To improve your chances of a trouble-free move in Staines, local knowledge matters. Our Solicitors' maintain a network of Staines contacts.

We have assisted home movers throughout Staines, including Conveyancing in TW18, TW19.

Some local factors considered by Staines Conveyancing Solicitors:

Official Local Authority Searches in Staines

If your are planning to purchase a new home in Staines a conveyancer is required to apply for Searches. The Local Authority for Staines is Spelthorne Borough Council, Council Offices, Knowle Green, Staines, TW18 1XB. Tel: 01784 451 499

Disadvantaged Areas in Staines

Stamp duty relief may be available in nearly 2,000 'disadvantaged areas' nationwide. Local government wards or electoral divisions are used to define the boundaries of these. Residential purchases under £150,000 may be eligible for stamp duty relief. If it is thought that a property is in a disadvantaged area, but an online search does not confirm this, it may be necessary to make further enquiries with the local council. For a purchase below the threshold, it is worth making a simple postcode search to find out if a property is in a disadvantaged area.

Need more information regarding stamp duty relief? Call our specialist Staines team today.

Risks associated with Contaminated Land

Contaminated land has a statutory definition, but the term is also used generally to cover a wide range of situations where a site has been suffered an ongoing detrimental impact as a result of its use. Buyers conveyancing solicitors carry out environmental searches to find out if a property may have been built on contaminated land, or if there is such land in the immediate vicinity. Before some of the problems with contaminated land were fully appreciated, redevelopment often took place on land that had been contaminated by previous uses. Contamination can occur as a result of:

• Manufacturing and refinement of metals or chemicals
• Deposit of household, commercial or industrial waste.
• Treatment of household, commercial or industrial waste by chemical or thermal means.
• Use of land as a scrap metal store.

Landfill sites in the local area:

• Reservoir Aggregates, Land/premises At, Ashford Road, Middlesex, TW18 1QF. The site has been classified as inert.
• Hengrove Farm, Hengrove Farm, London Road, Middlesex, TW18 4JX. The site has been classified as non-hazardous.
• Hengrove Farm, Hengrove Farm, London Road, Middlesex, TW18 4JX. The site has been classified as non-hazardous.
• Hythe End Landfill, Wraysbury, land at Hythe End Rd & Feathers Lane, Hythe End Road, Middlesex, TW19 5AW. The site has been classified as non-hazardous.
• Hythe End Landfill, Wraysbury, land at Hythe End Rd & Feathers Lane, Hythe End Road, Middlesex, TW19 5AW. The site has been classified as non-hazardous.
• Wraysbury Landfill Site, Land / Premises At, Staines Road, Middlesex, TW19 5NH. The site has not been classified.
• Brett Aggregates, Hithermoor Farm, Hithermoor Farm, Hithermoor Road, Middlesex, TW19 6AZ. The site has been classified as non-hazardous.
• Lower Mill Farm, Stanwell Moor, Lower Mill Farm, Hithermoor Road, Middlesex, TW19 7AZ. The site has not been classified.
• Stanwell I I I Landfill, Staines, Stanwell I I I, Stanmoor Road, Middlesex, TW19. The site has been classified as inert.