Having been referred to your web site we were going to go ahead with a conveyancing solicitor in Kennington recommended on your site but have come across alternative fee calculations via the web look less pricey – why is this?
There are plenty of solicitors advertising what appear to be cut price. You should give due consideration as to how much you respect your own move to you are willing to take 'cheap' risks over the standard of the conveyancing. Many of them accentuate a bargain fee to grab your attention but hide additional charges in the small print..
We are a couple about to exchange contracts for a freehold house in Kennington. We encountered a stumbling block. The loan offer with Bank of Ireland runs out on 16/2/2026 but the owners are insisting on a completion date of 18/2/2026. Can one prolong the mortgage offer?
The person best placed to address this issue is your solicitors who should assess whether he or she is better off negotiating with the mortgage broker, vendor’s solicitors, estate agents or possibly all three taking into account the circumstances your transaction to date.
I am told that my conveyancing solicitors will need to check that the building insurance when buying a house in Kennington. My lender is Tesco Bank
Tesco Bank have specific requirements as set out in the UK Finance Lenders’ Handbook. As of 14/12/2025, the requirements read as follows :
My colleague suggested that where I am buying in Kennington I should carry out a Neighbourhood, Planning and Local Amenity Search. What does it cover?
A search of this type is occasionally included in the estimate for your Kennington conveyancing searches. It is a large report of more than thirty pages, listing and setting out significant information about Kennington around the property and the people living there. It includes an Aerial Photograph, Planning Applications, Land Use, Mobile Phone Masts, Rights of Way, the Kennington Housing Market, Council Tax Banding, the demographics of People living in the area, the dominant type of Housing, the Average House Prices, Crime statistics, Local Education with plans and statistics, Local Amenities and other useful data about Kennington.
I have todaybeen informed that Arc property Solicitors have been shut down. They carried out my conveyancing in Kennington for a purchase of a leasehold apartment 18 months ago. How can I establish that the property is not still registered in the name of the former proprietor?
The quickest method to see if the premises is registered to you, you can carry out a search of the land registry (£3.00). You can either do this yourself or ask a law firm to do this for you. If you are not registered you can seek help from one of a number of Kennington conveyancing specialists.
My husband and I are first time buyers - agreed a price, yet the selling agent told us that the vendor will only move forward if we instruct the agent's recommended solicitors as they are insisting on an ‘expedited deal’. My instinct tells me that we should use a high street conveyancer who is accustomed to conveyancing in Kennington
It is improbable the sellers are behind this. If they require ‘a quick sale', taking such a hostile approach to a motivated buyer is not the way to achieve this. Speak to the vendors direct and explain that (a)you are keen to buy (b)you are excited to move forward, with mortgage lined up © you are unencumbered (d) you wish to move quickly (e)but you are going to instruct your preferred Kennington conveyancing solicitors - as opposed tothose that will provide their estate agent a kickback or hit his conveyancing figures set by corporate headquarters.