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5 reasons to use our service to assist you select a local conveyancing solicitor in Piccadilly

  • 1 Our site offers most comprehensive residential conveyancing directory listing lender approved property lawyers conducting conveyancing in Piccadilly who are regulated by the SRA or Council of Licensed Conveyancers.
  • 2 Piccadilly solicitors will be familiar with the local Land Registry Office, Local Authority and selling agents
  • 3 Piccadilly lawyers have a crucial advantage when it comes to Piccadilly conveyancing as they have important local knowledge of local authority requirements, planning policies and other issues that will affect your home move
  • 4 On the balance of probabilities the the solicitors for the other party have offices in Piccadilly - if so both parties are likely to be on good working terms
  • 5 The organisations identified on our directory have a mix of conveyancing lawyers, legal executives and support staff handling thousands of conveyancing matters annually.

Examples of recent conveyancing in Piccadilly since December 2024*

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of apartment Charles Street W1J 5EX, at sale consideration of £1,404,000. Leasehold conveyancing included: sending conveyancing papers to buyers representatives, sending the transfer to the vendor for execution in preparation for completion, setting up the completion formalities

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of flat Montrose Place SW1X 7DU, at buying consideration of £4,500,000. Leasehold conveyancing included: sending conveyancing papers to buyers representatives, sending the transfer to the seller for signature in preparation for completion, setting up the completion formalities

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of detached residence residence, Little Chester Street, SW1X 7AP completing on 15/01/2025 at a price of £4,000,000. The conveyancing process incorporates some of the following tasks: sending the transfer to the seller for signature in preparation for completion, obtaining official copies of the title, preparing statement detailing charges

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of apartment Marylebone Lane W1U 1DB, at the agreed amount of £1,450,000. Leasehold conveyancing included: sending the transfer to the vendor for execution in preparation for completion, taking formal instructions from and updating the seller client, ordering official copies of the title

Recently asked questions about conveyancing in Piccadilly

Can you explain why leasehold purchase conveyancing in Piccadilly is more expensive?

Piccadilly 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.

The Piccadilly conveyancing solicitors that I appointed last week on my purchase in Piccadilly have without warning closed. I only went with them because I had to have a solicitor on the Clydesdale conveyancing panel and my preferred Piccadilly lawyer was not. I cut them a cheque for £250 in advance. What are my options?

If you have an estate agent involved then inform them immediately so that they advise the vendors that there may be a slight delay due to the problems encountered. Most sellers would be sympathetic and urge their lawyer to send a new set of papers to your new solicitors. You will need to appoint new lawyers that are on the Clydesdale conveyancing panel and notify the lender. If you have paid over any money, it will hopefully be held by the SRA as money in an intervened firm's bank accounts is transferred to the SRA. Then, the SRA or the intervention agent looks at the intervened firm's accounts to work out who the money belongs to. To claim your money you will need to contact the SRA. If the SRA cannot return money you are owed from the firm's bank accounts, or if they can only return part of the money, you can apply to the Compensation Fund for a grant. Your new lawyers may be able to assist.

We previously chose conveyancers locally in Piccadilly on the Co-operative solicitor approved list. They have just billed me a further amount for the legal aspects of the Co-operative mortgage. Is this an additional conveyancing fee set by Co-operative?

As unfair as it may seem, as long as it’s in their Terms of Engagement or estimate then yes your conveyancing practitioner may levy a fee for this. This fee is not set by Co-operative but by your Piccadilly conveyancing practitioner. Numerous firms on the Co-operative panel will levy ’dealing with mortgage’ fee and others do not.

I am purchasing a property in Piccadilly. A rare aspect is that the roof has a solar panel. Solicitors conducting should look into this right? Will my lender HSBC be concerned?

As your lender is HSBC your lawyer must follow the formal instructions set out in Section 2 of UK Finance Lenders’ Handbook for HSBC. The CML Handbook stipulates minimum requirements for solar panel roof-space leases, and lawyers are required to report to HSBC where a lease does not comply with these requirements. The requirements relate to the installation of panels on properties countrywide and is not limited to Piccadilly.

