Why choose SAM Conveyancing Solicitors in Brighton?
Whether you're buying, selling, remortgaging, dealing with a lease, staircasing shared ownership, or paying off your Help to Buy loan, you'll need a conveyancing specialist to handle the legal side of things. With SAM, you benefit from a dedicated conveyancing executive who will guide you through the process, from start to finish, at no extra cost. Available Monday to Saturday to answer all your questions, we'll bridge the gap between you and your solicitor, with regular updates in plain English.
We have hand-selected some of the best conveyancing solicitors Brighton has to offer, which are backed by a no-sale-no-fee guarantee, and the fixed-fee we quote is broken down so you can see exactly what your quote includes. No unpleasant surprises.
You'll also benefit from our state-of-the-art Online Conveyancing Process to track your progress and next steps along the way.
We're first-time-buyer friendly
86% of our purchase clients are First-Time Buyers, so we are hyper-attuned to what you need when buying your first home.
- We take the time to explain the process
- We offer tips on timescales
- We keep it real, never overpromising
Our Conveyancing Services
We can help with all of your conveyancing needs; simple to complex, and always affordable.
- Purchase
- Sale
- Transfer
- Remortgage
- Help to Buy Repayment
- Help to Buy Sale or Transfer
- Auction Sale or Purchase
- Shared Ownership Sale & Purchase
- Shared Ownership Staircasing
- Lease Extension
- Purchase of Freehold
- New Builds & Off-plan Purchases
- First Time Buyers
- Second Homes
- Buy to Let landlords
Fixed quote for our legal costs plus a budget-friendly breakdown of third-party disbursements.
Your sale or purchase is protected by our no sale, no fee guarantee.
Our panel solicitors are pre-approved to work with 99% of mortgage lenders in England & Wales.
Panel solicitors accredited by the Conveyancing Quality Scheme; regulated by the SRA.
Residential Conveyancing Solicitors in and around Brighton
Our Brighton conveyancing solicitors can help you with your conveyance locally or in any of the surrounding areas, including Hove, Southwick, Shoreham by Sea, Falmer, Stanmer, Chew Magna and Saltdean.
We have many offices throughout England and Wales, so you can find a solicitor near you.
- Greyhound Court, 82 Brighton Rd, Readhill, RH1 6QP
- Flat 4, 22 Clarendon Villas, Hove, The City of Brighton and Hove BN3 3RB
- 392 Old Shoreham Road, Hove, The City of Brighton and Hove BN3 7GJ
- Flat 13, Harrington House, 3 Roedale Road, Brighton, BN1 7GX
- 1 Manor Road, Brighton, BN2 5EE
- Russell House (apartments) – Russell Square, Brighton.
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Brighton Property Prices
| Average property price in Brighton | £512,024 |
| Population of Brighton | 155,919 (2001) |
Royal Sussex County Hospital, Barry Building, Eastern Rd, Brighton, BN2 5BE
Brighton General Hospital, Elm Grove, Brighton, BN2 3EW
Nuffield Health Brighton Hospital, Warren Rd, Brighton, BN2 6DX
The A23 goes north from the City to London and gives access to the M23. The A259 and A27 run on an east-west axis, giving access to other coastal towns.
There are several railway stations and Brighton Station has fast, direct services to London Victoria, London Bridge and St Pancras International.
Other destinations include St Albans, Luton and Bedford via Thameslink, Hove, Worthing, Portsmouth, Southampton, Newhaven, Eastbourne and Hastings.
Distance to Airports from Brighton
| Airport | Miles by car |
| Gatwick | 26.9 miles |
| Heathrow | 63.1 miles |
| Southampton | 64.8 miles |
Brighton College, Eastern Road, Brighton, BN2 0AL
Brighton and Hove High School, Montpelier Road, Brighton, BN1 3AT
Shoreham College, St Julian's Lane, Shoreham-by-Sea, BN43 6YW
Local conveyancing solicitor
Should I use a Licensed Conveyancer or Conveyancing Solicitor near me?
