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Top 5 reasons to use our service to help you find a local conveyancing solicitor in New Cross

  • 1 Personal touch together with pure property experience are key benefits that you should look for when selecting conveyancing solicitors. New Cross conveyancing can be made significantly more protracted due to lack of transparency between all the parties. The lawyers we work with endeavour to make sure that communication channels are open and act on arising issues and developments quickly.
  • 2 Notwithstanding what other lawyers say it could be important to attend your lawyer to sign contracts. There are enough parties engaged in a house sale without having to include the postman into the pot.
  • 3 The companies listed on our web pages have a variation of conveyancing practitioners, legal executives and support staff handling thousands of conveyancing matters annually.
  • 4 New Cross conveyancers work in partnership with New Cross estate agents, developers, surveyors, banks and other professionals to ensure that the highest level of service is provided to buyers and sellers every step of the way, never losing sight of the time-critical nature behind your conveyancing transaction
  • 5 Using a high street Solicitor in the main means that you will receive a more personalised service. Online forums bear testimony to the idea that in appointing a an online conveyancing factory, your matter is dealt with by a team of people who check what is happening on the file by reading from their computer screens.

Examples of recent conveyancing in New Cross since January 2025*

Transfer

of flat Ommaney Road SE14 5NR, at the agreed consideration of £412,500. Leasehold conveyancing included: sending the transfer to the seller for signature in preparation for completion, taking formal instructions from and updating the seller client, obtaining official copies of the title

Conveyance

of apartment Goodwood Road SE14 6FE, sold for £490,000. Leasehold conveyancing legalities included: sending conveyancing papers to buyers representatives, preparing statement detailing charges, setting up the completion formalities

Acquisition

of flat Childeric Road SE14 6DG, at a price of £475,800. Leasehold conveyancing investigations included: drafting the sale agreement and Transfer, taking formal instructions from and updating the seller client, setting up the completion formalities

Conveyance

of apartment Baildon Street SE8 4BQ, at a price of £255,000. Leasehold conveyancing legalities included: sending conveyancing papers to buyers representatives, taking formal instructions from and updating the seller client, agreeing completion date with parties

Recently asked questions about conveyancing in New Cross

Having been told to check out your site we were going to go ahead with a conveyancing solicitor in New Cross listed using your search tool but stumbled across some other costs illustrations on the internet seem cheaper – why is this?

There are many firms of solicitors offering what appear to be cut price. We would urge you to give due consideration about how important this transaction is to you that you are willing to take 'cheap' risks concerning the quality of the legal work. Some hide fees well inside the terms and conditions. The law firms that we put forward for conveyancing in New Cross will notdo this.

My lawyer has discovered a a problem with the lease for the property we are purchasing in New Cross. The other side have offered title insurance as a solution. We are content with insurance and will pay for it. Our property lawyer says that he must check that the bank is happy with this solution. Who is the client here, us or the lender?

The short answer to your last question is that, notwithstanding the risk of a conflict of interest, you and the mortgage company are the client. Your conveyancing practitioner must comply with the UK Finance Lenders’ Handbook conditions. The UK Finance Lenders’ Handbook conditions require your lawyer to disclose issues such as defects with the lease so that the lender can be afforded the opportunity to check with their valuer as to the extent that the value of the property is affected. Should you refuse to allow your lawyer to make the appropriate notification then your property lawyer will have no choice but to discontinue acting for you.

Having spent time reading mumsnet.com for a cheap solicitor in New Cross, many comment that I should use a CQS assured solicitor. What is CQS?

New Cross Conveyancing Quality Scheme law firms have achieved certification under the Law Society's Scheme (CQS) CQS was created to establish evidence of quality standards in the home buying process. CQS helps home movers to identify practices who provide a quality residential conveyancing. New Cross is one of the many areas in England and Wales in which CQS have a presence. The conveyancing scheme obliges practices to undergo a strict assessment, compulsory training, self-certification, random audits and annual reviews in order to maintain CQS status. It is available to solicitors and not licensed conveyancers and has the support of the Association of British Insurers.

Will my lawyer be raising questions regarding flooding as part of the conveyancing in New Cross.

The risk of flooding is if increasing concern for solicitors conducting conveyancing in New Cross. There are those who buy a house in New Cross, completely expectant that at some time, it may suffer from flooding. However, aside from the physical damage, where a house is at risk of flooding, it may be difficult to get a mortgage, adequate insurance cover, or dispose of the property. There are steps that can be taken as part of the conveyancing process to forewarn the buyer.

