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5 reasons to use our service to assist you choose a high street conveyancing solicitor in Covent Garden

  • 1 Chances are that the the lawyers for the other party are based in Covent Garden - if so sets of lawyers will be on good working terms
  • 2 We are the UKs most comprehensive domestic conveyancing directory listing bank approved law firms conducting conveyancing in Covent Garden regulated by the SRA or CLC.
  • 3 Covent Garden property lawyers will be familiar with the local Land Registry Office, Local Authority and estate agents
  • 4 Low cost packages from online conveyancers might be tempting. However, these firms are often based hundreds of miles away with limited appreciation of the factors that impact property transactions in Covent Garden
  • 5 The Covent Garden conveyancing practitioners that are identified are committed to providing value for money, efficient and transparent conveyancing service to home buyers, sellers and remortgagors in Covent Garden

Examples of recent conveyancing in Covent Garden since June 2026*

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Disposal

of apartment Earlham Street WC2H 9LN, at the agreed sum of £985,000. Leasehold conveyancing included: dealing with appropriate requisitions and enquiries, obtaining official copies of the title, preparing statement detailing charges

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Conveyance

of flat Casson Square SE1 7GU, acquired for £1,000,000. Leasehold conveyancing investigations included: drafting the sale agreement and Transfer, dealing with appropriate requisitions and enquiries, preparing statement detailing charges

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Transfer

of apartment Woburn Place WC1H 0NH, at sale sum of £285,000. Leasehold conveyancing included: sending conveyancing papers to buyers representatives, dealing with appropriate requisitions and enquiries, setting up the completion formalities

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Purchase

of flat Woburn Place WC1H 0NG, acquired for £350,000. Leasehold conveyancing investigations included: taking formal instructions from and updating the seller client, preparing statement detailing charges, setting up the completion formalities

Recently asked questions about conveyancing in Covent Garden

My previous solicitor has sent a quote for £1350 for leasehold conveyancing in Covent Garden. I am looking to sell a newly refurbished detached home for £200,000. Is this too much? Is it in excess of the norm for conveyancing in Covent Garden?

The estimate does seem marginally steep. Where you are happy to expend time contrasting quotes you could reduce the fees marginally by as much as £125. That being said, you mightlive to rue opting for an an unknown conveyancer. Don't forget to ensure the solicitor can also act for your lender. You can employ our search tool to choose a Covent Garden conveyancing firm on the banks conveyancing panel which can often include conveyancing solicitors in Covent Garden.

Are the Covent Garden conveyancing solicitors identified as being on the Lloyds conveyancing panel, together with their details provided by Lloyds?

Covent Garden conveyancing firms themselves provide us confirmation that they are on the Lloyds conveyancing panel as opposed to being supplied with a list from Lloyds directly.

I have been referred to a conveyancing solicitor in Covent Garden. I need to find out whether they are on the Chelsea Building Society approved list of lawyers. Could you or the lender confirm if they are on the panel?

You should call the solicitor and enquire if they can act for the lender. Alternatively please call Chelsea Building Society who may be able to help.

I have been told that property searches are a common cause of delay in Covent Garden house deals. Is this right?

The Council of Property Search Organisations (CoPSO) released conclusions of a review by MoveWithUs that conveyancing searches do not figure within the top 10 causes of delays in the conveyancing process. Local searches are unlikely to feature in any delay in conveyancing in Covent Garden.

I am looking for a conveyancing practitioner in Covent Garden for my home move. Can I check a firm’s complaints history with the legal regulator?

Members of the public may read published Solicitor Regulator Association (SRA) determinations arising from inquisitions started on or after Jan 2008. Visit Check a solicitor's record. To find records about the period before 1 January 2008, or to check a solicitors record, call 0870 606 2555, 08.00 - 18.00 any week day save for Tuesday when lines open at 9.30am. For non-uk callers, use +44 (0)121 329 6800. The regulator sometimes recorded call for training purposes.

I am hoping to sign contracts shortly on a ground floor flat in Covent Garden. Conveyancing solicitors 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 Covent Garden should include some of the following:

    specifics of the parties to the lease, for example these could be the leaseholder, superior lessor, freeholder You must be told what is to be regarded as a Nuisance in the lease What options are open to you if another leaseholder in the building is in violation of a provision in their lease? How long the lease is. You should be advised as what happens when the lease expires, and informed of the importance of not letting the lease term falling below eighty years
For details of the information to be contained in your report on your leasehold property in Covent Garden please ask your conveyancer in ahead of your conveyancing in Covent Garden.

I am the proprietor of a two-bedroom flat in Covent Garden. In the absence of agreement between myself and the landlord, can the Leasehold valuation Tribunal make a decision on the premium payable for the purchase of the freehold?

Where there is a absentee landlord or where there is dispute about what the lease extension should cost, under the relevant legislation it is possible to make an application to the LVT to calculate the price payable.

An example of a Freehold Enfranchisement matter before the tribunal for a Covent Garden residence 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 related to 1 flat. The unexpired lease term was 73.26 years.

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Residential Landlord and Tenant Conveyancing solicitors in Covent Garden

The firms listed below are a non-comprehensive list of solicitors in Covent Garden with expertise in landlord and tenant law and on the regulations governing different types of tenancies. This may 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

Residential Licensed Conveyancers in Covent Garden regulated by the CLC

Please be aware that the listed conveyancers do not limit their work for conveyancing in Covent Garden but also conveyancing throughout 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 solicitors listed below are a non-comprehensive list of solicitors in Covent Garden specialising in planning law. The solicitors can give expert legal advice on all aspects of planning, including making sure people do what the planning regulations say
  • 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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