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Conveyancing in Plaistow : Keep it Local

Reasons to use our Plaistow conveyancing solicitors

  • 1 Retaining the services of a local Solicitor in the main results in a more personal touch. Sometimes when dealing with a large conveyancing firm, your transaction is dealt with by a team of people who who update you by determining whether the ‘computers says no’.
  • 2 The hallmark of our conveyancing solicitors in Plaistow is quality not quantity. The level of service offered by conveyancing "factories" (sometimes 'recommended' by national chain estate agents) often falls short of the high standards of professionalism you will expect.
  • 3 Our site is the first site offering you the ability to ensure that your property ownership legalities in Plaistow will be carried out by a solicitor on your lender’s authorised panel.
  • 4 Plaistow solicitor are the key to a successful Plaistow home move, keeping the process under control. They are on your side throughout, offering dedicated advice for the duration of your conveyancing
  • 5 Personal touch and pure property experience are key benefits that you should value when selecting conveyancing solicitors. Plaistow property deals can be made significantly more protracted due to poor communication between all the parties. The lawyers we work with ensure that communication channels are open and act on arising issues and developments instantly.

Examples of recent conveyancing in Plaistow since January 2025*

Transfer

of house residence, Gwydyr Road, BR2 0EX completing on 27/01/2025 at a price of £450,000. The legal transfer of property incorporates some of the following tasks: sending conveyancing papers to buyers representatives, taking formal instructions from and updating the seller client, sending title deeds and executed transfer to purchaser’s lawyers

Disposal

of semi property, Grove Park Road, SE9 4NS completing on 24/01/2025 at a price of £970,000. The legal transfer of property included amongst the various tasks: sending conveyancing papers to buyers representatives, taking formal instructions from and updating the seller client, preparing statement detailing charges

Disposal

of terraced residence, Bourne Road, BR2 9NS completing on 30/01/2025 at a price of £675,000. The conveyancing process included amongst the various tasks: sending conveyancing papers to buyers representatives, dealing with appropriate requisitions and enquiries, sending the transfer to the vendor for signature in readiness for completion

Disposal

of terraced premises, Hazelbank Road, SE6 1LS completing on 24/01/2025 at a price of £700,000. The legal transfer of property included amongst the various tasks: drafting the sale agreement and Transfer, sending the transfer to the vendor for execution in readiness for completion, preparing statement detailing charges

Recently asked questions about conveyancing in Plaistow

I am in the market for a reasonably priced property lawyer. Should I go for for an internet conveyancer as opposed to a local Plaistow conveyancing lawyer?

Plaistow is a unique place, where regional knowledge is a big bonus. The relaxed pace of life has it’s attractions – but not for your conveyancing. The property lawyers that we endorse combine wide Plaistow intelligence with a positive, can doattitude that ensures everything runs smoothly. It will certainly help if they can make use of good relationships with financial advisers, estate agents, surveyors and counterpart Plaistow conveyancing practitioners

Please could you suggest a Accord Mortgages Ltd approved Plaistow conveyancing practice that can complete within 28 days? Would it be better to use a high street Plaistow solicitor or a nationwide comparison site?

We would be happy to suggest some excellent Plaistow conveyancing firms. Another option is to visit the high street in Plaistow. Approach some well established law practices and ask to speak with a conveyancing solicitor for a quote. Explain your deadline together with your reasons and get an assurance on speed. Appoint the one that you are most comfortable with.

My grandmother passed away 10 months ago and as sole heir and executor I was left the house in Plaistow. The house had a relatively small loan left on it of around £4500. I want to transfer the title deeds into my name whilst I re-mortgage to TSB, pay off the mortgage. Is this allowed?

Given you plan to re-mortgage then TSB will insist on your using a conveyancer on the TSB conveyancing panel. Here is link to the Land Registry online guidance around what to do when a property owner dies. This will help you to understand the registration process behind changing the details re the registered title. in your case it would appear that you are effectively purchasing the property from the estate. Your TSB conveyancing panel solicitor pays the new mortgage money into the estate, the estate pays off the old mortgage, the charge is released and you become the owner and the TSB mortgage is registered as a charge at the Land Registry.

I am planning to move house in July. Will my conveyancing solicitor liaise with the removal company on the completion day. Incidentally, can you recommend a removal company in Plaistow. Conveyancing solicitor was chosen before I stumbled across your website.

