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Top 5 reasons to use our service to help you choose a local conveyancing solicitor in West Dulwich

  • 1 Over the years West Dulwich solicitor have established valuable links with West Dulwich local estate agents, banks, building societies, landlords and property developers enabling them to liaise at speed with all parties involved in the process of dealing with your house sale or purchase in West Dulwich.
  • 2 There is a strong possibility the other side’s conveyancers have offices in West Dulwich - if so both parties will have worked on conveyancing matters in the past
  • 3 Firms accustomed to conveyancing in West Dulwich are familiar with the local concerns specific to West Dulwich and therefore you may benefit from better guidance and expeditious conveyancing.
  • 4 West Dulwich property lawyers work in partnership with West Dulwich estate agents, property finders, surveyors, mortgage companies and other professionals to ensure that the highest level of service is offered to clients every step of the way, with the intention of reducing administrative burdens and transaction times
  • 5 This site is the only site offering you the ability to ensure that your property ownership legalities in West Dulwich will be conducted by a solicitor on your bank member panel.

Examples of recent conveyancing in West Dulwich since June 2025*

Recently asked questions about conveyancing in West Dulwich

We are planning to move house in October. Does my conveyancing solicitor call the removal company on the completion day. Incidentally, can you put forward a removal company in West Dulwich. Conveyancing firm was found prior to coming across your page.

On the day of completion you will need to collect the keys from your property agent however this should only happen once the vendors lawyers confirm to the agent that the monies to complete are in and the keys can be passed over. After that you can tell the removal men that you are ready to move in. As a matter of policy we do not suggest a particular removal organisation but can help you choose a conveyancing in West Dulwich or a lawyer with expertise in conveyancing in West Dulwich.

I had a mortgage agreed in principle with HSBC. West Dulwich conveyancing solicitors were selected. How long does it take for HSBC to forward the offer to the lawyer?

There is no definitive answer here. Have HSBC conducted the survey? Have you informed HSBC as to your lawyers' details and checked that your lawyers are on the HSBC conveyancing panel? It is not unusual for a mortgage offer to take a month to come through.

I recently had an offer agreed on a house in West Dulwich. My mortgage broker suggested a property lawyer. I paid an advanced payment of £175. A couple of days later, the conveyancing practitioner called me embarrassingly acknowledging that they were not on the Co-operative conveyancing panel. Am I right in thinking that I should be due a refund?

You should be able to recover this from the law firm if they were not on the Co-operative panel. They should have asked at the outset which lender you were obtaining a mortgage with. An important lesson to readers of this site is to check that the lawyers are on the appropriate lender panel.

Is it necessary to take out insurance to cover chancel repairs when buying a house in West Dulwich?

Unless a previous acquisition of the property took place post 12 October 2013 you may take it that conveyancing practitioners conducting conveyancing in West Dulwich to continue to suggest a chancel search and or chancel repair liability policy.

I am buying a new build flat in West Dulwich. Conveyancing is a frightening process at the best of times but I have never purchased a new build flat before. Can you give me some examples of some of the questions asked in new build legal work.

Set out below are examples of a few leasehold new build enquiries that you may expect your new-build leasehold conveyancing in West Dulwich

    Has the Lease plan been approved by the Land Registry and if not when will they be lodged for this purpose? Where service of notices and proceedings can be at the property demised please confirm that this can be amended to include simultaneous services at the Lessees’ solicitors’ offices where the Lessee from time to time is not resident in the UK - such solicitors may be varied by notice in writing to the Landlord from time to time but otherwise will be as previously specified. Forfeiture - bankruptcy or liquidation must not apply under this provision. Please confirm the Lease plans are architect prepared.

My business partner and I are intending to take an assignment of a lease of a shop on the high street. Can you recommend solicitors offering no-sale-no charges for commercial conveyancing in West Dulwich for below £1,200?

We are happy to recommend firms who have an in-depth of experience of commercial conveyancing in West Dulwich, including the sale and acquisition of businesses as well as simply property. If you are intending to acquire or lease a shop, pub, restaurant, office, retail premises or a complete business we can find you the right lawyer. As for the fees this will depend on the structure and terms of the proposed transaction. Let us have your details or phone so as to enable us to provide you with comprehensive commercial conveyancing quote.

