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  • 1 Barbican solicitors have a crucial advantage when it comes to Barbican conveyancing as they have important local knowledge of local authority requirements, planning policies and other issues that can affect your conveyancing
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  • 3 Retaining the services of a high street Solicitor usually means that you will receive a more personal touch. When using a an online conveyancing factory, you tend to be looked after by a team of people who check what is happening on the file by determining whether the ‘computers says no’.
  • 4 Our site offers largest domestic conveyancing directory listing lender approved property lawyers delivering conveyancing in Barbican governed by the SRA or Council of Licensed Conveyancers.
  • 5 Regardless other sites may claim it could be important to pop into your solicitor to execute contracts. There are enough parties with an interest in a house sale without needing to include the postman into the mix.

Examples of recent conveyancing in Barbican since September 2024*

Recently asked questions about conveyancing in Barbican

The Barbican conveyancing firm handling our Barbican conveyancing has identified an inconsistency between the assumptions in the valuation survey and what is in the legal papers for the property. My solicitor has advised that he is duty bound to check that the lender is OK with this discrepancy and is content to go ahead. Is my solicitor’s approach appropriate?

Your solicitor must comply with the UK Finance Lenders’ Handbook specifications which do require that your lawyer disclose any incorrect assumptions in the lender’s valuation report and the legal papers. Should you refuse to allow your lawyer to make the appropriate notification then your lawyer will have no choice but to discontinue acting for you.

Have just purchased a probate house at auction in Barbican. Conveyancing is needed. What is next?

Having legally committed yourself to purchase you should choose a conveyancing lawyer quickly as you are facing a pending a drop dead date to complete the transaction. Every auction property will ordinarily have an associated auction pack. This should include evidence of title and search results. Where you are dealing with leasehold premises the auction pack may provide a copy of the lease, management information and a sellers leasehold information form and associated conveyancing documentation pertinent to leasehold premises. You should hand this to the conveyancer instructed by you ASAP. Do make sure that you have funds organised to complete on the on the contractual date .

Does a directory service exist listing Lloyds panel solicitors in Barbican on the UK Finance Lenders’ Handbook Website?

Unfortunately not yet. There is no such tool on the Council of Mortgage Lenders or Building Society Association sites. A small selection of lenders make their panel listings visible online. If you are looking for a Barbican property lawyer on the Lloyds please use our facility.

We are getting the release of further funds on our mortgage from Co-operative as we intend to conduct alterations to our home in Barbican. Do we need to select a high street Barbican solicitor on the Co-operative conveyancing panel to handle the legals?

Co-operative do not ordinarily appoint firms on their conveyancing panel to handle the formalities. If they do require any legal work then you would need to ensure that such a lawyer was on the Co-operative list.

My friend suggested that if I am purchasing in Barbican I should carry out a Neighbourhood, Planning and Local Amenity Search. What does it cover?

This is a search is usually quoted for as part of the standard Barbican conveyancing searches. It is not a small document of about 40 pages, listing and detailing important information about Barbican around the property and the people living there. It incorporates an Aerial Photograph, Planning Applications, Land Use, Mobile Phone Masts, Rights of Way, the local Housing Market, Council Tax Banding, the type of People living in the area, the dominant type of Housing, the Average Property Price, Crime statistics, Local Education with maps and statistics, Local Amenities and other useful information regarding Barbican.

I have todayfound out that Action Conveyancing have been shut down. They conducted my conveyancing in Barbican for a purchase of a freehold house 10 months ago. How can I establish that my home is in my name in the name of the former proprietor?

The quickest method to check if the property is in your name, you can make a search of the land registry (£3.00). You can either do this yourself or ask a law firm to do this for you. If you are not registered you can seek help from one of a number of Barbican conveyancing specialists.

I'm purchasing a new build house in Barbican with the aid of help to buy. The developers would not reduce the amount so I negotiated five thousand pounds worth of extras instead. The estate agent suggested that I not to tell my solicitor about the deal as it will adversely affect my loan with the bank. Should I keep quiet?.

