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Top 5 reasons to let us help you find a high street conveyancing solicitor in Herne Hill

  • 1 The mark of a good conveyancing solicitor in Herne Hill is quality not quantity. The level of service offered by conveyancing "factories" (sometimes 'recommended' by large estate agency chains) often falls short of the high standards of professionalism you will expect.
  • 2 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 Herne Hill
  • 3 Herne Hill solicitors are likely to be familiar with the local Land Registry Office, Local Authority and property agents
  • 4 Herne Hill lawyer are the key to a successful Herne Hill home move, keeping the process under control. They are on your side throughout, offering dedicated advice for the duration of your transaction
  • 5 Firms that specialise in conveyancing in Herne Hill have a grasp oflocal concerns specific to Herne Hill and therefore you may benefit from better guidance and expeditious conveyancing.

Examples of recent conveyancing in Herne Hill since January 2025*

Transfer

of apartment Holmdene Avenue SE24 9LD, at the agreed amount of £499,000. Leasehold conveyancing included: drafting the sale agreement and Transfer, dealing with appropriate requisitions and enquiries, obtaining official copies of the title

Transfer

of semi-detached property, Mayall Road, SE24 0PR completing on 24/01/2025 at a price of £770,000. The conveyancing process incorporates some of the following tasks: dealing with appropriate requisitions and enquiries, agreeing completion date with parties, setting up the completion formalities

Purchase

of apartment Grove Vale SE22 8EN, acquired for £355,000. Leasehold conveyancing work included: drafting the sale agreement and Transfer, dealing with appropriate requisitions and enquiries, preparing statement detailing charges

Transfer

of terraced property, Craignair Road, SW2 2DG completing on 21/01/2025 at a price of £770,000. The conveyancing process included amongst the various tasks: sending conveyancing papers to buyers representatives, taking formal instructions from and updating the seller client, sending title deeds and executed transfer to buyer’s solicitor

Recently asked questions about conveyancing in Herne Hill

Willretaining a Herne Hill conveyancing practice make the home moving process easier?

On the whole conveyancing practitioners in your location will benefit from good connections with your local authority, which could help with your Herne Hill conveyancing searches that your conveyancer will require on your transaction. It can only help if they have existing connections with the Local Land Registry Office your area Herne Hill, other lawyers in the area and Herne Hill property agents.

I have been told that property searches are the primary cause of obstruction in Herne Hill conveyancing transactions. Is there any truth in this?

The Council of Property Search Organisations (CoPSO) published conclusions of a review by MoveWithUs that conveyancing searches do not feature amongst the common causes of delays during the legal transfer of property. Local searches are not likely to be the root cause of slowing down conveyancing in Herne Hill.

I'm buying a new build house in Herne Hill with a mortgage from Nottingham Building Society. The developers would not reduce the amount so I negotiated five thousand pounds worth of fixtures and fittings instead. The house builders rep told me not reveal to my conveyancer about this extras as it will put at risk my mortgage with the bank. Do I keep my lawyer in the dark?.

All lenders require a Disclosure of Incentives Form from the developer of any new build, converted or renovated property, It is available online from the Lenders’ Handbook page on the CML website. CML form is completed and handed to the lender's surveyor when the inspection is done.

Lenders have different policies on incentives. Some accept none at all, cash or physical, while others will accept cash incentives up to 5%.

Hard to understand why the representative of a builder would be suggesting you withold information from a solicitor when all this will be clearly visible on forms the builder has to supply to its solicitor, the buyer's solicitor and the surveyor.

Yesterday I discovered that there is a flying freehold issue on a property I put an offer in a fortnight ago in what was supposed to be a simple, chain free conveyancing. Herne Hill is where the house is located. Is there any advice you can give?

Flying freeholds in Herne Hill are unusual but are more likely to exist in relation to terraced houses. Even where you use a solicitor outside Herne Hill you would need to get your solicitor to go through the deeds thoroughly. Your mortgage company may require your conveyancing solicitor to take out an indemnity policy. Some of the more diligent conveyancing solicitors in Herne Hill 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.

