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Reasons to use our White City conveyancing solicitors

  • 1 White City property lawyers work in partnership with White City estate agents, property finders, surveyors, banks and other professionals to make sure that the highest level of service is provided to buyers and sellers every step of the way, ensuring the smoothest, most stress-free process possible
  • 2 Notwithstanding what alternative on-line conveyancers say it could be necessary to attend your conveyancer to execute legal papers. There are enough parties involved in a house sale without needing to include Royal Mail into the equation.
  • 3 Cut price packages from online conveyancers might seem attractive. However, these organisations are often based hundreds of kilometers away with little understanding of the factors that impact property transactions in White City
  • 4 Retaining the services of a local Solicitor on the whole results in a more personal touch. Online forums bear testimony to the idea that in using a an online conveyancing factory, you tend to be looked after by a team of people who check what is happening on the file by determining whether the ‘computers says no’.
  • 5 Solicitor conveyancing lawyers have extremely good personal connections with White City selling agents and work very closely with them and local surveyors so as to ensure transactions proceed expeditiously.

Examples of recent conveyancing in White City since May 2025*

Recently asked questions about conveyancing in White City

In the event thatI was to purchase a simple residential housein White City mortgage fee and have no survey and no local authority searches how much would I expect to have to pay for conveyancing in White City?

The only reduction in fees you would make on is the White City conveyancing searches. Your lawyer still got to do everything else - money laundering, communicating with the sellers solicitor, SDLT submission, register the ownership etc. You might save a bit for them not needing to register a mortgage however it won't be meaningful.

My aunt passed away six months ago and as sole heir and executor I was left the house in White City. The house had a small mortgage left on it of around £4500. I want to have the title changed into my name whilst I re-mortgage to Principality, pay off the mortgage. Is this possible?

If you intend to refinance then Principality will insist on your using a conveyancer on the Principality conveyancing panel. Here is link to the Land Registry online guidance around what to do when a property owner dies. This will help you to understand the registration process behind changing the details re the registered title. in your case it would appear that you are effectively purchasing the property from the estate. Your Principality conveyancing panel solicitor pays the new mortgage money into the estate, the estate pays off the old mortgage, the charge is released and you become the owner and the Principality mortgage is registered as a charge at the Land Registry.

I got the keys to my apartment on 2 November and my personal details are still not registered. Any reason for this? My conveyancing solicitor in White City said it should be dealt with in less than a month. Are transfers in White City uniquely lengthy to register?

As far as conveyancing in White City is concerned, registration is no quicker or slower than anywhere else in England and Wales. Rather than based on location, timeframes can differ according to the party submitting the application, whether there are errors and if the Land registry have to notify any third parties. Currently approximately 80% of such applications are fully dealt with in less than three weeks but occasionally there can be protracted hold-ups. Historically registration is effected after the buyer is living at the property so an expedited registration is not usually primary concern yet if it is urgent that the the registration takes place urgently then you or your conveyancer must contact the land registry and explain the circumstances.

How does conveyancing in White City differ for new build properties?

Most buyers of new build property in White City come to us having been asked by the housebuilder to sign contracts and commit to the purchase even before the premises is ready to move into. This is because builders in White City usually purchase the land, plan the estate and want to get the plots sold off as they are building the properties. Buyers, therefore, will have to exchange contracts without actually seeing the house they are buying. To reduce the chances of losing the property, buyers should instruct conveyancing solicitors as soon as the property is reserved and mortgage applications should be submitted quickly. Due to the fact that it could be several months and even years between exchange of contracts and completion, the mortgage offer may need to be extended. It would be wise to use a lawyer who specialises in new build conveyancing especially if they are accustomed to new build conveyancing in White City or who has acted in the same development.

