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Reasons to use our South Harrow conveyancing solicitors

  • 1 We are the UKs most comprehensive residential conveyancing directory listing mortgage company approved law firms conducting conveyancing in South Harrow registered with the SRA or CLC.
  • 2 Personal touch and a wealth of local knowledge are key benefits that you should seek when selecting conveyancing solicitors. South Harrow home moves can be made significantly more stressful due to poor communication between all the parties. The lawyers we work with strive to make sure that the lines of communication are open and act on arising issues and developments expeditiously.
  • 3 South Harrow solicitors have a crucial advantage when it comes to South Harrow conveyancing as they have important local knowledge of local authority requirements, planning policies and other matters that will impact your conveyancing
  • 4 The firms shown on our web pages have a mix of conveyancing practitioners, legal executives and support staff handling thousands of conveyancing matters annually.
  • 5 There is a distinct possibility the other side’s solicitors are based in South Harrow - if so both parties will be familiar

Examples of recent conveyancing in South Harrow since December 2024*

Conveyance

of flat Corbins Lane HA2 8EL, acquired for £315,000. Leasehold conveyancing legalities included: drafting the sale agreement and Transfer, obtaining official copies of the title, setting up the completion formalities

Disposal

of semi premises, Killowen Avenue, UB5 4QT completing on 10/01/2025 at a price of £500,000. The conveyancing process incorporates some of the following tasks: drafting the sale agreement and Transfer, sending the transfer to the vendor for execution in preparation for completion, preparing statement detailing charges

Acquisition

of flat Rowe Walk HA2 9AB, purchased for £262,000. Leasehold conveyancing investigations included: taking formal instructions from and updating the seller client, agreeing completion date with parties, preparing statement detailing charges

Sale

of terraced residence, Clitheroe Avenue, HA2 9UX completing on 14/01/2025 at a price of £525,000. The legal transfer of property incorporates some of the following tasks: dealing with appropriate requisitions and enquiries, taking formal instructions from and updating the seller client, agreeing completion date with parties

Recently asked questions about conveyancing in South Harrow

Do the conveyancing solicitors via your comparison service handle conveyancing in South Harrow by way of an attended exchange?

We do have a number of conveyancing experts carrying out 24hr exchanges. Please call us to obtain a fee calculation and details as to availability.

My aunt passed away six months ago and as sole heir and executor I was left the property in South Harrow. The house had a small mortgage remaining of approximately £8000. I want to have the title changed into my name whilst I re-mortgage to Clydesdale, pay off the mortgage. Is this possible?

Where you plan to re-mortgage then Clydesdale will require that you use a conveyancer on the Clydesdale 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 Clydesdale 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 Clydesdale mortgage is registered as a charge at the Land Registry.

I am assisting my step-mother sell her house in South Harrow. Does the conveyancer order an energy assessment or it is for the seller to see to?

After the abolition of Home Information Packs, energy assessments was kept a mandatory element of moving house. An energy assessment must be to hand in advance of the property being advertised. It is not a task that lawyers ordinarily arrange. If you are instructing a South Harrow conveyancing practitioner they may be able to arrange energy assessments due to their contacts with long established local assessors

Forgive me if this question is silly but I am unseasoned as a 1st time purchaser of a garden flat in South Harrow. Do I receive the keys to the house on the completion date from my conveyancer? If this is the case, I will instruct a local conveyancing solicitor in South Harrow?

On the day of completion you will not be required to go to the conveyancers office in South Harrow. Conveyancing lawyers for you will arrange to send the purchase money to the seller's solicitors, and shortly after the monies have arrived, you will be called to collect the keys from the Estate Agents and start moving into the property. Usually this happens between 1 and 3pm.

A friend pointed out to me me that in purchasing a property in South Harrow there could be various restrictions limiting what one can do in terms of external changes to the property. Is this right?

There are a number of properties in South Harrow which have some sort of restriction or requirement of consent to external alterations. Part of the conveyancing in South Harrow should determine what restrictions are applicable and advising you as part of a ROT that should be sent to you.

I have todaydiscovered that Wolstenholmes have been shut down. They carried out my conveyancing in South Harrow for a purchase of a freehold house 18 months ago. How can I establish that my home is registered correctly in the name of the previous owner?

The easiest way to see if the property is in your name, you can make a search of the land registry (£3.00). You can either do this yourself or ask a law firm to do this for you. If you are not registered you can seek help from one of a number of South Harrow conveyancing specialists.

I am purchasing a new build house in South Harrow with the aid of help to buy. The developers refused to budge the amount so I negotiated £7000 of additionals instead. The estate agent told me not reveal to my solicitor about the deal as it would affect my loan with the bank. Is this normal?.

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.

Online research suggests that South Harrow solicitors are more expensive than licensed conveyancers in South Harrow when it comes to purchasing a house. Am I better off using a conveyancer or a solicitor where I am purchasing a property in South Harrow.

When it comes to conveyancing in South Harrow the costs are unlikely to vary dramatically depending on whether the legal expert is a licenced conveyancer or solicitor.

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Sample of conveyancing solicitors in South Harrow regulated by the SRA

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

  • Phillips & Phillips Incorporating Richmonds Solicitors, 220 Northolt Road, Harrow, Middlesex, HA2 8DS
  • R R Sanghvi & Co, Sherwood House, 176 Northolt Road, Harrow, Middlesex, HA2 0EP
  • Rohit R Sanghvi Limited, Sherwood House, 176 Northolt Road, Harrow, Middlesex, HA2 0EP
  • Kanta Kanbi Limited, Sherwood House, 176 Northolt Road, Harrow, Middlesex, HA2 0EP
  • Soma Solictors Ltd, 34 Eastcote Lane, Harrow, Middlesex, HA2 8DB

Residential Landlord and Tenant Conveyancing solicitors in South Harrow

The list below is a non-comprehensive list of solicitors in South Harrow specialising in landlord and tenant law and on the regulations governing different types of tenancies. This should include advice on Terms and conditions of tenancy agreements

  • Phillips & Phillips Incorporating Richmonds Solicitors, 220 Northolt Road, Harrow, Middlesex, HA2 8DS
  • R R Sanghvi & Co, Sherwood House, 176 Northolt Road, Harrow, Middlesex, HA2 0EP
  • Kanta Kanbi Limited, Sherwood House, 176 Northolt Road, Harrow, Middlesex, HA2 0EP
  • Rohit R Sanghvi Limited, Sherwood House, 176 Northolt Road, Harrow, Middlesex, HA2 0EP
  • Soma Solictors Ltd, 34 Eastcote Lane, Harrow, Middlesex, HA2 8DB

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

The list below is a small selection of solicitors in South Harrow practicing in planning law. This may include advice on compulsory purchases in South Harrow
  • Harold Benjamin, Hill House, 67-71 Lowlands Road, Harrow, Middlesex, HA1 3EQ
  • Hb Public Law Ltd, Civic Centre, Station Road, Harrow, Middlesex, HA1 2UH
  • Pindoria Solicitors Limited, 1st Floor, 502 Honeypot Lane, Stanmore, Middlesex, HA7 1JR
  • Jay Visva Solicitors, First Floor, 784 Uxbridge Road, Hayes, Middlesex, UB4 0RS
  • Ellistons Slp Solicitors Limited, 51-53 The Broadway, Stanmore, Middlesex, HA7 4DJ

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

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