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Reasons to use our Kennington conveyancing solicitors

  • 1 The Kennington conveyancing practitioners that we work with are committed to supplying value for money, efficient and transparent conveyancing service to purchasers, sellers and remortgagors in Kennington
  • 2 Solicitor conveyancing lawyers have very good personal links with Kennington selling agents and work very closely with them and local surveyors so as to ensure transactions proceed expeditiously.
  • 3 Kennington solicitor are the linchpin to a successful Kennington home move, keeping the process under control. They are on your side throughout, offering dedicated advice for the duration of your transaction
  • 4 Kennington property lawyers have a significant edge when it comes to Kennington conveyancing as they have important local knowledge of local authority requirements, planning policies and other issues that will impact your home move
  • 5 Cut price packages from online conveyancers might be tempting. However, these firms are often located many kilometers away with limited appreciation of the factors that impact property transactions in Kennington

Examples of recent conveyancing in Kennington since January 2025*

Transfer

of terraced property, Harleyford Road, SE11 5AX completing on 16/01/2025 at a price of £1,150,000. The legal transfer of property included amongst the various tasks: dealing with appropriate requisitions and enquiries, sending the transfer to the vendor for execution in readiness for completion, taking formal instructions from and updating the seller client

Transfer

of terraced property, Trigon Road, SW8 1NH completing on 13/01/2025 at a price of £1,191,950. The legal transfer of property included amongst the various tasks: dealing with appropriate requisitions and enquiries, securing official copies of the title, setting up the completion formalities

Disposal

of semi-detached property, Wilkinson Street, SW8 1DD completing on 14/01/2025 at a price of £1,425,000. The legal transfer of property incorporates some of the following tasks: sending the transfer to the seller for execution in readiness for completion, obtaining official copies of the title, setting up the completion formalities

Sale

of flat Vauxhall Street SE11 5RN, at purchase consideration of £484,000. Leasehold conveyancing included: dealing with appropriate requisitions and enquiries, agreeing completion date with parties, setting up the completion formalities

Recently asked questions about conveyancing in Kennington

How up to date is your search tool for Kennington conveyancing solicitors on the RBS conveyancing panel? Do RBS send you an updated list?

Kennington conveyancing firms themselves provide us confirmation that they are on the RBS conveyancing panel as opposed to being supplied with a list from RBS directly.

My grandmother passed away 10 months ago and as sole heir and executor I was left the house in Kennington. The house had a relatively small loan left on it of around £8000. I want to have the title changed into my name whilst I re-mortgage to Lloyds, pay off the mortgage. Is this possible?

If you intend to re-mortgage then Lloyds will require that you use a conveyancer on the Lloyds conveyancing panel. Here is link to the Land Registry online guidance around what to do when a property owner dies. This will help you to understand the registration process behind changing the details re the registered title. in your case it would appear that you are effectively purchasing the property from the estate. Your Lloyds conveyancing panel solicitor pays the new mortgage money into the estate, the estate pays off the old mortgage, the charge is released and you become the owner and the Lloyds mortgage is registered as a charge at the Land Registry.

I am looking for a leasehold apartment up to £305k and found one close by in Kennington I like with open areas and railway links nearby, however it's only got 61 remaining years left on the lease. There is not much else in Kennington for this price, so just wondered if I would be making a mistake purchasing a lease with such few years left?

Should you require a mortgage the remaining unexpired lease term will likely be a potential deal breaker. Reduce the offer by the expected lease extension will cost if not already taken into account. If the existing proprietor has owned the premises for at least twenty four months you may ask them to commence the lease extension formalities and pass it to you. You can add 90 years to the current lease term with a zero ground rent applied. You should speak to your conveyancing solicitor regarding this.

I am looking for a conveyancing practitioner in Kennington for my home move. Can I check a solicitor's record with the profession’s regulator?

One may review published Solicitor Regulator Association (SRA) determinations arising from investigations from 2008 onwards. Go to Check a solicitor's record. For details about the period before 1 January 2008, or to check a solicitors record, telephone 0870 606 2555, 08.00 - 18.00 Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and 09.30 - 18.00 Tuesday. For callers outside the UK, use +44 (0)121 329 6800. The SRA sometimes monitor call for training purposes.

Do you have any advice for leasehold conveyancing in Kennington with the purpose of saving time on the sale process?

