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Reasons to use our Kingston conveyancing solicitors

  • 1 Over the years Kingston conveyancer have established excellent working relationships with Kingston local estate agents, banks, building societies, landlords and house builders enabling them to liaise at speed with all parties involved in the process of dealing with your conveyancing in Kingston.
  • 2 The hallmark of our conveyancing solicitors in Kingston is quality not quantity. The level of service offered by conveyancing "factories" (sometimes 'recommended' by large estate agency chains) sometimes falls short of the high standards of professionalism you would hope for.
  • 3 Using a local Solicitor generally results in a more personal touch. Sometimes when dealing with a an online conveyancing factory, your matter is handled by a team of people who who update you by determining whether the ‘computers says no’.
  • 4 The companies shown on our web pages have a variation of conveyancing solicitors, legal executives and support staff handling over one hundred thousand cases annually.
  • 5 Chances are that the the solicitors for the other party are based in Kingston - if so sets of lawyers will have worked on conveyancing matters in the past

Examples of recent conveyancing in Kingston since November 2025*

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Sale

of apartment Kingston Square HU2 8GA, at sale consideration of £145,000. Leasehold conveyancing included: taking formal instructions from and updating the seller client, securing official copies of the title, setting up the completion formalities

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Transfer

of flat Kingston Square HU2 8GA, at buying sum of £142,500. Leasehold conveyancing included: dealing with appropriate requisitions and enquiries, agreeing completion date with parties, setting up the completion formalities

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Purchase

of apartment Liberty Lane HU1 1AY, acquired for £130,000. Leasehold conveyancing investigations included: sending conveyancing papers to buyers representatives, dealing with appropriate requisitions and enquiries, securing official copies of the title

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Conveyance

of flat High Street HU1 1NG, sold for £42,000. Leasehold conveyancing legalities included: drafting the sale agreement and Transfer, sending conveyancing papers to buyers representatives, securing official copies of the title

Recently asked questions about conveyancing in Kingston

Can the conveyancing solicitors identified via your search tool execute conveyancing in Kingston by way of an attended exchange?

There are a few conveyancing experts who can conduct 24hr exchanges. Please e-mail us to secure a costs illustration and details as to dates.

Why do I have to pay up front when it comes to conveyancing in Kingston?

Where you are retaining lawyers for conveyancing in Kingston your lawyer will request that you put them with monies to cover the the cost of the conveyancing searches. Ordinarily this is called for to cover the fees of the conveyancing searches. When the deposit is as part of the purchase price then this should be asked for immediately ahead of exchange of contracts. The closing balance that is due should be sent to your lawyer a few days prior to the completion date.

I am the only recipient of my late mum's estate and I have everything in my name now, including the my former home in Kingston. Conveyancing formalities meant that the Land Registry date was in January. I plan to dispose of the property. I do know about the Mortgage Lenders 6 month 'rule', meaning my property ownership could be regarded the same way as though I had purchased the property in January. Do I have to wait 6 months to sell?

The Council of Mortgage Lenders’ handbook instructs conveyancers to: "report to us immediately if the owner or registered proprietor has been registered for less than six months." By the strict wording you may be impacted by that. How sensible a view lenders take of it, depend on the bank as this provision is principally there to capture the purchase and immediately sell or the wholesaling and assigning of properties.

How can we tell if a Kingston conveyancing solicitor on the Santander panel is any good?

When it comes to conveyancing in Kingston obtaining recommendations is a good starting point. 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 advertising the lowest fees. We would always suggest that you speak with the lawyer conducting your conveyancing.

After months of negotiation I have agreed a price on an apartment in Kingston. My mortgage broker recommended their conveyancers. I paid an on account payment of £225. Shortly after, the conveyancer contacted me sheepishly admitting that they were not on the Santander 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 Santander 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.

A colleague suggested that where I am purchasing in Kingston I should ask my conveyancer to execute a Neighbourhood, Planning and Local Amenity Search. Can you explain what the purpose of this search is?

This is a search is sometimes quoted for as part of the standard Kingston conveyancing searches. It is not a small report of about 40 pages, listing and detailing significant information about Kingston around the property and the people living there. It incorporates an Aerial Photograph, Planning Applications, Land Use, Mobile Phone Masts, Rights of Way, the Kingston Housing Market, Council Tax Banding, the demographics of People living in the area, the dominant type of Housing, the Average Property Price, Crime details, Kingston Education with plans and statistics, Local Amenities and other useful data about Kingston.

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

Restrictive covenants can be picked up when reviewing land registry title as part of the legal transfer of property in Kingston. 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…’

Just had an offer accepted on a new build apartment in Kingston. Conveyancing is necessary evil at the best of times but I have never purchased a new build flat before. What sort of enquires would be asked in new build legal work.

Set out below are examples of a few leasehold new build enquiries that you may expect your new-build leasehold conveyancing in Kingston

    Please confirm the Lease plans are surveyor prepared. The Vendor must covenant to keep unoccupied units in good repair until long leases are granted therefore. Will the freehold then be transferred for a nominal consideration (not exceeding £100) to the Management Company? If there are lifts in the building, please confirm that the owners of flats on the ground and basement floors will not be required to contribute towards the cost of maintenance and renewal.

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Sample of conveyancing solicitors in Kingston regulated by the SRA

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

  • Gosschalks, Queens Gardens, Hull, East Yorkshire, HU1 3DZ
  • Payne & Payne, Hanover House, Alfred Gelder Street, Hull, North Humberside, HU1 2AH
  • Stamp Jackson & Procter Llp, 5 Parliament Street, Hull, North Humberside, HU1 2AZ
  • Pepperells Solicitors, 100 Alfred Gelder Street, Kingston-upon-Hull, East Yorkshire, HU1 2AE
  • Sandersons Solicitors Limited, 17-19 Parliament Street, Hull, North Humberside, HU1 2BH

Residential Landlord and Tenant Conveyancing solicitors in Kingston

The firms listed below are a small selection of solicitors in Kingston specialising in landlord and tenant law and on the regulations governing different types of tenancies. This should include advice on Terms and conditions of tenancy agreements

  • Gosschalks, Queens Gardens, Hull, East Yorkshire, HU1 3DZ
  • Payne & Payne, Hanover House, Alfred Gelder Street, Hull, North Humberside, HU1 2AH
  • Stamp Jackson & Procter Llp, 5 Parliament Street, Hull, North Humberside, HU1 2AZ
  • Pepperells Solicitors, 100 Alfred Gelder Street, Kingston-upon-Hull, East Yorkshire, HU1 2AE
  • Sandersons Solicitors Limited, 17-19 Parliament Street, Hull, North Humberside, HU1 2BH

Whether you are going through a divorce or breakup or simply wish to transfer your property to someone else, transfer of equity conveyancing in Kingston has some of the following tasks:

  • Obtaining instructions from the appropriate parties
  • Investigating the title to the property
  • Acting on behalf of the bank (where applicable)
  • Negotiating the terms of the transaction
  • Drawing up Transfer or approving draft Transfer
  • Agreeing amendments to the draft Transfer
  • Communicating with parties with regards to the Transfer
  • Agreeing and preparing for completion
  • Receiving and transferring funds to relevant parties
  • Completing and submitting to HMRC the correct Land Tax forms and payment
  • Dealing with the registration procedures for the new ownership and the home loan (where relevant) at the HM Land Registry.

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

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