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  • 1 Our site offers largest residential conveyancing directory service identifying mortgage company approved property lawyers delivering conveyancing in Charterhouse registered with the SRA or Council of Licensed Conveyancers.
  • 2 Charterhouse solicitors have a crucial advantage when it comes to Charterhouse conveyancing as they have valuable local knowledge of local authority requirements, planning policies and other issues that will impact your home move
  • 3 Charterhouse solicitors work in conjunction with Charterhouse estate agents, house builders, surveyors, banks and other professionals to ensure that the highest level of service is offered to buyers and sellers every step of the way, with the aim of reducing administrative burdens and transaction times
  • 4 Charterhouse property lawyers are likely to acquainted with the local Land Registry Office, Local Authority and estate agents
  • 5 You can rest easier when choose the very best, most recommended conveyancing solicitors. Charterhouse has a number to choose from, but for a truly dependable and reliable service many local people have been use the endorsement of this site.

Examples of recent conveyancing in Charterhouse since September 2024*

Recently asked questions about conveyancing in Charterhouse

I am considering remortgaging my home in Charterhouse, does my lawyer have to be on the Virgin Money Conveyancing panel?

In theory, you could use a solicitor that is not on the Virgin Money conveyancing panel, but Virgin Money would require one of their panel solicitors to be instructed to act in their interests, and you'd have to pay for this - so most people instruct a panel solicitor. It's also easier, as otherwise you'd have to deal with two solicitors for the same conveyancing matter.

I have been told that property searches are the main cause of stalling in Charterhouse house deals. Is there any truth in this?

The Council of Property Search Organisations (CoPSO) has noted the findings of a review by MoveWithUs that conveyancing searches do not feature within the most frequent causes of hindrances in the conveyancing process. Local searches are not likely to be the root cause of delay in conveyancing in Charterhouse.

I'm purchasing my first flat in Charterhouse with the aid of help to buy. The developers refused to reduce the amount so I negotiated £7000 of extras instead. The estate agent told me not reveal to my lawyer about this extras as it would adversely affect my loan with Bank of Ireland. 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.

Is it possible to switch solicitor as I need to appoint one who is on the Britannia conveyancing list. I had appointed a local conveyancing solicitor in Charterhouse round the corner but the firm is not approved by Britannia

It would be our pleasure to assist you select a conveyancing solicitor in Charterhouse on the Britannia panel. Please note that the property lawyers that we work with do not pay us a referral fee if you instruct them and are registered with the SRA who oversee all conveyancing solicitors in Charterhouse. In utilising the find a conveyancing solicitor tool on this page, you can contrast charges for conveyancing solicitors in Charterhouse and throughout England and Wales.

Our conveyancer has advised that he intends to complete and exchange simultaneously on the sale of our £425,000 garden flat in Charterhouse next Thursday. The freeholder has quoted £300 for Certificate of Compliance, building insurance schedule and previous years service charge statements. Is the landlord entitled to charge such fees for a leasehold conveyance in Charterhouse?

Charterhouse conveyancing on leasehold maisonettes normally requires the buyer’s solicitor submitting questions for the landlord to answer. Although the landlord is under no legal obligation to address these enquiries the majority will be content to assist. They are entitled to levy a reasonable charge for answering questions or supplying documentation. There is no upper cap for such fees. The average fee for the paperwork that you are referring to is £350, in some cases it is in excess of £800. The administration charge invoiced by the landlord must be sent together with a summary of entitlements and obligations in relation to administration charges, otherwise the charge is technically not due. Reality however dictates that one has no choice but to pay whatever is demanded should you wish to complete the sale of your home.

Following years of negotiations we simply can't agree with our landlord on how much the lease extension should cost for our flat in Charterhouse. Does the Leasehold Valuation Tribunal have jurisdiction to calculate the appropriate figures?

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

An example of a Lease Extension case for a Charterhouse flat is Flat 89 Trinity Court Grays Inn Road in February 2013. the Tribunal found that the premium to be paid by the tenant on the grant of a new lease, in accordance with section 56 and Schedule 13 to the Leasehold Reform, Housing and Urban Development Act 1993 should be £36,229. This case related to 1 flat. The unexpired residue of the current lease was 66.8 years.

I'm purchasing a property in Charterhouse. I have found my conveyancer's company on the Law Society's list, but I can't see my lawyer's name as listed on the regulator's website. Is this a big problem?

Not every individual in the company must be listed by the regulator. Provided there is a manager qualified to 'oversee' the conveyancing, the actual day-to-day activity can be conducted by unlicensed staff.

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Sample of conveyancing solicitors in Charterhouse regulated by the SRA

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

  • Abrahams Dresden Llp, 111 Charterhouse Street, London, EC1M 6AW
  • Chan Neill Solicitors, 107 Charterhouse Street, London, EC1M 6HW
  • Harper & Odell, 61-63 St. John Street., London, EC1M 4AN
  • Kingsley Napley Llp, Knights Quarter, 14 St. John's Lane, London, EC1M 4AJ
  • Simpson Millar Llp, Sycamore House, 5 Sycamore Street, London, EC1Y 0SG

Commercial Conveyancing solicitors in Charterhouse regulated by the SRA

The list below is a non-comprehensive list of solicitors in Charterhouse practicing in commercial conveyancing in Charterhouse. This could include advice on commercial leases including all matters relating to landlord and tenant law
  • Tarlo Lyons Secretaries Limited, Watchmaker Court West, 33 St. John's Lane, London, EC1M 4DB
  • Abrahams Dresden Llp, 111 Charterhouse Street, London, EC1M 6AW
  • Chan Neill Solicitors, 107 Charterhouse Street, London, EC1M 6HW
  • Harper & Odell, 61-63 St. John Street., London, EC1M 4AN
  • Joseph N Bell, 5 St John's Lane, London, EC1M 4BH

Planning law solicitors in Charterhouse regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority

The list below is a small selection of solicitors in Charterhouse specialising in planning law. This should include advice on tree preservation orders
  • Chan Neill Solicitors, 107 Charterhouse Street, London, EC1M 6HW
  • Caroline Abbott Limited, Central Point, 45 Beech Street, Barbican, London, London, London, EC2Y 8AD
  • Harrison Grant, 45 Beech Street, London, London, EC2Y 8AD
  • Leigh Day, Priory House, 25 St. John's Lane, London, EC1M 4LB
  • Miller Rosenfalck Llp, 17-18 Aylesbury Street, London, EC1R 0DB

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

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