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Reasons to use our South Croydon conveyancing solicitors

  • 1 The South Croydon conveyancing practitioners that are listed are dedicated to providing the most cost, efficient and transparent conveyancing service to purchasers, sellers and investors in South Croydon
  • 2 Over the years South Croydon solicitor have developed excellent working relationships with South Croydon local estate agents, banks, building societies, landlords and house builders enabling them to liaise at speed with all parties involved in the process of dealing with your home move in South Croydon.
  • 3 South Croydon conveyancers have a crucial edge when it comes to South Croydon conveyancing as they have important local knowledge of local authority requirements, planning policies and other issues that will affect your sale or purchase
  • 4 Firms accustomed to conveyancing in South Croydon are familiar with the local issues specific to South Croydon and therefore you may benefit from better guidance and faster conveyancing.
  • 5 There is a distinct possibility the other side’s solicitors are based in South Croydon - if so both parties are likely to have worked on conveyancing matters in the past

Examples of recent conveyancing in South Croydon since February 2025*

Recently asked questions about conveyancing in South Croydon

Can the conveyancing practitioners that you recommend perform right to buy conveyancing in South Croydon?

We work with numerous conveyancing experts carrying out right to buy transactions Do contact us with a view to obtain a costs illustration.

I am purchasing a new build flat in South Croydon. Can I do my own conveyancing?

Leaving aside the complexities and merits of DIY conveyancing in South Croydon you will have to appoint a solicitor on your bank's conveyancing panel to look after their interests. Most people therefore find it easier to let the solicitor act for them and the lender. Furthermore there is minimal cost savings to be made in you doing conveyancing for yourself and another lawyer conducting the conveyancing for the lender. Please feel free to use the search tool to find a lawyer on your lender panel in South Croydon.

Forgive me if this question is silly but I am unexperienced as FTB of a garden flat in South Croydon. Do I pick up the keys to the premises on completion from my conveyancer? If this is the case, I will find a local conveyancing solicitor in South Croydon?

On the day of completion you do not need to attend the conveyancers office in South Croydon. Your solicitors will transfer the completion advance to the vendor’s solicitors, and shortly after the monies have arrived, you should be called to receive the keys from the selling Agents and move into your new home. This tends to happen between 1 and 3pm.

I am planning to move property in July. Should my conveyancing solicitor call the removal company on the completion day. Incidentally, can you recommend a removal company in South Croydon. Conveyancing solicitor was organised before I stumbled across your site.

On the day of completion you can collect the house keys from the selling agent however this should only occur after the vendors solicitors advise the agent that they have the completion monies and the keys can be passed over. Subsequently you can advise the removal men that they can start moving you in. We are not in a position to suggest a specific removal organisation but can help you find a conveyancing in South Croydon or a firm that specialises in conveyancing in South Croydon.

We had selected solicitors locally in South Croydon on the Nationwide solicitor approved list. They have just invoiced me a supplemental fee for the legal aspects of the Nationwide mortgage. Is this a supplemental conveyancing fee set by Nationwide?

Provided it is contained in their Terms and Conditions or Quote then yes your property lawyer can levy a fee for this. This charge is not set by Nationwide but by your South Croydon conveyancer. Some firms on the Nationwide panel will quote ’dealing with mortgage’ fee but many firms include it on their overall fee.

I understand that there are debates on Chancel Insurance on online forums. Am I compelled to take this when buying a house in South Croydon? or I am told that there is a law dating back centuries that means some house owners residing in a parish church boundary will be compelled to contribute towards maintenance to the chancel in proximity to the church. Is this relevant for conveyancing in South Croydon?

Unless a prior purchase of the premises took place after 12 October 2013 you could assume that solicitors delivering conveyancing in South Croydon to remain recommending a chancel search and or insurance against a claim.

My wife and I have a terraced Victorian house in South Croydon. Conveyancing practitioner acted for me and Accord Mortgages Ltd. I did a free Land Registry search last week and there are two entries: the first freehold, another for leasehold under the exact same property. Is it worth asking Accord Mortgages Ltd to clarify?

You need to read the Freehold register you have again and check the Charges Register for mention of a lease. The best way to be sure that you are also the registered owner of the leasehold and freehold title as well is to check (£3). It is not completely unheard of in South Croydon and other locations in the country and poses no real issues for owners other than when they mortgage they have to account for both freehold and leasehold interests when dealing with buyers. You can also question the position with your conveyancing lawyer who conducted the conveyancing.

What advice do you have for searching for leasehold conveyancing in South Croydon?

Option 1 is to ask your friends and family they would would instruct. Second, search the web for conveyancing in South Croydon. Call two or three from the list and ask them to email you their conveyancing fees and discuss your needs with the solicitor who will handle your conveyancing before you commit. Third is to make use of our search tool to assist you in finding the right solicitors for you based on your unique factors including location,speed, complexity and who the proposed lender is.Avoid the trap of appointing lowest cost conveyancing solicitors in South Croydon

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Commercial Conveyancing solicitors in South Croydon regulated by the SRA

The list below is a non-comprehensive list of solicitors in South Croydon with expertise in commercial conveyancing in South Croydon. This should include advice on buying and selling small and large scale commercial property and agricultural land
  • Alfred James & Co Solicitors Llp, Alfred James House, 406a Brighton Road, South Croydon, Surrey, CR2 6AN
  • Sandom Robinson, Triumph House, Station Approach, Sanderstead Road, South Croydon, Surrey, CR2 0PL
  • Anthony Leonard Associates, Airport House, Purley Way, Croydon, Surrey, CR0 0XZ
  • Dzimitrowicz York, 6 Laud Street, Croydon, Surrey, CR0 1ST
  • Streeter Marshall, 74 High Street, Croydon, Surrey, CR9 2UU

Planning law solicitors in South Croydon regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority

The list below is a small selection of solicitors in South Croydon specialising in planning law. The solicitors can give expert legal advice on all aspects of planning, including special planning controls
  • Gowen & Stevens Llp, 5 Mulgrave Chambers, 26-28 Mulgrave Road, Sutton, Surrey, SM2 6LE
  • Cuff And Gough Llp, Lamborn Place, 26 High Street, Banstead, Surrey, SM7 2LJ
  • A E Short, 144 Bromley Road, Beckenham, Kent, BR3 6PG
  • Crescent Law, 81 London Road, Morden, Surrey, SM4 5HP
  • Batchelors, Charles House, 35 Widmore Road, Bromley, Kent, BR1 1RW

Typically, South Croydon conveyancing for a sale has some of the following tasks

  • Lawyer instructed by the seller once the offer has been accepted
  • Collating the documents evidencing the title to the property
  • Drafting contract and associated documents
  • Sending draft papers to the conveyancer acting for the purchaser
  • Finalising the wording for contracts and responding to supplemental queries from the buyer’s conveyancer
  • Negotiating the transfer deed
  • Replying to requisitions submitted by the purchaser’s conveyancer
  • Carrying out the key stage of exchanging contracts and then preparing for completion
  • Receiving sale proceeds and transferring funds to the seller, the estate agent and other relevant parties (where relevant)

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

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