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Reasons to use our St Giles conveyancing solicitors

  • 1 This site is the only site that enables you the ability to ensure that your conveyancing in St Giles will be carried out by a conveyancer on your bank member panel.
  • 2 St Giles lawyer are the linchpin to a successful St Giles home move, keeping the process under control. They are on your side throughout, offering dedicated advice for the duration of your transaction
  • 3 St Giles conveyancers are likely to have connections at the local Land Registry Office, Local Authority and selling agents
  • 4 Over the years St Giles property lawyer have established very good working relationships with St Giles local estate agents, banks, building societies, landlords and property developers enabling them to liaise at speed with all parties involved in the process of dealing with your home move in St Giles.
  • 5 The organisations identified on our web pages have a mix of conveyancing solicitors, legal executives and support staff handling over one hundred thousand cases each year.

Examples of recent conveyancing in St Giles since December 2024*

Sale

of apartment Red Lion Street WC1R 4NA, at purchase consideration of £565,000. Leasehold conveyancing included: drafting the sale agreement and Transfer, sending conveyancing papers to buyers representatives, obtaining official copies of the title

Transfer

of flat Red Lion Street WC1R 4PF, at sale price of £498,250. Leasehold conveyancing included: sending the transfer to the seller for execution in readiness for completion, obtaining official copies of the title, setting up the completion formalities

Conveyance

of apartment Galen Place WC1A 2JR, purchased for £1,265,000. Leasehold conveyancing investigations included: drafting the sale agreement and Transfer, sending the transfer to the vendor for signature in readiness for completion, agreeing completion date with parties

Conveyance

of flat Drury Lane WC2B 5TA, sold for £1,375,000. Leasehold conveyancing legalities included: sending conveyancing papers to buyers representatives, sending the transfer to the seller for execution in readiness for completion, taking formal instructions from and updating the seller client

Recently asked questions about conveyancing in St Giles

I am buying a terraced house in St Giles. Conveyancing solicitors are said to be ‘a necessary evil’ but can I do it myself?

Leaving aside the complexities and merits of DIY conveyancing in St Giles you will have to appoint a solicitor on your lender'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 St Giles.

I moved into my home on 8 April and the transaction details is yet to be on the land registry website. Need I be worried? My conveyancing solicitor in St Giles said it would be registered in less than a month. Are titles in St Giles particularly slow to register?

There is nothing unique about conveyancing in St Giles registration formalities. Rather than based on location, timescales can differ according to the party submitting the application, whether there are errors and whether the Land registry communicate with any third parties. Currently in the region of three quarters of such applications are fully addressed in less than three weeks but occasionally there can be extensive hold-ups. Registration is effected after the buyer is living at the property thus registration formalities is not usually top priority yet if there is a degree of urgency associated with the registration then you or your lawyers must speak with the land registry and explain the circumstances.

The estate agent has sent us the confirmation of our purchase of a new build flat in St Giles. Conveyancing is daunting 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 legal work.

Here are examples of a selection of leasehold new build questions that you should expect your new-build leasehold conveyancing in St Giles

    Please provide evidence that the form of Lease proposed has been approved by the Land Registry. Where there is an Undertaking being granted there is the risk of forfeiture of the Headlease subject to relief if one or more of the Underlessees are willing to accept the original Head Lessee’s obligations as otherwise relief will be denied to the Underlessees. The only alternatives are the Head Lessor agreeing not to forfeit the Headlease or the Head Lessee guaranteeing to the Underlessees that it will not be in breach of the Headlease. Will control of the Management Company (if any) be handed over to purchasers on completion of the last sale or earlier? The Lease must contain a provision on behalf of the Vendor to pay the service charges in respect of unoccupied units in order to ensure that all services can be provided.

Am I best advised to go with a St Giles conveyancing practitioner based in the area that I am buying? I have an old university friend who can carry out the conveyancing but her office is 300miles away.

The benefit of a high street St Giles conveyancing firm is that you can visit the firm to sign paperwork, present your identification documents and pester them where appropriate. They will also have local intelligence which is a benefit. That being said nothing is more important than finding someone that will do a good and efficient job. If other friends have used your friend and in the main were impressed that should surpass using an unfamiliar St Giles conveyancing solicitor solely due to them being local.

