Find a Lender-Approved Local Conveyancer in Harlesden

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Reasons to use our Harlesden conveyancing solicitors

  • 1 Retaining the services of a high street Solicitor on the whole means that you will receive a more personalised service. Online forums bear testimony to the idea that in selecting a an online conveyancing factory, your transaction is dealt with by a team of people who who progress matters by determining whether the ‘computers says no’.
  • 2 The Harlesden conveyancing firms that are identified are committed to supplying value for money, efficient and transparent conveyancing service to home buyers, sellers and remortgagors in Harlesden
  • 3 We are the UKs most comprehensive domestic conveyancing directory listing mortgage company approved law firms carrying out conveyancing in Harlesden registered with the SRA or CLC.
  • 4 Over the years Harlesden conveyancer have established excellent links with Harlesden local estate agents, banks, building societies, landlords and property developers enabling them to liaise at speed with all concerned in the process of dealing with your home move in Harlesden.
  • 5 Harlesden property lawyers are likely to acquainted with the local Land Registry Office, Local Authority and estate agents

Examples of recent conveyancing in Harlesden since January 2025*

Purchase

of apartment Milton Avenue NW10 8PL, at a price of £340,000. Leasehold conveyancing legalities included: sending the transfer to the seller for execution in preparation for completion, agreeing completion date with parties, setting up the completion formalities

Transfer

of detached residence property, Liddell Gardens, NW10 3QA completing on 21/01/2025 at a price of £1,700,000. The conveyancing process included amongst the various tasks: taking formal instructions from and updating the seller client, setting up the completion formalities, sending title deeds and executed transfer to purchaser’s solicitor

Acquisition

of flat Purves Road NW10 5TH, at a price of £675,000. Leasehold conveyancing work included: drafting the sale agreement and Transfer, taking formal instructions from and updating the seller client, setting up the completion formalities

Acquisition

of apartment Purves Road NW10 5TH, sold for £650,000. Leasehold conveyancing due diligence included: drafting the sale agreement and Transfer, sending the transfer to the seller for execution in preparation for completion, taking formal instructions from and updating the seller client

Recently asked questions about conveyancing in Harlesden

I am selling my apartment in Harlesden and the EA has just text me to say that the buyers are switching law firm. I am told that this is due to the fact that the lender will only engage with property lawyers on their approved list. Why would a major mortgage company only engage with certain lawyers rather the firm that they want to choose for their conveyancing in Harlesden ?

Mortgage companies have always had panels of law firms they are willing to work with, but in recent years big names such as HSBC, have considered and reduced their conveyancing panel– in some cases removing conveyancing firms who have represented them for many years.

Banks blame a rise in fraud by way of justification for the reduction – criteria have been stiffened as a smaller panel is easier to keep an eye on. Banks tend not to disclose how many solicitors have been dropped, claiming the information is commercially sensitive, but the Law Society says it is hearing daily from firms that have been removed from panels. Some do not even realise they have been dropped until contacted by a borrower who has instructed them as might be the situation in your buyers' case. Your buyers are not going to have any sway in the decision.

I am need of leasehold conveyancing for a flat in a fairly new development (five years built) in Harlesden. The vast majority the flats are already occupied. Is it really necessary to order neighbourhood searches for my conveyancing in Harlesden?

If you getting a loan, your bank will insist on some (many) of the searches so you'll have no choice. If not, then Harlesden conveyancing searches are for you to decide upon. Your lawyer, will ’encourage’, perhaps in the strongest possible terms, that you should not go ahead without searches, but he or she has a professional duty to do this. One thing to bear in mind; if you are likely to sell the house one day, it may be of interest to your future buyer what the searches contain. Sometimes houses with no practical issues can still throw up adverse search results. But if you demand that your lawyer to proceed without searches then your lawyer will have to follow your instructions or ask you to appoint a different lawyer for your conveyancing in Harlesden.

We note that you have a post code search directory identifying law firms on the HSBC conveyancing panel. Do firms pay you a commission if I instruct them for our own conveyancing in Harlesden?

We are a listing service only for law firms wishing to communicate if they are on the HSBC conveyancing panel or other lender panels. We do not charge referral fees to any conveyancer that you subsequently appoint for your conveyancing in Harlesden.

When reading consumer advice sites for an affordable solicitor in Harlesden, many say that I should look for a CQS assured lawyer. Can you explain what CQS is?

