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Reasons to use our St Johns conveyancing solicitors

  • 1 Excellent communication together with a wealth of experience are key benefits that you should look for when choosing conveyancing solicitors. St Johns conveyancing can be made significantly more complicated due to poor communication between all the parties. The lawyers listed ensure that communication channels are open and act on arising issues and developments quickly.
  • 2 The practices identified on our web pages have a mix of conveyancing practitioners, legal executives and support staff handling over one hundred thousand cases each year.
  • 3 The hallmark of our conveyancing solicitors in St Johns is quality not quantity. The level of service offered by conveyancing "factories" (sometimes 'recommended' by national chain estate agents) often falls short of the level of professionalism you would hope for.
  • 4 Property lawyer conveyancing lawyers have very good personal links with St Johns selling agents and work very closely with them and local surveyors so as to ensure transactions proceed expeditiously.
  • 5 The accumulation of transactions means that St Johns conveyancer have developed valuable links with St Johns local estate agents, banks, building societies, landlords and house builders enabling them to liaise at speed with all parties involved in the process of handling your home move in St Johns.

Examples of recent conveyancing in St Johns since May 2025*

Recently asked questions about conveyancing in St Johns

Do the conveyancing practitioners listed on your site conduct right to buy conveyancing in St Johns?

We have identified plenty of conveyancing lawyers carrying out right to buy transactions Please contact the solicitors listed to get a conveyancing quote.

My wife and I have recently appointed a conveyancing solicitor in St Johns. I I would like to check whether they are on the Chelsea Building Society approved list of lawyers. Can you or the lender confirm if they are on the panel?

The first thing you should do is contact the lawyer and enquire whether they can act for the lender. Otherwise you should call Chelsea Building Society who may be able to assist.

Should commercial conveyancing searches reveal impending roadworks that may affect a commercial land in St Johns?

Many commercial conveyancing solicitors in St Johns will conduct a SiteSolutions Highways report as it reduces the time that conveyancers invest in looking into accurate data on highways that impact buildings and development assets in St Johns. The report provides definitive data on the adoption status of roads, footpaths and verges, as well as the implication of traffic schemes and the rights of way surrounding a commercial development sites in St Johns.

For each commercial conveyancing transaction in St Johns it is crucial to investigate the adoption status of roads surrounding a site. Failure to identify developments where adoption procedures have not been addressed adequately could cause delays to St Johns commercial conveyancing transactions as well as pose a risk to future plans for the site. These searches are not ordered for domestic conveyancing in St Johns.

I decided to have a survey carried out on a house in St Johns ahead of instructing lawyers. I have been advised that there is a flying freehold overhang to the property. The surveyor advised that some mortgage companies tend not give a mortgage on such a property.

It depends who your proposed lender is. HSBC has different instructions from Birmingham Midshires. If you contact us we can check via the relevant mortgage company. If you lender is happy to lend one our lawyers can assist as they are accustomed to dealing with flying freeholds in St Johns. Conveyancing can be more complicated and therefore you should check with your conveyancing solicitor in St Johns to see if the conveyancing will be more expensive.

As co-executor for the estate of my grandmother I am disposing of a property in Cardiff but live in St Johns. My solicitor (based 235 miles from meneeds me to execute a stat dec before the transaction finalising. Can you recommend a conveyancing lawyer in St Johns who can witness and place their company stamp on the document?

Technically speaking you are not likely to need to have the documents attested by a conveyancing solicitor. Normally any notary public or solicitor will do regardless of whether they are St Johns based

I am looking at a two maisonettes in St Johns which have about forty five years left on the leases. Will this present a problem?

There are plenty of short leases in St Johns. The lease is a right to use the premises for a period of time. As the lease shortens the value of the lease reduces and results in it becoming more costly to extend the lease. This is why it is advisable to increase the term of the lease. More often than not it is difficult to sell a property with a short lease because mortgage companies may be unwilling to lend money on such properties. Lease extension can be a protracted process. We advise that you seek professional assistance from a conveyancer and surveyor with experience in this field.

Having spent months of dialogue we simply can't agree with our landlord on how much the lease extension should cost for our flat in St Johns. Can we issue an application to the Residential Property Tribunal Service?

Where there is a absentee landlord or if there is disagreement about what the lease extension should cost, under the relevant legislation you can apply to the First-tier Tribunal (Property Chamber) to make a decision on the sum to be paid.

An example of a Lease Extension case for a St Johns property is 73 Walerand Road in August 2012. the result of the findings of the Tribunal led to a premium to be paid for the extended lease in respect of Flat 73 in the sum of £10,040. The premium applicable in respect of Flat 85 was £5,710. This case affected 2 flats. The number of years remaining on the existing lease(s) was 72 years.

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Residential Landlord and Tenant Conveyancing solicitors in St Johns

The list below is a non-comprehensive list of solicitors in St Johns with expertise in landlord and tenant law and on the regulations governing different types of tenancies. This should include advice on Service charge disputes

  • Cale Solicitors, Suite One, 80a Blackheath Road, Greenwich, London, SE10 8DA
  • Nat Ado Solicitors, 55 Deptford Broadway, London, SE8 4PH
  • Samuel Louis Solicitors, 17 Deptford Church Street, Deptford, London, London, SE8 4RX
  • Grant Saw Solicitors Llp, 1st Floor, Norman House, 110-114 Norman Road, Greenwich, London, SE10 9EH
  • Michael Stevens Solicitors, Unit D, Atrium House, 459-463 New Cross Road, London, SE14 6AJ

Residential Licensed Conveyancers in St Johns regulated by the CLC

Please be aware that the listed conveyancers do not limit their work for conveyancing in St Johns but also conveyancing throughout England and Wales.
  • Walter Saunders, 382 Brockley Road, SE4 2BY
  • T J Ball & Company, 49 Leytonstone Road, E15 1JA
  • Stratega Law Ltd, Sutherland House, W1F 7TE

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

The practices listed below are a small selection of solicitors in St Johns practicing in planning law. The solicitors can give expert legal advice on all aspects of planning, including special planning controls
  • Beverley Morris & Co Incorporating Peter Egan & Co, 62 Lewisham High Street, London, London, SE13 5JH
  • Beverley Morris & Co, 35 Montpelier Vale, Blackheath Villiage, London, SE3 0TJ
  • Reynolds Porter Chamberlain Llp, Tower Bridge House, St. Katharines Way, London, E1W 1AA
  • Norton Rose Fulbright Llp, 3 More London Riverside, London, London, SE1 2AQ
  • Gowling Wlg (uk) Llp, 4 More London Riverside, London, London, SE1 2AU

Neighboring Locations

Deptford
New Cross
St Johns
Lewisham

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