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Choosing the right solicitor is the most important decision when it comes to your Downe house move

Reasons to use our Downe conveyancing solicitors

  • 1 Downe property lawyers work in conjunction with Downe estate agents, property finders, surveyors, mortgage companies and other professionals to ensure that a quality service is offered to buyers and sellers every step of the way, offering all the advice and support you need
  • 2 Low cost packages from online conveyancers might seem attractive. However, these firms are often based many miles away with limited appreciation of the factors that affect property transactions in Downe
  • 3 Chances are that the other side’s solicitors are based in Downe - if so sets of solicitors will be on good working terms
  • 4 Notwithstanding what other sites may claim it just might be necessary to attend your lawyer to sign documents. Too many 3rd parties are already involved in a homemove without needing to include Royal Mail into the pot.
  • 5 Excellent communication together with pure property local knowledge are key benefits that you should look for when selecting conveyancing solicitors. Downe conveyancing can be made a lot more protracted because of poor communication between all the parties. The lawyers we work with strive to make sure that communication channels are open and act on arising issues and developments quickly.

Examples of recent conveyancing in Downe since February 2025*

Recently asked questions about conveyancing in Downe

A mortgage agreement from HSBC for the remortgage of my 2 room apartment is coming imminently. Are you able to recommend a cheap conveyancing practitioner in Downe?

This site is not designed to assist those in pursuit of the lowest fares for conveyancing in Downe. Our aim is to provide affordable conveyancing but our intention is not to advertise as being the cheapest. Do not be seduced by organisations teasing you with £99 conveyancing in Downe. Optimistically, in going for cheap conveyancing, you will get your money’s worth and at worst you will end up being stung for extras and still not end up with the service you were hoping for.

I have given 8 weeks notice to my current landlord and must be out of my rented apartment in Downe by the end of next month. Conveyancing on my purchase is underway. How realistic is it to complete in six weeks as don't want to have to move into short term accommodation?

The normal practice is not to give notice for your lease unless you have exchanged. If you have not already done so, speak to your lawyer and request that they seek the assistance the other side, try to get a realistic time scale from them that all parties will work to achieve

In what way does my ID and proof of funds have anything to do with my conveyancing in Downe? Why is this being asked of me?

To satisfy the Money Laundering Regulations any Downe conveyancing firm will require proof of identity in all conveyancing transactions. This is normally satisfied by provision of a passport and an original bank statement or utility account showing your correct address.

Under Money Laundering Regulations, conveyancers are required to ascertain not just the identity of conveyancing clients but also the origin of monies that they receive in respect of any matter. An unwillingness to disclose this may result in your solicitor terminating their relationship with you, as clearly this will cause a conflict between the set Regulations and a refusal to disclose.

Your conveyancers will have an obligation to inform the relevant authorities should they consider that any monies received by them may contravene the Anti-terror and anti-money-laundering rules.

Yesterday I discovered that there is a flying freehold issue on a house I have offered on a fortnight ago in what was supposed to be a quick, no chain conveyancing. Downe is where the house is located. Can you shed any light on this issue?

Flying freeholds in Downe are not the norm but are more likely to exist in relation to terraced houses. Even though you don't necessarily need a conveyancing solicitor in Downe you would need to get your solicitor to go through the deeds very carefully. Your mortgage company may require your conveyancing solicitor to take out an indemnity policy. Some of the more diligent conveyancing solicitors in Downe may determine that this is not enough and that the deeds be re-written to give you the most up to date legal protection. If so, the next door neighbour also had to sign up to the revised deeds.It is possible that your lender will not accept the situation so the sooner you find out the better. You should also check with your insurance broker as to whether they will insure a flying freehold property.

Am I right to be wary about brokers that I am dealing with are encouraging me to use a national conveyancing firm rather than a local Downe conveyancing firm?