On the day of completion you can collect the keys from your selling agent however this can only be done after the sellers lawyers advise the agent that the monies to complete are in and the keys can be passed over. After that you should advise the removal men that you are ready to move in. As a matter of policy we do not suggest a specific removal organisation but can assist you in choosing a residential property solicitor in Plaistow or a solicitor with expertise in conveyancing in Plaistow.

I am purchasing a property in Plaistow. One unusual aspect is that the roof has a solar panel. Clydesdale have issued a mortgage offer so presumably this is not a concern to them. Why is my solicitor raising questions about the panel?

As you are obtaining a mortgage with Clydesdale your lawyer must check the conveyancing instructions set out in Section two of UK Finance Lenders’ Handbook for Clydesdale. The CML Handbook stipulates minimum specifications for solar panel roof-space leases, and conveyancers are required to report to Clydesdale where a lease does not comply with these requirements. The requirements relate to the installation of panels on properties in England and Wales and is not restricted to Plaistow.

I recently had an offer accepted on a house in Plaistow. My mortgage broker pressured me to appoint their property lawyer. I paid an advanced payment of £225. A couple of days later, the solicitor called me embarrassingly acknowledging that they were not on the Kent Reliance conveyancing panel. Am I right in thinking that I should be due a refund?

You should be able to recover this from the law firm if they were not on the Kent Reliance panel. They should have asked at the outset which lender you were obtaining a mortgage with. An important lesson to readers of this site is to check that the lawyers are on the appropriate lender panel.

Just had an offer accepted on a new build apartment in Plaistow. Conveyancing is daunting 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 are examples of a selection of leasehold new build questions that you may expect your new-build leasehold conveyancing in Plaistow

    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 a car parking plan. Has the Lease plan been approved by the Land Registry and if not when will they be lodged for this purpose? Please provide evidence that the form of Lease proposed has been approved by the Land Registry.

My husband and I are new on the property ladder - agreed a price, but the selling agent told us that the vendor will only go ahead if we instruct the agent's chosen solicitors as they are insisting on an ‘expedited deal’. We would rather use a family solicitor who is accustomed to conveyancing in Plaistow

It is unlikely the vendors are driving this. Should the vendor want ‘a quick sale', turning down a serious purchaser is is going to put the whole deal at risk. Speak to the owners direct and make sure they understand (a)you are keen to buy (b)you are excited to move forward, with mortgage lined up © you are unencumbered (d) you intend to proceed fast (e)however you intend to use your own,trusted Plaistow conveyancing firm - as opposed tothose that will provide their negotiator at the agency a introducer fee or hit his conveyancing figures demanded by corporate headquarters.

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Sample of conveyancing solicitors in Plaistow regulated by the SRA

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

  • Wellers Staff Ltd, Tenison House, Tweedy Road, Bromley, Kent, BR1 3NF
  • Wellers Law Group Llp, Tenison House, Tweedy Road, Bromley, Kent, BR1 3NF
  • R Saifuddin, 62 Widmore Road, Bromley, Kent, BR1 3BD
  • Judge And Priestley Llp, Justin House, 6 West Street, Bromley, Kent, BR1 1JN
  • Batchelors, Charles House, 35 Widmore Road, Bromley, Kent, BR1 1RW

Commercial Conveyancing solicitors in Plaistow regulated by the SRA

The firms listed below are a small selection of solicitors in Plaistow specialising in commercial conveyancing in Plaistow. This should include advice on commercial leases including all matters relating to landlord and tenant law
  • Wellers Law Group Llp, Tenison House, Tweedy Road, Bromley, Kent, BR1 3NF
  • Wellers Staff Ltd, Tenison House, Tweedy Road, Bromley, Kent, BR1 3NF
  • Judge And Priestley Llp, Justin House, 6 West Street, Bromley, Kent, BR1 1JN
  • J & P Credit Solutions Limited, Justin House, 6 West Street, Bromley, Kent, BR1 1JN
  • Batchelors, Charles House, 35 Widmore Road, Bromley, Kent, BR1 1RW

Domestic Licensed Conveyancers in Plaistow regulated by the Council of Licensed Conveyancers

Please note that the listed conveyancers do not limit their work for conveyancing in Plaistow but also conveyancing across England and Wales.
  • Walter Saunders, 382 Brockley Road, SE4 2BY
  • Ducat Law Ltd, TMS House, BR5 3QB
  • Peter W Stevens , 107 Maxwell Gardens, BR6 9QT
  • Cain Associates Llp, 297 The Broadway, DA6 8DG

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

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