first chat to resolution, we handle the legal side for you with total commitment, care, and precision so you don’t have to worry.