How much does conveyancing cost in Kent?

Conveyancing costs vary depending on property price, whether the property is freehold or leasehold, mortgage requirements, and transaction complexity. Your solicitor should provide a clear breakdown before you proceed.

How long does conveyancing take?

Most residential conveyancing transactions take between 8 and 14 weeks, although chains, searches, and lender delays can affect timings.

Do I need a solicitor or a licensed conveyancer?

Both solicitors and licensed conveyancers can handle residential conveyancing. What matters most is regulation, experience, and communication quality.

Are local Kent conveyancing solicitors better than online conveyancers?

Local Kent conveyancing solicitors often provide a more personal and reliable service than large online conveyancers. They have local knowledge of councils and property issues in Kent and are easier to contact when time-sensitive decisions are needed.

What does a conveyancing solicitor in Kent do?

A conveyancing solicitor in Kent manages the legal process involved in buying, selling, or remortgaging a property. This includes carrying out local searches, reviewing contracts, liaising with estate agents and lenders, and ensuring the transaction completes legally and smoothly.

How do I choose the right conveyancing solicitor in Kent?

Choosing the right conveyancing solicitor in Kent means looking for local experience, clear communication, transparent fixed fees, and full regulation. Local solicitors understand Kent councils, searches, and common regional issues that can affect property transactions.

Do you work with conveyancing solicitors across all of Kent?

Yes. We work with experienced conveyancing solicitors across Kent, including Canterbury, Maidstone, Ashford, Tunbridge Wells, Medway, and surrounding areas, ensuring you’re matched with a solicitor familiar with your local area.

Can I compare conveyancing solicitors before committing?

Yes. You can review and compare conveyancing solicitors before proceeding. There is no obligation to instruct a solicitor until you are comfortable with their experience, fees, and service approach.

About us

About Conveyancing Solicitors Kent

We’re a Kent-based introduction service, run from Herne Bay, helping home movers find a regulated local conveyancing firm at a fixed fee.

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RegulatedSRA or CLC firms only

Local firmswho know your town

Since 2012run from Herne Bay, Kent

About us at a glance

Established2012Helping Kent movers

Based inHerne BayServing all of Kent

In Kent propertySince 2008Part of the HIVE group

Cost to youFreeNo obligation

Our story

Conveyancing Solicitors Kent started in 2012 to make finding a good local conveyancer simpler. It’s part of the HIVE group, run from Herne Bay.

The HIVE group has worked in Kent property since 2008, alongside estate and letting agents across the county. That’s given us a close view of how moves in Kent go right, and what holds them up.

Our promise

Our promise to you

We introduce you to one regulated firm that suits your move, rather than passing your details around.

Regulated firms only
Fixed, itemised fees
Your details shared with one firm only
Honest about how we’re paid

Our standard

How we choose firms

Every firm we introduce has to meet the same standard.

Regulated

Every firm is authorised by the Solicitors Regulation Authority or the Council for Licensed Conveyancers, and we check the register.

Accredited

We look for the Law Society’s Conveyancing Quality Scheme or an equivalent quality standard.

Local knowledge

Firms with offices or a track record in Kent, who know the councils, searches and local risks.

Clear, fixed fees

Quotes must list the legal fee and every disbursement, with no hidden extras.

Good service

We look at independent reviews and how quickly firms respond, and keep checking once they’re on our panel.

Open about fees

Firms must tell you in writing about any referral fee they pay us.

Company details

Conveyancing Solicitors Kent is a trading name of HIVE Estate Agency Systems Ltd.

Registered in England and Wales, company no. 07963403. Registered office: 1 The Links, Herne Bay, Kent CT6 7GQ. Registered with the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO), registration no. ZB328309.

Conveyancing Solicitors Kent is a free introduction service and a trading name of HIVE Estate Agency Systems Ltd. We are not a firm of solicitors and do not give legal advice. Firms we introduce are regulated by the SRA or CLC. We may receive a fee from the firm when a transaction completes.

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