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5 reasons to use our service to assist you select a high street conveyancing solicitor in Keston

  • 1 The hallmark of our conveyancing solicitors in Keston is quality not quantity. The level of service offered by conveyancing "factories" (sometimes 'recommended' by national chain estate agents) often falls short of the level of professionalism you would hope for.
  • 2 The Keston conveyancing practitioners that are listed are dedicated to supplying value for money, efficient and accessible conveyancing service to purchasers, sellers and investors in Keston
  • 3 Chances are that the other side’s conveyancers are based in Keston - if so both parties will be familiar
  • 4 Property lawyer conveyancing firms have valuable personal links with Keston selling agents and work very closely with them and local surveyors so as to ensure transactions proceed expeditiously.
  • 5 Firms accustomed to conveyancing in Keston are familiar with the local issues peculiar to Keston and therefore you may benefit from better advice and expeditious conveyancing.

Examples of recent conveyancing in Keston since August 2024*

Recently asked questions about conveyancing in Keston

We are planning to acquire a house and need a conveyancing solicitor in Keston who is on the Kent Reliance approved panel. Can you recommend a local solicitor?

Our service is limited to being a directory service for firms who wish to be listed as being on the approved conveyancing panel for Kent Reliance . We don't recommend any particular firms conducting conveyancing in Keston.

The Keston conveyancing solicitors that I appointed last week on my purchase in Keston have without warning shut down. They were on acting for me because I had to have a firm on the Yorkshire BS conveyancing panel and my preferred Keston lawyer was not. I gave my credit card details for them to take £195 for searches. What should be my next steps?

If you have an estate agent involved then inform them straight away so that they can let the sellers know that there may be a slight delay due to the problems encountered. Hopefully they will be sympathetic and urge their lawyer to send a new set of papers to your new solicitors. You should appoint new lawyers that are on the Yorkshire BS conveyancing panel and notify the lender. If you have paid over any money, it will hopefully be held by the SRA as money in an intervened firm's bank accounts is transferred to the SRA. Then, the SRA or the intervention agent looks at the intervened firm's accounts to work out who the money belongs to. To claim your money you will need to contact the SRA. If the SRA cannot return money you are owed from the firm's bank accounts, or if they can only return part of the money, you can apply to the Compensation Fund for a grant. Your new lawyers may be able to assist.

We previously selected conveyancers locally in Keston on the TSB solicitor panel. They have just billed me a supplemental sum for dealing with the TSB mortgage. Is this a supplemental conveyancing fee specified by TSB?

As unfair as it may seem, as long as it’s in their Terms of Engagement or estimate then yes your solicitor can charge a fee for this. The fee is not set by TSB but by your Keston conveyancing practitioner. Plenty of firms on the TSB panel will charge an ‘acting for lender’ fee and others do not.

I have paid off my mortgage with Co-operative. I assume I don't need a Keston lawyer on the Co-operative panel to remove the mortgage at the Land Registry. Am I right?

If you have finished paying off your Co-operative mortgage, they may send you evidence showing that you have paid it off. Alternatively they may notify the Land Registry directly. The Land Registry need to see this evidence before they will remove the Co-operative mortgage from the register. Co-operative, and any evidence they send you, will determine the action you need to take. In cases where no conveyancer is acting for you and you have paid off your mortgage:

  1. but are not moving to another property
  2. where Co-operative has sent the Land Registry the discharge electronically, and
  3. Co-operative has instructed the Land Registry to do so
The Land Registry will send you a letter confirming that your Co-operative mortgage has been paid off.

At last I have had an offer on a maisonette in Keston agreed to, the owners do however have a dependent purchase. The vendors have offered on on an apartment, however it’s not been accepted yet, and are looking at other properties booked. I have instructed a bricks and mortar conveyancing solicitor in Keston. What do I do now? When do I get the mortgage application with RBS going?

It is normal to have apprehensions where there is a chain as you are unlikely to want to incur expenses prematurely (home loan application is approx one thousand pounds, then survey, Keston conveyancing search charges, etc). First, you should ensure that your property lawyer is on the RBS conveyancing panel. As to the subsequent phase this very much dictated by the specifics of your transaction, attraction to this property and on the state of the market. During a buoyant market some buyers would apply for the mortgage with RBS and arrange for the valuation and only if it comes back ok would they pay their lawyer to press on with the conveyancing in Keston.

Are there restrictive covenants that are commonly picked up as part of conveyancing in Keston?

Covenants that are restrictive in nature can be picked up when reviewing land registry title as part of the process of conveyancing in Keston. 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'm refinancing my current home to a buy to let mortgage with Yorkshire Building Society and intend to use the remaining equity towards a second house. The area we are talking about is Keston. Will your conveyancers be able to act for both sets of mortgage companies and link together the conveyances?

Make use of our comparison tool on this page to ensure that the solicitors are on the relevant lender panels. Assuming that they are the conveyancer will be able to simultaneously deal with the two transactions but you should talk with you conveyancer and specify your expectations and needs.

I need to retain a conveyancing solicitor for some conveyancing in Keston. I've chance upon a site which looks to be the perfect offering If it is possible to get all this stuff completed via phone that would be ideal. Do I need to be wary? What should out be looking out for?

As usual with these online conveyancers you need to read ALL the small print - did you notice the extra charge for dealing with the mortgage?

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Commercial Conveyancing solicitors in Keston regulated by the SRA

The firms listed below are a non-comprehensive list of solicitors in Keston practicing in commercial conveyancing in Keston. This should include advice on re-mortgaging commercial property
  • Allen Barfields, Gainsford House, 115 Station Road, West Wickham, Kent, BR4 0PX
  • Tinklin Springall, Devonshire House, Elmfield Road, Bromley, Kent, BR1 1TF
  • Clarkson Wright & Jakes Ltd, Valiant House, 12 Knoll Rise, Orpington, Kent, BR6 0PG
  • Thackray Williams Llp, Kings House, 32-40 Widmore Road, Bromley, Kent, BR1 1RY
  • Thomas Dunton Solicitors, 217-219 High Street, Orpington, Kent, BR6 0NZ

Residential Licensed Conveyancers in Keston regulated by the CLC

Please note that the listed conveyancers do not limit their work for conveyancing in Keston but also conveyancing throughout England and Wales.
  • Peter W Stevens , 107 Maxwell Gardens, BR6 9QT
  • Ducat Law Ltd, TMS House, BR5 3QB

Planning law solicitors in Keston regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority

The practices listed below are a non-comprehensive list of solicitors in Keston practicing in planning law. This will likely include advice on planning applications and appeals
  • Batchelors, Charles House, 35 Widmore Road, Bromley, Kent, BR1 1RW
  • Wellers Law Group Llp, Tenison House, Tweedy Road, Bromley, Kent, BR1 3NF
  • A E Short, 144 Bromley Road, Beckenham, Kent, BR3 6PG

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

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