As is the case with many professional services, often input from relatives can be most helpful. But there are many players in a conveyancing deal; estate agents, financial adviser and banks may suggest lawyers to retain. Sometimes these lawyers might be known to one of the organisations as experts in their field, but sometimes there behind the scenes commercial relationship behind the recommendation. You have the right to select your own conveyancer. Don't forget that the majority of lenders have an approved list of solicitors you have to use for the mortgage related work in your house move.

Our conveyancer has advised that he intends to complete and exchange simultaneously on the sale of our £250,000 flat in Downe on Friday in a week. The freeholder has quoted £408 for Landlord’s certificate, insurance certificate and previous years service charge statements. Is the landlord entitled to charge such fees for a leasehold conveyance in Downe?

Downe conveyancing on leasehold flats nine out of ten times necessitates administration charges raised by management companies :

    Answering conveyancing due diligence enquiries Where consent is required before sale in Downe Copies of the building insurance and schedule Deeds of covenant upon sale Registering of the assignment of the change of lessee after a sale
Your conveyancer will have no control over the level of the charges for this information but the average costs for the information for Downe leasehold property is £350. For Downe conveyancing transactions it is customary for the seller to pay for these costs. The landlord or their agents are under no legal obligation to answer such questions most will be willing to do so - albeit often at exorbitant prices where the fees bear little relation to the work involved. Unfortunately there is no law that requires fixed charges for administrative tasks. Neither is there any legal time frame by which they are obliged to supply the information.

I have attempted and failed to negotiate with my landlord to extend my lease without success. Can the Leasehold Valuation Tribunal adjudicate on such matters? Can you recommend a Downe conveyancing firm to represent me?

if there is a absentee landlord or where there is disagreement about what the lease extension should cost, under the relevant legislation you can apply to the Leasehold Valuation Tribunal to calculate the sum to be paid.

An example of a Lease Extension decision for a Downe premises is 1 Southlands Court Southlands Road in September 2013. The Leasehold Valuation Tribunal determined that the premium to be paid by the tenant on the grant of a new lease, in accordance with section 56 and Schedule 13 of the Leasehold Reform, Housing and Urban Development Act 1993 was £30,541 This case related to 1 flat. The number of years remaining on the existing lease(s) was 50.57 years.

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Sample of conveyancing solicitors in Downe regulated by the SRA

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

  • Roger Dean & Co, 134a Main Road, Biggin Hill, Westerham, Kent, TN16 3BA
  • Beynons, 113 Glentrammon Road, Orpington, Kent, BR6 6DQ
  • Clarkson Wright & Jakes Ltd, Valiant House, 12 Knoll Rise, Orpington, Kent, BR6 0PG
  • Thomas Dunton Solicitors, 217-219 High Street, Orpington, Kent, BR6 0NZ
  • Pumfrey & Lythaby, 155-159 High Street, Orpington, Kent, BR6 0LN

Residential Landlord and Tenant Conveyancing solicitors in Downe

The list below is a non-comprehensive list of solicitors in Downe with expertise in landlord and tenant law and on the regulations governing different types of tenancies. This may include advice on Terms and conditions of tenancy agreements

  • Clarkson Wright & Jakes Ltd, Valiant House, 12 Knoll Rise, Orpington, Kent, BR6 0PG
  • Thomas Dunton Solicitors, 217-219 High Street, Orpington, Kent, BR6 0NZ
  • Pumfrey & Lythaby, 155-159 High Street, Orpington, Kent, BR6 0LN
  • Allen Barfields, Gainsford House, 115 Station Road, West Wickham, Kent, BR4 0PX
  • Edridges & Drummonds, Crossways Parade, Selsdon Park Road, South Croydon, Surrey, CR2 8JJ

Residential Licensed Conveyancers in Downe regulated by the Council of Licensed Conveyancers

Please be aware that the listed conveyancers do not limit their work for conveyancing in Downe but also conveyancing across England and Wales.
  • Peter W Stevens , 107 Maxwell Gardens, BR6 9QT
  • Ducat Law Ltd, TMS House, BR5 3QB

Neighboring Locations

Keston
Green Street Green
Downe
Aperfield
Biggin Hill
Cudham

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

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