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Reasons to use our Silvertown conveyancing solicitors

  • 1 Solicitors accustomed to conveyancing in Silvertown are familiar with the local concerns peculiar to Silvertown and therefore you may benefit from better guidance and expeditious conveyancing.
  • 2 This site is the first site offering you the ability to check that your conveyancing in Silvertown will be conducted by a law firm on your mortgage lender’s authorised panel.
  • 3 Silvertown conveyancers work in conjunction with Silvertown estate agents, house builders, surveyors, lenders and other professionals to make sure that a quality service is offered to home movers every step of the way, never losing sight of the time-critical nature behind your conveyancing transaction
  • 4 Cut price packages from online conveyancers might be tempting. However, these organisations are often located hundreds of miles away with limited understanding of the factors that affect property transactions in Silvertown
  • 5 Personal touch together with pure property local knowledge are key benefits that you should value when selecting conveyancing solicitors. Silvertown conveyancing can become significantly more stressful due to lack of transparency between all the parties. The lawyers we work with ensure that communication channels are open and act on arising issues and developments quickly.

Examples of recent conveyancing in Silvertown since June 2025*

Recently asked questions about conveyancing in Silvertown

My uncle passed away 10 months ago and as sole heir and executor I was left the property in Silvertown. The house had a small mortgage left on it of around £5k. I want to have the title changed into my name whilst I re-mortgage to Aldermore, pay off the mortgage. Is this possible?

Where you intend to refinance then Aldermore will require that you use a conveyancer on the Aldermore 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 Aldermore 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 Aldermore mortgage is registered as a charge at the Land Registry.

A relative recommended that if I am buying in Silvertown I should ask my conveyancer to execute a Neighbourhood, Planning and Local Amenity Search. What does it cover?

This is a search is usually included in the estimate for your Silvertown conveyancing searches. It is a large document of more than thirty pages, listing and detailing important information about Silvertown around the property and the people living there. It incorporates an Aerial Photograph, Planning Applications, Land Use, Mobile Phone Masts, Rights of Way, the local Housing Market, Council Tax Banding, the type of People living in the area, the dominant type of Housing, the Average House Prices, Crime details, Local Education with maps and statistics, Local Amenities and other useful information concerning Silvertown.

I used Wolstenholmes a few years past for my conveyancing in Silvertown. I now require my papers however the law firm has closed. What do I do?

You should contact 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 Silvertown 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 am purchasing a new build house in Silvertown with a loan from Barnsley Building Society. The builders would not reduce the price so I negotiated £7000 of additionals instead. The sale representative told me not reveal to my solicitor about the deal as it may adversely affect my loan with the lender. Is this normal?.

All lenders require a Disclosure of Incentives Form from the builder 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.

My husband and I are 14 days into a freehold purchase having been recommend to solicitors by the local agent to carry out the conveyancing in Silvertown. I am not happy. Can you you assist me in finding new conveyancers?

They would need to be very poor to suggest replacing them. Has the loan offer been sent? In the event that it has you need to make them aware of the new conveyancer and ensure the loan are re-issued. Your conveyancer should be on the mortgage company panel to avoid added fees and frustration. That should be your first question of the new lawyers. Our search tool will help you find a lender approved lawyer for your home move in Silvertown

I need to switch lawyers as my Silvertown lawyer is not on the bank's panel of conveyancing solicitors. Is it advisable to appoint a new law firm?

In the event that you have not formally instructed a conveyancer to commence the conveyancing and have just received an estimate as to costs, you're perfectly free to choose a different solicitor to carry out your work for you. The best way is to get recommendations from friends or family who have actually used the solicitor or conveyancer in Silvertown that you're considering.

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Sample of conveyancing solicitors in Silvertown regulated by the SRA

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

  • Oasis Solicitors, 8 The Village, Charlton, London, SE7 8UD
  • Hudgell & Partners, 35-36 Market Street, London, SE18 6QP
  • Whitehorse Solicitors, Island Business Centre, 18-36 Wellington Street, London, SE18 6PF
  • Atlantic Solicitors, Suite 209 Island Business Centre, 18-36 Wellington Street, Woolwich, London, London, SE18 6PF
  • Hughes-narborough & Thomas, 83-85 Powis Street, London, SE18 6JX

Residential Landlord and Tenant Conveyancing solicitors in Silvertown

The list below is a small selection of solicitors in Silvertown specialising in landlord and tenant law and on the regulations governing different types of tenancies. This could include advice on wrongful eviction

  • Oasis Solicitors, 8 The Village, Charlton, London, SE7 8UD
  • Saviours Solicitors, 1a Barnard Close, London, SE18 6JQ
  • James Solicitors, Ground Floor, 18-36 Wellington Street, London, SE18 6PF
  • Whitehorse Solicitors, Island Business Centre, 18-36 Wellington Street, London, SE18 6PF
  • Atlantic Solicitors, Suite 209 Island Business Centre, 18-36 Wellington Street, Woolwich, London, London, SE18 6PF

Planning law solicitors in Silvertown regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority

The list below is a non-comprehensive list of solicitors in Silvertown specialising in planning law. This could include advice on tree preservation orders
  • Beverley Morris & Co, 35 Montpelier Vale, Blackheath Villiage, London, SE3 0TJ
  • Beverley Morris & Co Incorporating Peter Egan & Co, 62 Lewisham High Street, London, London, SE13 5JH
  • Hadfield & Co, 1 Central Avenue, Welling, Kent, DA16 3AX
  • Adams Solicitors, Adams House, 129 Mile End Road, London, E1 4BG
  • Apex Law Llp, 3 The Pantiles, Bexleyheath, Kent, DA7 5HH

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

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