In my capacity as executor for the estate of my father I am disposing of a house in Cardiff but live in Herne Hill. My solicitor (approximately 200 kilometers awayhas requested that I execute a stat dec ahead of the transaction finalising. Can you recommend a conveyancing practitioner in Herne Hill to attest and place their company stamp on the document?

Technically speaking you should not be required to have the documents attested by a conveyancing solicitor. Normally or notary public or solicitor will be fine regardless of whether they are based in Herne Hill

I am a negotiator for a reputable estate agency in Herne Hill where we have witnessed a few flat sales jeopardised due to leases having less than 80 years remaining. I have received contradictory information from local Herne Hill conveyancing firms. Can you confirm whether the vendor of a flat can commence the lease extension process for the purchaser on completion of the sale?

Provided that the seller has owned the lease for at least 2 years it is possible, to serve a Section 42 notice to start the lease extension process and assign the benefit of the notice to the purchaser. The benefit of this is that the proposed purchaser can avoid having to sit tight for 2 years to extend their lease. Both sets of lawyers will agree to form of assignment. The assignment has to be done before, or simultaneously with completion of the disposal of the property.

An alternative approach is to agree the lease extension with the freeholder either before or after the sale. If you are informally negotiating there are no rules and so you cannot insist on the landlord agreeing to grant an extension or transferring the benefit of an agreement to the purchaser.

Having spent months of negotiations we simply can't agree with our landlord on how much the lease extension should cost for our flat in Herne Hill. Can we issue an application to the Residential Property Tribunal Service?

Where there is a missing freeholder or where there is disagreement about the premium for a lease extension, under the relevant statutes it is possible to make an application to the LVT to judgment on the price.

An example of a Freehold Enfranchisement matter before the tribunal for a Herne Hill property is 66 Southwell Road in March 2012. By Order of Deputy District Judge Stone dated 25 January 2012 a vesting order was made. The determination of the purchase price was referred to the Tribunal who decided that the amount payable for the freehold should be£29,612.00 This case related to 3 flats. The unexpired lease term was 72.58 years.

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Residential Landlord and Tenant Conveyancing solicitors in Herne Hill

The list below is a non-comprehensive list of solicitors in Herne Hill with expertise in landlord and tenant law and on the regulations governing different types of tenancies. This will likely include advice on Claims for damages for illegal

  • William Bailey, 150 Lordship Lane, London, London, SE22 8HB
  • Hepburns Solicitors Llp, Unit 1 Blackwater Court, 17-19 Blackwater Street, East Dulwich, London, SE22 8SD
  • Peter Thomson, 203 Coldharbour Lane, London, SW9 8RZ
  • Wainwright & Cummins Llp, 57-61 Atlantic Road, London, London, SW9 8PU
  • Glazer Delmar, 27-31 North Cross Road, East Dulwich, London, SE22 9ET

Residential Licensed Conveyancers in Herne Hill regulated by the CLC

Please note that the listed conveyancers do not limit their work for conveyancing in Herne Hill but also conveyancing across England and Wales.
  • Walter Saunders, 382 Brockley Road, SE4 2BY
  • R & C Property Lawyers Llp, 10A Upper Tooting Road, SW17 7PG
  • Stratega Law Ltd, Sutherland House, W1F 7TE

Planning law solicitors in Herne Hill regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority

The list below is a non-comprehensive list of solicitors in Herne Hill practicing in planning law. This may include advice on development on contaminated land
  • William Innes, 56 Crescent Lane, London, SW4 9PU
  • Streathers Clapham Llp, 53 Clapham High Street, London, SW4 7TG
  • Ricardina Bridges Ltd, 47 South Lambeth Road, London, SW8 1RH
  • Sibley Law Llp, Delta House, 175 - 177 Borough High Street, London, London, SE1 1HR
  • Deighton Pierce Glynn Limited, 8 Union Street, London, SE1 1SZ

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

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