Conveyancing Solicitors Harpenden
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Our Harpenden Conveyancing Solicitors have years of experience helping clients with their conveyance in Harpenden and have close connections with Harpenden Town Council to ensure we can get conveyancing searches returned as quickly as possible to you and your property solicitors.
Conveyancing Quality Scheme & On All Mortgage Lender Panels
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 Harpenden 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.
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Your sale or purchase quote come with an automatic No Move, No Fee protection for solicitors Harpenden 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 Harpenden
Harpenden is a commuter town in Hertfordshire County in the City of St Albans district. It is located between St Albans and Luton and is flanked by Wheathampstead and Redbourn villages. Rothamsted Park in the locale is an excellent outdoor space for great walks and other leisure activities. Harpenden Public Halls in Southdown Road have a 400-seat theatre and a 100-seat studio where you can enjoy entertainments such as theatre, music, film and comedy performances.
St Albans City Hospital, Waverley Road, St. Albans, Hertfordshire, AL3 5PN
Queen Victoria Memorial Hospital, High Wych Road, Sawbridgeworth, Hertfordshire, CM21 0HH
The M1 runs nearby and the town is close to Luton Airport for international travel. Harpenden's railway station gives a fast link to London St Pancras International, where you can access trains going to the European Continent. Trains also go to Luton, Luton Airport and finally at Bedford. Continuing south through London, trains go to Gatwick Airport and Brighton.
Distance to Airports from Harpenden
| Airport | Miles by car |
| Luton | 5.6 miles |
| Heathrow | 33 miles |
| Stansted | 35.6 miles |
St George's School, Sun Ln, Harpenden, AL5 4TD
Sir John Lawes School, Manland Way, Harpenden, AL5 4QP
Roundwood Park School, Roundwood Park, Harpenden, AL5 3AE
Hertfordshire is commonly abbreviated to the name Herts and is a county located in the south of England. it is bordered by Bedfordshire to the north, Cambridgeshire to the north-east, Essex to the east, Buckinghamshire to the west and Greater London to the south (it is classed as a 'Home County' for this reason). The county town of Hertfordshire is Hertford.Hertfordshire has 3 motorways running through it - the M1, the M25 and the A1(M). It is particularly associated with new towns as it contains 5 in total: Stevenage, Welwyn Garden City, Hemel Hempstead, Hatfield and Letchworth. There are two airports just outside Hertfordshire's borders; Luton and Stansted. It also has a university, the University of Hertfordshire, which is in Hatfield. There are a number of independent schools in the area, including, for example, Haileybury (Turnford), St George's Harpenden, Haberdasher's Aske's (Elstree) and Berkhamsted.
For random facts; St Alban, who gave his name to the city in the county, was the earliest British saint - he was reputed to have been beheaded where the cathedral now stands; also Sele Mill near Hertford was the site of the first paper mill in Britain, established about 1488.
Affordable Housing
There are a number of affordable housing schemes in Harpenden including Shared Ownership, Help to Buy and Right to Buy from the Harpenden Town Council.
The local Help to Buy Agent for Harpenden is Help to Buy East & South East (click to go to website) and their contact details are:
Address:
Help to Buy East and South East,
bpha Limited,
Bedford Heights,
Manton Lane,
Bedford,
MK41 7BJ
Email: helptobuyeastandsoutheast@bpha.org.uk
Tel: 03333 214 044
Fax: 01234 221 229
Click to read about 1) Help to Buy ISAs; and 2) Lifetime ISAs
Harpenden Property Prices
| Average property price in Harpenden | £751,226 |
| % Change compared to last year | 7% |
| Population of Harpenden | 29,448 (2011) |
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 Harpenden
Our conveyancing solicitors can help you with your conveyance locally or in any of the surrounding areas including Luton, St Albans, Wheathampstead, Hemel Hempstead, Flamstead, Fisherstreet and Kimpton.
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 Harpenden:
- Cedarwood, Spring Road, Harpenden, Hertfordshire, AL5 3PP
- 71 Crabtree Lane, Harpenden, Hertforshire, AL5 5PX
- 18 Glebe Road, Welwyn, Hertfordshire, AL6 9PB
- Station Rd, Harpenden AL5 4AA
- Luton Rd, Harpenden AL5 3NF
New build developers and developments in the area:
- Stonehurst Court (apartments) – Southdown Road, Harpenden .
Developed by Shanly Homes; Help to Buy available.
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.
Whether you're a cash buyer or buying with a mortgage solicitors are key to the whole process, making the right choice critically important.
Click on What is Conveyancing to find out more.
First time buyer renting? When should you hand in your notice?
Knowing exactly when to hand in your notice as a first time buyer renting is a challenge, given that conveyancing processes are very difficult to pin down to an exact timeframe. This is made more complicated by some landlords demanding a 2-month notice period.
The draw, naturally, is to avoid the double payment of both rent and mortgage. Your solicitor will invariably recommend that you wait until after exchange to give your notice as timeframes are then normally more predictable; unfortunately you might end up completing before your rental period has expired.
Above all, you need to think about the worst case scenario, i.e. that you end up homeless while waiting to complete. You'll then have to find alternative temporary accommodation such as staying at a family member's home or even renting a hotel or a bed & breakfast place while keeping your belongings in storage.
You serve your interests best by getting your solicitor to confirm a realistic date when exchange can take place and then to look to handing in your notice as close to this date as possible.
