Can your site be used to recommend a Conveyancing solicitor in South London even where I’m not buying or selling a house, for example where I intend to buy a shop in South London with a mortgage from Yorkshire Building Society?

Our search tool is mainly used to get a quote from residential conveyancing solicitors in South London but we have listed at the end of this page a few South London commercial conveyancing firms. You will need to make contact with the firm directly to check if they can also act for Yorkshire Building Society

My bid for a property was accepted at auction in South London. Conveyancing is necessary. What are my next steps?

Given that you have now exchanged you now have to choose a conveyancing solicitor soon as you will have a tight deadline in which to complete the transaction. An auction property will ordinarily have a corresponding auction pack. This will include most,if not all of the paperwork that your solicitor requires. If you have purchased leasehold premises the conveyancing papers should contain a copy of the lease, management information and a sellers leasehold information form and associated conveyancing documentation specific to a leasehold property. You must give this to your appointed conveyancing solicitor at the earliest opportunity. Do make sure that you have funds in order to complete the transaction on the set completion date.

We are getting a further advance on our home loan from Aldermore as we wish to carry out renovations to our home in South London. Do we need to choose a local South London solicitor on the Aldermore conveyancing panel to deal with the paperwork?

Aldermore would not normally require firms on their conveyancing panel to deal with the formalities. If they do require any legal work then you would need to ensure that such a lawyer was on the Aldermore conveyancing panel.

I had an offer accepted on an apartment in South London on 6/3/2024, valuation was booked 3 days later, all came back fine. Conveyancer retained, so the only thing outstanding was my mortgage offer. Having made daily calls to Co-operative and chasing them on my offer, I have now been told that my offer will not be issued unless the lawyer is on the Co-operative conveyancing panel. Are Co-operative entitled to hold back the Mortgage pending the lawyer being on the approved list?

Mortgage companies tend not to not issue a mortgage until they have details of a lawyer on their panel. It can take a few weeks for Co-operative to deal with your lawyer's application to be on the Co-operative conveyancing panel. There's no guarantee that your solicitor will be accepted.

Just bought a semi-detached house in South London , how long should it take for the Land Registry to record the transfer to my name? My South London conveyancing solicitor works at snail pace, so I want to be sure the land registry aspects are addressed.

As far as conveyancing in South London registration is no quicker or slower than anywhere else in the country. Rather than based on location, timeframes can vary according to who lodges the application, whether it is in order and whether the Land registry must send notices to any interested parties. As of today in the region of three quarters of submission are fully addressed in less than three weeks but some can be subject to longer delays. Historically registration takes place once the buyer has moved in to the premises so registration formalities is not usually top priority yet if there is a degree of urgency associated with the registration then you or your solicitor could contact the land registry and explain the circumstances.

How can the Landlord & Tenant Act 1954 impact my commercial offices in South London and how can your lawyers assist?

The particular law that you refer to provides protection to commercial leaseholders, giving them the right to make a request to court for a continuation of occupancy at the end of the lease term. There are limited grounds that a landlord can refrain from granting a lease renewal and the rules are involved. Fees are different for commercial conveyancing. South London is one of our many areas of the UK in which the firms we work with are based

I've recently bought a leasehold property in South London. Do I have any liability for service charges for periods before completion of my purchase?

In a situation where the service charge has already been demanded from the previous lessee and they have not paid you would not usually be personally liable for the arrears. However, your landlord may still be able to take action to forfeit the lease. It is an essential part of leasehold conveyancing for your conveyancer to be sure to have an up to date clear service charge receipt before completion of your purchase. If you have a mortgage this is likely to be a requirement of your lender.

If you purchase part way through an accounting year you may be liable for charges not yet demanded even if they relate to a period prior to your purchase. In such circumstances your conveyancer would normally arrange for the seller to set aside some money to cover their part of the period (usually called a service charge retention).

After months of dialogue we cannot agree with our landlord on how much the lease extension should cost for our flat in South London. Can we issue an application to the Residential Property Tribunal Service?

You certainly can. We are happy to put you in touch with a South London conveyancing firm who can help.

An example of a Lease Extension case for a South London residence is Flat B 10 Grove Avenue in October 2013. Following a vesting order Clerkenwell and Shoreditch County Court 3rd July 2013 The tribunal determines that the premium payable for the lease extension was £36,215.00 This case affected 1 flat. The unexpired lease term was 65.21 years.