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Reasons to use our Chelsea conveyancing solicitors

  • 1 Chelsea conveyancers are likely to have connections at the local Land Registry Office, Local Authority and estate agents
  • 2 Personal touch together with a wealth of local knowledge are key benefits that you should value when selecting conveyancing solicitors. Chelsea property deals can be made a lot more protracted because of lack of transparency between all the parties. The lawyers listed ensure that the lines of communication are open and act on arising issues and developments quickly.
  • 3 This site is the first site that enables you the facility to ensure that your conveyancing in Chelsea will be carried out by a law firm on your mortgage lender’s conveyancing panel.
  • 4 Peace of mind comes when you choose the very best, most recommended conveyancing solicitors. Chelsea has a number to choose from, but for a truly professional and dependable service many local people have been use the recommendation of this site.
  • 5 The companies listed on our web pages have a mix of conveyancing lawyers, legal executives and support staff handling over one hundred thousand cases annually.

Examples of recent conveyancing in Chelsea since December 2024*

Disposal

of terraced property, Worfield Street, SW11 4RD completing on 08/01/2025 at a price of £1,450,000. The conveyancing process included amongst the various tasks: dealing with appropriate requisitions and enquiries, preparing statement detailing charges, setting up the completion formalities

Acquisition

of flat Battersea Church Road SW11 3NG, purchased for £352,000. Leasehold conveyancing work included: ordering official copies of the title, preparing statement detailing charges, setting up the completion formalities

Purchase

of flat Albert Bridge Road SW11 4PY, sold for £1,170,000. Leasehold conveyancing legalities included: drafting the sale agreement and Transfer, dealing with appropriate requisitions and enquiries, setting up the completion formalities

Acquisition

of flat Battersea Bridge Road SW11 3AB, sold for £680,000. Leasehold conveyancing legalities included: drafting the sale agreement and Transfer, ordering official copies of the title, setting up the completion formalities

Recently asked questions about conveyancing in Chelsea

I am in the process of selling my house in Chelsea and the estate agent has just called to say that the buyers are switching solicitor. The reason given is that the lender will only engage with property lawyers on their conveyancing panel. On what basis would a leading lender only deal with certain law firms rather the firm that they want to select to handle their conveyancing in Chelsea ?

Mortgage companies have always had an approved set of law firms they are content to work with, but in the last few years big names such as HSBC, have considered and reduced their conveyancing panel– in some cases removing conveyancing firms who have represented them for decades.

Lenders blame a rise in fraud by way of justification for the pruning – criteria have been tightened as a smaller panel is easier to maintain. No lender will say how many solicitors have been dropped, claiming the information is commercially sensitive, but the Law Society claims that it is hearing daily from firms that have been removed from panels. Plenty of firms do not even realise they have been dropped until contacted by a borrower who has instructed them as might be the situation in your buyers' case. Your purchasers are not going to have any impact on this.

Our conveyancer has uncovered a a legal deficiency with the lease for the flat we are buying in Chelsea. The other side have put forward title insurance as a solution. We are content with insurance and will cover the costs. Our lawyer has advised that he must check that the mortgage company is willing to move forward with this solution. Are we the client or is the bank?

The short answer to your last question is that, notwithstanding the potential for a conflict of interest, you and the mortgage company are the client. Your solicitor must comply with the UK Finance Lenders’ Handbook provisions. The UK Finance Lenders’ Handbook conditions require your lawyer to disclose issues such as defects with the lease so that the bank can be afforded the opportunity to check with their valuer as to the extent that the value of the property is affected. Should you refuse to allow your lawyer to make the appropriate notification then your conveyancer will have no choice but to discontinue acting for you.

We are downsizing from our home in Chelsea and the buyers lawyers are claiming that there is a risk of it being built on contaminated land. A high street Chelsea lawyer would know that there is no such problem. It does beg the question why the buyers used a nationwide conveyancing firm rather than a conveyancing solicitor in Chelsea. Having lived in Chelsea for three years we know that this is a non issue. Is it a good idea to contact our local Authority to get confirmation need.

