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Reasons to use our Southwark conveyancing solicitors

  • 1 Southwark solicitor are the key to a successful Southwark home move, keeping the process under control. They are on your side throughout, offering dedicated advice for the duration of your conveyancing
  • 2 Southwark solicitors work in conjunction with Southwark estate agents, house builders, surveyors, mortgage companies and other professionals to make sure that the highest level of service is provided to buyers and sellers every step of the way, ensuring the smoothest, most stress-free process possible
  • 3 Excellent communication together with pure property experience are key benefits that you should value when choosing conveyancing solicitors. Southwark property deals can be made a lot more complicated due to lack of transparency between all the parties. The lawyers listed endeavour to make sure that communication channels are open and act on arising issues and developments instantly.
  • 4 Solicitor conveyancing lawyers have excellent personal links with Southwark selling agents and work very closely with them and local surveyors so as to ensure transactions proceed expeditiously.
  • 5 The practices shown on our directory have a mix of conveyancing solicitors, legal executives and support staff handling over one hundred thousand cases annually.

Examples of recent conveyancing in Southwark since December 2024*

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of flat Tyers Estate SE1 3JG, at purchase amount of £490,000. Leasehold conveyancing included: sending conveyancing papers to buyers representatives, dealing with appropriate requisitions and enquiries, taking formal instructions from and updating the seller client

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of apartment Shand Street SE1 2EP, purchased for £525,000. Leasehold conveyancing legalities included: sending conveyancing papers to buyers representatives, dealing with appropriate requisitions and enquiries, preparing statement detailing charges

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of flat Bermondsey Street SE1 3TX, at sale sum of £1,100,000. Leasehold conveyancing included: sending conveyancing papers to buyers representatives, sending the transfer to the vendor for signature in readiness for completion, preparing statement detailing charges

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Sale

of apartment Spurgeon Street SE1 4YJ, at buying amount of £645,000. Leasehold conveyancing included: sending the transfer to the vendor for execution in preparation for completion, securing official copies of the title, agreeing completion date with parties

Recently asked questions about conveyancing in Southwark

As a FTB what is the most important advice you can give me concerning purchase conveyancing in Southwark?

You may not hear this from too many lawyers but conveyancing in Southwark or throughout England and Wales is often a confrontational experience. In other words, when it comes to conveyancing there exists lots of room for friction between you and others involved in the transaction. For instance, the vendor, property agent and sometimes your mortgage company. Appointing a lawyer for your conveyancing in Southwark is a critical decision as your conveyancer is your adviser, and is the ONE party in the process whose responsibility is to act in your legal interests and to keep you safe.

There is a definite ongoing adversarial element to conveyancing- someone has to be at fault for the process being so protracted. You your first instinct should be to trust your conveyancer above all other parties when it comes to the legal assignment of property.

How does conveyancing in Southwark differ for new build properties?

Most buyers of new build or newly converted property in Southwark contact us having been asked by the builder to exchange contracts and commit to the purchase even before the premises is completed. This is because builders in Southwark typically acquire the real estate, plan the estate and want to get the plots sold off as they are building the properties. Buyers, therefore, will have to exchange contracts without actually seeing the house they are buying. To reduce the chances of losing the property, buyers should instruct conveyancing solicitors as soon as the property is reserved and mortgage applications should be submitted quickly. Due to the fact that it could be several months and even years between exchange of contracts and completion, the mortgage offer may need to be extended. It would be wise to use a lawyer who specialises in new build conveyancing especially if they are used to new build conveyancing in Southwark or who has acted in the same development.

I am looking for a leasehold apartment up to £235,500 and found one near me in Southwark I like with open areas and transport links nearby, the downside is that it's only got 51 remaining years left on the lease. I can't really find anything else in Southwark in this price bracket, so just wondered if I would be making a grave error purchasing a lease with such few years left?

If you require a mortgage the remaining unexpired lease term will be an issue. Reduce the price by the expected lease extension will cost if not already taken into account. If the existing proprietor has owned the premises for a minimum of twenty four months you could request that they start the process of the extension and pass it to you. You can add 90 years to the existing lease term with a zero ground rent applied. You should consult your conveyancing solicitor regarding this.

