We take control of the whole conveyancing process for you. You speak to one specialist from the moment you call to get a quote to when you finally complete. A concierge hand holding service made for you and we really know our stuff!
Get an Online Conveyancing Quote or or speak to a friendly member of SAM Conveyancing now on 0333 344 3234.
We have hand selected some of the best conveyancing solicitors in the market and we only provide fixed fee conveyancing quotes covered by a no sale no fee. We have a 5 star reputation built up over years of hard work and we want to show you what we can do.
When working with SAM Conveyancing you have one dedicated member of our team to work with from start until finish; to ask all those questions that need an answer. You'll also benefit form our state of the art Online Conveyancing Process - it's free to use so why not take a look!
Selling or buying a home with our St Albans Conveyancing Solicitors
St Albans is a pleasant, affluent city in Hertfordshire around 19 miles to the north north-west of London. It is principally known for its Roman ruins (Verulamium) and has other strong historical associations.
St Albans Cathedral and Old Gorhambury House are all worth visiting. The Cathedral & Abbey Church host host various theatrical events. Nearby Borehamwood is known for its film and television studios. The University of Hertfordshire has a campus in nearby Hatfield.
St Albans City station is on the Thameslink line offering access to Bedford, Brighton, Sutton and Central London & the City. The M1, M25 and A1(M) are all within easy reach.
Distance to Airports from St Albans
Airport
Miles by car
Luton
11.7 miles
Heathrow
25.3 miles
Stansted
35.2 miles
St Albans High School For Girls, Townsend Ave, St Albans, AL1 3SJ
Sandringham School, The Ridgeway, St Albans, Hertfordshire, AL4 9NX
Beaumont School, Oakwood Dr, St Albans, AL4 0XB
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 Schemes
There are a number of affordable housing schemes in St Albans to help make buying a property achievable. The work is more complex and we have specialist conveyancing solicitors to handle the following:
Shared Ownership Solicitors St Albans
Help to Buy Solicitors St Albans - The local Help to Buy Agent for St Albans is Help to Buy Government Scheme and their contact details are:
Address:
Help to Buy East and South East,
bpha Limited,
Bedford Heights,
Manton Lane,
Bedford,
MK41 7BJ
Email:Â helptobuyeastandsoutheast@bpha.org.uk
Tel:Â 03333 214 044
Fax:Â 01234 221 229
Right to Buy Solicitors St Albans - speak to St Albans City & District Council to find out if you are eligible
Discount Market Sale St Albans - check with St Albans City & District Council if they are running a DMS scheme
Our property solicitors St Albans have successfully completed numerous conveyancing transactions from start to finish so whether your matter is a comparatively simple purchase for a property in St Albans or, for example, a Sale and Purchase involving a shared ownership property with a Deed of Trust being executed simultaneously, you can rest assured that by choosing us you are in the right hands.
St Albans Property Prices
Average property price in St Albans
£484,282
% Change compared to last year
9%
Population of St Albans
57,795 (2011)
Property price data is sourced from the Land Registry House Price Index
Our St Albans Conveyancing Solicitors have years of experience helping clients with their conveyance in St Albans and have close connections with St Albans City & District Council to ensure we can get conveyancing searches returned as quickly as possible.
Conveyancing Quality Scheme & On All Mortgage Lender Panels
All of our panel solicitors have been awarded the CQS badge of excellence and can work on with any mortgage lender in England & Wales.
St Albans Conveyancing Solicitor fees dramatically vary 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.
Do you need to get chancel repair liability insurance?
If you're buying a property using a mortgage, your lender invariably expects you to take out chancel repair liability insurance or to buy a search which reveals whether there is a chancel liability for your property.
Both the insurance and the search mentioned perform the same task: protecting you from having a liability to contribute towards the repair of the local church roof.
This is likely to strike people who were previously unaware of this as very odd but a well-publicised case in recent years involved a home buyer receiving a demand for almost £100,000. The purchaser contested the sum and ended up being billed for £350,000 when legal costs were added.
The chance of this happening has resulted in mortgage lenders insisting that purchasers take action to ward off chancel repair claims. It is also a good reason for cash buyers also to consider taking out protective action.