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Choosing the right solicitor is the most important decision when it comes to your South Woodford conveyancing

Reasons to use our South Woodford conveyancing solicitors

  • 1 Retaining the services of a local Solicitor usually results in a more personalised service. When using a an online conveyancing factory, your transaction is handled by a team of people who who update you by determining whether the ‘computers says no’.
  • 2 Lawyer conveyancing firms have valuable personal links with South Woodford estate agents and work very closely with them and local surveyors so as to ensure transactions proceed expeditiously.
  • 3 South Woodford lawyers work in partnership with South Woodford estate agents, house builders, surveyors, banks and other professionals to make sure that a quality service is offered to home movers every step of the way, ensuring the smoothest, most stress-free process possible
  • 4 Chances are that the other side’s conveyancers are based in South Woodford - if so both parties are likely to be less confrontational
  • 5 The mark of a good conveyancing solicitor in South Woodford is quality not quantity. The level of service offered by conveyancing "factories" (sometimes 'recommended' by large estate agency chains) sometimes falls short of the level of professionalism you would hope for.

Examples of recent conveyancing in South Woodford since October 2025*

Recently asked questions about conveyancing in South Woodford

Having been recommended your company we were going to go ahead with a conveyancing solicitor in South Woodford endorsed using your comparison tool but stumbled across alternative fee calculations on the internet seem less pricey – why is this?

There are many firms of conveyancing organisations advertising supposedly cheap conveyancing, unfortunately it’s common in such cases for extrafees result in the closing bill totally different to the one you expected. Solicitors ought to ensure fees contained in terms of business should be equitable and be applied The solicitors that we list for conveyancing in South Woodford set out all costs for a domestic conveyancing matter.

What is the optimum way to find out if the solicitor conducting my conveyancing in South Woodford is on the lender’sapproved panel? I am looking to avoid the situation of having one lawyer for me and one for Barnsley Building Society thus spending £175.00 in further legal invoice.

You should take advantage of the search tool on this web page. Please choose the lender and type ‘South Woodford’ or your preferred area and you will discover a number of lawyer located in South Woodford or nearest you.

I have recentlybecome aware that Arc property Solicitors have been shut down. They carried out my conveyancing in South Woodford for a purchase of a leasehold apartment 18 months ago. How can I be sure that my home is registered correctly in the name of the former proprietor?

The quickest method to check if the property 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 Woodford conveyancing specialists.

Just had an offer accepted on a new build flat in South Woodford. Conveyancing is necessary evil 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 conveyancing.

Here is a sample of a few leasehold new build questions that you can expect your new-build leasehold conveyancing in South Woodford

    If there are lifts in the building, please confirm that the owners of flats on the ground and basement floors will not be required to contribute towards the cost of maintenance and renewal. There must be mutual enforceability of lessee’s covenants. Please confirm the Lease plans are architect prepared. Forfeiture - bankruptcy or liquidation must not apply under this provision. The Vendor must covenant to keep unsold units in good repair until long leases are granted therefore.

Yesterday I discovered that there is a flying freehold element on a property I have offered on two weeks back in what was supposed to be a straight forward, no chain conveyancing. South Woodford is where the house is located. Can you offer any assistance?

Flying freeholds in South Woodford are rare but are more likely to exist in relation to terraced houses. Even where you use a solicitor outside South Woodford you would need to get your solicitor to go through the deeds very carefully. Your lender may require your conveyancing solicitor to take out an indemnity policy. Some of the more diligent conveyancing solicitors in South Woodford 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.

Completion is due on the sale of our £200,000 apartment in South Woodford next Monday. The management company has quoted £396 for Certificate of Compliance, building insurance schedule and previous years service charge statements. Is it legal for a freeholder to charge an administration fee for a leasehold conveyance in South Woodford?

South Woodford conveyancing on leasehold flats typically involves administration charges invoiced by freeholders :

    Completing conveyancing due diligence enquiries Where consent is required before sale in South Woodford Copies of the building insurance and schedule Deeds of covenant upon sale Registering of the assignment of the change of lessee after a sale
Your conveyancer will have no control over the level of the charges for this information but the average costs for the information for South Woodford leasehold premises is £350. For South Woodford conveyancing transactions it is customary for the seller to pay for these costs. The landlord or their agents are under no legal obligation to answer such questions most will be willing to do so - albeit often at exorbitant prices where the fees bear little relation to the work involved. Unfortunately there is no law that requires fixed charges for administrative tasks. Neither is there any legal time frame by which they are required to provide answers.

We have reached the end of our tether in trying to purchase the freehold in South Woodford. Can the Leasehold Valuation Tribunal adjudicate on premiums?

if there is a missing freeholder or if there is disagreement about the premium for a lease extension, under the Leasehold Reform, Housing and Urban Development Act 1993 you can apply to the LVT to make a decision on the price payable.

An example of a Lease Extension decision for a South Woodford flat is 135 Maybank Road in January 2013. The Tribunal determined that the price to be paid by the tenants for the grant of a new lease is £10,592 This case was in relation to 1 flat. The unexpired term was 71.2 years.

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Sample of conveyancing solicitors in South Woodford regulated by the SRA

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

  • Laderman Law Limited, 4 The Shrubberies, George Lane, London, E18 1BD
  • Laderman & Co, 4 The Shrubberies, George Lane, London, E18 1BD
  • Corbin & Hassan (uk) Llp, Patman House, 23-27 Electric Parade, George Lane, South Woodford, London, E18 2LS
  • Huggins & Lewis Foskett, 5/6 The Shrubberies, George Lane, London, London, E18 1BG
  • Joseph Thaliyan Solicitors Ltd, 4 Station Passage, South Woodford, London, London, E18 1JL

Residential Landlord and Tenant Conveyancing solicitors in South Woodford

The firms listed below are a small selection of solicitors in South Woodford practicing in landlord and tenant law and on the regulations governing different types of tenancies. This could include advice on Service charge disputes

  • Laderman Law Limited, 4 The Shrubberies, George Lane, London, E18 1BD
  • Laderman & Co, 4 The Shrubberies, George Lane, London, E18 1BD
  • Andrew Keen & Company, 10 The Shrubberies, George Lane, South Woodford, London, London, E18 1BG
  • Huggins & Lewis Foskett, 5/6 The Shrubberies, George Lane, London, London, E18 1BG
  • A V A Mitchell & Co, 39 Forest Approach, Woodford Green, Essex, IG8 9BP

Commercial Conveyancing solicitors in South Woodford regulated by the SRA

The firms listed below are a non-comprehensive list of solicitors in South Woodford with expertise in commercial conveyancing in South Woodford. This will likely include advice on buying and selling small and large scale commercial property and agricultural land
  • Laderman Law Limited, 4 The Shrubberies, George Lane, London, E18 1BD
  • Laderman & Co, 4 The Shrubberies, George Lane, London, E18 1BD
  • Corbin & Hassan (uk) Llp, Patman House, 23-27 Electric Parade, George Lane, South Woodford, London, E18 2LS
  • Huggins & Lewis Foskett, 5/6 The Shrubberies, George Lane, London, London, E18 1BG
  • Joseph Thaliyan Solicitors Ltd, 4 Station Passage, South Woodford, London, London, E18 1JL

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

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