If all goes to plan we aim to complete our sale of a £225,000 maisonette in St Giles next Monday. The managing agents has quoted £324 for Landlord’s certificate, building insurance schedule and previous years statements of service charge. Is the landlord entitled to charge an administration fee for a flat conveyance in St Giles?

St Giles conveyancing on leasehold maisonettes more often than not necessitates the purchaser’s solicitor sending questions for the landlord to answer. Although the landlord is not legally bound to address these enquiries the majority will be content to assist. They may charge a reasonable charge for answering questions or supplying documentation. There is no set fee. The average fee for the information that you are referring to is £350, in some situations it exceeds £800. The management information fee required by the landlord must be accompanied by a summary of entitlements and obligations in relation to administration fees, without which the charge is not strictly payable. Reality however dictates that you have little choice but to pay whatever is demanded if you want to exchange contracts with the buyer.

I am the registered owner of a first floor flat in St Giles. Given that I can not reach agreement with the landlord, can the Leasehold valuation Tribunal determine the amount due for the purchase of the freehold?

Absolutely. We can put you in touch with a St Giles conveyancing firm who can help.

An example of a Lease Extension matter before the tribunal for a St Giles property is Flat 89 Trinity Court Grays Inn Road in February 2013. the Tribunal found that the premium to be paid by the tenant on the grant of a new lease, in accordance with section 56 and Schedule 13 to the Leasehold Reform, Housing and Urban Development Act 1993 should be £36,229. This case affected 1 flat. The unexpired term as at the valuation date was 66.8 years.

On the hunt for a conveyancing solicitor in St Giles. I thought I had one sorted but they are not on the panel for Nationwide. It would appear that these days most lenders only allow conveyancers on their panel. Extremely frustrating limiting the choice for the paying public. Is it possible for you to refer me to a cheap St Giles conveyancer that will help us as well as represent Nationwide?

The purpose of this site is restricted to being a directory service for property lawyers who want to be listed as being on the approved conveyancing panel for Nationwide in certain locations for instance St Giles . We dont recommend any specific lawyer.

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Residential Landlord and Tenant Conveyancing solicitors in St Giles

The firms listed below are a small selection of solicitors in St Giles practicing in landlord and tenant law and on the regulations governing different types of tenancies. This will likely include advice on Rent Act Protected, Assured and Assured Shorthold tenancies

  • Scott-moncrieff And Associates Limited, 88 Kingsway, London, London, Greater London, WC2B 6AA
  • Mishcon De Reya Llp, Africa House, 70 Kingsway, London, WC2B 6AH
  • Mdr, Africa House, 70 Kingsway, London, WC2B 6AH
  • Gulbenkian Andonian Solicitors, Suite 4.1, Fourth Floor, Sicilian House, Sicilian Avenue, London, London, WC1A 2QH
  • Dawson Cornwell, 15 Red Lion Square, London, WC1R 4QT

Commercial Conveyancing solicitors in St Giles regulated by the SRA

The firms listed below are a non-comprehensive list of solicitors in St Giles with expertise in commercial conveyancing in St Giles. This will likely include advice on buying and selling small and large scale commercial property and agricultural land
  • Mishcon De Reya Llp, Africa House, 70 Kingsway, London, WC2B 6AH
  • Mdr, Africa House, 70 Kingsway, London, WC2B 6AH
  • Gulbenkian Andonian Solicitors, Suite 4.1, Fourth Floor, Sicilian House, Sicilian Avenue, London, London, WC1A 2QH
  • Dawson Cornwell, 15 Red Lion Square, London, WC1R 4QT
  • Farrer & Co Llp, 66 Lincoln's Inn Fields, London, WC2A 3LH

Planning law solicitors in St Giles regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority

The list below is a small selection of solicitors in St Giles with expertise in planning law. The solicitors can give expert legal advice on all aspects of planning, including planning applications and appeals
  • Mishcon De Reya Llp, Africa House, 70 Kingsway, London, WC2B 6AH
  • Farrer & Co Llp, 66 Lincoln's Inn Fields, London, WC2A 3LH
  • Fladgate Llp, 16 Great Queen Street, London, WC2B 5DG
  • Olswang Llp, 90 High Holborn, London, WC1V 6XX
  • Teacher Stern Llp, 37-41 Bedford Row, London, WC1R 4JH

Neighboring Locations

St Giles
Holborn
High Holborn
Covent Garden
Aldwych

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

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