56 years in practice
Somerset West, Western Cape
Parc du links, 9 Niblick Way, Somerset West
021 840 8000 Docex: 1
43 years in practice
Somerset West, Western Cape
81 Helderberg College Road, Somerset West, 7130, Cape Town+27 (0)21 852 8313
42 years in practice
Somerset West, Western Cape
2nd Floor, On the Greens, Golf Village, de Beer Street, Somerset West (Covering also the Stellenbosch & Strand Jurisdictions)021 852 4554
34 years in practice
Somerset West, Western Cape
Helderberg Law Chambers, 208 Main Road, Somerset West.+27 (0)21 851 4124 Docex: 10 Somerset West
28 years in practice
Somerset West, Western Cape
2nd Floor, Somerset Centre, 121 Main Road, Somerset West, 7130021 852 8987
26 years in practice
Somerset West, Western Cape
Unit 304 Crossfire Place, 15 Gardner Williams Avenue, Paardevlei, Somerset West+27 (0)21 852 7660/6 Fax: +27 (0)21 852 7661
16 years in practice
Somerset West, Western Cape
9 Orange Street, Bridgewater, Somerset West079 892 4532
14 years in practice
Somerset West, Western Cape
Somerset West, Western Cape+27 (0)21 851 0320
12 years in practice
Somerset West, Western Cape
Unit 14B, First Floor, Fairview Centre, Caledon Street, Somerset West+27 (0)21 035 0317
8 years in practice
Somerset West, Western Cape
Unit 7 Tonquani House, 6 Gardner Williams Avenue, Paardevlei, Somerset West, 7130021 020 1586Of the 14 law firms we list in Somerset West, 10 handle property & conveyancing work, about 71% of the local market. Miller Bosman Le Roux has been practising the longest, at 56 years, followed by Hannes Pretorius Bock & Bryant Attorneys and Saunders Osborne van der Watt. All of them have a full profile on our site, with their people, history and the courts they use.
Buying or selling property in South Africa needs a conveyancer, an attorney who has passed the conveyancing exam, to register the transfer at the Deeds Office. The seller usually appoints the transferring attorney, and the bank appoints its own attorney for the bond. Property lawyers also help with sectional title disputes, leases, servitudes and land matters.
A property transfer or bond is registered at the deeds registry for the area where the property is, by a conveyancer. Only an attorney admitted as a conveyancer can lodge the deeds. The closest deeds registry to Somerset West is the Western Cape Deeds Registry in Cape Town, about 40 km away.
A typical transfer takes about two to three months from signing the offer to purchase to registration, depending on bond approval, clearance certificates and Deeds Office times.
The buyer normally pays the transfer costs, including the conveyancer's fees and transfer duty to SARS, unless the sale agreement says otherwise.
Ask for a written quote of transfer costs, check how they will keep you updated, and confirm the firm has an admitted conveyancer. The firms above list property work in Somerset West.
The Western Cape Deeds Registry in Cape Town, about 40 km from Somerset West. Your conveyancer lodges the documents, so you do not need to go there yourself.
