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Reasons to use our North Harrow conveyancing solicitors

  • 1 North Harrow solicitor are the linchpin to a successful North Harrow conveyancing experience, keeping the process under control. They are on your side throughout, offering dedicated advice for the duration of your move
  • 2 Over the years North Harrow solicitor have developed excellent connections with North Harrow local estate agents, banks, building societies, landlords and property developers enabling them to liaise at speed with all parties involved in the process of handling your home move in North Harrow.
  • 3 Notwithstanding what alternative sites advise it may be important to pop into your lawyer to execute documents. There are various parties with engaged in a homemove without needing to include Royal Mail into the pot.
  • 4 North Harrow conveyancers work in partnership with North Harrow estate agents, developers, surveyors, mortgage companies and other professionals to ensure that a quality service is provided to home movers every step of the way, ensuring the smoothest, most stress-free process possible
  • 5 Cut price packages from online conveyancers might seem attractive. However, these firms are often based hundreds of kilometers away with limited understanding of the factors that affect property transactions in North Harrow

Examples of recent conveyancing in North Harrow since December 2024*

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Conveyance

of apartment Bladon Gardens HA2 7BA, at a price of £137,000. Leasehold conveyancing due diligence included: drafting the sale agreement and Transfer, agreeing completion date with parties, preparing statement detailing charges

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Sale

of terraced residence, Grove Road, HA5 5HW completing on 14/01/2025 at a price of £780,000. The legal transfer of property included amongst the various tasks: dealing with appropriate requisitions and enquiries, taking formal instructions from and updating the seller client, setting up the completion formalities

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Sale

of terraced property, Butler Road, HA1 4DX completing on 06/01/2025 at a price of £535,000. The conveyancing process included amongst the various tasks: sending the transfer to the seller for execution in readiness for completion, setting up the completion formalities, sending title deeds and signed transfer to buyer’s solicitor

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Disposal

of house property, Hide Road, HA1 4SE completing on 13/01/2025 at a price of £523,000. The legal transfer of property incorporates some of the following tasks: drafting the sale agreement and Transfer, obtaining official copies of the title, preparing statement detailing charges

Recently asked questions about conveyancing in North Harrow

How do I find the right lawyer who can provide a high level service for our conveyancing in North Harrow?

First ask relatives who they would recommend.

Second, use a search tool on the internet for conveyancing in North Harrow. Telephone a couple or more firms from the list and ask them to send you their conveyancing fee calculations and discuss your needs with the solicitor who will handle your legal process beforecommitting.

Option 3 is to use this site to help you find the right lawyers for you based on your individual factors including the type of property,deadlines, complexity and who the proposed lender is. Avoid the trap of appointing low cost conveyancing in North Harrow

I note that there are debates on Chancel Insurance on online forums. Do I require this when buying a residence in North Harrow? or I am told that there is a law dating back centuries that could mean that homeowners residing in a parish church boundary will be compelled to contribute towards maintenance towards the chancel within the church. Is this suitable for conveyancing in North Harrow?

Unless a prior purchase of the property completed post 12 October 2013 you may take it that lawyers handling conveyancing in North Harrow to continue to suggest a chancel search and or chancel repair liability insurance.

The estate agent has sent us the confirmation of our purchase of a new build flat in North Harrow. Conveyancing is necessary evil 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 legal work.

Here is a sample of a selection of leasehold new build questions that you may expect your new-build leasehold conveyancing in North Harrow

    Has the Lease plan been approved by the Land Registry and if not when will they be lodged for this purpose? The Lease must contain a provision on behalf of the Vendor to pay the service charges in respect of unoccupied units in order to ensure that all services can be provided. 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. Please confirm the Lease plans are architect prepared. 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.

I decided to have a survey completed on a house in North Harrow in advance of instructing conveyancers. I have been advised that there is a flying freehold element to the house. The surveyor advised that some banks tend refuse to give a mortgage on a flying freehold house.

It varies from the lender to lender. Santander has different instructions from Birmingham Midshires. Should you wish to telephone us we can check via the relevant lender. If you lender is happy to lend one our lawyers can assist as they are used to dealing with flying freeholds in North Harrow. Conveyancing can be more complicated and therefore you should check with your conveyancing solicitor in North Harrow to see if the conveyancing costs will increase in light of this.

How easy is it to use your search facility to select a conveyancing solicitor in North Harrow on the authorised to act for my bank?

1st choose a mortgage company such as Santander, Leeds Building Society or Barclays Direct then specify your preferred area for example North Harrow. Conveyancing practices in North Harrow and nationally will then be shown.

I own a leasehold house in North Harrow. Conveyancing and Norwich and Peterborough Building Society mortgage are in place. I have received a letter from someone claiming to own the reversionary interest in the property. Attached was a ground rent demand for rent dating back to 1997. The conveyancing solicitor in North Harrow who acted for me is not around. What should I do?

First make enquiries of the Land Registry to be sure that this person is indeed the new freeholder. There is no need to instruct a North Harrow conveyancing solicitor to do this as it can be done on-line for £3. You should note that regardless, even if this is the legitimate landlord, under the Limitation Act 1980 the limitation period for recovery of ground rent is six years.

Following years of correspondence we cannot agree with our landlord on how much the lease extension should cost for our flat in North Harrow. Can we issue an application to the Residential Property Tribunal Service?

Most certainly. We can put you in touch with a North Harrow conveyancing firm who can help.

An example of a Lease Extension case for a North Harrow flat is flat 93b Welldon Crescent in May 2009. The Tribunals valuation for a 90-year lease extension of this fat was £13,171 This case affected 1 flat. The number of years remaining on the existing lease(s) was 75.25 years.

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Residential Landlord and Tenant Conveyancing solicitors in North Harrow

The list below is a non-comprehensive list of solicitors in North Harrow practicing 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

  • Redferns Limited, 9 Churchill Court, 58 Station Road, North Harrow, Middlesex, HA2 7SA
  • T Vincent Howells & Co, 60 Station Road, North Harrow, Harrow, Middlesex, HA2 7SL
  • Simo & Co Solicitors, 91 Church Drive, Harrow, Middlesex, HA2 7NR
  • Courtney Smith & Co, 2 Village Way East, Harrow, Middlesex, HA2 7LU
  • Wick & Co, 447 Rayners Lane, Pinner, Middlesex, HA5 5ET

Residential Licensed Conveyancers in North Harrow regulated by the CLC

Please note that the listed conveyancers do not limit their work for conveyancing in North Harrow but also conveyancing throughout England and Wales.
  • Home 2 Home Property Lawyers Limited, 32 Millais Gardens, HA8 5SY
  • Quality Conveyancing Ltd, Westgate House, W5 1YY
  • St John's Property Lawyers, 22a The Avenue, WD17 4NS

Planning law solicitors in North Harrow regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority

The list below is a small selection of solicitors in North Harrow practicing in planning law. The solicitors can give expert legal advice on all aspects of planning, including applications about listed buildings and conservation areas
  • Harold Benjamin, Hill House, 67-71 Lowlands Road, Harrow, Middlesex, HA1 3EQ
  • Hb Public Law Ltd, Civic Centre, Station Road, Harrow, Middlesex, HA1 2UH
  • Pindoria Solicitors Limited, 1st Floor, 502 Honeypot Lane, Stanmore, Middlesex, HA7 1JR
  • Ellistons Slp Solicitors Limited, 51-53 The Broadway, Stanmore, Middlesex, HA7 4DJ
  • Yugin & Partners, Jubilee House, Merrion Avenue, Stanmore, Middlesex, HA7 4RY

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

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