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Reasons to use our West Wickham conveyancing solicitors

  • 1 The mark of a good conveyancing solicitor in West Wickham 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 will expect.
  • 2 Excellent communication and pure property experience are key benefits that you should seek when selecting conveyancing solicitors. West Wickham home moves can become significantly more stressful as a result of poor communication between all the parties. The lawyers listed endeavour to make sure that communication channels are open and act on arising issues and developments expeditiously.
  • 3 The accumulation of transactions means that West Wickham property lawyer have developed valuable working relationships with West Wickham 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 house sale or purchase in West Wickham.
  • 4 Our site is the only site offering you the ability to ensure that your property ownership legalities in West Wickham will be conducted by a solicitor on your lender’s member panel.
  • 5 The West Wickham conveyancing practitioners that we work with are dedicated to providing the most cost, efficient and accessible conveyancing service to purchasers, sellers and investors in West Wickham

Examples of recent conveyancing in West Wickham since December 2024*

Disposal

of house property, Manor Park Road, BR4 0JZ completing on 03/01/2025 at a price of £740,000. The legal transfer of property included amongst the various tasks: sending conveyancing papers to buyers representatives, dealing with appropriate requisitions and enquiries, taking formal instructions from and updating the seller client

Sale

of semi property, Links Road, BR4 0QN completing on 03/01/2025 at a price of £750,000. The legal transfer of property included amongst the various tasks: drafting the sale agreement and Transfer, preparing statement detailing charges, setting up the completion formalities

Purchase

of apartment Lilac Gardens CR0 8NR, at a price of £200,000. Leasehold conveyancing due diligence included: drafting the sale agreement and Transfer, dealing with appropriate requisitions and enquiries, agreeing completion date with parties

Disposal

of detached residence property, Lime Tree Grove, CR0 8AZ completing on 06/01/2025 at a price of £530,000. The conveyancing process incorporates some of the following tasks: sending conveyancing papers to buyers representatives, sending the transfer to the vendor for execution in readiness for completion, sending title deeds and signed transfer to buyer’s conveyancer

Recently asked questions about conveyancing in West Wickham

I was notified yesterday by my financial adviser that my West Wickham the law firm I have appointed is not on the bank Solicitor panel. What can I do to be certain whether this is indeed the case?

The best course of action for you to take is to contact your West Wickham lawyer directly. You lawyer should notify you what has happened. If they are not on the panel they may recommend you to a West Wickham conveyancing practice that is on the conveyancing panel for your lender.

In the event thatI were to acquire a straightforward homein West Wickham mortgage fee and dispense with a survey and no conveyancing searches how much could I expect to have to pay for conveyancing in West Wickham?

The sole saving you would make on is the West Wickham conveyancing searches. A conveyancer is obliged to do the vast majority of work - money laundering, correspond with the vendors lawyer, SDLT return, register the property etc. A slight saving might be made by not needing to register a mortgage however it won't be significant.

We are purchasing a house and the solicitor has raised the issue of Chancel Repair to which the property may be obligated to contribute to because it falls into the area of such a church. He has mentioned insurance. Is this really warranted for conveyancing in West Wickham

Unless a prior acquisition of the house completed post 12 October 2013 you may take it that conveyancing practitioners carrying out conveyancing in West Wickham to remain recommending a chancel search and or chancel repair liability policy.

I have justdiscovered that Action Conveyancing have been shut down. They carried out my conveyancing in West Wickham for a purchase of a freehold house 18 months ago. How can I check that my home is registered correctly in the name of the previous owner?

The easiest method to see if the premises is registered to you, you can make a search of the land registry (£3.00). You can either do this yourself or ask a law firm to do this for you. If you are not registered you can seek help from one of a number of West Wickham conveyancing specialists.

Estate agents have just been given the go-ahead to market my 2 bed apartment in West Wickham. Conveyancing has not commenced, but I have recently received a yearly maintenance charge invoice – what should I do?

Your conveyancing lawyer is likely to suggest that you should discharge the invoice as you normally would because all rents and service invoices should be allotted as part of the financial calculations for completion monies, so you should recover the relevant percentage by the purchaser for the period running from after the completion date to the next payment date. Most management companies will not acknowledge the buyer unless 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. This will smooth the conveyancing process.

I am the registered owner of a basement flat in West Wickham. In the absence of agreement between myself and the landlord, can the Leasehold valuation Tribunal make a decision on the sum due for a lease extension?

You certainly can. We can put you in touch with a West Wickham conveyancing firm who can help.

An example of a Freehold Enfranchisement decision for a West Wickham property is 26 Manor Road in July 2010. the Tribunal decided that price to be paid for the freehold was £12,420 This case affected 2 flats. The number of years remaining on the existing lease(s) was 76.75 and 88.83.

We are in the process of a leasehold sale of a flat in West Wickham. Conveyancing solicitors are doing their job but we are being charged an extortionate amount by the managing agents. To date we have forked out £275 for a leasehold management pack and then another £117.20 for supplemental queries supplied by the buyers lawyer.

Neither you or your lawyer will have any say over the level of the charges for this information but the average costs for the information for West Wickham leasehold premises is £380. For West Wickham conveyancing transactions it is usual for the owner to pay for these costs. The freeholder or their agents are not duty bound to answer such questions most will be willing to do so - albeit often at exorbitant prices out of proportion to the work involved. Unfortunately there is no statute that mandates set fees for administrative tasks. Neither is there any statutory time frame by which they are required to supply the information.

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Commercial Conveyancing solicitors in West Wickham regulated by the SRA

The list below is a small selection of solicitors in West Wickham with expertise in commercial conveyancing in West Wickham. This could include advice on commercial leases including all matters relating to landlord and tenant law
  • Allen Barfields, Gainsford House, 115 Station Road, West Wickham, Kent, BR4 0PX
  • Edridges & Drummonds, Crossways Parade, Selsdon Park Road, South Croydon, Surrey, CR2 8JJ
  • A E Short, 144 Bromley Road, Beckenham, Kent, BR3 6PG
  • A Ransley Limited, Kelsey House, 77 High Street, Beckenham, Kent, BR3 1AN
  • Pritchard Joyce & Hinds, Kelsey House, 77 High Street, Beckenham, Kent, BR3 1AN

Residential Licensed Conveyancers in West Wickham regulated by the Council of Licensed Conveyancers

Please note that the listed conveyancers do not limit their work for conveyancing in West Wickham but also conveyancing throughout England and Wales.
  • Peter W Stevens , 107 Maxwell Gardens, BR6 9QT
  • Walter Saunders, 382 Brockley Road, SE4 2BY
  • Ducat Law Ltd, TMS House, BR5 3QB

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

The list below is a non-comprehensive list of solicitors in West Wickham practicing in planning law. The solicitors can give expert legal advice on all aspects of planning, including applications about listed buildings and conservation areas
  • A E Short, 144 Bromley Road, Beckenham, Kent, BR3 6PG
  • Batchelors, Charles House, 35 Widmore Road, Bromley, Kent, BR1 1RW
  • Wellers Law Group Llp, Tenison House, Tweedy Road, Bromley, Kent, BR1 3NF
  • Beverley Morris & Co Incorporating Peter Egan & Co, 62 Lewisham High Street, London, London, SE13 5JH

Neighboring Locations

Eden Park
Shirley
West Wickham
Coney Hall
Addington

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

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