Solicitors are not qualified to offer advice on flood risk, however there are a number of checks that may be initiated by the purchaser or by their conveyancers which can figure out the risks in New Cross. The standard information sent to a buyer’s conveyancer (where the solicitors are adopting what is known as the Conveyancing Protocol) includes a standard inquiry of the seller to discover whether the property has suffered from flooding. In the event that the residence has been flooded in past and is not disclosed by the vendor, then a purchaser could issue a legal claim for losses stemming from an misleading answer. A buyer’s lawyers will also carry out an enviro report. This should higlight whether there is a recorded flood risk. If so, more detailed inquiries will need to be conducted.

I have a semi-detached Victorian property in New Cross. Conveyancing practitioner acted for me and Clydesdale. I happened to do a free search for it on the Land Registry database and there are two entries: one for freehold, the second leasehold with the exact same property. If a house is not a freehold shouldn't I have been informed?

You should review the Freehold register you have again and check the Charges Register as there may be mention of a lease. The best way to be sure that you are also the registered owner of the leasehold and freehold title as well is to check (£3). It is not completely unheard of in New Cross and other areas of the country and poses no real issues for owners other than when they mortgage they have to account for both freehold and leasehold interests when dealing with mortgage companies. You can also enquire as to the position with your conveyancing practitioner who completed the work.

My fiance and I are hoping to buy a three room first floor flatin New Cross with a mortgage from a mortgage company. We have a solicitor in New Cross however our mortgage company inform us now that he's not listed on their "panel". Apparently we need to choose one of the our bank panel firms or keep our New Cross solicitor and incur the extra costs for one of their panel ones to represent them. This seems very unfair; is there anything we can do?

Unfortunately,no. The bank mortgage offered to you is subject to conditions, one of which will be that solicitors will on the lender's conveyancing panel. in the past, most lenders had large numbers of law firms on their panels, including many conveyancing solicitors in New Cross : a borrower could choose one for themselves, as long as it was on the lender's panel. The lender would then simply instruct the borrower's lawyers to act for the lender, too. You can use your lender's panel lawyers or you could borrow from another lender which does not restrict your choice. Another option that might be available is for your lawyer to apply to be on the conveyancing panel for your lender.

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Sample of conveyancing solicitors in New Cross regulated by the SRA

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

  • Kagan & Co, 245a Lewisham Way, London, SE4 1XF
  • Nat Ado Solicitors, 55 Deptford Broadway, London, SE8 4PH
  • Mountain Partnership Solicitors, 143 New Cross Road, London, SE14 5DJ
  • Atti & Co, 15 New Cross Road, London, SE14 5DS
  • Grant Saw Solicitors Llp, 1st Floor, Norman House, 110-114 Norman Road, Greenwich, London, SE10 9EH

Residential Landlord and Tenant Conveyancing solicitors in New Cross

The list below is a small selection of solicitors in New Cross with expertise in landlord and tenant law and on the regulations governing different types of tenancies. This should include advice on service charge disputes and the right to manage

  • Michael Stevens Solicitors, Unit D, Atrium House, 459-463 New Cross Road, London, SE14 6AJ
  • Ineyab Solicitors, 20 - 22, Brockley Cross, Brockley, London, SE4 2AA
  • Nat Ado Solicitors, 55 Deptford Broadway, London, SE8 4PH
  • Samuel Louis Solicitors, 17 Deptford Church Street, Deptford, London, London, SE8 4RX
  • Mountain Partnership Solicitors, 143 New Cross Road, London, SE14 5DJ

Commercial Conveyancing solicitors in New Cross regulated by the SRA

The firms listed below are a non-comprehensive list of solicitors in New Cross with expertise in commercial conveyancing in New Cross. This should include advice on re-mortgaging commercial property
  • Kagan & Co, 245a Lewisham Way, London, SE4 1XF
  • Nat Ado Solicitors, 55 Deptford Broadway, London, SE8 4PH
  • Mountain Partnership Solicitors, 143 New Cross Road, London, SE14 5DJ
  • Bridges Solicitors, 5 Turnham Road, Brockley, London, London, SE4 2HH
  • Grant Saw Solicitors Llp, 1st Floor, Norman House, 110-114 Norman Road, Greenwich, London, SE10 9EH

Neighboring Locations

Deptford
New Cross
St Johns
Nunhead

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

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