Find a Lender-Approved Local Conveyancer in Covent Garden

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Main reasons to let us help you select a local conveyancing solicitor in Covent Garden

  • 1 Notwithstanding what alternative on-line conveyancers say it could be necessary to visit your solicitor to sign contracts. There are various parties with with an interest in a house sale without needing to add the postman into the mix.
  • 2 The practices listed on our web pages have a variation of conveyancing lawyers, legal executives and support staff handling thousands of conveyancing matters annually.
  • 3 Our site is the first site that enables you the ability to check that your property ownership legalities in Covent Garden will be carried out by a conveyancer on your mortgage lender’s approved panel.
  • 4 Solicitors accustomed to conveyancing in Covent Garden are familiar with the local concerns specific to Covent Garden and therefore you may benefit from better guidance and faster conveyancing.
  • 5 Covent Garden conveyancer are the key to a successful Covent Garden conveyancing experience, keeping the process under control. They are on your side throughout, offering dedicated advice for the duration of your transaction

Examples of recent conveyancing in Covent Garden since June 2025*

Recently asked questions about conveyancing in Covent Garden

I am buying a property mortgage free in Covent Garden. I have lived for the last dozen years in Covent Garden. Conveyancing searches are a lot of money. As I know the road and vicinity intimately must I have all the conveyancing searches?

Provided that you do not need a mortgage, then the vast majority of the Covent Garden conveyancing searches are optional. Your lawyer will 'advise', perhaps strongly, that you should have searches done, but he is duty bound to do this. Do take into account; if you are going to sell the house one day, it could be of interest to your prospective buyer what the searches disclose. On occasion houses with apparent issues can still show up unexpected search results. A competent conveyancing solicitor in Covent Garden should provide you some helpful guidance concerning this.

I have an AIP. The lender mentioned the mortgage came with free conveyancing. Does this mean I have to use their panel solicitor as I would much rather appoint a specialised conveyancing solicitor in Covent Garden?

You should check but the chances are that allocate you one of their panel solicitors should you take up the "fee-free" deal. Speak to the mortgage company to determine if they allow a monetary alternative. Some banks have previously offered a £250 cashback as a further option in which case that money can go towards your preferred conveyancing solicitor in Covent Garden.

I'm buying my first flat in Covent Garden benefiting from help to buy. The builders would not budge the amount so I negotiated £7000 of fixtures and fittings instead. The estate agent advised me not to tell my lawyer about this side-deal as it would affect my mortgage with Clydesdale. 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.

Over the last few months I have been searching for a flat up to £305k and identified one round the corner in Covent Garden I like with open areas and transport links nearby, the downside is that it only has 49 years unexpired on the lease. There is not much else in Covent Garden for this price, so just wondered if I would be making a mistake acquiring a short lease?

If you need a home loan the remaining unexpired lease term may be an issue. Discount the offer by the amount the lease extension will cost if not already taken into account. If the current proprietor has owned the premises for at least 2 years you can ask them to commence the lease extension formalities and pass it to you. You can add 90 years to the existing lease term and have £0 ground rent by law. You should speak to your conveyancing solicitor regarding this.

I today plan to offer on a house that appears to be perfect, at a great price which is making it all the more appealing. I have just discovered that it's a leasehold rather than freehold. I am assuming that there are particular concerns buying a leasehold house in Covent Garden. Conveyancing solicitors have are about to be appointed. Will my lawyers set out the implications of buying a leasehold house in Covent Garden ?

Most houses in Covent Garden are freehold and not leasehold. In this scenario it’s worth having a local conveyancer used to dealing with such properties who can assist with the conveyancing process. We note that you are purchasing in Covent Garden in which case you should be shopping around for a Covent Garden conveyancing practitioner and be sure that they have experience in advising on leasehold houses. First you will need to check the number of years remaining. Being a lessee you will not be entirely free to do whatever you want with the house. The lease will likely included provisions such as obtaining the landlord’spermission to carry out alterations. You may also be required to pay a contribution towards the maintenance of the communal areas where the house is located on an estate. Your lawyer should appraise you on the various issues.

I am the registered owner of a garden flat in Covent Garden. Given that I can not reach agreement with the freeholder, can the Leasehold valuation Tribunal make a decision on the premium due for a lease extension?

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

An example of a Freehold Enfranchisement matter before the tribunal for a Covent Garden property is 20 Avonwick Road in July 2013. The Tribunal was dealing with an application under Section 26 of the Leasehold Reform Housing and Urban Development Act 1993 for a determination of the freehold value of the property. It was concluded that the price to be paid was Fifteen Thousand Nine Hundred and Seventy (£15,970) divided as to £8,200 for Flat 20 and £7,770 for Flat 20A This case was in relation to 1 flat. The unexpired term was 73.26 years.

Our offer on house in Covent Garden has been accepted, but there is a chain. The sellers have offered on somewhere, although it’s not yet tied up, and are looking at other apartments booked. I have chosen a nearby conveyancing solicitor in Covent Garden. What do I do now? At what point do I apply for the mortgage with RBS?

It is normal to have apprehensions where there is an associated chain given your reluctance to be too out of pocket too early (home loan application is in the region of one thousand pounds, then valuation, Covent Garden conveyancing search charges, etc). First, you should ensure that your conveyancer is on the RBS approved list. As to the subsequent steps this very much dictated by the specifics of your transaction, desire for the property and on the state of the market. During a buoyant market many home buyers would apply for a home loan with RBS and arrange for the valuation and only if it was satisfactory would they pay their conveyancing practitioner to press on with the conveyancing in Covent Garden.

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Residential Landlord and Tenant Conveyancing solicitors in Covent Garden

The list below is a small selection of solicitors in Covent Garden with expertise in landlord and tenant law and on the regulations governing different types of tenancies. This will likely include advice on wrongful eviction

  • Mark Eisenthal & Co, 44 Wellington Street, London, WC2E 7BD
  • Clintons, 55 Drury Lane, London, WC2B 5RZ
  • Spring Law Limited, 65 Chandos Place, London, WC2N 4HG
  • Gordon Dadds Llp, 6 Agar Street, London, Greater London, WC2N 4HN
  • Emersons Law Limited, 7 - 10 Adam Street, London, London, WC2N 6AA

Domestic Licensed Conveyancers in Covent Garden regulated by the CLC

Please note that the listed conveyancers do not limit their work for conveyancing in Covent Garden but also conveyancing across England and Wales.
  • Stratega Law Ltd, Sutherland House, W1F 7TE
  • Walter Saunders, 382 Brockley Road, SE4 2BY
  • R & C Property Lawyers Llp, 10A Upper Tooting Road, SW17 7PG
  • T J Ball & Company, 49 Leytonstone Road, E15 1JA

Planning law solicitors in Covent Garden regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority

The firms listed below are a non-comprehensive list of solicitors in Covent Garden with expertise in planning law. The solicitors can give expert legal advice on all aspects of planning, including special planning controls
  • Gordon Dadds Llp, 6 Agar Street, London, Greater London, WC2N 4HN
  • Thomas And Thomas Partners Llp, 38a Monmouth Street, London, London, WC2H 9EP
  • Alun Thomas Limited, 38a Monmouth Street, London, WC2H 9EP
  • Mackrell Turner Garrett, Savoy Hill House, Savoy Hill, London, London, WC2R 0BU
  • Fladgate Llp, 16 Great Queen Street, London, WC2B 5DG

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

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