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Reasons to use our Crook Log conveyancing solicitors

  • 1 The organisations shown on our directory have a mix of conveyancing solicitors, legal executives and support staff handling over one hundred thousand cases each year.
  • 2 Experience means that Crook Log lawyer have developed valuable connections with Crook Log local estate agents, banks, building societies, landlords and house builders enabling them to liaise at speed with all concerned in the process of undertaking your house sale or purchase in Crook Log.
  • 3 Excellent communication and pure property expertise are key benefits that you should look for when choosing conveyancing solicitors. Crook Log conveyancing can be made significantly more complicated as a result of poor communication between all the parties. The lawyers listed strive to make sure that communication channels are open and act on arising issues and developments quickly.
  • 4 Our site is the only site offering you the ability to check that your property ownership legalities in Crook Log will be conducted by a solicitor on your bank member panel.
  • 5 Lawyer conveyancing firms have very good personal connections with Crook Log estate agents and work very closely with them and local surveyors so as to ensure transactions proceed expeditiously.

Examples of recent conveyancing in Crook Log since January 2025*

Disposal

of house premises, Portman Close, DA7 4HG completing on 16/01/2025 at a price of £500,000. The legal transfer of property included amongst the various tasks: sending conveyancing papers to buyers representatives, sending the transfer to the seller for signature in preparation for completion, agreeing completion date with parties

Disposal

of terraced property, Basilon Road, DA7 4RG completing on 10/01/2025 at a price of £557,400. The conveyancing process included amongst the various tasks: sending the transfer to the seller for signature in readiness for completion, taking formal instructions from and updating the seller client, sending title deeds and executed transfer to purchaser’s lawyers

Disposal

of detached residence premises, Upland Road, DA7 4NR completing on 17/01/2025 at a price of £345,000. The legal transfer of property included amongst the various tasks: taking formal instructions from and updating the seller client, preparing statement detailing charges, setting up the completion formalities

Sale

of terraced property, Long Lane, DA7 5AQ completing on 23/01/2025 at a price of £510,000. The conveyancing process incorporates some of the following tasks: drafting the sale agreement and Transfer, preparing statement detailing charges, sending title deeds and executed transfer to purchaser’s conveyancer

Recently asked questions about conveyancing in Crook Log

We are approaching an exchange on a property in Crook Log and my mum and dad have sent the ten percent deposit to my property lawyer. I am now informed that as the deposit has not come from me my property lawyer needs to make a notification to my lender. I am advised that, in also acting for the lender he must inform them that the balance of the purchase price is coming from anyone other than me. I disclosed to the bank concerning my parents' contribution when I applied for the mortgage, so is it really appropriate for this now to be an issue?

Your conveyancing practitioner is obliged to clarify with mortgage company to ensure that they understand that the balance of the purchase price is not from your own funds. Your solicitor can only notify this to your lender if you permit them to, failing which, your lawyer must cease to continue acting.

My bid for a property was accepted at auction in Crook Log. Conveyancing is needed. What is next?

Given that you are now to in every practical sense signed on the dotted line you must choose a conveyancing lawyer as a matter of priority as you will have a pending deadline in which to complete the transaction. An auction property should have an associated auction set of papers. This should include most,if not all of the documents that your conveyancer will need. In the case of leasehold premises the legal pack should provide a copy of the lease, management information and a sellers leasehold information form and other conveyancing paperwork pertinent to a leasehold property. You should give this to the conveyancer instructed by you as soon as possible. Do make sure that that you have the requisite funding organised to complete on the on the contractual date .

My partner and I are in the throws of viewing flats in Crook Log and I am about to put in an offer. Is it advisable to have a lawyer on ‘stand by’? I am planning to take a home loan with Co-operative.

It would be prudent to instigate your search sooner rather than later. Once you decide who you want to use and once your offer is accepted you can instruct them to work for you and pass their details on to the EA. Given that you are getting a mortgage with Co-operative, ask your prospective lawyers if they are on the Co-operative conveyancing panel otherwise they can't do the mortgage legal work.

Our offer on a detached house in Crook Log has been agreed to, but there is a chain. The owners have offered on on an apartment, however it’s not been accepted yet, and are looking at other properties in the pipeline. I have chosen a bricks and mortar conveyancing solicitor in Crook Log. What do I do now? At what point should I apply for the mortgage with Coventry BS?

It is usual to have concerns where there is a chain as you are unlikely to want to be too out of pocket prematurely (home loan application is in the region of one thousand pounds, then valuation, Crook Log conveyancing search charges, etc). First, you must check that your lawyer is on the Coventry BS conveyancing panel. Concerning the subsequent steps this very much depends on the specifics of your transaction, attraction to the property and on the state of the market. In a hot market some purchasers will apply for the mortgage with Coventry BS and pay for the valuation and only if it comes back ok would they pay their conveyancing practitioner to press on with the conveyancing in Crook Log.

Will commercial conveyancing searches reveal proposed roadworks that may affect a commercial premises in Crook Log?

