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Top 5 reasons to use our service to help you select a high street conveyancing solicitor in Welling

  • 1 Using a high street Solicitor on the whole means that you will receive a more personalised service. Sometimes when dealing with a large conveyancing firm, your conveyancing is dealt with by a team of people who who update you by reading from their computer screens.
  • 2 Solicitor conveyancing solicitors have excellent personal links with Welling estate agents and work very closely with them and local surveyors so as to ensure transactions proceed expeditiously.
  • 3 Notwithstanding what other on-line conveyancers inform you it just might be necessary to visit your solicitor to sign contracts. There are various parties with with an interest in a conveyancing transaction without having to add the postman into the equation.
  • 4 Welling conveyancing lawyers will be familiar with the local Land Registry Office, Local Authority and selling agents
  • 5 Experience means that Welling property lawyer have developed excellent working relationships with Welling local estate agents, banks, building societies, landlords and property developers enabling them to liaise at speed with all concerned in the process of handling your conveyancing in Welling.

Examples of recent conveyancing in Welling since December 2024*

Disposal

of semi premises, Rackham Close, DA16 1NZ completing on 22/01/2025 at a price of £415,000. The legal transfer of property included amongst the various tasks: taking formal instructions from and updating the seller client, preparing statement detailing charges, sending title deeds and signed transfer to purchaser’s solicitor

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of terraced premises, Ruskin Avenue, DA16 3QQ completing on 16/01/2025 at a price of £470,000. The legal transfer of property included amongst the various tasks: dealing with appropriate requisitions and enquiries, ordering official copies of the title, sending title deeds and executed transfer to purchaser’s solicitor

Disposal

of terraced residence, Huxley Road, DA16 2EN completing on 03/01/2025 at a price of £625,000. The legal transfer of property incorporates some of the following tasks: sending conveyancing papers to buyers representatives, taking formal instructions from and updating the seller client, preparing statement detailing charges

Disposal

of semi residence, Lovel Avenue, DA16 3JG completing on 07/01/2025 at a price of £501,000. The legal transfer of property incorporates some of the following tasks: dealing with appropriate requisitions and enquiries, sending the transfer to the vendor for execution in preparation for completion, securing official copies of the title

Recently asked questions about conveyancing in Welling

I'm the single recipient of my late grandmother’s will and I have everything in my name alone, including the my former home in Welling. The Welling property was put into my name in February. I now wish to sell up. I understand that there is a Mortgage Lenders six month 'rule', meaning my property ownership could be considered the same way as though I had purchased the property in February. Is the property unsalable for six months?

The Council of Mortgage Lenders’ handbook requires solicitors to: "report to us immediately if the owner or registered proprietor has been registered for less than six months." By the strict wording you may be affected by that. many mortgage companies would take a practical view as this provision chiefly exists to pick up on the purchase and immediately sell or the quick reselling of properties.

I am currently in the process of buying my council flat in Welling. I have a mortgage agreed with Virgin Money. Conveyancing is not something I have any knowledge of. Can I proceed without a solicitor easily? I think we can but we keep being told I should use one. Any advice?

It is not advisable to proceed with a house purchase without a solicitor. The council's solicitor are not acting for you. You need a solicitor for a number reasons. One of which is to verify what plans the Council have for repairs and refurbishment for the next five years. Many leaseholders have been stung for contributions of thousands of pounds. In any event, if you are getting a mortgage with Virgin Money, you will need to appoint a solicitor on the Virgin Money conveyancing panel.

Clydesdale have agreed my home loan in principle, my offer on a apartment in Welling has been agreed to, what happens next?

Your estate agent will wish to know who your solicitors are (ensure that the conveyancers are on the lender’s panel). Telephone Clydesdale or the financial adviser and complete any outstanding paperwork. Clydesdale will instruct a valuer who will get in touch with the selling agent or vendor to book an appointment. Once carried out (assuming no problems) it takes about a week for the mortgage offer to be issued. Clydesdale will issue the offer to you and your conveyancers. The legal work will then take it’s course according the nature and complexity of the conveyancing in Welling.

