A mortgage agreement from Santander for the remortgage of my 4 room flat is due any day now. Can you suggest a low cost conveyancing solicitor in Fulham?
You have arrived at the wrong place to search for a cheap conveyancing in Fulham. We can offer you excellent value conveyancing but we do not aim to advertise as being the cheapest. Avoid the trap of appointing brokers seducing you with £99 conveyancing in Fulham. At best, in choosing a lawyer for cheap conveyancing, you will earn what you pay for and at worst you will end up paying a lot in extras and still not end up with the service required.
I am told that my conveyancing solicitors will need to check that the building insurance for my purchase of a house in Fulham. My lender is The Mortgage Works
The Mortgage Works have specific requirements as set out in the UK Finance Lenders’ Handbook. As of 28/12/2025, the requirements read as follows :
I am helping my niece sell her house in Fulham. Will the solicitor commission an energy assessment or it is for the owner to see to?
After the abolition of Home Information Packs, EPC’s became a mandatory element of selling a property. An energy performance certificate needs to be commissioned in advance of the property being put on the market. It is not something that conveyancers normally arrange. If you are using a Fulham conveyancing solicitor they might be willing to arrange energy assessments due to their relationships with long established Fulham accredited person
We are purchasing a victorian detached house in Fulham. We would like to carry out an extension to the side at the property.Will legal work on the property include enquiries to determine if these alterations are permitted?
Your conveyancer will review the deeds as conveyancing in Fulham can on occasion reveal restrictions in the title documents which prohibit certain alterations or necessitated the permission of a 3rd party. Some extensions need local authority planning consent and approval under the building regulations. Certain areas are designated conservation areas and special planning restrictions apply which frequently prevent or impact extensions. It would be sensible to check these issues with a surveyor prior to committing yourself to a purchase.
When it comes to mortgage companies such as Coventry BS, do Fulham conveyancing practitioners incur a yearly amount to be on the list of approved solicitors?
We are not aware of any lender fees to register on their list of approved firms, although some do charge an administration fee to deal with the processing of the conveyancing panel application.
I used Wolstenholmes several years ago for my conveyancing in Fulham. Now, I need the files however the law firm is no longer operating. What do I do?
Do contact the Solicitors Regulatory Authority (SRA) to help locate your conveyancing files. They can be contacted on please contact on 0870 606 2555. Alternatively, you should use their online form to make an enquiry. You will need to provide the SRA with as much information as possible to assist their search, including the name and address in Fulham of the conveyancing firm of solicitors you previously instructed, the name of conveyancing solicitor with whom you had dealings, and the date on which you last had dealings with the firm.
I have been on the look out for a leasehold apartment up to £305k and identified one close by in Fulham I like with open areas and transport links nearby, the downside is that it's only got 52 years unexpired on the lease. There is not much else in Fulham suitable, so just wondered if I would be making a mistake acquiring a lease with such few years left?
If you need a mortgage that many years may be an issue. Discount the offer by the expected lease extension will cost if not already taken into account. If the existing owner has owned the premises for at least 2 years you could request that they commence the lease extension formalities and pass it to you. You can add 90 years to the current lease term and have £0 ground rent by law. You should consult your conveyancing solicitor about this.
We are in the midst of selling our flat in Fulham. Conveyancing solicitors are doing their job but we have been asked to pay an extortionate amount from the landlord. So far we have paid £237 for a leasehold management pack and then a further £117.20 for responses to questions supplied by the buyers solicitor.
Neither you or your conveyancing practitioner will have any control over the extent of the fee for this information but the average fee for the information for Fulham leasehold property is £380. When it comes to Fulham conveyancing sales it is standard for the seller to pay for these costs. The landlord or their agents are not duty bound to answer these questions although many will be willing to do so - albeit often at high prices where the fees bear little relation to the work involved. Unfortunately there is no law that requires set fees for administrative tasks. Nor is there any prescriptive time frame by which they are duty bound to supply the information.