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Top 5 reasons to let us help you choose a local conveyancing solicitor in Kennington

  • 1 Firms that specialise in conveyancing in Kennington are familiar with the local concerns specific to Kennington and therefore you may benefit from better advice and faster conveyancing.
  • 2 Kennington lawyers have a significant advantage when it comes to Kennington conveyancing as they have important local knowledge of local authority requirements, planning policies and other matters that can affect your home move
  • 3 Our site is the first site that enables you the ability to ensure that your property ownership legalities in Kennington will be conducted by a solicitor on your bank conveyancing panel.
  • 4 Conveyancer conveyancing firms have extremely good personal connections with Kennington selling agents and work very closely with them and local surveyors so as to ensure transactions proceed expeditiously.
  • 5 Experience means that Kennington conveyancer have developed very good connections with Kennington local estate agents, banks, building societies, landlords and house builders enabling them to liaise at speed with all concerned in the process of handling your house sale or purchase in Kennington.

Examples of recent conveyancing in Kennington since December 2024*

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Acquisition

of apartment Lawn Lane SW8 1UD, sold for £707,500. Leasehold conveyancing investigations included: sending conveyancing papers to buyers representatives, obtaining official copies of the title, setting up the completion formalities

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Disposal

of terraced premises, Harleyford Road, SE11 5AX completing on 16/01/2025 at a price of £1,150,000. The conveyancing process included amongst the various tasks: dealing with appropriate requisitions and enquiries, obtaining official copies of the title, setting up the completion formalities

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Sale

of detached residence property, Trigon Road, SW8 1NH completing on 13/01/2025 at a price of £1,191,950. The legal transfer of property incorporates some of the following tasks: sending the transfer to the seller for execution in readiness for completion, ordering official copies of the title, setting up the completion formalities

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Transfer

of terraced premises, Wilkinson Street, SW8 1DD completing on 14/01/2025 at a price of £1,425,000. The conveyancing process included amongst the various tasks: taking formal instructions from and updating the seller client, agreeing completion date with parties, sending title deeds and executed transfer to purchaser’s solicitor

Recently asked questions about conveyancing in Kennington

Can I be sure that the Kennington conveyancing solicitor on the Clydesdale panel is any good?

When it comes to conveyancing in Kennington seeking recommendations is a good start. Before you go ahead, check if they offer a no sale no fee offer. Also, you often get what you pay for - a firm which quotes more, will often provide a better service than one which is cheap as chips. We would always recommend that you speak with the solicitor carrying out your transaction.

I currently have a mortgage with Principality for my property in Kennington. Conveyancing has been completed a year ago. In the event that I decide to rent out my property and do not currently have a buy-to-let mortgage do I need to remortgage to a BTL mortgage or inform Principality?

Principality must be informed of your intention in advance of letting out your property as this is likely to be a breach of Principality’s mortgage conditions. In many cases banks or building societies will permit you to let out your former home without needing to switch to a buy-to-let mortgage but some lenders will add a surcharge to your mortgage rate to reflect the higher risk. You should contact Principality directly. You need not do this via a Principality conveyancing panel solicitor.

After much negotiation I have agreed a price on a house in Kennington. My financial adviser pressured me to appoint their conveyancing practitioner. I paid an upfront payment of £150. A couple of days later, the lawyer contacted me sheepishly admitting that they were not on the Clydesdale conveyancing panel. Am I right in thinking that I should be due a refund?

You should be able to recover this from the law firm if they were not on the Clydesdale panel. They should have asked at the outset which lender you were obtaining a mortgage with. An important lesson to readers of this site is to check that the lawyers are on the appropriate lender panel.

I note that there are debates on Chancel Insurance on online forums. Do I need this when acquiring a residence in Kennington? or Apparently there is a law dating back centuries that means some house owners living in a parish church boundary will be compelled to pay for repairs to the chancel in proximity to the church. Is this relevant for conveyancing in Kennington?

Unless a previous acquisition of the property took place after 12 October 2013 you could expect solicitors handling conveyancing in Kennington to remain encouraging a chancel search and or insurance against a claim.

I used Stirling Law several years past for my conveyancing in Kennington. I now require my file but cannot find the solicitor. What do I do?

You should contact the Solicitors Regulatory Authority (SRA) to help locate your conveyancing files. They can be contacted on please contact on 0870 606 2555. Alternatively, you should use their online form to make an enquiry. You will need to provide the SRA with as much information as possible to assist their search, including the name and address in Kennington of the conveyancing firm of solicitors you previously retained, the name of conveyancing solicitor with whom you had dealings, and the date on which you last had dealings with the firm.

Just had an offer accepted on a new build apartment in Kennington. Conveyancing is daunting at the best of times but I have never purchased a new build flat before. Can you give me some examples of some of the questions asked in new build legal work.

Set out below are examples of a selection of leasehold new build enquiries that you should expect your new-build leasehold conveyancing in Kennington

    Please confirm the Lease plans are surveyor prepared. Where service of notices and proceedings can be at the property demised please confirm that this can be amended to include simultaneous services at the Lessees’ solicitors’ offices where the Lessee from time to time is not resident in the UK - such solicitors may be varied by notice in writing to the Landlord from time to time but otherwise will be as previously specified. Will control of the Management Company (if any) be handed over to purchasers on completion of the last sale or earlier? Will the freehold then be transferred for a nominal consideration (not exceeding £100) to the Management Company? Please supply a car parking plan.

I have been sourcing a conveyancing practitioner in Kennington for my house move. Can I check a firm’s complaints history with the profession’s regulator?

You can see presented Solicitor Regulator Association (SRA) determinations stemming from investigations from 2008 onwards. Visit Check a solicitor's record. For details about the period before 1 January 2008, or to check a firm's record, phone 0870 606 2555, 08.00 - 18.00 any week day save for Tuesday when lines open at 9.30am. For non-uk callers, use +44 (0)121 329 6800. The regulator could monitor telephone calls for training requirements.

I have just started marketing my ground floor apartment in Kennington.Conveyancing is yet to be initiated but I have just had a quarterly service charge demand – should I leave it to the buyer to sort out?

It best that you discharge the service charge as you normally would because all rents and maintenance invoices should be allottedas part of the financial calculations for completion monies, so you should recover the relevant percentage 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. This will smooth the conveyancing process

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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 small selection of solicitors in Kennington specialising in landlord and tenant law and on the regulations governing different types of tenancies. This will likely include advice on service charge disputes and the right to manage

  • 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

Planning law solicitors in Kennington regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority

The list below is a non-comprehensive list of solicitors in Kennington with expertise in planning law. The solicitors can give expert legal advice on all aspects of planning, including special planning controls
  • Ricardina Bridges Ltd, 47 South Lambeth Road, London, SW8 1RH
  • Streathers Clapham Llp, 53 Clapham High Street, London, SW4 7TG
  • Keystone Law Limited, Second Floor Audley House, 13 Palace Street, London, SW1E 5HX
  • Ahc Solicitors Limited, 1 Northumberland Avenue, Trafalgar Square, London, WC2N 5BW
  • Hempsons, 40 Villiers Street, London, WC2N 6NJ

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

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