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  • 1 Barnes Cray lawyer are the key to a successful Barnes Cray home move, keeping the process under control. They are on your side throughout, offering dedicated advice for the duration of your move
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  • 3 Excellent communication and pure property experience are key benefits that you should seek when selecting conveyancing solicitors. Barnes Cray property deals can be made a lot more protracted due to lack of transparency between all the parties. The lawyers we work with ensure that the lines of communication are open and act on arising issues and developments instantly.
  • 4 Retaining the services of a high street Solicitor generally results in a more personal touch. When using a large conveyancing firm, your transaction is handled by a team of people who who progress matters by reading from their computer screens.
  • 5 Barnes Cray solicitors have a crucial edge when it comes to Barnes Cray conveyancing as they have valuable local knowledge of local authority requirements, planning policies and other matters that will affect your conveyancing

Examples of recent conveyancing in Barnes Cray since December 2024*

Disposal

of semi property, Lincoln Close, DA8 2EB completing on 17/01/2025 at a price of £304,000. The legal transfer of property included amongst the various tasks: sending the transfer to the vendor for execution in readiness for completion, preparing statement detailing charges, sending title deeds and executed transfer to buyer’s conveyancer

Sale

of terraced premises, Masefield Close, DA8 2DG completing on 10/01/2025 at a price of £520,000. The conveyancing process included amongst the various tasks: drafting the sale agreement and Transfer, setting up the completion formalities, sending title deeds and signed transfer to purchaser’s solicitor

Disposal

of terraced premises, Broomhill Road, DA1 3HT completing on 09/01/2025 at a price of £485,000. The conveyancing process incorporates some of the following tasks: taking formal instructions from and updating the seller client, preparing statement detailing charges, sending title deeds and signed transfer to purchaser’s lawyers

Disposal

of terraced property, West Hill Drive, DA1 3DU completing on 24/01/2025 at a price of £410,000. The conveyancing process included amongst the various tasks: sending conveyancing papers to buyers representatives, agreeing completion date with parties, preparing statement detailing charges

Recently asked questions about conveyancing in Barnes Cray

My solicitor has identified a defect with the lease for the flat we are purchasing in Barnes Cray. The other side have offered defective title insurance as a solution. We are content with insurance and will pay for it. Our conveyancer has advised that he must be satisfied that the bank is willing to move forward with this solution. Who is the client here, us or the mortgage company ?

Regardless of the fact that you have a mortgage offer from the bank does not mean to say that the property will meet their conditions for the purposes of a mortgage. Your lawyer has to ensure that the lease has to comply with the UK Finance Lenders’ Handbook conditions. You and the mortgage company are the client. The appropriate lender specifications must be adhered to.

Having sold my house in Barnes Cray last January but our buyer keeps Skype messaging me complaining that his solicitor needs to hear from mine. What should have happened following completion?

Post completion of your disposal your lawyer should forward the transfer deeds and all supplemental paperwork to the buyer’s conveyancer. If applicable, your lawyer should also send confirmation that the home loan has been paid off to the buyers conveyancers. There are no post completion procedures specific conveyancing in Barnes Cray.

we are a couple who decided to purchase a newly converted flat in Barnes Cray with a loan from Birmingham Midshires.We have a Barnes Cray conveyancing solicitor but Birmingham Midshires says she’s not on their "panel". It seems we are left with little choice but to instruct a Birmingham Midshires panel solicitor or retain our preferred solicitor and fork out for one of their panel ones to act for them. We feel as though this is unjust; is there anything we can do?

Unfortunately,no. The loan issued to you contains various provisions, a common one being that solicitors must be on the Birmingham Midshires conveyancing panel. in the past, most banks had large numbers of law firms on their panels: a borrower could choose one for themselves, as long as it was on the lender's panel. The lender would then simply instruct the borrower's lawyers to act for the lender, too. You can use your lender's panel lawyers or you could borrow from another lender which does not restrict your choice. Another option that might be available is for your solicitors to apply to be on the conveyancing panel for Birmingham Midshires

This question may be naive but I am new to the home moving as a 1st time buyer of a garden flat in Barnes Cray. Do I collect the keys to the premises on completion from my lawyer? If this is the case, I will appoint a High Street conveyancing solicitor in Barnes Cray?

