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Reasons to use our Bexleyheath conveyancing solicitors

  • 1 Our site is the first site offering you the ability to ensure that your property ownership legalities in Bexleyheath will be carried out by a law firm on your lender’s conveyancing panel.
  • 2 The hallmark of our conveyancing solicitors in Bexleyheath is quality not quantity. The level of service offered by conveyancing "factories" (sometimes 'recommended' by national chain estate agents) sometimes falls short of the level of professionalism you will expect.
  • 3 Property lawyer conveyancing lawyers have excellent personal links with Bexleyheath selling agents and work very closely with them and local surveyors so as to ensure transactions proceed expeditiously.
  • 4 Bexleyheath property lawyers work in partnership with Bexleyheath estate agents, developers, surveyors, banks and other professionals to ensure that a quality service is provided to buyers and sellers every step of the way, offering all the legal expertise and support you need
  • 5 Bexleyheath conveyancers have a significant advantage when it comes to Bexleyheath conveyancing as they have important local knowledge of local authority requirements, planning policies and other issues that will affect your sale or purchase

Examples of recent conveyancing in Bexleyheath since January 2025*

Transfer

of semi premises, Upland Road, DA7 4NR completing on 17/01/2025 at a price of £345,000. The conveyancing process incorporates some of the following tasks: drafting the sale agreement and Transfer, taking formal instructions from and updating the seller client, agreeing completion date with parties

Sale

of detached residence property, Portman Close, DA7 4HG completing on 16/01/2025 at a price of £500,000. The legal transfer of property included amongst the various tasks: dealing with appropriate requisitions and enquiries, taking formal instructions from and updating the seller client, setting up the completion formalities

Disposal

of semi-detached property, Basilon Road, DA7 4RG completing on 10/01/2025 at a price of £557,400. The conveyancing process included amongst the various tasks: sending conveyancing papers to buyers representatives, agreeing completion date with parties, sending title deeds and executed transfer to purchaser’s conveyancer

Purchase

of flat Talehangers Close DA6 8AE, purchased for £245,000. Leasehold conveyancing legalities included: sending conveyancing papers to buyers representatives, sending the transfer to the vendor for execution in preparation for completion, preparing statement detailing charges

Recently asked questions about conveyancing in Bexleyheath

When does exchange of contracts occur in residential conveyancing in Bexleyheath and do I need to be at the conveyancers branch?

If you are in close proximity to one of the conveyancing solicitors in Bexleyheath you are welcome to come in to sign the paperwork. That being said, the lender approved solicitors we recommend provide a countrywide conveyancing service and provide as equally detailed and professional a job for you when communicating with you electronically. The signing of the sale agreement is not the point of no return. Signing on the dotted line is necessary for the firm to exchange contracts at the appropriate time, which is ordinarily shortly after signing. The procedure is is usually a five minute process, although where an extended "chain" is in play, since the process requires the relevant party's solicitor (not necessarily a conveyancing solicitor in Bexleyheath)to be in the office at the appropriate time.

Is there a search tool that I can use to check that the solicitor handling my conveyancing in Bexleyheath is on the bank’sconveyancing panel? I am looking to avoid the situation of having one lawyer for me and one for Godiva Mortgages Ltd thus paying £187.00 plus VAT in further conveyancing charges.

Please do make use of the search tool on this site. Please choose the mortgage company and type ‘Bexleyheath’ or your preferred area and you will be presented with a number of lawyer located in Bexleyheath or nearest you.

We are getting the release of further funds on our home loan from Nationwide as we wish to conduct improvements to our property in Bexleyheath. Are we obliged to appoint a high street Bexleyheath solicitor on the Nationwide conveyancing panel to deal with the legals?

Nationwide do not ordinarily instruct firms on their approved list of lawyers to deal with such a matter. If they do require any legal work then you would need to ensure that such a lawyer was on the Nationwide list.

I'm at the point of viewing flats in Bexleyheath and I am about to put in an offer. Is it best to have a property lawyer on ‘stand by’? I will be getting a mortgage with Leeds Building Society.

You should start obtaining conveyancing estimates from solicitors ASAP. Once you decide who you want to use and once your offer is accepted you can instruct them to work for you and forward their contact information on to the estate agent. Given that you are obtaining a mortgage with Leeds Building Society, ask your prospective lawyers if they are on the Leeds Building Society conveyancing panel otherwise they can't do the mortgage legal work.

