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Reasons to use our Temple conveyancing solicitors

  • 1 Temple property lawyers are likely to be familiar with the local Land Registry Office, Local Authority and selling agents
  • 2 Cut price packages from online conveyancers might seem attractive. However, these organisations are often based hundreds of kilometers away with little appreciation of the factors that impact property transactions in Temple
  • 3 Personal touch together with pure property experience are key benefits that you should value when choosing conveyancing solicitors. Temple conveyancing can be made significantly more stressful as a result of lack of transparency between all the parties. The lawyers we work with strive to make sure that communication channels are open and act on arising issues and developments quickly.
  • 4 Using a a family Solicitor generally means that you will receive a more bespoke service. Sometimes when dealing with a large conveyancing firm, your matter is handled by a team of people who check what is happening on the file by determining whether the ‘computers says no’.
  • 5 Solicitors that specialise in conveyancing in Temple regularly deal withlocal concerns specific to Temple and therefore you may benefit from better advice and expeditious conveyancing.

Examples of recent conveyancing in Temple since August 2025*

Recently asked questions about conveyancing in Temple

My grandson is purchasing a newly built flat in Temple with a home loan from Leeds Building Society. His lawyer has advised him of a delay in completing the ‘Disclosure of Incentive Form’. What is this document - I have never come across this before?

The document is intended to provide information to the main parties engaged in the transaction. Therefore, it will be provided to your son’s lawyer who should be on the Leeds Building Society conveyancing panel as a standard part of the process, and to the surveyor when asked. The developer will be required to start the process by downloading the form and completing it. The form will therefore need to be available for the valuer at the time of his or her site visit. The form should be sent to the Leeds Building Society conveyancing panel solicitor as early as possible, in order to avoid any last minute delays, and no later than at exchange of contracts.

Can you clarify what the consequences are if my lawyer’s firm is removed from the Nationwide Solicitor panel ahead of completing my conveyancing in Temple?

First, this is a very rare occurrence. In most cases even where a law firm is removed off of a panel the lender would allow the completion to go ahead as the lender would appreciate the difficulties that they would place you in if you have to instruct a new solicitor days before completion. In a worst case scenario where the lender insists that you instruct a new firm then it is possible for a very good lawyer to expedite the conveyancing albeit that you may pay a significant premium for this. The analogous situation is where a buyer instructs a lawyer, exchanges contracts and the law firm is shut down by a regulator such as the SRA. Again, in this situation you can find lawyers who can troubleshoot their way to bring the conveyancing to a satisfactory conclusion - albeit for a fee.

I have paid off my mortgage with TSB. I assume I don't need a Temple conveyancing practitioner on the TSB panel to discharge the mortgage at the Land Registry. Please confirm.

If you have finished paying off your TSB mortgage, they may send you evidence showing that you have paid it off. Alternatively they may notify the Land Registry directly. The Land Registry need to see this evidence before they will remove the TSB mortgage from the register. TSB, and any evidence they send you, will determine the action you need to take. In cases where no conveyancer is acting for you and you have paid off your mortgage:

  1. but are not moving to another property
  2. where TSB has sent the Land Registry the discharge electronically, and
  3. TSB has instructed the Land Registry to do so
The Land Registry will send you a letter confirming that your TSB mortgage has been paid off.

Planning on purchasing a flat in Temple. I have received an online quote from a licenced conveyancer, which states: "There will be no charge for dealing with the Lender if you are obtaining a mortgage". I take this to mean that there will be no additional fee if the solicitor is on the Skipton conveyancing panel. I wanted to make sure it means there will be no additional fees for dealing with the mortgage.

They are simply saying that the cost for acting for the lender is included in the fee being quoted. It is worth you checking that the Temple solicitor is on the Skipton conveyancing panel.

I have finally had an offer on a flat in Temple agreed to, the sellers do nevertheless have a dependent purchase. The owners have offered on on an apartment, however it’s not yet agreed to, and are looking at other apartments booked. I have chosen a nearby conveyancing solicitor in Temple. What should be my next step? When should I get the mortgage application with Virgin Money going?

