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Top reasons to let us assist you find a local conveyancing solicitor in Northfleet

  • 1 The firms shown on our web pages have a variation of conveyancing practitioners, legal executives and support staff handling thousands of conveyancing matters each year.
  • 2 Solicitor conveyancing solicitors have valuable personal connections with Northfleet estate agents and work very closely with them and local surveyors so as to ensure transactions proceed expeditiously.
  • 3 Northfleet lawyers work in partnership with Northfleet estate agents, developers, surveyors, lenders and other professionals to make sure that the highest level of service is provided to clients every step of the way, helping make the process as straightforward as possible
  • 4 The Northfleet conveyancing practitioners that we work with are committed to providing the most cost, efficient and accessible conveyancing service to home buyers, sellers and investors in Northfleet
  • 5 Personal touch and a wealth of experience are key benefits that you should value when selecting conveyancing solicitors. Northfleet property deals can become significantly more protracted as a result of lack of transparency between all the parties. The lawyers we work with ensure that the lines of communication are open and act on arising issues and developments expeditiously.

Examples of recent conveyancing in Northfleet since June 2025*

Recently asked questions about conveyancing in Northfleet

When does exchange of contracts happen for sale conveyancing in Northfleet and do I need to be at the solicitors branch?

Where you are local to our conveyancing solicitors in Northfleet you are welcome to attend to sign contracts. However, the law practices we recommend supply countrywide coverage for conveyancing and give just as diligent and professional a job for you when dealing with you by post or email. The executing of the property agreement is not when everything is set in stone. Signing on the dotted line simply enables the solicitor to exchange contracts when the time is right, which will usually be very shortly after signing. The exchange process is nowadays normally dealt with by telephone and can be very rapid, although where a lengthy "chain" is in the mix, since the process requires the relevant party's solicitor (not necessarily a conveyancing solicitor in Northfleet)to be in the office at the appropriate time.

I have been advised by my conveyancer that defective lease insurance is necessary on my purchase. What is the typical level of cover needed for conveyancing in Northfleet?

The appropriate level of defective lease indemnity insurance should be dictated by who your lender. It would differ for example between Yorkshire Building Society and Skipton Building Society. Conveyancing lawyers as opposed to members of the public take out such insurances.

Having read lots of mortgage guides, I note that they all recommend that you should get your house surveyed prior to buying it. When I asked my local Northfleet solicitor - who is on the Nationwide conveyancing panel - on this she said they don't do this and I need to contract an independent surveyor. is that correct?

Nationwide will need an independent valuation of the property. Your lawyer will not arrange this. Usually Nationwide will appoint their own surveyor to do this, and you will have to pay for it. Remember that this is a valuation for mortgage purposes and not a survey. You may wish to consider appointing your own Northfleet surveyor to carry out a survey or prepare a home buyers report on the property. It is up to you to satisfy yourself that the property is structurally sound before you buy it. If the survey or report reveals that building work is needed, you should tell your solicitor. You may wish to renegotiate with the seller.

Our sealed bid on a semi in Northfleet has been accepted, but there is a chain. The sellers have put an offer on on an apartment, but it’s not been accepted yet, and have viewings of other flats booked. I have chosen a local conveyancing solicitor in Northfleet. What do I do now? At what stage do I apply for the mortgage with TSB?

It is understandable to have concerns where there is a chain as you are unlikely to want to be too out of pocket too early (home loan application is in the region of one thousand pounds, then valuation, Northfleet conveyancing search charges, etc). The first thing to do is ensure that your solicitor is on the TSB approved list. Concerning the next stages this very much dictated by the circumstances of your transaction, attraction to this property and on the state of the market. In a rising market some home buyers will apply for the mortgage with TSB and pay for the valuation and only if it comes back ok would they ask their conveyancer to move forward with the conveyancing in Northfleet.

My colleague suggested that if I am buying in Northfleet I should 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 sometimes included in the estimate for your Northfleet conveyancing searches. It is not a small report of about 40 pages, listing and detailing significant information about Northfleet around the property and the people living there. It includes an Aerial Photograph, Planning Applications, Land Use, Mobile Phone Masts, Rights of Way, the local Housing Market, Council Tax Banding, the demographics of People living in the area, the dominant type of Housing, the Average House Prices, Crime details, Local Education with plans and statistics, Local Amenities and other useful information concerning Northfleet.

