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About Conveyancing Solicitors Folkestone
We have hand selected some of the best conveyancing solicitors Folkestone has to offer and we only provide fixed fee conveyancing quotes tailored to your needs that are backed by a no sale no fee.
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 Folkestone Conveyancing Solicitors
Folkestone is a coastal town on the English Channel in Kent. It is situated 20 miles south of Canterbury, 18 miles southeast of Ashford and 60 miles southwest of Margate. The town is on the southern edge of the North Downs in a valley between two cliffs. It is thought that the town has been occupied since the Mesolithic era.
Landmarks in the town include its harbour, that has greatly diminished in use since the opening of the Channel Tunnel. The harbour is now famous for the ‘Harbour Arm’ that has cafes, pubs and live music. The cliffs around the beach are also a notable sight within the town with the Martello Tower standing on them. There are a couple of famous landmarks outside the town: The Battle of Britain Memorial and the Kent Battle of Britain museum. The latter is the oldest Battle of Britain museum in the United Kingdom.
Royal Victoria Hospital, Radnor Park Avenue, Folkestone, Kent, CT19 5BN
Buckland Hospital, Coombe Valley Road, Dover, Kent, CT17 0HD
Cedar House Hospital, Dover Road, Barham, Canterbury, Kent, CT4 6PW
Folkestone is on the A259 which joins the A20 to form the eastern end of the M20. Ashford can be reached on the M20 and London beyond that. The A20 also connects the town to Dover.
There are two train stations: Folkestone Central and Folkestone East. Both of these have services to London Charing Cross, London St Pancras and Dover Priory.
Distance to Airports from Folkestone
| Airport | Miles by car |
| London Southend Airport | 39.5 miles |
| London City Airport | 56.3 miles |
| Gatwick Airport | 59.1 miles |
Folkestone School for Girls, Coolinge Ln, Folkestone CT20 3RB
The Folkestone Academy, Academy Ln, Folkestone CT19 5FP
The Harvey Grammar School, Cheriton Rd, Folkestone CT19 5JY
Kent, romantically described as 'the garden of England', is a coastal county in the England's south eastern corner. Because it borders Greater London, it is classed as one of the home counties. It contains the Weald and the North Downs. Kent's county town is Maidstone. Other large cities include Gillingham, Chatham, Ashford, Royal Tunbridge Wells, Margate, Dartford and Gravesend. Kent has many port towns including Dover, Folkestone and Margate. Adjacent counties include East Sussex, Surrey, Essex (across the River Thames) and, as stated earlier, Greater London. Curiously, Kent used to contain an enclave north of the River Thames until 1965 which equates now to the E16 postcode area and which has now been reclassified as part of the London Borough of Newham. JMW Turner, the great impressionist painter, spent part of his childhood in Margate and regularly returned there in later life. The coastline of East Kent is regarded as the inspiration for many of his works, particularly his fantastic seascapes.
Affordable Housing Schemes
There are a number of affordable housing schemes in Folkestone 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
- Help to Buy Solicitors - The local Help to Buy Agent for Folkestone is Own Your Home Government Scheme
- Right to Buy Solicitors Folkestone - speak to Shepway District Council to find out if you are eligible
- Discount Market Sale Folkestone - check with Shepway District Council if they are running a DMS scheme
Property Solicitors Folkestone
Our Conveyancing Solicitors Folkestone have successfully completed numerous conveyancing transactions from start to finish so whether your matter is a comparatively simple purchase for a property in Folkestone 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.
Folkestone Property Prices
| Average property price in Folkestone | £233,990 |
| % Change compared to last year | 5% |
| Population of Folkestone | 46,698 (2011) |
Property price data is sourced from the Land Registry House Price Index by Conveyancing Solicitors Folkestone.
Conveyancing Solicitors in and around Folkestone
Our Folkestone conveyancing solicitors can help you with your conveyance locally or in any of the surrounding areas including Capel-le-Ferne, Newington, Hawkinge, Paddlesworth, Hythe, Beachborough and Pedlinge.
We have a number of offices throughout England and Wales so you can find a solicitor near you.
Recently completed properties in Folkestone:
- Sandgate High Street, Sandgate, Folkstone, CT20 3BD
- East Cliff, Folkstone, CT19 6BU
- Bouverie Pl, Folkestone CT20 1AA
- Dover Rd, Folkestone CT20 1LA
- Cheriton High St, Folkestone CT19 4ET
New build developers and developments in the area:
- Parkside(houses) – Folkestone, CT19
Marketed by Burnap & Abel, Help to Buy available.
Fixed Priced
Conveyancing Quotes
Tailored conveyancing quotes to include all of the solicitors' conveyancing fees for selling a house or buying a house. Read our Fixed Price Conveyancing Quotes Policy
Conveyancer near me covering Kent
Our Folkestone Conveyancing Solicitors have years of experience helping clients with their conveyance in Folkestone and have close connections with Shepway 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.
No Sale No Fee Conveyancing
All sale and purchase conveyancing quotes come with No Sale No Fee protection. Read our No Sale No Fee Policy
What are the conveyancing costs?
Folkestone 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.
Whether you're a cash buyer or buying with a mortgage solicitors are key to the whole process, making the right choice critically important.
Fast, good and cheap conveyancing
Read our guides on how you can get all three:
How do I find out how much stamp duty I have to pay?
You always have to complete a stamp duty declaration to HMRC whenever you buy a home and this will be done on your behalf by your solicitor.
If the home you've bought is (or will be after you've sold your existing only home) your only home and primary residence and the price of your new home exceeds £125,000; you have to pay stamp duty, initially at 2% of the value exceeding £125,000.
If the home you've bought is a second home, you have to pay stamp duty on it if the value exceeds £40,000. For values ranging between £40,000 to £125,000, you have to pay stamp duty at 3% of the amount exceeding £40,000.
For property values exceeding £125,000, you additionally have to pay stamp duty of 5% of the value exceeding £125,000.
The higher the buying price, the higher the percentage of stamp duty you will pay. The next band covers buying prices ranging between £925,001 and £1.5 million and the stamp duty rates are 5% and 8% respectively.