It sounds as though you may have a conveyancing lawyer already. What do they say? You need to enquire of your lawyer before you do anything. It is very possible that once the local authority has been informed of a potential issue it cannot be insured against (a bit like being diagnosed with a serious illness and then taking out life insurance to cover that same sickness)

Are there restrictive covenants that are commonly picked up as part of conveyancing in Chelsea?

Restrictive covenants can be picked up when reviewing land registry title as part of the process of conveyancing in Chelsea. 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…’

I was recommended by numerous selling agents in Chelsea to choose a solicitor using your seach tool. Is there a financial inducement for Estate Agents to promote your lawyers ahead of another?

We refuse to give any referral fee for sending work to this site. We thought it would be too underhand a fee because a client could think, ‘Why is the agent getting a kickback? Why aren’t I getting any benefit too?’ So we decided to step away from that.

All being well we will complete our sale of a £300,000 garden flat in Chelsea on Wednesday in a week. The landlords agents has quoted £348 for Landlord’s certificate, building insurance schedule and 3 years service charge statements. Is it legal for a freeholder to charge exorbitant fees for a flat conveyance in Chelsea?

Chelsea conveyancing on leasehold apartments usually involves the purchaser’s lawyer sending questions for the landlord to address. Although the landlord is not legally bound to address such questions the majority will be willing to assist. They may levy a reasonable charge for responding to enquiries or supplying documentation. There is no set fee. The average fee for the paperwork that you are referring to is over three hundred pounds, in some situations it is above £800. The administration charge invoiced by the landlord must be sent together with a summary of entitlements and obligations in respect of administration fees, without which the charge is not strictly payable. Reality however dictates that you have little option but to pay whatever is requested of you should you wish to exchange contracts with the buyer.

I inherited a two-bedroom flat in Chelsea. Given that I can not reach agreement with the landlord, can the Leasehold valuation Tribunal make a decision on the premium due for the purchase of the freehold?

You certainly can. We can put you in touch with a Chelsea conveyancing firm who can help.

An example of a Lease Extension matter before the tribunal for a Chelsea property is 150A Albert Palace Mansions Lurline Gardens in July 2013. The Tribunal determined that the premium payable for the new lease of the subject property was £42,069 This case affected 1 flat. The unexpired residue of the current lease was 57.06 years.

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Residential Landlord and Tenant Conveyancing solicitors in Chelsea

The list below is a small selection of solicitors in Chelsea practicing in landlord and tenant law and on the regulations governing different types of tenancies. This should include advice on wrongful eviction

  • Brice Droogleever & Co, 3 Queripel House, 1 Duke of York Square, London, SW3 4LY
  • Pemberton Greenish Llp, 45 Cadogan Gardens, London, SW3 2AQ
  • Terence St J Millett, 34 Sumner Place, South Kensington, London, SW7 3NT
  • Ashley Wilson Solicitors Llp, 26 Ives Street, Knightsbridge, London, SW3 2ND
  • Svedberg Law, 125 Sloane Street, London, SW1X 9AU

Residential Licensed Conveyancers in Chelsea regulated by the CLC

Please be aware that the listed conveyancers do not limit their work for conveyancing in Chelsea but also conveyancing across England and Wales.
  • Stratega Law Ltd, Sutherland House, W1F 7TE
  • R & C Property Lawyers Llp, 10A Upper Tooting Road, SW17 7PG
  • Stratega Law Ltd, Bldg 3 Chiswick Park, W4 5YA
  • Ldn Conveyancing Ltd, 3 Acton Hill Mews, W3 9QN
  • Walter Saunders, 382 Brockley Road, SE4 2BY

Planning law solicitors in Chelsea regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority

The firms listed below are a non-comprehensive list of solicitors in Chelsea specialising in planning law. This should include advice on compulsory purchases in Chelsea
  • Techlawyer Limited, 22 Groveside Court, Lombard Road, London, SW11 3RQ
  • Mark Taylor & Company, 310 Harbour Yard, Chelsea Harbour, London, SW10 0XD
  • Parfitt Cresswell, 593-599 Fulham Road, London, London, SW6 5UA
  • Keystone Law Limited, Second Floor Audley House, 13 Palace Street, London, SW1E 5HX
  • Ricardina Bridges Ltd, 47 South Lambeth Road, London, SW8 1RH

Neighboring Locations

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

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