Its becoming the norm that commercial conveyancing solicitors in Crook Log will carry out a SiteSolutions Highways report as it dramatically cuts the time that conveyancers invest in looking into accurate data on highways that impact buildings and development assets in Crook Log. The search result sets out definitive information on the adoption status of roads, footpaths and verges, as well as the implication of traffic schemes and the rights of way surrounding a commercial development sites in Crook Log.

For every commercial conveyancing transaction in Crook Log it is critical to investigate the adoption status of roads surrounding a site. Failure to identify developments where adoption procedures have not been dealt with adequately can result in delays to Crook Log commercial conveyancing deals as well as pose a risk to future plans for the site. These searches are not conducted for domestic conveyancing in Crook Log.

How can the Landlord & Tenant Act 1954 impact my business premises in Crook Log and how can you help?

The 1954 Act gives security of tenure to business leaseholders, granting the right to make a request to court for a new lease and continue in occupation at the end of an expired lease. There are certain specified grounds that a landlord can refuse a lease renewal and the rules are complicated. We are happy to direct you to commercial conveyancing solicitors who use the act to your advantage and help with commercial conveyancing in Crook Log

My husband and I are 18 days into a freehold purchase having been recommend to solicitors by the high street agent to do our conveyancing in Crook Log. I am not happy. Can you you assist me in finding new lawyers?

A solicitor would have to be really poor in order to consider changing them. Has the loan offer been generated? If so you must make them aware of the new contact details and get the mortgage documents are re-issued. Your new conveyancer needs to be on the mortgage company approved list to avoid supplemental costs and complications. So that should be your starting point. Our find a solicitor tool can assist you in finding a lender approved solicitor for your home move in Crook Log

Having spent months of correspondence we cannot agree with our landlord on how much the lease extension should cost for our flat in Crook Log. Does the Leasehold Valuation Tribunal have jurisdiction to calculate the appropriate figures?

in cases where there is a missing freeholder or where there is disagreement about the premium for a lease extension, under the relevant legislation you can apply to the Leasehold Valuation Tribunal to calculate the price.

An example of a Lease Extension matter before the tribunal for a Crook Log flat is Various @ Colombus Square in January 2012. the Tribunal calculated the premiums to be paid for new leases for each of the flats in Mariners Walk to be £3822 and the premium to be paid for the new lease of 2 Knights Court to be £4439. This case affected 13 flats. The unexpired term was 76 years.

What makes a Crook Log lease problematic?

Leasehold conveyancing in Crook Log is not unique. Most leases are individual and legal mistakes in the legal wording can sometimes mean that certain provisions are missing. For example, if your lease is missing any of the following, it could be defective:

    Repairing obligations to or maintain parts of the building

A defective lease can cause issues when trying to sell a property primarily because it impacts on the ability to obtain a mortgage on the property. National Westminster Bank, Chelsea Building Society, and Clydesdale all have very detailed conveyancing instructions when it comes to what is expected in a lease. Where a lender has been advised by their lawyers that the lease does not cover certain provisions they may refuse to provide security, obliging the purchaser to withdraw.

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Sample of conveyancing solicitors in Crook Log regulated by the SRA

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

  • Stuart Hurrion & Green, 33 Crook Log, Bexleyheath, Kent, DA6 8EB
  • Baynards, 308b Broadway, Bexleyheath, Kent, DA6 8AA
  • Thomas Boyd Whyte, 302 Broadway, Bexleyheath, Kent, DA6 8AB
  • Thos Boyd Whyte, 287-289 Broadway, Bexleyheath, Kent, DA6 8AJ
  • Aletta Shaw Ltd, 289 Broadway, Bexleyheath, Kent, DA6 8DG

Commercial Conveyancing solicitors in Crook Log regulated by the SRA

The list below is a small selection of solicitors in Crook Log specialising in commercial conveyancing in Crook Log. This could include advice on buying or selling a shop, pub, restaurant, office, retail unit
  • Stuart Hurrion & Green, 33 Crook Log, Bexleyheath, Kent, DA6 8EB
  • Baynards, 308b Broadway, Bexleyheath, Kent, DA6 8AA
  • Thomas Boyd Whyte, 302 Broadway, Bexleyheath, Kent, DA6 8AB
  • Thos Boyd Whyte, 287-289 Broadway, Bexleyheath, Kent, DA6 8AJ
  • Aletta Shaw Ltd, 289 Broadway, Bexleyheath, Kent, DA6 8DG

Planning law solicitors in Crook Log regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority

The list below is a non-comprehensive list of solicitors in Crook Log practicing in planning law. This could include advice on applications about listed buildings and conservation areas
  • Apex Law Llp, 3 The Pantiles, Bexleyheath, Kent, DA7 5HH
  • Hadfield & Co, 1 Central Avenue, Welling, Kent, DA16 3AX
  • Beverley Morris & Co, 35 Montpelier Vale, Blackheath Villiage, London, SE3 0TJ
  • Wellers Law Group Llp, Tenison House, Tweedy Road, Bromley, Kent, BR1 3NF
  • Beverley Morris & Co Incorporating Peter Egan & Co, 62 Lewisham High Street, London, London, SE13 5JH

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

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