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5 reasons to let us assist you select a high street conveyancing solicitor in Wapping

  • 1 Wapping solicitor are the linchpin to a successful Wapping conveyancing experience, keeping the process under control. They are on your side throughout, offering dedicated advice for the duration of your conveyancing
  • 2 The organisations listed on our web pages have a variation of conveyancing lawyers, legal executives and support staff handling over one hundred thousand cases each year.
  • 3 This site is the only site that enables you the facility to check that your property ownership legalities in Wapping will be conducted by a conveyancer on your bank approved panel.
  • 4 The mark of a good conveyancing solicitor in Wapping is quality not quantity. The level of service offered by conveyancing "factories" (sometimes 'recommended' by national chain estate agents) often falls short of the high standards of professionalism you would hope for.
  • 5 Lawyer conveyancing firms have extremely good personal links with Wapping estate agents and work very closely with them and local surveyors so as to ensure transactions proceed expeditiously.

Examples of recent conveyancing in Wapping since February 2025*

Recently asked questions about conveyancing in Wapping

The owners have rather assertive sellers who has suggested a lock out agreement with a down payment 6,000. Are such contracts the norm for Wapping conveyancing transactions?

There are a couple of primary drawbacks with entering into any lock out agreement (occasionally known as a shut-out contract) is that it can distract from moving forward with the conveyancing transaction itself, so unless it requires minimal or no negotiation then it may transpire to be a hindrance. It is not promoted by Wapping conveyancing solicitors as a result. A further issue is the extent of the remedies available - a jilted purchaser is not likely to be issued with injunctive relief to stop the owner selling to another buyer, so the only remedy available under the contract will be the reimbursement of abortive charges and, in rare scenarios, the extra payment of penalties.

Is it necessary during the course of the conveyancing process to have a meeting at the offices of the solicitor to sign the legal charge? If so, I will instruct a firm who offer conveyancing in Wapping so that I can pop in to their offices when needed.

These days approved lawyers for lenders conduct the vast majority of communications through the post, e-mail or over phone calls. This enables them to undertake the conveyancing transaction regardless of where you live in the country. However you can check if you can still book an appointment to visit conveyancing lawyer if needed.

My friend suggested that where I am purchasing in Wapping I should carry out a Neighbourhood, Planning and Local Amenity Search. What does it cover?

This is a search is sometimes included in the estimate for your Wapping conveyancing searches. It is a large report of more than thirty pages, listing and detailing significant information about Wapping around the property and the people living there. It incorporates an Aerial Photograph, Planning Applications, Land Use, Mobile Phone Masts, Rights of Way, the local Housing Market, Council Tax Banding, the demographics of People living in the area, the dominant type of Housing, the Average House Prices, Crime statistics, Local Education with maps and statistics, Local Amenities and other useful information about Wapping.

Yesterday I discovered that there is a flying freehold element on a property I put an offer in two weeks back in what should have been a simple, chain free conveyancing. Wapping is where the house is located. Can you offer any assistance?

Flying freeholds in Wapping are unusual but are more likely to exist in relation to terraced houses. Even where you use a solicitor outside Wapping you must be sure that your lawyer goes through the deeds very carefully. Your bank may require your conveyancing solicitor to take out an indemnity policy. Some of the more diligent conveyancing solicitors in Wapping may determine that this is not enough and that the deeds be re-written to give you the most up to date legal protection. If so, the next door neighbour also had to sign up to the revised deeds.It is possible that your lender will not accept the situation so the sooner you find out the better. You should also check with your insurance broker as to whether they will insure a flying freehold residence.

My brother has suggested that I appoint his conveyancing solicitors in Wapping. Should I choose my own property lawyer?

Much as we are happy to recommend a Wapping conveyancing lawyer it’s preferable to find a conveyancing lawyer is to seek guidance from friends or family who have used the firm that you are are thinking of instructing.

I have just appointed agents to market my garden flat in Wapping. Conveyancing solicitors are to be appointed soon, but I have just had a quarterly service charge invoice – should I leave it to the buyer to sort out?

It best that you clear the maintenance contribution as usual as all rents and maintenance charges will be allotted on completion, so you should recover the relevant percentage by the purchaser for the period running from after the completion date to the subsequent invoice date. Most management companies will not acknowledge the buyer until the service charges have been paid and are up to date, so it is important for both buyer and seller for the seller to show that they are up to date. Having a clear account will assist your cause and will leave you no worse off financially.

I am the registered owner of a ground-floor 1950’s flat in Wapping. Given that I can not reach agreement with the freeholder, can the Leasehold valuation Tribunal make a decision on the sum due for the purchase of the freehold?

Absolutely. We are happy to put you in touch with a Wapping conveyancing firm who can help.

An example of a Freehold Enfranchisement case for a Wapping property is 1-41 Royal Tower Lodge 40 Cartwright Street in April 2013. the tribunal adding the agreed value of capitalised ground rents and the reversion the price to be paid for the freehold was £1,187,000 This case was in relation to 41 flats. The unexpired term was 107 years.

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Sample of conveyancing solicitors in Wapping regulated by the SRA

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

  • Harris Waters & Co, Dundee Court, 73 Wapping High Street, London, Greater London, E1W 2YG
  • Waterstone Chambers Llp, 171 Cannon Street Road, London, E1 2LX
  • Gawor & Co, New Crane Wharf, New Crane Place, Wapping, London, London, E1W 3TS
  • Reynolds Porter Chamberlain Llp, Tower Bridge House, St. Katharines Way, London, E1W 1AA
  • Mq Hassan Solicitors, 37 New Road, Ground Floor, Whitechapel, London, E1 1HE

Commercial Conveyancing solicitors in Wapping regulated by the SRA

The list below is a small selection of solicitors in Wapping with expertise in commercial conveyancing in Wapping. This may include advice on re-mortgaging commercial property
  • Harris Waters & Co, Dundee Court, 73 Wapping High Street, London, Greater London, E1W 2YG
  • Waterstone Chambers Llp, 171 Cannon Street Road, London, E1 2LX
  • Gawor & Co, New Crane Wharf, New Crane Place, Wapping, London, London, E1W 3TS
  • Reynolds Porter Chamberlain Llp, Tower Bridge House, St. Katharines Way, London, E1W 1AA
  • Thamina Solicitors Limited, 135 Commercial Road, 1st Floor, London, London, E1 1PX

Residential Licensed Conveyancers in Wapping regulated by the Council of Licensed Conveyancers

Please be aware that the listed conveyancers do not limit their work for conveyancing in Wapping 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

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

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