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Reasons to use our Mottingham conveyancing solicitors

  • 1 There is a distinct possibility the other side’s solicitors have offices in Mottingham - if so both parties will be on good working terms
  • 2 Mottingham property lawyers will be familiar with the local Land Registry Office, Local Authority and property agents
  • 3 Our site offers largest residential conveyancing directory listing bank approved law firms carrying out conveyancing in Mottingham registered with the SRA or Council of Licensed Conveyancers.
  • 4 Our site is the only site offering you the ability to check that your conveyancing in Mottingham will be conducted by a solicitor on your mortgage lender’s approved panel.
  • 5 Mottingham solicitor are the linchpin to a successful Mottingham conveyancing experience, keeping the process under control. They are on your side throughout, offering dedicated advice for the duration of your conveyancing

Examples of recent conveyancing in Mottingham since December 2024*

Sale

of terraced premises, Grove Park Road, SE9 4NS completing on 24/01/2025 at a price of £970,000. The conveyancing process incorporates some of the following tasks: taking formal instructions from and updating the seller client, obtaining official copies of the title, agreeing completion date with parties

Transfer

of house property, Mayeswood Road, SE12 9RP completing on 10/01/2025 at a price of £425,000. The conveyancing process incorporates some of the following tasks: drafting the sale agreement and Transfer, sending conveyancing papers to buyers representatives, sending the transfer to the vendor for signature in preparation for completion

Disposal

of terraced premises, Clayhill Crescent, SE9 4JB completing on 17/01/2025 at a price of £432,500. The legal transfer of property incorporates some of the following tasks: sending the transfer to the seller for execution in preparation for completion, securing official copies of the title, setting up the completion formalities

Transfer

of detached residence residence, Winn Road, SE12 9EX completing on 13/01/2025 at a price of £1,800,000. The conveyancing process included amongst the various tasks: drafting the sale agreement and Transfer, sending the transfer to the vendor for execution in readiness for completion, setting up the completion formalities

Recently asked questions about conveyancing in Mottingham

We were about to instruct a conveyancing solicitor in Mottingham listed using your search tool but have come across alternative estimates via the web appear cheaper – how come?

One can find many firms of conveyancing organisations promoting pretending to offer cheap conveyancing, but additionalcosts result in the closing invoice being escalated. Solicitors ought to ensure fees set out in terms of business should be equitable raised The law firms that we list for conveyancing in Mottingham genuinely set out all costs for the property you plan topurchase.

AssumingI were to buy a freehold propertyin Mottingham mortgage fee and dispense with a survey and no local authority searches how much could I expect to to save on my conveyancing in Mottingham?

The sole reduction in fees you would achieve is the Mottingham conveyancing searches. Your conveyancer is required to do the vast majority of work - money laundering, liaising with the vendors conveyancing practitioner, stamp duty return, register the title etc. You might save a bit for them not needing to register a charge but it will not be significant.

Can you explain why leasehold purchase conveyancing in Mottingham costs more?

Mottingham leasehold properties involve far more paperwork than a freehold purchase, and therefore takes more time to examine and advise upon.Conveyancing will involve the lease having to be checked which is usually a lengthy document, queries raised to ensure that the covenants and conditions have been observed. If it is a flat there will be a management company in existence and the accounts of this will need to be checked and enquiries raised to ensure it is operating efficiently and that all monies due have been paid by the Seller to the company and if not ensuring that money is paid up to date or the appropriate undertakings obtained.

My relative suggested that if I am purchasing in Mottingham I should ask my conveyancer to carry out a Neighbourhood, Planning and Local Amenity Search. Can you explain what the purpose of this search is?

A search of this type is occasionally included in the estimate for your Mottingham conveyancing searches. It is a large document of about 40 pages, listing and setting out significant information about Mottingham around the property and the people living there. It includes an Aerial Photograph, Planning Applications, Land Use, Mobile Phone Masts, Rights of Way, the Mottingham Housing Market, Council Tax Banding, the demographics of People living in the area, the dominant type of Housing, the Average Property Price, Crime details, Mottingham Education with maps and statistics, Local Amenities and other useful data regarding Mottingham.

The estate agent has sent us the confirmation of our purchase of a new build flat in Mottingham. Conveyancing is a frightening process 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 conveyancing.

Here is a sample of a few leasehold new build enquiries that you may expect your new-build leasehold conveyancing in Mottingham

    Please confirm the Lease plans are surveyor prepared. Will control of the Management Company (if any) be handed over to purchasers on completion of the last sale or earlier? The Landlord must covenant to assume the management if the Management Company goes into liquidation or otherwise defaults in running the management scheme. Please supply evidence that the form of Lease proposed has been approved by the Land Registry. Where there is an Undertaking being granted there is the risk of forfeiture of the Headlease subject to relief if one or more of the Underlessees are willing to accept the original Head Lessee’s obligations as otherwise relief will be denied to the Underlessees. The only alternatives are the Head Lessor agreeing not to forfeit the Headlease or the Head Lessee guaranteeing to the Underlessees that it will not be in breach of the Headlease.

My father-in-law has recommend that I use his conveyancers in Mottingham. Should I find my own property lawyer?

Much as we are happy to recommend a Mottingham conveyancing lawyer the ideal way to find a conveyancing solicitor is to get feedback from friends or family who have used the firm you're considering.

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Sample of conveyancing solicitors in Mottingham regulated by the SRA

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

  • Cook Taylor Woodhouse Limited, 68/70 High Street, Eltham, London, London, SE9 1BZ
  • Kirk And Partners, 25-27 Passey Place, Eltham, London, SE9 5DF
  • Mensons & Associates, 99 Eltham High Street, London, SE9 1TD
  • Watts & Leeding, 4 Novar Road, New Eltham, London, SE9 2DN
  • Preston Mellor Harrison, 30 High Street, Chislehurst, Kent, BR7 5AS

Commercial Conveyancing solicitors in Mottingham regulated by the SRA

The list below is a small selection of solicitors in Mottingham with expertise in commercial conveyancing in Mottingham. This should include advice on buying or selling a shop, pub, restaurant, office, retail unit
  • Cook Taylor Woodhouse Limited, 68/70 High Street, Eltham, London, London, SE9 1BZ
  • Kirk And Partners, 25-27 Passey Place, Eltham, London, SE9 5DF
  • Watts & Leeding, 4 Novar Road, New Eltham, London, SE9 2DN
  • Preston Mellor Harrison, 30 High Street, Chislehurst, Kent, BR7 5AS
  • Grand & Machyle Solicitors, 499 Bromley Road, Bromley, Kent, BR1 4PQ

Planning law solicitors in Mottingham regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority

The solicitors listed below are a small selection of solicitors in Mottingham with expertise in planning law. This may include advice on planning applications and appeals
  • Wellers Law Group Llp, Tenison House, Tweedy Road, Bromley, Kent, BR1 3NF
  • Batchelors, Charles House, 35 Widmore Road, Bromley, Kent, BR1 1RW
  • Beverley Morris & Co, 35 Montpelier Vale, Blackheath Villiage, London, SE3 0TJ
  • A E Short, 144 Bromley Road, Beckenham, Kent, BR3 6PG
  • Beverley Morris & Co Incorporating Peter Egan & Co, 62 Lewisham High Street, London, London, SE13 5JH

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

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