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Reasons to use our Lewisham conveyancing solicitors

  • 1 The practices listed on our web pages have a variation of conveyancing lawyers, legal executives and support staff handling thousands of conveyancing matters each year.
  • 2 The accumulation of transactions means that Lewisham lawyer have established excellent working relationships with Lewisham local estate agents, banks, building societies, landlords and property developers enabling them to liaise at speed with all parties involved in the process of undertaking your home move in Lewisham.
  • 3 Lewisham property lawyers work in conjunction with Lewisham estate agents, house builders, surveyors, lenders and other professionals to ensure that a quality service is provided to clients every step of the way, offering all the advice and support you require
  • 4 Lewisham lawyers have a crucial edge when it comes to Lewisham conveyancing as they have important local knowledge of local authority requirements, planning policies and other matters that will impact your home move
  • 5 Regardless alternative solicitors say it may be necessary to attend your conveyancer to execute legal papers. There are various parties with involved in a house sale without having to add Royal Mail into the equation.

Examples of recent conveyancing in Lewisham since July 2025*

Recently asked questions about conveyancing in Lewisham

Having been referred to your company we were about to appoint conveyancing solicitor in Lewisham listed using your search tool but have come across alternative fee calculations on the internet seem less pricey – why is this?

You can find hundreds of conveyancing organisations marketing at first sight what seems to be the cheapest conveyancing in Lewisham. We suggest that you think long and hard as to how much you respect your own move to you are willing to be penny wise pound foolish over the quality of the legal work. Many of them highlight a bargain quote to tease you but bury additional charges in the small print..

The Lewisham conveyancing firm handling our Lewisham conveyancing has identified a discrepancy between the surveyor’s assumptions in the valuation report and what is revealed within the title deeds. My lawyer informs me that he is duty bound to ensure that the lender is happy with this discrepancy and is still content to lend. Is my lawyer’s stance appropriate?

Your conveyancer must comply with the UK Finance Lenders’ Handbook conditions which do require that your lawyer disclose any incorrect assumptions in the lender’s valuation report and the legal papers. Should you refuse to allow your lawyer to make the appropriate notification then your lawyer will have no choice but to discontinue acting for you.

Despite weeks of looking the Title Certificate and documents to my home are lost. The conveyancers who conducted the conveyancing in Lewisham 10 years ago have long since closed. What are my options?

Assuming you have a registered title the information relating to your ownership will be recorded by HMLR with a Title Number. It is possible to execute a search at the Land Registry, locate your property and order current copies of the property title for a small fee. Where the title is Leasehold then the Land Registry will also normally retain a certified copy of the Registered Lease and again, a copy can be retrieved for a small fee.

I've recently found out that there is a flying freehold element on a house I put an offer in last month in what was supposed to be a quick, chain free conveyancing. Lewisham is the location of the property. Is there any guidance you can give?

Flying freeholds in Lewisham are rare but are more likely to exist in relation to terraced houses. Even where you use a solicitor outside Lewisham you would need to get your solicitor to go through the deeds diligently. Your bank may require your conveyancing solicitor to take out an indemnity policy. Some of the more diligent conveyancing solicitors in Lewisham may ascertain that this is not enough and that the deeds be re-written to give you the most up to date legal protection. If so, the next door neighbour also had to sign up to the revised deeds.It is possible that your lender will not accept the situation so the sooner you find out the better. You should also check with your insurance broker as to whether they will insure a flying freehold property.

I'm remortgaging my primary house to a buy to let loan with Leeds Building Society and intend to use the remaining equity towards another property. The neighborhood we are talking about is Lewisham. Will your conveyancers be able to act for both sets of lenders and tie in the two deals?

Make use of our comparison tool on this site to be sure that the solicitors are on the appropriate lender panels. On the basis that they are your solicitor should be able to connect the two deals but you should talk with you solicitor and make clear your expectations and requirements.

Should I instruct a Lewisham conveyancing lawyer based in the area that I am hoping to buy? An old friend can deal with the conveyancing however her office is a couple of hundredkilometers drive away.

The primary upside of using a local Lewisham conveyancing practice is that you can attend the office to execute documents, present your ID and pester them where appropriate. Having local Lewisham know how is a plus. That being said it's more important to get someone that will do a good and efficient job. If if people you trust instructed your friend and the majority were happy that must trump using an unknown Lewisham conveyancing lawyer just because they are Lewisham based.

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Sample of conveyancing solicitors in Lewisham regulated by the SRA

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

  • Jein Solicitors, Jein Buildings, 3 - 5 Lee High Road, Lewisham, London, SE13 5LD
  • Simon Bethel Solicitors Limited, 58-60 Lewisham High Street, London, SE13 5JH
  • Beverley Morris & Co Incorporating Peter Egan & Co, 62 Lewisham High Street, London, London, SE13 5JH
  • Francis Solicitors, 171 Lewisham High Street, Lewisham, London, SE13 6AA
  • Dpna Solicitors, 77 Ladywell Road, London, SE13 7JA

Residential Landlord and Tenant Conveyancing solicitors in Lewisham

The firms listed below are a small selection of solicitors in Lewisham specialising in landlord and tenant law and on the regulations governing different types of tenancies. This could include advice on Leasehold Valuation Tribunal proceedings

  • Ikie Solicitors Llp, 20 Marischal Road, Lewisham, London, London, SE13 5LG
  • Beverley Morris & Co Incorporating Peter Egan & Co, 62 Lewisham High Street, London, London, SE13 5JH
  • Simon Bethel Solicitors Limited, 58-60 Lewisham High Street, London, SE13 5JH
  • Dpna Solicitors, 77 Ladywell Road, London, SE13 7JA
  • Beverley Morris & Co, 35 Montpelier Vale, Blackheath Villiage, London, SE3 0TJ

Domestic Licensed Conveyancers in Lewisham regulated by the CLC

Please be aware that the listed conveyancers do not limit their work for conveyancing in Lewisham but also conveyancing across England and Wales.
  • Walter Saunders, 382 Brockley Road, SE4 2BY
  • T J Ball & Company, 49 Leytonstone Road, E15 1JA
  • Cain Associates Llp, 297 The Broadway, DA6 8DG

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

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