My husband and I are first time buyers - agreed a price, but the estate agent informed us that the vendor will only issue a contract if we instruct the agent's preferred solicitors as they are insisting on an ‘expedited deal’. My instinct tells me that we should use a high street solicitor accustomed to conveyancing in White City

It is unlikely the vendors are driving this. Should the owner desire ‘a quick sale', alienating a serious purchaser is counter productive. Avoid the agents and go straight to the sellers and explain that (a)you are motivated purchasers (b)you are excited to move forward, with finances in place © you are unencumbered (d) you wish to move quickly (e)but you will continue to instruct your own,trusted White City conveyancing solicitors - not the ones that will give their estate agent a commission or hit his conveyancing figures pre-set by head office.

We expect to complete our sale of a £475,000 apartment in White City in six days. The managing agents has quoted £324 for Certificate of Compliance, insurance certificate and previous years statements of service charge. Is it legal for a freeholder to charge an administration fee for a leasehold conveyance in White City?

White City conveyancing on leasehold maisonettes usually involves administration charges raised by managing agents :

    Addressing conveyancing due diligence enquiries Where consent is required before sale in White City Supplying insurance information Deeds of covenant upon sale Registering of the assignment of the change of lessee after a sale
Your solicitor will have no control over the level of the charges for this information but the average costs for the information for White City leasehold premises is £350. For White City 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 required to provide the information.

I have attempted and failed to negotiate with my landlord for a lease extension without success. Can one apply to the Leasehold Valuation Tribunal? Can you recommend a White City conveyancing firm to act on my behalf?

Most definitely. We can put you in touch with a White City conveyancing firm who can help.

An example of a Freehold Enfranchisement decision for a White City premises is 23 & 23A Collingbourne Road in June 2013. Tribunal was dealing with the assessment of the value of the freehold reversion and determination of the terms of the acquisition pursuant to an Order of District Judge Lightman dated 25 February 2013 vesting the freehold interest in the property in the applicant. The tribunal assessed the price of the freehold (to which any arrears or other sums due to the missing landlord under the leases should be added) at £81,638. This case was in relation to 2 flats. The number of years remaining on the existing lease(s) was 64.5 years.

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Sample of conveyancing solicitors in White City regulated by the SRA

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

  • Sabeers Stone Greene Llp, 130a Uxbridge Road, Shepherds Bush, London, W12 8AA
  • Avighna, 53 Norland Square, Holland Park, London, W11 4PY
  • West 12 Solicitors, 185 Uxbridge Road, London, W12 9RA
  • Myers Fletcher & Gordon, 15 Cambridge Court, 210 Shepherds Bush Road, Hammersmith, London, W6 7NJ
  • Sheridan & Stretton, Riverside House, 22a Bradmore Park Road, London, W6 0DT

Residential Landlord and Tenant Conveyancing solicitors in White City

The list below is a small selection of solicitors in White City specialising in landlord and tenant law and on the regulations governing different types of tenancies. This will likely include advice on Rent Act Protected, Assured and Assured Shorthold tenancies

  • Caveat Solicitors Ltd, 11-13 Uxbridge Road, London, W12 8LH
  • Sabeers Stone Greene Llp, 130a Uxbridge Road, Shepherds Bush, London, W12 8AA
  • West 12 Solicitors, 185 Uxbridge Road, London, W12 9RA
  • Whatley & Co, 42 Sinclair Road, London, W14 0NH
  • Myers Fletcher & Gordon, 15 Cambridge Court, 210 Shepherds Bush Road, Hammersmith, London, W6 7NJ

Planning law solicitors in White City regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority

The list below is a non-comprehensive list of solicitors in White City with expertise in planning law. This will likely include advice on making sure people do what the planning regulations say
  • Hoffman-bokaei Solicitors, Suite 2, Exhibition House, Addison Bridge Place, Hammersmith Road Kensington Olympia, London, London, W14 8XP
  • Parfitt Cresswell, 593-599 Fulham Road, London, London, SW6 5UA
  • Sutton-mattocks & Co Llp, 1 Rocks Lane, London, SW13 0DE
  • Grower Freeman, Ivor House, 25-26 Ivor Place, London, NW1 6HR
  • F S Garford, 26 Fairfax Place, London, NW6 4EH

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