Am I right to be concerned about brokers that I am dealing with are recommending a factory type conveyancing firm as opposed to a High Street Southwark conveyancing firm?

As is the case with many service providers, often referrals from family and friends can be extremely useful or valuable. But there are lots of parties with a vested interest in a conveyancing deal; estate agents, mortgage brokers and banks might all suggest conveyancers to use. On occasion the solicitors might be known to one of the organisations as being good in their field, but occasionally there might be a commercial relationship behind the endorsement. You are at liberty to choose your preferred conveyancer. Don't forget that most banks specify a panel list of solicitors you have to use for the lender aspect of your transaction.

In scouring the world wide web for the words on line conveyancing in Southwark it reveals many property lawyersin the vicinity. With so much choice what is the best way to find the right conveyancer for me?

The best method of choosing a suitable conveyancer is via trusted recommendation, so ask friends and family who have acquired a property in Southwark or a respected estate agent or financial adviser. Fees for conveyancing in Southwark vary, so it's advisable to secure at least three quotes from different property lawyers. Dont forget to clarify that the fees are fixed.

Our solicitor in Southwark has uncovered a a legal deficiency with the lease for the property we are purchasing in Southwark. The other side have offered title insurance as a workaround. We are content with insurance and will cover the costs. Our lawyer says that as he is on the mortgage company conveyancing panel he must be satisfied that the lender is happy with this solution. Who is the client here, us or the lender?

Just because you have a mortgage offer from the lender does not mean to say that the property will be meet their requirements for the purposes of a mortgage. Your Southwark conveyancing lawyer has to ensure that the lease has to comply with the UK Finance Lenders’ Handbook Requirements. You and the mortgage company are the client. The appropriate lender requirements have to be complied with by the lender conveyancing panel who has to balance acting for you and the lender

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Residential Landlord and Tenant Conveyancing solicitors in Southwark

The firms listed below are a non-comprehensive list of solicitors in Southwark with expertise in landlord and tenant law and on the regulations governing different types of tenancies. This will likely include advice on Leasehold Valuation Tribunal proceedings

  • Greenberg Traurig Maher Llp, The Shard, Level 8, 32 London Bridge Street, London, London, SE1 9SG
  • Sibley Law Llp, Delta House, 175 - 177 Borough High Street, London, London, SE1 1HR
  • Issat Timm Solicitors Limited, 175-177 Borough High Street, London, SE1 1HR
  • Ola Leslie Solicitors Llp, 60 Borough High Street, London, SE1 1XF
  • Bryan O'connor & Co, St Margaret's House, 18-20 Southwark Street, London, SE1 1TS

Commercial Conveyancing solicitors in Southwark regulated by the SRA

The firms listed below are a small selection of solicitors in Southwark specialising in commercial conveyancing in Southwark. This will likely include advice on re-mortgaging commercial property
  • Greenberg Traurig Maher Llp, The Shard, Level 8, 32 London Bridge Street, London, London, SE1 9SG
  • Sibley Law Llp, Delta House, 175 - 177 Borough High Street, London, London, SE1 1HR
  • Ola Leslie Solicitors Llp, 60 Borough High Street, London, SE1 1XF
  • Bryan O'connor & Co, St Margaret's House, 18-20 Southwark Street, London, SE1 1TS
  • Rls Solicitors Limited, Suite 30-33, The Hop Exchange, 24 Southwark Street, London, London, SE1 1TY

Residential Licensed Conveyancers in Southwark regulated by the CLC

Please note that the listed conveyancers do not limit their work for conveyancing in Southwark but also conveyancing across England and Wales.
  • Stratega Law Ltd, Sutherland House, W1F 7TE
  • Walter Saunders, 382 Brockley Road, SE4 2BY
  • T J Ball & Company, 49 Leytonstone Road, E15 1JA
  • R & C Property Lawyers Llp, 10A Upper Tooting Road, SW17 7PG

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

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