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Reasons to use our Hornsey conveyancing solicitors

  • 1 Notwithstanding what other solicitors may claim it may be important to visit your solicitor to sign documents. There are various parties with with an interest in a conveyancing transaction without having to include the postman into the equation.
  • 2 Hornsey property lawyers have a crucial edge when it comes to Hornsey conveyancing as they have important local knowledge of local authority requirements, planning policies and other matters that can affect your conveyancing
  • 3 Solicitors that specialise in conveyancing in Hornsey are familiar with the local issues specific to Hornsey and therefore you may benefit from better advice and speedier conveyancing.
  • 4 Excellent communication and a wealth of local knowledge are key benefits that you should seek when selecting conveyancing solicitors. Hornsey home moves can be made a lot more complicated because of lack of transparency between all the parties. The lawyers we work with strive to make sure that the lines of communication are open and act on arising issues and developments expeditiously.
  • 5 You can gain comfort when you choose the very best, most recommended conveyancing solicitors. Hornsey has a number to pick from, but for a truly professional and reliable service many local people have been use the recommendation of this site.

Examples of recent conveyancing in Hornsey since March 2025*

Recently asked questions about conveyancing in Hornsey

Can your site be used to find a Conveyancing solicitor in Hornsey even if I’m not buying or selling a house, for example where I intend to acquire a shop in Hornsey with a mortgage from Skipton Building Society?

The service is predominantly utilised to help choose residential conveyancing solicitors in Hornsey but we have listed at the end of this page a selection of Hornsey commercial conveyancing firms. You will need to speak with the solicitors directly to check if they can also act for Skipton Building Society

I'm the sole beneficiary of my late mum's will and I have everything in my name now, including the my former home in Hornsey. Conveyancing formalities meant that the Land Registry date was in May. I now wish to sell up. I do know about the CML six month 'rule', which means that my proprietorship may be treated the same way as if I'd bought the property in May. Will no one buy the property for half a year?

The Council of Mortgage Lenders’ handbook mandates solicitors to: "report to us immediately if the owner or registered proprietor has been registered for less than six months." Technically you may be affected by that. How practical a view banks take of it, depend on the lender as this requirement is primarily there to pick up on the purchase and immediately sell or the quick reselling of properties.

We are getting a further advance on our home loan from Nottingham as we wish to carry out renovations to our property in Hornsey. Are we obliged to select a nearby Hornsey solicitor on the Nottingham conveyancing panel to deal with the legals?

Nottingham don't usually appoint firms on their conveyancing panel to handle the formalities. If they do require any legal work then you would need to ensure that such a lawyer was on the Nottingham list.

Planning on purchasing a maisonette in Hornsey. I have received an online quote from a licenced conveyancer, which states: "There will be no charge for dealing with the Building Society if you are obtaining a mortgage". I take this to mean that there will be no additional fee if the solicitor is on the Nationwide conveyancing panel. I wanted to make sure it means there will be no additional fees for dealing with the mortgage.

They are simply saying that the cost for acting for the lender is included in the fee being quoted. It is worth you checking that the Hornsey conveyancing practitioner is on the Nationwide conveyancing panel.

What will a local search reveal regarding the house we're purchasing in Hornsey?

Hornsey conveyancing often commences with the ordering local authority searches directly from your local Authority or through a personal search company for instance Searches UK The local search is essential in every Hornsey conveyancing purchase; that is if you don’t want any unpleasant once you have moved into your new home. The search should provide information on, amongst other things, details on planning applications relevant to the premises (whether granted or refused), building control history, any enforcement action, restrictions on permitted development, nearby road schemes, contaminated land and radon gas; in all a total of thirteen subject sections.

Are there restrictive covenants that are commonly picked up during conveyancing in Hornsey?