  • Much of the delay in leasehold conveyancing in Kennington can be reduced where you get in touch lawyers as soon as you market your property and request that they start to collate the leasehold information needed by the purchasers’ representatives.
  • If you have had any disputes with your landlord or managing agents it is very important that these are settled prior to the flat being put on the market. The buyers and their solicitors will be reluctant to purchase a property where there is an ongoing dispute. You may need to swallow your pride and pay any arrears of service charge or settle the dispute prior to the buyers completing the purchase. It is therefore preferable to have any dispute settled prior to the contract papers being issued to the buyers’ solicitors. You are still duty bound to disclose particulars of the dispute to the purchasers, but it is clearly preferable to present the dispute as over as opposed to unsettled. A minority of Kennington leases require Licence to Assign from the landlord. If this is the case, you should place the estate agents on notice to make sure that the purchasers put in hand bank and professional references. The bank reference should make it clear that the buyer is financially capable of paying the yearly service charge and the actual amount of the service charge should be quoted in the bank’s letter. You will therefore need to provide your estate agents with the actual amount of the service charge so that they can pass this information on to the buyers or their lawyers. You believe that you know the number of years left on your lease but it would be wise to verify this by asking your conveyancers. A purchaser's lawyer will be unlikely to recommend their client to to exchange contracts if the remaining number of years is under 75 years. It is therefore important at an early stage that you consider whether the lease for your property needs extending. If it does, contact your solicitors before you put your premises on the market for sale.

I have given up trying to purchase the freehold in Kennington. Can the Leasehold Valuation Tribunal adjudicate on premiums?

Most definitely. We can put you in touch with a Kennington conveyancing firm who can help.

An example of a Lease Extension matter before the tribunal for a Kennington residence is Ground Floor Flat 39 Bronsart Road in May 2010. Following a vesting order by West London County Court the Leasehold Valuation Tribunal concluded that the price to be paid for the extended lease of the premises was Thirteen Thousand Two hundred pounds (£13,200) in accordance with the valuation. The extended lease was granted for a term of 90 years from the expiry date of the Lease and at a peppercorn ground rent from the date of the vesting order. This case was in relation to 1 flat. The unexpired term was 74.77 years.

We are in the throes of a leasehold sale of a flat in Kennington. Conveyancing is fine but we have been asked to pay a fortune from the landlord. To date we have issued a cheque for £275 for a leasehold management information and then another £117.20 for answers to queries supplied by the purchaser's solicitor.

You will not have any say over the extent of the charges for this information but the typical costs for the information for Kennington leasehold premises is £380. For Kennington conveyancing deals it is customary for the owner to cover the charges. The landlord or their agents are not duty bound to answer such questions although many will be content to do so - albeit often at exorbitant prices where the fees bear little relation to the work involved. Regretfully there is no law that mandates capped fees for administrative tasks. There is no legal time frame by which they are obliged to supply answers.

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Sample of conveyancing solicitors in Kennington regulated by the SRA

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

  • Ricardina Bridges Ltd, 47 South Lambeth Road, London, SW8 1RH
  • Mcdonald & Co, Flat 40 Rivermill, 151 Grosvenor Road, London, SW1V 3JN
  • Eagle Solicitors, 163 Kennington Lane, London, SE11 4EZ
  • Pothecary Witham Weld Solicitors, 70 St. Georges Square, London, SW1V 3RD
  • Hockfield And Co, 41 Reedworth Street, Kennington, London, SE11 4PQ

Residential Landlord and Tenant Conveyancing solicitors in Kennington

The firms listed below are a non-comprehensive list of solicitors in Kennington with expertise in landlord and tenant law and on the regulations governing different types of tenancies. This should include advice on Court proceedings for possession

  • Mcdonald & Co, Flat 40 Rivermill, 151 Grosvenor Road, London, SW1V 3JN
  • Eagle Solicitors, 163 Kennington Lane, London, SE11 4EZ
  • Pothecary Witham Weld Solicitors, 70 St. Georges Square, London, SW1V 3RD
  • Hockfield And Co, 41 Reedworth Street, Kennington, London, SE11 4PQ
  • Samuel Ross Solicitors, 253 Camberwell New Road, London, SE5 0TH

Commercial Conveyancing solicitors in Kennington regulated by the SRA

The firms listed below are a small selection of solicitors in Kennington specialising in commercial conveyancing in Kennington. This will likely include advice on granting a lease to a commercial tenant
  • Ricardina Bridges Ltd, 47 South Lambeth Road, London, SW8 1RH
  • Mcdonald & Co, Flat 40 Rivermill, 151 Grosvenor Road, London, SW1V 3JN
  • Pothecary Witham Weld Solicitors, 70 St. Georges Square, London, SW1V 3RD
  • Hockfield And Co, 41 Reedworth Street, Kennington, London, SE11 4PQ
  • Nag Law Solicitors Ltd, Unit 3, Holles House, Overton Road, London, SW9 7AP

Neighboring Locations

Pimlico
Lambeth
Vauxhall
Nine Elms
Kennington
Oval

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

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