I have been told that property searches are the primary cause of stalling in Welling house deals. Is there any truth in this?

The Council of Property Search Organisations (CoPSO) published determinations of a review by MoveWithUs that conveyancing searches do not feature amongst the top 10 causes of delays in the conveyancing process. Searches are not likely to feature in any slowing down conveyancing in Welling.

I purchased a semi-detached Victorian house in Welling. Conveyancing practitioner represented me and Britannia. I did a free Land Registry search last week and there are a couple of entries: the first freehold, the second leasehold with the exact same address. 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 owner of the leasehold and freehold title as well is to check (£3). It is not completely unheard of in Welling and other locations in the country and poses no real issues for owners other than when they buy they have to account for both freehold and leasehold interests when dealing with lenders. You can also check the situation with the conveyancing solicitor who conducted the purchase.

I am purchasing my first flat in Welling with the aid of help to buy. The builders refused to budge the price so I negotiated five thousand pounds worth of fixtures and fittings instead. The sale representative advised me not to tell my lawyer about the deal as it would adversely affect my loan with Halifax. Do I keep my lawyer in the dark?.

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.

Due to the input of my in-laws I had a survey completed on a house in Welling ahead of appointing conveyancers. I have been informed that there is a flying freehold overhang to the house. The surveyor has said that some banks will not give a loan on this type of premises.

It depends who your proposed lender is. Lloyds has different requirements for example to Halifax. Should you wish to call us we can look into this further via the appropriate lender. If you lender is happy to lend one our lawyers can assist as they are used to dealing with flying freeholds in Welling. Conveyancing can be more complicated and therefore you should check with your conveyancing solicitor in Welling to see if the conveyancing costs will increase in light of this.

I am due to assess costs for conveyancing in Welling from numerous conveyancing practitioner and appoint one. Do I tell them to hold tight until I a suitable flat to buy.

We suggest that you only get your conveyancer to open a file and apply for searches once the offer has been agreed to on the property especially as Welling conveyancing searches are a couple of hundred pounds.

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Residential Landlord and Tenant Conveyancing solicitors in Welling

The firms listed below are a small selection of solicitors in Welling specialising in landlord and tenant law and on the regulations governing different types of tenancies. This could include advice on Leasehold Valuation Tribunal proceedings

  • Gough Clinton & Broom, 104 Bellegrove Road, Welling, Kent, Welling, Kent, DA16 3QD
  • Hadfield & Co, 1 Central Avenue, Welling, Kent, DA16 3AX
  • Stuart Hurrion & Green, 33 Crook Log, Bexleyheath, Kent, DA6 8EB
  • Thomas Boyd Whyte, 302 Broadway, Bexleyheath, Kent, DA6 8AB
  • Thos Boyd Whyte, 287-289 Broadway, Bexleyheath, Kent, DA6 8AJ

Commercial Conveyancing solicitors in Welling regulated by the SRA

The list below is a non-comprehensive list of solicitors in Welling specialising in commercial conveyancing in Welling. This will likely include advice on re-mortgaging commercial property
  • Gough Clinton & Broom, 104 Bellegrove Road, Welling, Kent, Welling, Kent, DA16 3QD
  • Hadfield & Co, 1 Central Avenue, Welling, Kent, DA16 3AX
  • Stuart Hurrion & Green, 33 Crook Log, Bexleyheath, Kent, DA6 8EB
  • Baynards, 308b Broadway, Bexleyheath, Kent, DA6 8AA
  • Thomas Boyd Whyte, 302 Broadway, Bexleyheath, Kent, DA6 8AB

Residential Licensed Conveyancers in Welling regulated by the CLC

Please be aware that the listed conveyancers do not limit their work for conveyancing in Welling but also conveyancing throughout England and Wales.
  • Cain Associates Llp, 297 The Broadway, DA6 8DG
  • Ducat Law Ltd, TMS House, BR5 3QB

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

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