Covenants that are restrictive in nature can be picked up when reviewing land registry title as part of the legal transfer of property in Hornsey. An 1874 stipulation that was seen was ‘The houses to be erected on the estate are each to be of a uniform elevation in accordance with the drawings to be prepared or approved by the vendor’s surveyor…’

I am purchasing a new build house in Hornsey with the aid of help to buy. The builders refused to move on the amount so I negotiated £7000 of extras instead. The sale representative suggested that I not to tell my conveyancer about the extras as it would jeopardize my loan with the lender. Is this normal?.

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.

I have just appointed agents to market my basement flat in Hornsey. Conveyancing lawyers have not yet been instructed, however I have recently had a quarterly service charge demand – should I leave it to the buyer to sort out?

Your conveyancing lawyer is likely to suggest that you should pay the service charge as usual because all rents and maintenance invoices will be allotted on completion, so you will be reimbursed by the buyer for the period running from after the completion date to the subsequent invoice date. Most managing agents will not acknowledge the buyer until the service charges have been paid and are up to date, so it is important for both buyer and seller for the seller to show that they are up to date. Having a clear account will assist your cause and will leave you no worse off financially.

Notwithstanding our best efforts, we have been unsuccessful in trying to purchase the freehold in Hornsey. Can this matter be resolved via the Leasehold Valuation Tribunal?

in cases where there is a missing landlord or where there is dispute about what the lease extension should cost, under the Leasehold Reform, Housing and Urban Development Act 1993 it is possible to make an application to the First-tier Tribunal (Property Chamber) to calculate the sum to be paid.

An example of a Freehold Enfranchisement matter before the tribunal for a Hornsey premises is 7 Aubrey Road in December 2010. By an order of the county court on 15/12/2009 the freehold interest inthe Property known as 7 Aubrey Road London N8 9HH (the Property) and registered at HM Land Registry under title number MX439124 was vested in the applicants. The Tribunal calculated that the total enfranchisement premium, assessed in accordance with Schedule 6 to the Act, was £54,633. This case affected 3 flats. The unexpired residue of the current lease was 73.27 years.

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Sample of conveyancing solicitors in Hornsey regulated by the SRA

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

  • Clinton Davis Pallis Formerly Known As Law And Advocacy, 47a Tottenham Lane, London, N8 9BD
  • P George & Co, 126 Tottenham Lane, Crouch End, London, London, N8 7EL
  • Craigen Wilders & Sorrell, 23 Turnpike Lane, London, London, N8 0EP
  • Bartletts, 38 Willoughby Road, London, N8 0JQ
  • T R Taner & Co, 36 Willoughby Road, London, N8 0JG

Residential Landlord and Tenant Conveyancing solicitors in Hornsey

The list below is a small selection of solicitors in Hornsey specialising in landlord and tenant law and on the regulations governing different types of tenancies. This could include advice on Terms and conditions of tenancy agreements

  • Clinton Davis Pallis Formerly Known As Law And Advocacy, 47a Tottenham Lane, London, N8 9BD
  • Russell Wise Solicitors Limited, 67a High Road, Wood Green, London, N22 6BH
  • T R Taner & Co, 36 Willoughby Road, London, N8 0JG
  • Tyrer Roxburgh Solicitors Llp, 1 St Michaels Terrace, Wood Green, London, N22 7SJ
  • Davies Bays & Co Trading As John Bays & Co, 240a High Road, Wood Green, London, N22 8HH

Domestic Licensed Conveyancers in Hornsey regulated by the CLC

Please be aware that the listed conveyancers do not limit their work for conveyancing in Hornsey but also conveyancing throughout England and Wales.
  • L B Property Lawyers, Imperial House, N17 0SP
  • House Owners Conveyancers Limited, 56 Windermere Avenue, N3 3RA
  • House Owners Conveyancers Limited, Dephina House, N3 2JU
  • Stratega Law Ltd, Sutherland House, W1F 7TE
  • Horizon Law Limited, 214 High Street, EN5 5SZ

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

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