I am currently in the process of buying my council flat in Piccadilly. I have a mortgage offer with TSB. Conveyancing is not something I have any knowledge of. Can I proceed without a solicitor easily? I think we can but we keep being told I should have one. Any advice?

It is not advisable to proceed with a house purchase without a solicitor. The council's solicitor are not acting for you. You need a solicitor for a number reasons. One of which is to verify what plans the Council have for repairs and refurbishment for the next five years. Many leaseholders have been stung for contributions of thousands of pounds. In any event, if you are getting a mortgage with TSB, you will need to appoint a solicitor on the TSB conveyancing panel.

I know that there are debates on Chancel Insurance on online forums. Do I need this when acquiring a property in Piccadilly? or Apparently there is historic law that means some homeowners living in a parish church boundary may be liable to pay for maintenance to the chancel within the church. Is this relevant for conveyancing in Piccadilly?

Unless a prior purchase of the property completed after 12 October 2013 you can assume that lawyers conducting conveyancing in Piccadilly to remain encouraging a chancel search and or chancel repair liability insurance.

I used Action Conveyancing a few years ago for my conveyancing in Piccadilly. I now require my file but cannot find the solicitor. What do I do?

Do call the Solicitors Regulatory Authority (SRA) to help locate your conveyancing files. They can be contacted on please contact on 0870 606 2555. Alternatively, you should use their online form to make an enquiry. You will need to provide the SRA with as much information as possible to assist their search, including the name and address in Piccadilly of the conveyancing firm of solicitors you previously retained, the name of conveyancing solicitor with whom you had dealings, and the date on which you last had dealings with the firm.

I previously informed by my lender that their approved solicitors operate no sale no charge basis for conveyancing in Piccadilly. I had a purchase fall through nevertheless the conveyancers have invoiced for search fees! They say the fees are nothing to do with their fees!

Piccadilly conveyancing search costs are separate expenses not solicitors costs as these are payable to independent parties.

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Sample of conveyancing solicitors in Piccadilly regulated by the SRA

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

  • Weaver Rose Solicitors Limited, Level 1, Devonshire House, One Mayfair Place, Mayfair, London, W1J 8AJ
  • London Corporate Legal Limited, 1 Berkeley Street, Mayfair, London, Greater London, W1J 8DJ
  • Howman & Co, 17, Bolton Street, London, London, W1J 8BH
  • Freshlaw Solicitors Ltd, 42 Albemarle Street, 2nd Floor, W1s 4jh, London, W1S 4JH
  • Hammond Bale Llp, 19 Berkeley Street, London, London, W1J 8ED

Residential Landlord and Tenant Conveyancing solicitors in Piccadilly

The list below is a non-comprehensive list of solicitors in Piccadilly with expertise in landlord and tenant law and on the regulations governing different types of tenancies. This may include advice on Leasehold Valuation Tribunal proceedings

  • Campbell & Co, 1 Berkeley Street, Mayfair, London, W1J 8DJ
  • Howman & Co, 17, Bolton Street, London, London, W1J 8BH
  • Freshlaw Solicitors Ltd, 42 Albemarle Street, 2nd Floor, W1s 4jh, London, W1S 4JH
  • Hammond Bale Llp, 19 Berkeley Street, London, London, W1J 8ED
  • Berlad Graham Llp, Berkeley Square House, Berkeley Square, Mayfair, London, W1J 6BD

Planning law solicitors in Piccadilly regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority

The firms listed below are a small selection of solicitors in Piccadilly practicing in planning law. The solicitors can give expert legal advice on all aspects of planning, including planning applications and appeals
  • Trousset Fawcett Ltd, 35 Piccadilly, London, W1J 0DW
  • Hcls Llp, 3rd Floor/carrington House, 126 – 130 Regent Street, London, London, W1B 5SE
  • Fletcher Day Ltd, 56 Conduit Street, Mayfair, London, W1S 2YZ
  • Rokeby Johnson Baars Solicitors Limited, 22 Gilbert Street, London, W1K 5HD
  • Keystone Law Limited, Second Floor Audley House, 13 Palace Street, London, SW1E 5HX

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

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