After weeks of negotiation I have agreed a price on a house in Bexleyheath. My financial adviser pressured me to appoint their conveyancer. I paid an on account payment of £200. Not long after, the property lawyer called me embarrassingly acknowledging that they were not on the Nationwide 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 Nationwide 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.

The deeds to our house can not be found. The conveyancers who conducted the conveyancing in Bexleyheath 4 years ago no longer exist. What do I do?

Nowadays there are duplicates made of almost everything, and your solicitor should be aware precisely where to locate all the suitable documentation so you may purchase or sell your property without a hitch. If duplicates can’t be located, your lawyer may be able to put in place insurance or indemnities against future claims on your premises.

I need to instruct a conveyancing solicitor in Bexleyheath for my home move. Is it possible to check a firm’s complaints history with the profession’s regulator?

Members of the public may search for published Solicitor Regulator Association (SRA) decisions stemming from inquisitions from 2008 onwards. Visit Check a solicitor's record. To find information about the period before 1 January 2008, or to check a solicitors record, phone 0870 606 2555, 08.00 - 18.00 Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and 09.30 - 18.00 Tuesday. For non-uk callers, dial +44 (0)121 329 6800. The regulator could monitor telephone calls for training requirements.

Looking forward to complete next month on a garden flat in Bexleyheath. Conveyancing lawyers inform me that they are sending me a report next week. What should I be looking out for?

Your report on title for your leasehold conveyancing in Bexleyheath should include some of the following:

    The landlord’s rights to access the flat. You should be made aware that your landlord has rights of access as well as be informed how much notice must be provided. You should know if the lease allows you to alter or upgrade aspects of the premises- you must be made aware as to whether any restrictions applies to all alterations or limited to structural alteration, and whether consent is mandated necessary Details of the parties to the lease, for example these could be the lessee, head lessor, landlord What options are open to you if an adjoining owner is in violation of a provision in their lease? Does the lease prohibit wood flooring?
For a comprehensive list of information to be included in your report on your leasehold property in Bexleyheath please enquire of your solicitor in ahead of your conveyancing in Bexleyheath.

I have tried to negotiate informally with with my landlord to extend my lease without success. Can one make an application to the Leasehold Valuation Tribunal? Can you recommend a Bexleyheath conveyancing firm to act on my behalf?

in cases where there is a absentee freeholder or where there is disagreement about what the lease extension should cost, under the relevant legislation it is possible to make an application to the First-tier Tribunal (Property Chamber) to make a decision on the premium.

An example of a Lease Extension matter before the tribunal for a Bexleyheath residence is Various @ Colombus Square in January 2012. the Tribunal calculated the premiums to be paid for new leases for each of the flats in Mariners Walk to be £3822 and the premium to be paid for the new lease of 2 Knights Court to be £4439. This case was in relation to 13 flats. The unexpired term as at the valuation date was 76 years.

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Commercial Conveyancing solicitors in Bexleyheath regulated by the SRA

The firms listed below are a non-comprehensive list of solicitors in Bexleyheath specialising in commercial conveyancing in Bexleyheath. This could include advice on buying or selling a shop, pub, restaurant, office, retail unit
  • Chancellors Lea Brewer Llp, 246 Broadway, Bexleyheath, Kent, DA6 8BB
  • Aletta Shaw Ltd, 289 Broadway, Bexleyheath, Kent, DA6 8DG
  • Thos Boyd Whyte, 287-289 Broadway, Bexleyheath, Kent, DA6 8AJ
  • Thomas Boyd Whyte, 302 Broadway, Bexleyheath, Kent, DA6 8AB
  • Simon C Potts Limited, C/o T G Baynes, Broadway House, 208 Broadway, Bexleyheath, Kent, DA6 7BG

Residential Licensed Conveyancers in Bexleyheath regulated by the CLC

Please note that the listed conveyancers do not limit their work for conveyancing in Bexleyheath 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 Bexleyheath regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority

The practices listed below are a small selection of solicitors in Bexleyheath with expertise in planning law. The solicitors can give expert legal advice on all aspects of planning, including development on contaminated land
  • Apex Law Llp, 3 The Pantiles, Bexleyheath, Kent, DA7 5HH
  • Hadfield & Co, 1 Central Avenue, Welling, Kent, DA16 3AX
  • Beverley Morris & Co, 35 Montpelier Vale, Blackheath Villiage, London, SE3 0TJ

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