Harlesden Conveyancing Quality Scheme solicitors have obtained certification by the law Society CQS was brought about to promote high standards in the home buying process. CQS helps consumers to recognise practices who provide a quality residential conveyancing. Harlesden is one of locations in England and Wales in which accredited firms have offices. The conveyancing scheme obliges practices to undergo a strict assessment, compulsory training, self-reporting, random audits and yearly assessments in order to maintain CQS status. It is available to solicitors and not licensed conveyancers and has the support of the Council of Mortgage Lenders.

Can you point me to a directory of Virgin Money panel conveyancers in Harlesden on the Building Society Association’s Website?

No. There is no such facility on the CML or Building Society Association sites. A small selection of lenders make their panel listings viewable online. If you are seeking to appoint a Harlesden lawyer on the Virgin Money please make the most of our facility.

We previously instructed solicitors locally in Harlesden on the TSB solicitor approved list. They are now charging me a further charge for the legal aspects of the TSB mortgage. Is this an additional conveyancing fee specified by TSB?

Unfortunately, so long as it is in their Terms of Engagement or estimate then yes your lawyer is entitled to charge a fee for this. The fee is not set by TSB but by your Harlesden lawyer. Some firms on the TSB panel will charge an ‘acting for lender’ fee but many practices incorporate it on their overall fee.

I can not work out if my bank requires a lease extension. I have called my Harlesden building society branch on a couple of occasions and was advised it wasn't a problem and they will lend. My Harlesden conveyancing solicitor - who is on the mortgage company conveyancing panel- called and was told they refuse to lend based on their UK Finance Lenders’ Handbook minimum lease term requirements. Who do I believe?

Your lawyer must follow the CML Handbook Part 2 specifications for your lender. Unless your lawyer obtains specific confirmation in writing that the mortgage company will go ahead, your lawyer has no choice but to refrain from exchanging contract and committing you to the purchase. We would suggest that you ask the bank to contact your lawyer in writing confirming that they will accept the number of years remaining.

I'm remortgaging my current property to a BTL loan with Barnsley Building Society and I will use the ballance of the raised equity towards further house. The neighborhood we are interested in is Harlesden. Will your lawyers be able to act for both sets of mortgage companies and tie in the conveyances?

Make use of our search tool on this site to ensure that the lawyers are approved by both mortgage companies. On the basis that they are the lawyer should be able to simultaneously deal with the two deals but you should talk with you solicitor and make apparent your expectations and needs.

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Sample of conveyancing solicitors in Harlesden regulated by the SRA

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

  • P Palihawadana Limited, 11 Station Road, London, NW10 4UJ
  • H Rupasinghe Limited, 11 Station Road, London, NW10 4UJ
  • M Rupasinghe Limited, 11 Station Road, London, NW10 4UJ
  • Lloyds Pr, 11 Station Road, London, NW10 4UJ
  • Savjani & Co, 138 High Street, London, NW10 4SP

Domestic Licensed Conveyancers in Harlesden regulated by the CLC

Please note that the listed conveyancers do not limit their work for conveyancing in Harlesden but also conveyancing across England and Wales.
  • Quality Conveyancing Ltd, Westgate House, W5 1YY
  • Ldn Conveyancing Ltd, 3 Acton Hill Mews, W3 9QN
  • Stratega Law Ltd, Bldg 3 Chiswick Park, W4 5YA
  • Home 2 Home Property Lawyers Limited, 32 Millais Gardens, HA8 5SY
  • House Owners Conveyancers Limited, 56 Windermere Avenue, N3 3RA

Planning law solicitors in Harlesden regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority

The list below is a small selection of solicitors in Harlesden practicing in planning law. The solicitors can give expert legal advice on all aspects of planning, including compulsory purchases in Harlesden
  • F S Garford, 26 Fairfax Place, London, NW6 4EH
  • Starck Uberoi Solicitors Limited, 45 St. Mary's Road, London, London, W5 5RG
  • Hoffman-bokaei Solicitors, Suite 2, Exhibition House, Addison Bridge Place, Hammersmith Road Kensington Olympia, London, London, W14 8XP
  • Grower Freeman, Ivor House, 25-26 Ivor Place, London, NW1 6HR
  • Sjs Law Limited, Unit 8, Kew Bridge Piazza, 8 Kew Bridge Road, London, TW8 0FL

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

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