Our Canvey Island Conveyancing Solicitors have years of experience helping clients with their conveyance in Canvey Island and have close connections with Castle Point Borough Council to ensure we can get conveyancing searches returned as quickly as possible to you and your property solicitors.
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The Law Society have awarded our solicitors the CQS badge of excellence, only given to the best solicitors in the conveyancing discipline, which means they are able to deliver conveyancing services in Canvey Island to the high standards expected; which are reviewed annually. We are also able to work with any mortgage lender in England & Wales including Metro Bank, HSBC, Santander & Halifax Plc. Law Society find a solicitor.
No Sale No Fee
Your sale or purchase quote come with an automatic No Move, No Fee protection for solicitors Canvey Island which means if you have to pull out for any reason, then you'll not have to pay for your solicitors fees for work completed to date.
Find out more about selling or buying a home in Canvey Island
Canvey Island is a reclaimed island on the north side of the Thames estuary in Essex – it's only just above sea level and is separated from mainland Essex by a number of creeks. Its history is fairly long, however, as it's been inhabited since the Roman invasion of Britain in AD79.
Up until the last century, it was nearly all given over to agriculture but it became a notable seaside resort between 1911 and 1951. These days, it's protected by modern sea defences so is considerably less flood-prone than it once was.
It formed part of Britain's Second World War defences, with a line of concrete pillboxes built there to deter any German invasion. These days, the eastern half of the island has been fairly developed into residential areas and public amenities. There is a small holiday camp and touristy seafront. The west is mainly farmland, marsh and industrial areas.
In terms of landmarks and attractions, the West Canvey Marshes were acquired by the RSPB and Canvey Wick has been designated a Site of Special Scientific Interest as it a site which has claims to having one of the highest levels of biodiversity in Western Europe. It has several shopping areas with the town centre based around Furtherwick Road and the High Street. It's Movi-Starr is a modern multi-screen cinema and it has several arcades, an amusement park and nightclubs. It also hosts the well-renowned Lobster Smack public house, which is a Grade II listed building constructed originally in the 17th century. It is where the world-famous pub-rock band Dr. Feelgood hail from.
The Chartwell Hospital, 1629 London Road , Leigh-On-Sea, Essex, SS9 2SQ
The Southend Hospital, Prittlewell Chase, Westcliff-on-Sea, Essex, SS0 0RY
Rochford Community Hospital, Union Lane , Rochford, Essex, SS4 1RB
Canvey Island is on the B1014, which going via the A130 connects to the A13, which not only connects to London but also to the M25 for access to Britain's motorway network. Benfleet Railway Station is within easy reach and this gives access to London Fenchurch Street and Upminster and Barking, which give access to the London tube network (via the District Line). There are numerous buses for local destinations in the area.
Distance to Airports from Canvey Island
Airport
Miles by car
Southend Airport
6 miles
City Airport
22.7 miles
>Stansted Airport
29.2 miles
Castle View School, Foksville Rd, Canvey Island SS8 7FH
Cornelius Vermuyden School, Dinant Ave, Canvey Island SS8 9QS
The King John School, Shipwrights Dr, Thundersley, Hadleigh, Benfleet SS7 1RQ
Essex is not only a coastal county (the North Sea is to its east) but a home county because it touches Greater London on its eastern borders. Its settlements vary from Colchester, which is very historical and used to be the capital of England as Camulodunum, to Southend, a seaside resort, to Basildon, which is a comparatively modern urban development. The western side of Essex hosts many London workers and there are fast rail links to, for example, Shenfield from London Liverpool Street which aid many city workers.
Essex's county town is Chelmsford (and is the county's only city), where Essex County Cricket Club are based. Essex hosts Stansted Airport and attractions such as the Lakeside Shopping Centre, near Thurrock and Epping Forest, a popular forest for camping and other activities. A large proportion of Essex's boundaries are water (the River Thames and the North Sea), the remainder includes Greater London, Hertfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Suffolk. Kent is across the River Thames to the south.
Affordable Housing Schemes
There are a number of affordable housing schemes to help you purchase properties in the area. The work is more complex and we have specialists to handle the following:
The property price data is sourced from the Land Registry's UK House Price Index and you can view up to date property prices by clicking - Land Registry House Price Index
CONVEYANCING IN AND AROUND Canvey Island
Our conveyancing solicitors can help you with your conveyance locally or in any of the surrounding areas including Southend-on-Sea, Hadleigh, South Benfleet, Basildon, Fobbing, Corringham and Stanford-le-Hope.
We have a number of offices throughout England and Wales so you can search for your conveyancers and find a solicitor near you.
Recently completed properties from our property lawyers in Canvey Island:
Atherstone Road, SS8 7DD
Larup Avenue, SS8 8AD
Falbro Crescent, SS7 2SE
High Road, SS7 5HA
New Park Road, SS7 5UR
New build developers and developments in the area:
Sandy Bay (bungalows for the over 50s) – Sandy Bay, Thorney Bay Road, Canvey Island SS8 0DB.
Developed by Sandy Bay.
What are the conveyancing costs?
The solicitors' fees for handling your conveyance vary dramatically depending on whether you approach an online conveyancing solicitor, a high street conveyancer or housing solicitors introduced by your estate agent.
The actual conveyancing costs, outside of the legal work, should be fixed as they are set 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).
It is important to make sure when budgeting the costs of moving home that you factor in all of the above conveyancing costs and ensure you get a fixed fee conveyancing quote from your chosen local solicitors or licensed conveyancer.
You are liable to pay stamp duty if you are buying any property – or percentage of a property (shared ownership) – which is valued at more than £125,000. If you own 2 properties, then you start to pay stamp duty on any second home which is worth more than £40,000.
Some companies have been known to offer stamp duty mitigation schemes which ostensibly claim to use tax system loopholes to minimise stamp duty owed. Although such schemes may look tempting:
HMRC are constantly examining such schemes; if it examines such a scheme that you've paid money into and rules it illegal, you'll not only have to pay your full stamp duty but you'll lose any money you paid to the company in charge of the scheme.