Can the conveyancing solicitors identified via your search tool handle auction conveyancing in Enfield Town?
There are a number of auction solicitors we can put you in touch with those conducting auction conveyancing. Enfield Town is just one of our areas of where our lawyers cover.
I am helping my mother sell her flat in Enfield Town. Will the solicitor arrange the EPC or should I organise this?
Following the demise of Home Packs, EPC’s was kept a mandatory element of moving house. An energy assessment needs to be to hand in advance of the property being marketed. This is not a task that solicitors ordinarily organise. Where you are instructing a Enfield Town conveyancing practitioner they may be willing to arrange energy assessments due to their contacts with long established local energy assessors
After much negotiation I have agreed a price on a house in Enfield Town. My mortgage broker suggested a conveyancer. I paid an on account payment of £200. Not long after, the property lawyer called me to say that they were not on the Leeds Building Society conveyancing panel. Am I right in thinking that I should be due a refund?
You should be able to recover this from the law firm if they were not on the Leeds Building Society panel. They should have asked at the outset which lender you were obtaining a mortgage with. An important lesson to readers of this site is to check that the lawyers are on the appropriate lender panel.
Lloyds have agreed my mortgage in principle, my offer on a property in Enfield Town has been agreed to, now what?
The property agent will need to be informed of your conveyancer's details (ensure that the property lawyers are on the lender’s approved list). Call up Lloyds or the financial adviser and finalise any outstanding forms. Lloyds will appoint a valuer who will get in contact with the selling agent or vendor to book an appointment. Once carried out (assuming no problems) it takes about a week for the mortgage offer to be issued. Lloyds will issue the offer to you and your solicitors. The transaction will then take it’s course according the nature and complexity of the conveyancing in Enfield Town.
Just bought a detached house in Enfield Town , What is the estimated time for the Land Registry to register the transfer to my name? My Enfield Town conveyancing solicitor has been very slow, so I want to check the registration formalities are addressed.
As far as conveyancing in Enfield Town registration is no faster or slower than anywhere else in England and Wales. Rather than based on location, timescales can differ according to who lodges the application, whether there are errors and whether the Land registry communicate with any other persons or bodies. At present in the region of 80% of submission are fully addressed within two weeks but some can be subject to longer delays. Registration takes place once the new owner is living at the premises therefore post completion formalities is not typically top priority yet if it is urgent that the the registration takes place urgently then you or your conveyancer must communicate with the Registry to express the reasoning for the application to be prioritised.
In surfing the web for the phrase conveyancing in Enfield Town it brings up numerous conveyancersin the vicinity. With so much choice what is the best way to find the right property lawyer for the sale of my house?
The preferential way of finding the right conveyancer is through a personal recommendation, so enquire of friends and those you trust who have acquired a property in Enfield Town or the respected estate agent or mortgage broker. Fees for conveyancing in Enfield Town vary, so it's advisable to obtain at least three quotes from different companies. Make sure that you clarify that the fees are fixed.
I yesterday become aware that one of the directors of the solicitors handling the purchase conveyancing in Enfield Town is an uncle of the owners that we are buying from. Is this allowed?
On the basis that there is no conflict of interest this is permitted. Where you are needing a home loan then the lender may have a say as many mortgage companies have specific requirements on this. For example for Virgin as of 27/9/2025, the requirements read as follows :