It is understandable to have apprehensions where there is a chain as you are unlikely to want to be too out of pocket prematurely (mortgage application is in the region of £1k, then valuation, Temple conveyancing search fees, etc). First, you must check that your solicitor is on the Virgin Money conveyancing panel. As to the next steps this very much depends on the circumstances of your case, attraction to this property and on the state of the market. During a buoyant market some buyers would apply for the mortgage with Virgin Money and pay for the valuation and only if it comes back ok would they ask their solicitor to proceed with searches.

My wife and I have a semi-detached Georgian house in Temple. Conveyancing practitioner acted for me and Leeds Building Society. I happened to do a free search for it on the Land Registry database and I saw two entries: the first freehold, another for leasehold with the exact same property. If a house is not a freehold shouldn't I have been informed?

You need to assess the Freehold register you have again and check the Charges Register as there may be mention of a lease. The best way to be sure that you are also the registered proprietor of the leasehold and freehold title as well is to check (£3). It is not completely unheard of in Temple and other locations in the country and poses no real issues for owners other than when they remortgage they have to account for both freehold and leasehold interests when dealing with mortgage companies. You can also question the situation with the conveyancing solicitor who completed the work.

I'm purchasing my first flat in Temple with the aid of help to buy. The developers refused to move on the amount so I negotiated £7000 of fixtures and fittings instead. The estate agent told me not disclose to my solicitor about the deal as it may jeopardize my loan with TSB. Is this normal?.

All lenders require a Disclosure of Incentives Form from the developer of any new build, converted or renovated property, It is available online from the Lenders’ Handbook page on the CML website. CML form is completed and handed to the lender's surveyor when the inspection is done.

Lenders have different policies on incentives. Some accept none at all, cash or physical, while others will accept cash incentives up to 5%.

Hard to understand why the representative of a builder would be suggesting you withold information from a solicitor when all this will be clearly visible on forms the builder has to supply to its solicitor, the buyer's solicitor and the surveyor.

Our conveyancer in Temple has identified a a problem with the lease for the flat we are buying in Temple. The other side have put forward defective title insurance as a solution. We are happy with insurance and will cover the costs. Our lawyer has advised that as he is on the mortgage company conveyancing panel he must be satisfied that the lender is happy with this solution. Are we the client or is the bank?

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 Temple conveyancing lawyer has to ensure that the lease has to comply with the UK Finance Lenders’ Handbook Requirements. You and the lender are the client. These conveyancing instructions have to be complied with by the bank conveyancing panel who has to balance acting for you and the bank

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Sample of conveyancing solicitors in Temple regulated by the SRA

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

  • Ebr Attridge Llp, 44 Essex Street, London, WC2R 3JF
  • Bates Solicitors Limited, 43 Essex Street, London, London, WC2R 3JF
  • Lexlaw Limited, 4 Middle Temple Lane, Middle Temple (Inn of Court), Temple, City of London, London, EC4Y 9AA
  • Kerman & Co Llp, 200-203 Strand, London, London, WC2R 1DJ
  • Atkins Thomson Limited, 3 Fleet Street, London, EC4Y 1AU

Commercial Conveyancing solicitors in Temple regulated by the SRA

The firms listed below are a non-comprehensive list of solicitors in Temple specialising in commercial conveyancing in Temple. This should include advice on granting a lease to a commercial tenant
  • Bates Solicitors Limited, 43 Essex Street, London, London, WC2R 3JF
  • Ebr Attridge Llp, 44 Essex Street, London, WC2R 3JF
  • Kerman & Co Llp, 200-203 Strand, London, London, WC2R 1DJ
  • Atkins Thomson Limited, 3 Fleet Street, London, EC4Y 1AU
  • Drukker Limited, Eldon Chambers, 30-32 Fleet Street, London, London, EC4Y 1AA

Residential Licensed Conveyancers in Temple regulated by the CLC

Please note that the listed conveyancers do not limit their work for conveyancing in Temple but also conveyancing throughout 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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