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Conveyancing in Covent Garden : Keep it Local

Top 5 reasons to use our service to help you find a local conveyancing solicitor in Covent Garden

  • 1 Excellent communication and a wealth of experience are key benefits that you should look for when choosing conveyancing solicitors. Covent Garden conveyancing can become a lot more stressful due to poor communication between all the parties. The lawyers we work with ensure that communication channels are open and act on arising issues and developments expeditiously.
  • 2 Firms accustomed to conveyancing in Covent Garden have a grasp oflocal issues peculiar to Covent Garden and therefore you may benefit from better guidance and speedier conveyancing.
  • 3 The Covent Garden conveyancing firms that are identified are committed to providing the most cost, efficient and accessible conveyancing service to home buyers, sellers and investors in Covent Garden
  • 4 Covent Garden lawyers work in partnership with Covent Garden estate agents, property finders, surveyors, banks and other professionals to ensure that a quality service is offered to clients every step of the way, never losing sight of the time-critical nature behind your conveyancing transaction
  • 5 Using a a family Solicitor on the whole results in a more personal touch. When using a an online conveyancing factory, your matter is dealt with by a team of people who who update you by reading from their computer screens.

Examples of recent conveyancing in Covent Garden since December 2024*

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of flat Drury Lane WC2B 5TA, at the agreed consideration of £1,375,000. Leasehold conveyancing included: sending the transfer to the seller for signature in preparation for completion, taking formal instructions from and updating the seller client, setting up the completion formalities

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Transfer

of apartment Galen Place WC1A 2JR, at purchase consideration of £1,265,000. Leasehold conveyancing included: sending conveyancing papers to buyers representatives, sending the transfer to the seller for signature in readiness for completion, agreeing completion date with parties

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Transfer

of flat Red Lion Street WC1R 4NA, at the agreed consideration of £565,000. Leasehold conveyancing included: taking formal instructions from and updating the seller client, agreeing completion date with parties, setting up the completion formalities

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Conveyance

of apartment Red Lion Street WC1R 4PF, acquired for £498,250. Leasehold conveyancing work 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 Covent Garden

I have just been advised by my broker that my Covent Garden solicitor is not on the mortgage company Solicitor panel. How can I be sure if this is correct?

The sensible course of action for you to take is to call your Covent Garden conveyancer. It is reasonable to expect your lawyer to advise you of the situation. Where they are not on the panel they may be able to suggest a Covent Garden conveyancing practice that is on the approved list of lawyers for your mortgage company.

I own a freehold house in Covent Garden yet charged rent, why is this and what is this?

It’s unusual for properties in Covent Garden and has limited impact for conveyancing in Covent Garden but some freehold properties in England (particularly common in North West England) pay an annual sum known as a Chief Rent or a Rentcharge to a third party who has no other legal interest in the land.

Rentcharge payments are usually between £2.00 and £5.00 per year. Rentcharges date back many centuries, but the Rent Charge Act 1977 barred the establishment of new rentcharges from 1977 onwards.

Previous rentcharges can now be redeemed by making a lump sum payment under the Act. Any rentcharges that are still in existence post 2037 will be extinguished.

After reading mumsnet.com for a recommended solicitor in Covent Garden, most say that I should instruct a CQS kitemarked lawyer. Can you explain what CQS is?

The Conveyancing Quality Scheme (CQS) provides a kitemark for residential conveyancing practices issued by the Law Society. Membership achievement establishes a level of credibility for member firms with stakeholders (regulators, lenders, insurers and consumers) based upon: * the integrity of the senior responsible officer and other key conveyancing staff * the firm's adherence to good practice management standards * compliance with prudent and efficient conveyancing procedures through the scheme protocol Membership includes many partnerships who perform conveyancing in Covent Garden.

Forgive me if this question is silly but I am unseasoned as a first time buyer of a ground floor flat in Covent Garden. Do I collect the keys to the house on the completion date from my conveyancer? If this is the case, I will instruct a High Street conveyancing solicitor in Covent Garden?

There is no need to visit the lawyers office on the day of completion. Your solicitors will electronically transfer the purchase money to the owner’s solicitors, and once they have received this, you will be called to collect the keys from the Estate Agents and move into your new home. This tends to happen early afternoon.

When it comes to lenders such as Yorkshire BS, do Covent Garden lawyers incur an annual charge to be on the conveyancing panel?

We are not aware of any mortgage company fees to be on their panel, although some do charge an administration charge to deal with the processing of the conveyancing panel submission.

Co-operative have agreed my home loan in principle, my bid on a house in Covent Garden has been accepted, now what?

Your estate agent will need to know who your solicitors are (make sure the conveyancing practitioners are on the bank’s approved list). Call up Co-operative or the financial adviser and complete any relevant documentation. Co-operative will sellect a valuer who will get in contact with the selling agent or owners to book a slot for the valuation to take place. Once carried out (assuming no problems) it takes on average a fortnight to receive the mortgage offer. Co-operative will issue the offer to you and your conveyancers. The legal work will then take it’s course according the nature and complexity of the conveyancing in Covent Garden.

I'm purchasing a new build house in Covent Garden with a loan from Clydesdale. The sellers refused to budge the price so I negotiated £7000 of fixtures and fittings instead. The estate agent advised me not disclose to my lawyer about this extras as it would adversely affect my loan with the lender. 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.

I need to appoint a conveyancing solicitor for leasehold conveyancing in Covent Garden. I happened to stumble across a web site which seems to have the ideal solution If it is possible to get all formalities completed via phone that would be ideal. Should I be concerned? What are the potential pitfalls?

As usual with these online conveyancers you need to read ALL the small print - did you notice the extra charge for dealing with the mortgage?

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Sample of conveyancing solicitors in Covent Garden regulated by the SRA

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

  • Family Law In Partnership Limited, 1 Neal Street, London, WC2H 9QL
  • Mark Eisenthal & Co, 44 Wellington Street, London, WC2E 7BD
  • Kumari Palany & Co (london), 90 Long Acre, Covent Garden, London, WC2E 9RZ
  • Ashtons Solicitors Limited, Suite 103, 90 Long Acre, Covent Garden, London, London, WC2E 9RZ
  • Clintons, 55 Drury Lane, London, WC2B 5RZ

Commercial Conveyancing solicitors in Covent Garden regulated by the SRA

The list below is a non-comprehensive list of solicitors in Covent Garden practicing in commercial conveyancing in Covent Garden. This should include advice on commercial leases including all matters relating to landlord and tenant law
  • Redfern Legal Llp, 7 Henrietta Street, Covent Garden, London, London, WC2E 8PS
  • Redfern Law Limited, 7 Henrietta Street, Covent Garden, London, WC2E 8PS
  • Mark Eisenthal & Co, 44 Wellington Street, London, WC2E 7BD
  • Kumari Palany & Co (london), 90 Long Acre, Covent Garden, London, WC2E 9RZ
  • Clintons, 55 Drury Lane, London, WC2B 5RZ

Domestic Licensed Conveyancers in Covent Garden regulated by the Council of Licensed Conveyancers

Please be aware 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

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

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