Solicitors are usually more expensive than a conveyancer, which is fine as long as they specialise in property transactions. It can be beneficial to choose a property lawyer in case of any specialist legal complications with your property transaction.
The best-of-both approach is to instruct a licensed conveyancing solicitor who employs some other conveyancing professionals to complete the simpler parts of the work under their supervision, at a lower rate.
This is how your work will be allocated at SAM, and part of how we keep your fee low.
Affordable Housing Schemes
Several affordable housing schemes in Brighton help make buying a property more achievable. The work is more complex, and we have specialist conveyancing solicitors to handle the following:
- Shared Ownership Solicitors
- Right to Buy Solicitors - speak to Brighton & Hove City Council to find out if you are eligible
- Discount Market Sale - check with Brighton & Hove City Council if they are running a DMS scheme
Brighton conveyancing solicitors
You can rest assured that you're in good hands with us. We hand select our panel for skill and experience, from a simple purchase to complex transactions with specialist ownership structures and deeds of trust.
Are you buying or selling a short lease in Brighton?
If there are 80 years or less on the leasehold, it will be harder to mortgage. Whether you're buying or selling, consider extending the lease, which may be done before, during, or in some cases after the transaction.
Our specialist leasehold conveyancing solicitors have vast experience handling the extension of a short lease for buyers and sellers. Speak to a SAM advisor for inclusive, fixed-fee, conveyancing quotes for leasehold conveyancing or share of freehold conveyancing today. Property Challenges Solved.
Look no further for your residential conveyancing solicitor in Brighton
Whatever your property challenge, we can solve it.
Selling a property
Your expert conveyancing solicitor's role when selling a property will include:
- Draft contracts – Your conveyancing solicitor drafts the initial legal contract to be sent to the buyer's solicitor.
- Responding to enquiries – your solicitor responds to any questions the buyer's solicitor may have (this is where you'll find out if you are missing documents, which can cause delays to your sale).
- Investigating issues – your solicitor may need to complete further investigation to try and satisfy them.
- Exchange contracts – once the buyer's solicitor has satisfied their enquiries, contracts are finalised and exchanged.
- On the day of completion – your solicitor receives the money for the sale, discharges the mortgage (if required), pays the estate agent, deducts their fee and then sends the net sale proceeds to you.
- Post completion – your solicitor receives the DS1 discharge documents and, when leasehold, settles your liabilities for ground rent and service charges.
Our conveyancing solicitors' cost for selling a property starts from £723 INC VAT.
Islamic finance solicitors
Specialists in Sharia-compliant conveyancing for Islamic mortgages.
- Can review, advise and negotiate with all Sharia Mortgage Lenders.
- Terms of the contract fully explained with confirmation of Sharia compliance and UK legal compliance.
- We can help with Ijara (Lease), Diminishing Musharaka (Reducing Partnership), and Murabaha (Cost-Plus Financing).
Conveyancing FAQs
Our panel of solicitors are regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority and conveyancing work is accredited with the Law Society's Conveyancing Quality Scheme.
No Sale No Fee applies to any sale or purchase quote except auction, right to buy, discount market sales, or purchase of land. The No Sale No fee only protects the main solicitor's fee. All Additional Fixed Fees are payable in full. Read our No Sale No Fee Policy.
What are the conveyancing costs?
Fees vary between online conveyancing solicitors, high street conveyancers or housing solicitors introduced by your estate agent.
The actual conveyancing costs, outside of the legal work, should be fixed, 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).
Make sure to budget for all of the above conveyancing costs and to get a fixed fee conveyancing quote from several firms, to compare value.
Making the right choice of solicitor is key to the whole process:
- Cheap Conveyancing
- Fast Conveyancing
- Best Conveyancing Service
Which Property Searches Do You Need?
If you're buying a property in Brighton using a mortgage, when your four main searches are returned, they may, in turn, recommend that you book additional searches. For example, these can include a specialist Coal, Brine or Tin Report.
This report highlights if the property is affected by coal or brine mining. If concerns about mining are flagged up in other reports, this is only an optional report if you are not getting a mortgage; otherwise, your licensed conveyancer must obtain the information to pass on to your mortgage lender.