On the day of completion you do not need to attend the conveyancers office in Barnes Cray. Conveyancing lawyers for you will electronically transfer the purchase money to the vendor’s solicitors, and shortly after the monies have arrived, you should be called to pick up the keys from the selling Agents and start moving into the property. This tends to happen early afternoon.

I am purchasing a property in Barnes Cray. A rare aspect is that the roof has a solar panel. Skipton have issued a mortgage offer so presumably this is not a concern to them. Why is my solicitor raising questions about the panel?

Given that your lender is Skipton your lawyer must follow the formal instructions outlined in Part two of UK Finance Lenders’ Handbook for Skipton. The CML Handbook includes minimum provisions for solar panel roof-space leases, and lawyers are required to report to Skipton where a lease fails to meet these specifications. The conditions relate to the installation of panels on properties nationwide and is not restricted to Barnes Cray.

I'm at the point of viewing apartments in Barnes Cray and I am about to put in an offer. Is it premature to have a solicitor in place? I will be getting a mortgage with Skipton.

You should start obtaining conveyancing estimates from solicitors ASAP. After you have chosen your lawyer and once your offer is accepted you can instruct them to work for you and pass their contact information on to the estate agent. As you are taking out a mortgage with Skipton, make sure you remember to check that your lawyer is on the Skipton conveyancing panel.

Are there restrictive covenants that are commonly identified as part of conveyancing in Barnes Cray?

Covenants that are restrictive in nature can be picked up when reviewing land registry title as part of the process of conveyancing in Barnes Cray. An 1874 stipulation that was seen was ‘The houses to be erected on the estate are each to be of a uniform elevation in accordance with the drawings to be prepared or approved by the vendor’s surveyor…’

How does conveyancing in Barnes Cray differ for new build properties?

Most buyers of new build or newly converted property in Barnes Cray come to us having been asked by the developer to exchange contracts and commit to the purchase even before the residence is built. This is because builders in Barnes Cray usually purchase the site, plan the estate and want to get the plots sold off as they are building the properties. Buyers, therefore, will have to exchange contracts without actually seeing the house they are buying. To reduce the chances of losing the property, buyers should instruct conveyancing solicitors as soon as the property is reserved and mortgage applications should be submitted quickly. Due to the fact that it could be several months and even years between exchange of contracts and completion, the mortgage offer may need to be extended. It would be wise to use a lawyer who specialises in new build conveyancing especially if they are used to new build conveyancing in Barnes Cray or who has acted in the same development.

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Commercial Conveyancing solicitors in Barnes Cray regulated by the SRA

The firms listed below are a small selection of solicitors in Barnes Cray specialising in commercial conveyancing in Barnes Cray. This should include advice on buying and selling small and large scale commercial property and agricultural land
  • Estate And Corporate Solicitors Ltd, 57 Hythe Street, Dartford, Kent, DA1 1BG
  • Augustine Clement, 1st Floor 3 Market Place, Bexleyheath, Kent, DA6 7DU
  • Medlicott & Benson, 5 Curates Walk, Wilmington, Dartford, Kent, DA2 7BJ
  • Graham Dawson & Co, Westminster House, 80d Bexley High Street, Bexley, Kent, DA5 1LE
  • Richard R Thomas Limited, C/o T G Baynes, Broadway House, 208 Broadway, Bexleyheath, Kent, DA6 7BG

Residential Licensed Conveyancers in Barnes Cray regulated by the CLC

Please be aware that the listed conveyancers do not limit their work for conveyancing in Barnes Cray but also conveyancing across England and Wales.
  • Cain Associates Llp, 297 The Broadway, DA6 8DG
  • Ducat Law Ltd, TMS House, BR5 3QB

Planning law solicitors in Barnes Cray regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority

The firms listed below are a small selection of solicitors in Barnes Cray specialising in planning law. The solicitors can give expert legal advice on all aspects of planning, including planning applications and appeals
  • Apex Law Llp, 3 The Pantiles, Bexleyheath, Kent, DA7 5HH
  • Hadfield & Co, 1 Central Avenue, Welling, Kent, DA16 3AX

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

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