Completion is due on the sale of our £225,000 maisonette in West Dulwich in just under a week. The landlords agents has quoted £420 for Certificate of Compliance, building insurance schedule and previous years statements of service charge. Is it legal for a freeholder to charge exorbitant fees for a flat conveyance in West Dulwich?

West Dulwich conveyancing on leasehold flats typically involves fees being invoiced by managing agents :

    Addressing pre-exchange enquiries Where consent is required before sale in West Dulwich Copies of the building insurance and schedule Deeds of covenant upon sale Registering of the assignment of the change of lessee after a sale
Your conveyancer will have no control over the level of the charges for this information but the average costs for the information for West Dulwich leasehold property is £350. For West Dulwich conveyancing transactions it is customary for the seller to pay for these costs. The landlord or their agents are under no legal obligation to answer such questions most will be willing to do so - albeit often at exorbitant prices where the fees bear little relation to the work involved. Unfortunately there is no law that requires fixed charges for administrative tasks. Neither is there any legal time frame by which they are obliged to provide the information.

Notwithstanding our best efforts, we have been unsuccessful in trying to purchase the freehold in West Dulwich. Can this matter be resolved via the Leasehold Valuation Tribunal?

if there is a absentee landlord or if there is disagreement about what the lease extension should cost, under the relevant legislation it is possible to make an application to the First-tier Tribunal (Property Chamber) to judgment on the price payable.

An example of a Freehold Enfranchisement decision for a West Dulwich residence is 8 Deerbrook Road in May 2010. the Tribunal held that the enfranchisement price, in accordance with section 32 and Schedule 6 of the Leasehold Reform, Housing and Urban Development Act 1993 was £22,820, payable by the Applicants. By an order of the Lambeth County Court dated 17 June 2009 the case had been transferred to the Leasehold Valuation Tribunal for its determination of the premium payable This case was in relation to 3 flats.

What can I do to establish who is the owner of a property in West Dulwich?

Assuming that the premises is registered with HM Land Registry, and you have the details of the address of the premises, you will be able to view results from the HMLR of the recorded owner for a fee.

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Sample of conveyancing solicitors in West Dulwich regulated by the SRA

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

  • Hall & Co, 399 Lordship Lane, East Dulwich, London, SE22 8JN
  • P M Hunter & Co, 145 Dulwich Road, Herne Hill, London, SE24 0NG
  • William Bailey, 150 Lordship Lane, London, London, SE22 8HB
  • Hepburns Solicitors Llp, Unit 1 Blackwater Court, 17-19 Blackwater Street, East Dulwich, London, SE22 8SD
  • Glazer Delmar, 27-31 North Cross Road, East Dulwich, London, SE22 9ET

Residential Landlord and Tenant Conveyancing solicitors in West Dulwich

The list below is a small selection of solicitors in West Dulwich with expertise in landlord and tenant law and on the regulations governing different types of tenancies. This may include advice on Terms and conditions of tenancy agreements

  • Hall & Co, 399 Lordship Lane, East Dulwich, London, SE22 8JN
  • William Bailey, 150 Lordship Lane, London, London, SE22 8HB
  • Hepburns Solicitors Llp, Unit 1 Blackwater Court, 17-19 Blackwater Street, East Dulwich, London, SE22 8SD
  • Glazer Delmar, 27-31 North Cross Road, East Dulwich, London, SE22 9ET
  • Van Eaton Solicitors, 71 Leigham Court Road, Streatham Hill, London, SW16 2NJ

Planning law solicitors in West Dulwich regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority

The list below is a non-comprehensive list of solicitors in West Dulwich specialising in planning law. This should include advice on tree preservation orders
  • William Innes, 56 Crescent Lane, London, SW4 9PU
  • Streathers Clapham Llp, 53 Clapham High Street, London, SW4 7TG
  • Ricardina Bridges Ltd, 47 South Lambeth Road, London, SW8 1RH
  • Beverley Morris & Co Incorporating Peter Egan & Co, 62 Lewisham High Street, London, London, SE13 5JH
  • A E Short, 144 Bromley Road, Beckenham, Kent, BR3 6PG

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

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