All lenders require a Disclosure of Incentives Form from the builder of any new build, converted or renovated property, It is available online from the Lenders’ Handbook page on the CML website. CML form is completed and handed to the lender's surveyor when the inspection is done.

Lenders have different policies on incentives. Some accept none at all, cash or physical, while others will accept cash incentives up to 5%.

Hard to understand why the representative of a builder would be suggesting you withold information from a solicitor when all this will be clearly visible on forms the builder has to supply to its solicitor, the buyer's solicitor and the surveyor.

My wife and I purchased a leasehold house in Barbican. Conveyancing and Bank of Ireland mortgage went though with no issue. A letter has just been received from someone claiming to own the reversionary interest in the property. Attached was a ground rent demand for rent dating back to 1998. The conveyancing solicitor in Barbican who previously acted has long since retired. Do I pay?

The first thing you should do is make enquiries of HMLR to make sure that the individual purporting to own the freehold is in fact the new freeholder. There is no need to incur the fees of a Barbican conveyancing firm to do this as it can be done on-line for a few pound. Rest assured that in any event, even if this is the rightful landlord, under the Limitation Act 1980 the limitation period for recovery of ground rent is six years.

My wife and I have hit a brick wall in trying to reach an agreement for a lease extension in Barbican. Can the Leasehold Valuation Tribunal adjudicate on premiums?

Most certainly. We are happy to put you in touch with a Barbican conveyancing firm who can help.

An example of a Lease Extension matter before the tribunal for a Barbican residence is 137 & 139 Haberdasher Street in December 2013. The Tribunal determines in accordance with section 48 and Schedule 13 of the Leasehold Reform, Housing and Urban Development Act 1993 that the premium for the extended lease for each Property should be £12,350.00. This case was in relation to 2 flats. The number of years remaining on the existing lease(s) was 72.39 years.

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Sample of conveyancing solicitors in Barbican regulated by the SRA

It is important to note that the listed firms do not limit their work for conveyancing in Barbican but also conveyancing throughout England and Wales.

  • Caroline Abbott Limited, Central Point, 45 Beech Street, Barbican, London, London, London, EC2Y 8AD
  • Linklaters Llp, One Silk Street, London, EC2Y 8HQ
  • Maurice Turnor Gardner Llp, Milton House, Milton Street, London, London, EC2Y 9BH
  • Osborne Clarke Llp, 1 London Wall, London, London, EC2Y 5EB
  • Dla Piper Uk Llp, 3 Noble Street, London, EC2V 7EE

Residential Landlord and Tenant Conveyancing solicitors in Barbican

The firms listed below are a small selection of solicitors in Barbican practicing in landlord and tenant law and on the regulations governing different types of tenancies. This could include advice on Court proceedings for possession

  • Caroline Abbott Limited, Central Point, 45 Beech Street, Barbican, London, London, London, EC2Y 8AD
  • Maurice Turnor Gardner Llp, Milton House, Milton Street, London, London, EC2Y 9BH
  • Osborne Clarke Llp, 1 London Wall, London, London, EC2Y 5EB
  • Arif Jakobs Solicitors, 10th Floor, 88 Wood Street, London, EC2V 7RS
  • Orchard Solicitors Limited, 10th Floor, 88 Wood Street, London, London, EC2V 7RS

Planning law solicitors in Barbican regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority

The solicitors listed below are a small selection of solicitors in Barbican with expertise in planning law. The solicitors can give expert legal advice on all aspects of planning, including special planning controls
  • Harrison Grant, 45 Beech Street, London, London, EC2Y 8AD
  • Caroline Abbott Limited, Central Point, 45 Beech Street, Barbican, London, London, London, EC2Y 8AD
  • Linklaters Llp, One Silk Street, London, EC2Y 8HQ
  • Osborne Clarke Llp, 1 London Wall, London, London, EC2Y 5EB
  • Dla Piper Uk Llp, 3 Noble Street, London, EC2V 7EE

*Source acknowledgement: House price data produced by Land Registry as well data supplied by Lexsure Ltd.

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