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  • 1 The firms identified on our directory have a mix of conveyancing lawyers, legal executives and support staff handling thousands of conveyancing matters annually.
  • 2 Over the years Swiss Cottage conveyancer have developed excellent links with Swiss Cottage local estate agents, banks, building societies, landlords and house builders enabling them to liaise at speed with all concerned in the process of undertaking your conveyancing in Swiss Cottage.
  • 3 You can rest easier when choose the very best, most recommended conveyancing solicitors. Swiss Cottage has a number to choose from, but for a truly dependable and dependable service many local people have been use the endorsement of this site.
  • 4 Property lawyer conveyancing solicitors have very good personal connections with Swiss Cottage estate agents and work very closely with them and local surveyors so as to ensure transactions proceed expeditiously.
  • 5 Low cost packages from online conveyancers might be tempting. However, these organisations are often located hundreds of kilometers away with limited understanding of the factors that affect property transactions in Swiss Cottage

Examples of recent conveyancing in Swiss Cottage since March 2025*

Recently asked questions about conveyancing in Swiss Cottage

Finally the sale completed on my house in Swiss Cottage last May yet the purchaser is telephoning me to moan that their conveyancer needs to hear from mine. What should have happened now that I have sold?

After completion of your disposal your conveyancer is committed to send the transfer deeds and all of the paperwork to the purchaser's lawyers. Depending on the transaction, your solicitor should also confirm that the mortgage has been paid off to the purchasers lawyers. There is unlikely to be post completion tasks just for conveyancing in Swiss Cottage.

I require quick conveyancing in Swiss Cottage as I am under pressure to sign on the dotted line within 4 weeks. Thankfully I do not require a mortgage. Can I decline from having conveyancing searches to save fees and time?

As you are not obtaining a home loan you have the choice not to have searches conducted although no law firm would suggest that you don't. With lots of history conveyancing in Swiss Cottage the following are instances of issues that can appear and therefore impact market value: Refused Planning Applications, Outstanding Charges, Overdue Grants, Unadopted Roads,...

Over the last few months I have been searching for a ground for flat up to £305k and found one close by in Swiss Cottage I like with open areas and railway links in the vicinity, however it only has 52 years on the lease. There is not much else in Swiss Cottage in this price bracket, so just wondered if I would be making a grave error purchasing a short lease?

Should you need a mortgage that many years may be problematic. Discount the price by the amount the lease extension will cost if it has not already been discounted. If the current owner has owned the premises for a minimum of twenty four months you can ask them to start the process of the extension and pass it to you. You can add 90 years to the existing lease term and have £0 ground rent by law. You should speak to your conveyancing solicitor regarding this.

My cousin has urged me to appoint his conveyancers in Swiss Cottage. Should I find my own solicitor?

No doubt it’s preferable to find a conveyancing lawyer is to get feedback from friends or family who have experience in using the firm you're contemplating using.

All being well we will complete our sale of a £175,000 apartment in Swiss Cottage on Tuesday in a week. The management company has quoted £372 for Landlord’s certificate, building insurance schedule and 3 years service charge statements. Is the landlord entitled to charge such fees for a flat conveyance in Swiss Cottage?

Swiss Cottage conveyancing on leasehold maisonettes normally necessitates the purchaser’s lawyer sending enquiries for the landlord to answer. Although the landlord is under no legal obligation to address such questions most will be content to do so. They may charge a reasonable charge for responding to questions or supplying documentation. There is no upper cap for such fees. The average fee for the information that you are referring to is £350, in some cases it is in excess of £800. The management information fee invoiced by the landlord must be accompanied by a synopsis of rights and obligations in respect of administration fees, without which the invoice is not strictly payable. In reality one has no option but to pay whatever is demanded should you wish to exchange contracts with the buyer.

Having spent years of dialogue we are unable to agree with our landlord on how much the lease extension should cost for our flat in Swiss Cottage. Can we issue an application to the Residential Property Tribunal Service?

in cases where there is a absentee freeholder or if there is dispute about the premium for a lease extension, under the Leasehold Reform, Housing and Urban Development Act 1993 it is possible to make an application to the Leasehold Valuation Tribunal to make a decision on the premium.

An example of a Lease Extension matter before the tribunal for a Swiss Cottage premises is First Floor Flat 20 Fitzjohns Avenue in July 2014. the Tribunal decided that the premiums to be paid for new leases in respect of the Raised Ground Floor Flat and the First Floor Flat were to be calculated as: Raised Ground Floor: £765,175.14 First Floor: £601,617.77 This case was in relation to 2 flats. The unexpired term as at the valuation date was 16.83 and 16.43.

A licensed conveyancer dealt with my conveyancing in Swiss Cottage four years past having stored my deeds but has now closed – how do I retreive these?

Title deeds, as such, are no longer appropriate for most homes in Swiss Cottage are archived electronically at Land Registry. Where you need to establish ownership or are disposing of or refinancing your conveyancing practitioner will need to obtain up to date copies of the register from the Land Registry in any case.

If you feel there may be other documents or you have any other queries please e-mail your request with details of the transaction and documents you need to filerequest@clc-uk.org. The CLC will let you know what information they have and any additional information they may need before they are in a position to identify and send the documents to you. Following an intervention it may take some time for the CLC to access archived files and documents, but your request will be actioned with reasonable haste.

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Sample of conveyancing solicitors in Swiss Cottage regulated by the SRA

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

  • Gh Canfields Llp, 129 Finchley Road, Swiss Cottage, London, NW3 6HY
  • Stringer Smith & Levett, 239a Finchley Road, London, NW3 6JB
  • Newtons, 22 Fitzjohns Avenue, London, NW3 5NB
  • M M Patel & Co, 26-28 Finchley Road, St. John's Wood, London, NW8 6ES
  • D A Greenberg, 16 Finchley Road, London, NW8 6EB

Residential Landlord and Tenant Conveyancing solicitors in Swiss Cottage

The firms listed below are a small selection of solicitors in Swiss Cottage with expertise in landlord and tenant law and on the regulations governing different types of tenancies. This could include advice on wrongful eviction

  • Gh Canfields Llp, 129 Finchley Road, Swiss Cottage, London, NW3 6HY
  • Stringer Smith & Levett, 239a Finchley Road, London, NW3 6JB
  • Newtons, 22 Fitzjohns Avenue, London, NW3 5NB
  • M M Patel & Co, 26-28 Finchley Road, St. John's Wood, London, NW8 6ES
  • Craig Solicitors, 74 Belsize Lane, London, Greater London, NW3 5BJ

Planning law solicitors in Swiss Cottage regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority

The solicitors listed below are a small selection of solicitors in Swiss Cottage practicing in planning law. The solicitors can give expert legal advice on all aspects of planning, including applications about listed buildings and conservation areas
  • F S Garford, 26 Fairfax Place, London, NW6 4EH
  • Grower Freeman, Ivor House, 25-26 Ivor Place, London, NW1 6HR
  • Glovers Solicitors Llp, 6 York Street, London, W1U 6QD
  • Streathers Solicitors Llp, 44 Baker Street, London, London, W1U 7AL
  • Streathers Trust Corporation Limited, 44 Baker Street, London, London, W1U 7AL

Neighboring Locations

Frognal
Hampstead
Swiss Cottage
Belsize Park
St John's Wood

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

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