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There is a good reason why you won’t find people saying “if only I would have chosen a cheap internet firm”! Go local - instruct a conveyancing solicitor in Covent Garden

Reasons to use our Covent Garden conveyancing solicitors

  • 1 Cut price packages from online conveyancers might seem attractive. However, these firms are often based hundreds of miles away with limited understanding of the factors that affect property transactions in Covent Garden
  • 2 Using a local Solicitor in the main means that you will receive a more personal touch. Sometimes when dealing with a large conveyancing firm, you tend to be looked after by a team of people who who update you by reading from their computer screens.
  • 3 Property lawyer conveyancing solicitors have very good personal connections with Covent Garden estate agents and work very closely with them and local surveyors so as to ensure transactions proceed expeditiously.
  • 4 The Covent Garden conveyancing practitioners that are listed are committed to providing the most cost, efficient and accessible conveyancing service to purchasers, sellers and investors in Covent Garden
  • 5 Covent Garden conveyancers will have connections at the local Land Registry Office, Local Authority and estate agents

Examples of recent conveyancing in Covent Garden since January 2025*

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Disposal

of apartment Red Lion Street WC1R 4NA, at purchase price of £565,000. Leasehold conveyancing included: sending conveyancing papers to buyers representatives, dealing with appropriate requisitions and enquiries, taking formal instructions from and updating the seller client

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Transfer

of flat Red Lion Street WC1R 4PF, at buying sum of £498,250. Leasehold conveyancing included: agreeing completion date with parties, preparing statement detailing charges, setting up the completion formalities

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Purchase

of flat Woburn Place WC1H 0LW, purchased for £250,000. Leasehold conveyancing due diligence included: taking formal instructions from and updating the seller client, agreeing completion date with parties, setting up the completion formalities

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Disposal

of apartment Woburn Place WC1H 0LP, at sale consideration of £275,000. Leasehold conveyancing included: sending conveyancing papers to buyers representatives, dealing with appropriate requisitions and enquiries, agreeing completion date with parties

Recently asked questions about conveyancing in Covent Garden

Me and my partner are buying a apartment in Covent Garden. It might be a silly question but how we can trust a conveyancer? At some point we will need to put funds into their account. What protection do we have from them run away with our deposit?

Be assured that all money in a Solicitors client account is 100% safe, and even if your Solicitor ran off with it, the Law Society would reimburse you fully.

I am aiming to move home in July. Will my conveyancing solicitor liaise with the removal company on the completion day. As an aside, can you put forward a removal company in Covent Garden. Conveyancing solicitor was organised before I stumbled across your page.

On the day of completion you will need to pick up the house keys from your property agent but this can only be done once the previous owners lawyers inform the agent that they have the completion monies and the keys can be passed over. Subsequently you can inform the removal company that you are ready to move in. We are not in a position to recommend a particular removal company but can assist you in choosing a residential property solicitor in Covent Garden or a solicitor with expertise in conveyancing in Covent Garden.

We expect to receive a DIP from HSBC this week so we can work out what to offer on a property we like as otherwise we only have online calculators to go by (which aren't taking into account credit checks etc). Do HSBC recommend any Covent Garden solicitors on the HSBC conveyancing panel, or is it better to go independently?

You will need to appoint Covent Garden solicitors independently although you'll need to choose one on the HSBC conveyancing panel. The solicitor represents both you and HSBC through the process.

How does conveyancing in Covent Garden differ for new build properties?

Most buyers of new build residence in Covent Garden come to us having been asked by the builder to exchange contracts and commit to the purchase even before the residence is constructed. This is because developers in Covent Garden typically buy the land, plan the estate and want to get the plots sold off as they are building the properties. Buyers, therefore, will have to exchange contracts without actually seeing the house they are buying. To reduce the chances of losing the property, buyers should instruct conveyancing solicitors as soon as the property is reserved and mortgage applications should be submitted quickly. Due to the fact that it could be several months and even years between exchange of contracts and completion, the mortgage offer may need to be extended. It would be wise to use a lawyer who specialises in new build conveyancing especially if they are accustomed to new build conveyancing in Covent Garden or who has acted in the same development.

Due to the encouragement of my in-laws I had a survey completed on a house in Covent Garden prior to retaining conveyancers. I have been advised that there is a flying freehold aspect to the property. My surveyor has said that some mortgage companies will refuse to give a mortgage on a flying freehold home.

It depends who your proposed lender is. Santander has different instructions for example to Nationwide. Should you wish to telephone us we can look into this further via the appropriate bank. If you lender is happy to lend one our lawyers can assist as they are accustomed to dealing with flying freeholds in Covent Garden. Conveyancing can be more complicated and therefore you should check with your conveyancing solicitor in Covent Garden to see if the conveyancing will be more expensive.

Hoping to buy a property located in Covent Garden and I am already nervous. I couldn't find anything specific about Covent Garden. Conveyancing will be needed in due course but do you know about the Covent Garden area? or perhaps some other tips you can share?

Rather than looking online forget looking online you should go and have a look at Covent Garden. In the meantime here are some basic statistics that we found

I need to instruct a conveyancing solicitor for leasehold conveyancing in Covent Garden. I have stumble upon a site which appears to be the ideal answer If there is a chance to get all formalities done via email that would be preferable. Do I need to be wary? What should out be looking out for?

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?

My fiance and I may need to sub-let our Covent Garden ground floor flat for a while due to taking a sabbatical. We instructed a Covent Garden conveyancing firm in 2001 but they have closed and we did not think at the time get any advice as to whether the lease prohibits the subletting of the flat. How do we find out?

Notwithstanding that your last Covent Garden conveyancing lawyer is not around you can check your lease to check if it allows you to sublet the premises. The rule is that if the deeds are non-specific, subletting is permitted. Quite often there is a prerequisite that you are obliged to seek permission from your landlord or other appropriate person before subletting. The net result is you not allowed to sublet without prior permission. Such consent should not be unreasonably withheld. If your lease prohibits you from letting out the property you should ask your landlord for their consent.

We have reached the end of our tether in seeking a lease extension in Covent Garden. Can this matter be resolved via the Leasehold Valuation Tribunal?

if there is a absentee freeholder or if there is disagreement about the premium for a lease extension, under the Leasehold Reform, Housing and Urban Development Act 1993 it is possible to make an application to the Leasehold Valuation Tribunal to calculate the premium.

An example of a Freehold Enfranchisement decision for a Covent Garden premises 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.

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Residential Landlord and Tenant Conveyancing solicitors in Covent Garden

The list below is 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 will likely include advice on Leasehold Valuation Tribunal proceedings

  • 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

Commercial Conveyancing solicitors in Covent Garden regulated by the SRA

The firms listed below are a non-comprehensive list of solicitors in Covent Garden specialising in commercial conveyancing in Covent Garden. This will likely include advice on re-mortgaging commercial property
  • 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

Residential 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 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

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

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