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Reasons to use our South Ruislip conveyancing solicitors

  • 1 Conveyancer conveyancing lawyers have excellent personal links with South Ruislip estate agents and work very closely with them and local surveyors so as to ensure transactions proceed expeditiously.
  • 2 Excellent communication together with pure property expertise are key benefits that you should seek when choosing conveyancing solicitors. South Ruislip property deals can be made a lot more complicated because of lack of transparency between all the parties. The lawyers we work with ensure that the lines of communication are open and act on arising issues and developments instantly.
  • 3 We are the UKs largest domestic conveyancing directory service identifying mortgage company approved law practices carrying out conveyancing in South Ruislip registered with the SRA or Council of Licensed Conveyancers.
  • 4 South Ruislip conveyancers will have connections at the local Land Registry Office, Local Authority and estate agents
  • 5 The accumulation of transactions means that South Ruislip solicitor have established excellent links with South Ruislip 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 house sale or purchase in South Ruislip.

Examples of recent conveyancing in South Ruislip since February 2025*

Recently asked questions about conveyancing in South Ruislip

At what point can the exchange of contracts occur in residential conveyancing in South Ruislip and am I required to attend the lawyers branch?

If you are near to our conveyancing solicitors in South Ruislip you are welcome to come in to sign the paperwork. However, the firms we recommend offer countrywide coverage for conveyancing and give just as detailed and professional a job for you when dealing with you by post or email. The signing of the contract is not the critical part. A signed contract simply enables the firm to address the formalities when the time is right, which will usually be very shortly after signing. The exchange process is is usually a five minute process, although where a lengthy "chain" is involved, since the process requires the relevant party's solicitor (not necessarily a conveyancing solicitor in South Ruislip)to be in the office at the appropriate time.

We wanted to use a conveyancing solicitor in South Ruislip for our home move. Our financial adviser informed us that our mortgage company Bank of Scotland won't deal with them. Surely this is unduly restrictive?

Pre- 2008 most mortgage companies had a different appetite for risk. Almost all South Ruislip conveyancing firms would have been on many mortgage company panels. The Financial Services Authority in 2010 carried out a thematic investigation into mortgage fraud which concluded: know the conveyancing solicitors dealt with. Consequently, lenders are increasingly seeing more data from law firms regarding their operations and the individuals who work for them and establishing certain criteria such a completing on a minimum amount of transactions. Many South Ruislip conveyancing firms that have been excluded from lender panels have Unblemished track record, no complaints and no claims and didn't just 'dabble' in conveyancing. South Ruislip is one of the hundreds of areas where the lawyers showing on our search results are on the panel for Bank of Scotland.

I have todaydiscovered that Arc property Solicitors have closed. They conducted my conveyancing in South Ruislip for a purchase of a leasehold flat 18 months ago. How can I be sure that my home is in my name in the name of the former proprietor?

The quickest method to see if the premises is registered to you, 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 Ruislip conveyancing specialists.

I'm purchasing my first flat in South Ruislip with a loan from Norwich and Peterborough Building Society. The builders would not move on the price so I negotiated 6k of fixtures and fittings instead. The estate agent advised me not reveal to my lawyer about this side-deal as it will put at risk my loan with the bank. Should I keep quiet?.

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.

Yesterday I discovered that there is a flying freehold element on a house I have offered on two weeks back in what should have been a straight forward, no chain conveyancing. South Ruislip is where the house is located. Can you offer any opinion?

Flying freeholds in South Ruislip are not the norm but are more likely to exist in relation to terraced houses. Even though you don't necessarily need a conveyancing solicitor in South Ruislip you must be sure that your lawyer goes through the deeds diligently. Your lender may require your conveyancing solicitor to take out an indemnity policy. Some of the more diligent conveyancing solicitors in South Ruislip may ascertain that this is not enough and that the deeds be re-written to give you the most up to date legal protection. If so, the next door neighbour also had to sign up to the revised deeds.It is possible that your lender will not accept the situation so the sooner you find out the better. You should also check with your insurance broker as to whether they will insure a flying freehold residence.

Our solicitor in South Ruislip has uncovered a a legal deficiency with the lease for the apartment we are buying in South Ruislip. The other side have offered defective title insurance as a workaround. We are happy with insurance and will pay for it. Our solicitor says that as he is on the bank conveyancing panel he must ensure that the lender is happy with this solution. Who is the client here, us or the mortgage company?

The short answer to your last question is that, notwithstanding the potential for a conflict of interest, you and the lender are the client. A precondition to being on the lender approved panel is to comply with the UK Finance Lenders’ Handbook requirements. The UK Finance Lenders’ Handbook conditions require your lawyer to disclose issues such as defects will the lease so that the bank can be afforded the opportunity to check with their valuer as to the extent that the value of the property is affected . Should you refuse to allow your lawyer to make the appropriate notification then your lawyer will have no choice but to discontinue acting for you.

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Residential Landlord and Tenant Conveyancing solicitors in South Ruislip

The firms listed below are a non-comprehensive list of solicitors in South Ruislip with expertise in landlord and tenant law and on the regulations governing different types of tenancies. This could include advice on Claims for damages for illegal

  • Camerons Jones, Television House, 269 Field End Road, Eastcote, Middlesex, HA4 9XA
  • Enever Freeman & Co, 17 Victoria Road, Ruislip Manor, Ruislip, Middlesex, HA4 9AA
  • Soulsby Williamson, 73 Park Way, Ruislip Manor, Ruislip, Middlesex, HA4 8NS
  • Thakker & Co, Conex House, 148 Field End Road, Eastcote, Pinner, Middlesex, HA5 1RJ
  • Ravi Sol Ltd, 457b Alexandra Avenue, Harrow, Middlesex, HA2 9RY

Commercial Conveyancing solicitors in South Ruislip regulated by the SRA

The list below is a small selection of solicitors in South Ruislip practicing in commercial conveyancing in South Ruislip. This could include advice on taking a commercial lease as a tenant
  • Camerons Jones, Television House, 269 Field End Road, Eastcote, Middlesex, HA4 9XA
  • Enever Freeman & Co, 17 Victoria Road, Ruislip Manor, Ruislip, Middlesex, HA4 9AA
  • Soulsby Williamson, 73 Park Way, Ruislip Manor, Ruislip, Middlesex, HA4 8NS
  • Hebbar & Co, 157 Mandeville Road, Northolt, Middlesex, UB5 4LZ
  • Thakker & Co, Conex House, 148 Field End Road, Eastcote, Pinner, Middlesex, HA5 1RJ

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

The solicitors listed below are a small selection of solicitors in South Ruislip with expertise in planning law. The solicitors can give expert legal advice on all aspects of planning, including compulsory purchases in South Ruislip
  • Jay Visva Solicitors, First Floor, 784 Uxbridge Road, Hayes, Middlesex, UB4 0RS
  • Harold Benjamin, Hill House, 67-71 Lowlands Road, Harrow, Middlesex, HA1 3EQ
  • Hb Public Law Ltd, Civic Centre, Station Road, Harrow, Middlesex, HA1 2UH
  • Turbervilles, Hill House, 118 High Street, Uxbridge, Middlesex, UB8 1JT
  • Iliffes Booth Bennett, Capital Court, 30 Windsor Street, Uxbridge, Middlesex, UB8 1AB

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

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