You can maximise your chance of hassle-free Conveyancing in Chatham with area contacts and know-how. Our Property Lawyers use their local knowledge and expertise to improve your home-moving experience.

We have assisted home movers throughout Chatham, including Conveyancing in ME5.

Chatham Conservation areas:

New Road, Maidstone Road, Chatham Historic Dockyard, Pembroke (Chatham Maritime) and Brompton Lines.

Conveyancing Searches

If your are intending to buy a new home in Chatham your conveyancing lawyer is required to commission Searches. The Local Authority for Chatham is Medway Council, Gun Wharf, Dock Road, Chatham, Kent, ME4 4TR. Tel: 01634 333 333

What are the consequences if your solicitor is not on your lender's panel?

Mortgage lenders maintain panels of solicitors who they will instruct to carry out legal work on mortgages. At one time, many lenders, especially the large banks, were prepared to instruct any firm of solicitors who asked to be placed on their panel. More recently, lenders have begun to remove firms which have either not completed many conveyancing transactions or have failed to meet other criteria. If a lender will not instruct a firm you have picked to perform your legal work, you have the following choices; you could either obtain a mortgage from another lender, or instruct another firm of conveyancer who are on the panel. Generally, it is cheaper to have the same firm act both for you and your lender, but you could also choose to persist with both your first choice of lender and solicitor, and pay for a lawyer selected by the lender to carry out the relevant legal work. Be aware of the following, if you choose to remain with your first choice of law firm:

• You must now pay the lender's costs in addition to your own
• You will not get any priority from the lender's solicitors, as they will have many other cases underway, and you are unable contact these solicitors directly

Looking for a mortgage lender with a branch in Chatham, Medway Towns, try:

• NatWest Bank plc, 148, High St, ME4 4DB - Tel: 0845 6002803
• Yorkshire Building Society, 6 Military Rd, ME4 4JA - Tel: 0845 1200 823
• Chelsea Building Society, 130-132, High Street, ME4 4BY - Tel: 01634 817378
• Halifax, 139-141, High Street, ME4 4DH - Tel: 08456 814200
• Lloyds TSB Business Banking, 142-146, High St, ME4 4DQ - Tel: 0845 0725555