I am buying my first flat in Northfleet benefiting from help to buy. The builders refused to move on the amount so I negotiated 6k of fixtures and fittings instead. The property agent suggested that I not disclose to my lawyer about this extras as it may adversely affect my mortgage with the bank. Do I keep my lawyer in the dark?.

All lenders require a Disclosure of Incentives Form from the developer of any new build, converted or renovated property, It is available online from the Lenders’ Handbook page on the CML website. CML form is completed and handed to the lender's surveyor when the inspection is done.

Lenders have different policies on incentives. Some accept none at all, cash or physical, while others will accept cash incentives up to 5%.

Hard to understand why the representative of a builder would be suggesting you withold information from a solicitor when all this will be clearly visible on forms the builder has to supply to its solicitor, the buyer's solicitor and the surveyor.

I was advised by a number of property agents in Northfleet to choose a solicitor on your site. Is there a financial upside for Estate Agents to market your lawyers over and above another?

We don’t give any referral fee for sending work to this site. We thought it would be too underhand to pay a commission because home movers will think, ‘How come the agent getting a kickback? Why am I not receiving any benefit too?’ So we decided to step away from that.

My wife and I accepted an offer on a Northfleet flat left to us seven years ago in 2012. I have over 12 years conveyancing know-how and, now retired, wish to do my own legal work. The purchaser's lawyer has informed me that their bank will not allow us to do our own conveyancing insisting the funds to be released via a solicitor's bank account.

Mortgage requirements to conveyancers from all CML members state that If the vendor is not legally represented the borrower's lawyers should check whether the bank needs to be told so that a decision can be made if they are prepared to proceed.

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Sample of conveyancing solicitors in Northfleet regulated by the SRA

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

  • Martin Tolhurst Partnership Llp, 7 Wrotham Road, Gravesend, Kent, DA11 0PD
  • Patrick Lawrence, 5 Railway Place, Gravesend, Kent, DA12 1AP
  • Hatten Wyatt, 51/54 Windmill Street, Gravesend, Kent, DA12 1BD
  • F S Law Solicitors & Advocates, 27 Milton Road, Gravesend, Kent, DA12 2RF
  • Cumming & Riley, 11a High Street, Grays, Essex, RM17 6NB

Residential Landlord and Tenant Conveyancing solicitors in Northfleet

The firms listed below are a non-comprehensive list of solicitors in Northfleet practicing in landlord and tenant law and on the regulations governing different types of tenancies. This will likely include advice on Service charge disputes

  • Rex Cowells Solicitors Limited, Old Rectory Business Centre, Springhead Road, Northfleet, Gravesend, Kent, DA11 8HN
  • Martin Tolhurst Partnership Llp, 7 Wrotham Road, Gravesend, Kent, DA11 0PD
  • Patrick Lawrence, 5 Railway Place, Gravesend, Kent, DA12 1AP
  • Hatten Wyatt, 51/54 Windmill Street, Gravesend, Kent, DA12 1BD
  • M K Gill Solicitors, 63 Windmill Street, Gravesend, Kent, DA12 1BJ

Commercial Conveyancing solicitors in Northfleet regulated by the SRA

The firms listed below are a small selection of solicitors in Northfleet with expertise in commercial conveyancing in Northfleet. This may include advice on buying and selling small and large scale commercial property and agricultural land
  • Rex Cowells Solicitors Limited, Old Rectory Business Centre, Springhead Road, Northfleet, Gravesend, Kent, DA11 8HN
  • Stantons, 24 Wrotham Road, Gravesend, Kent, DA11 0PA
  • Martin Tolhurst Partnership Llp, 7 Wrotham Road, Gravesend, Kent, DA11 0PD
  • Patrick Lawrence, 5 Railway Place, Gravesend, Kent, DA12 1AP
  • Hatten Wyatt, 51/54 Windmill Street, Gravesend, Kent, DA12 1BD

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