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Conveyancing in Wimbledon : Keep it Local

Reasons to use our Wimbledon conveyancing solicitors

  • 1 Using a local Solicitor usually results in 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 determining whether the ‘computers says no’.
  • 2 Cut price packages from online conveyancers might be tempting. However, these organisations are often based many miles away with little appreciation of the factors that impact property transactions in Wimbledon
  • 3 The hallmark of our conveyancing solicitors in Wimbledon is quality not quantity. The level of service offered by conveyancing "factories" (sometimes 'recommended' by large estate agency chains) sometimes falls short of the level of professionalism you would hope for.
  • 4 Experience means that Wimbledon property lawyer have developed excellent links with Wimbledon local estate agents, banks, building societies, landlords and property developers enabling them to liaise at speed with all concerned in the process of undertaking your house sale or purchase in Wimbledon.
  • 5 You can gain comfort when you choose the very best, most recommended conveyancing solicitors. Wimbledon has a number to select from, but for a truly dependable and reliable service many local people have been use the recommendation of this site.

Examples of recent conveyancing in Wimbledon since January 2025*

Sale

of detached residence premises, Hanford Row, SW19 4UT completing on 29/01/2025 at a price of £790,000. 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, setting up the completion formalities

Transfer

of apartment North Road SW19 1XA, at sale sum of £420,000. Leasehold conveyancing included: sending conveyancing papers to buyers representatives, taking formal instructions from and updating the seller client, preparing statement detailing charges

Purchase

of apartment Garratt Lane SW17 0PD, sold for £460,000. Leasehold conveyancing investigations included: dealing with appropriate requisitions and enquiries, sending the transfer to the seller for signature in preparation for completion, preparing statement detailing charges

Acquisition

of flat Castlecombe Drive SW19 6RT, purchased for £305,500. Leasehold conveyancing legalities included: drafting the sale agreement and Transfer, ordering official copies of the title, preparing statement detailing charges

Recently asked questions about conveyancing in Wimbledon

The Wimbledon conveyancing lawyers that just started acting on my house acquisition in Wimbledon have suddenly shut down. I chose them because I had to have a solicitor on the Clydesdale conveyancing panel and my preferred Wimbledon lawyer was not. I paid them £170 on account. What should be my next steps?

Assuming that you have an Estate Agent in the equation then inform them immediately so that they can let the sellers know that there may be a slight delay due to the problems encountered. Hopefully they will be sympathetic and urge their lawyer to send a new set of papers to your new solicitors. You should appoint new lawyers that are on the Clydesdale conveyancing panel and notify the lender. If you have paid over any money, it will hopefully be held by the SRA as money in an intervened firm's bank accounts is transferred to the SRA. Then, the SRA or the intervention agent looks at the intervened firm's accounts to work out who the money belongs to. To claim your money you will need to contact the SRA. If the SRA cannot return money you are owed from the firm's bank accounts, or if they can only return part of the money, you can apply to the Compensation Fund for a grant. Your new solicitors may be able to help.

I'm purchasing my first flat in Wimbledon with a mortgage from Nottingham Building Society. The builders would not reduce the price so I negotiated £7000 of additionals instead. The property agent told me not inform my conveyancer about the extras as it may jeopardize my loan with the lender. Do I keep my lawyer in the dark?.

All lenders require a Disclosure of Incentives Form from the builder 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.

Over the last few months I have been searching for a flat up to £305k and found one round the corner in Wimbledon I like with amenity areas and transport links nearby, however it only has 51 years unexpired on the lease. I can't really find anything else in Wimbledon suitable, so just wondered if I would be making a grave error buying a short lease?

If you require a mortgage the shortness of the lease may be an issue. Discount the offer by the anticipated lease extension will cost if it has not already been discounted. If the existing owner has owned the premises for at least twenty four months you may request that they start the process of the extension and then assign it to you. An additional ninety years can be extended on to the existing lease term and have £0 ground rent by law. You should speak to your conveyancing solicitor concerning this matter.

Is it possible to swap firm as I have to find a firm on the Bank of Ireland conveyancing list. I was using a local conveyancing solicitor in Wimbledon round the corner but she is not approved by Bank of Ireland

We will our best to assist in finding you a conveyancing solicitor in Wimbledon on the Bank of Ireland panel. Please note that the conveyancers that we on the directory do not pay us commission if you instruct them and are regulated by the SRA who regulate all conveyancing solicitors in Wimbledon. Using search facility on this website, you can scrutinise fees for conveyancing solicitors in Wimbledon and throughout England and Wales.

I am thinking of appointing a conveyancing solicitor in Wimbledon for my house move. Is there any facility to check a solicitor's record with the legal regulator?

Anyone may see published Solicitor Regulator Association (SRA) decisions stemming from investigations from 2008 onwards. Visit Check a solicitor's record. For records Pre 2008, or to check a solicitors history, ring 0870 606 2555, 08.00 - 18.00 Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and 09.30 - 18.00 Tuesday. For callers outside the UK, dial +44 (0)121 329 6800. The SRA may monitor telephone calls for training reasons.

I am employed by a long established estate agent office in Wimbledon where we have witnessed a few flat sales derailed due to short leases. I have been given inconsistent advice from local Wimbledon conveyancing solicitors. Can you clarify whether the owner of a flat can initiate the lease extension process for the buyer?

As long as the seller has owned the lease for at least 2 years it is possible, to serve a Section 42 notice to kick-start the lease extension process and assign the benefit of the notice to the purchaser. The benefit of this is that the proposed purchaser need not have to wait 2 years to extend their lease. Both sets of lawyers will agree to form of assignment. The assignment has to be done prior to, or at the same time as completion of the sale.

Alternatively, it may be possible to agree the lease extension with the freeholder either before or after the sale. If you are informally negotiating there are no rules and so you cannot insist on the landlord agreeing to grant an extension or transferring the benefit of an agreement to the buyer.

I have attempted and failed to negotiate with my landlord for a lease extension without success. Can the Leasehold Valuation Tribunal adjudicate on such matters? Can you recommend a Wimbledon conveyancing firm to represent me?

You certainly can. We are happy to put you in touch with a Wimbledon conveyancing firm who can help.

An example of a Freehold Enfranchisement decision for a Wimbledon residence is 629 Garratt Lane in September 2014. The consideration payable for the acquisition of the freehold of the subject property was the sum £21,302.74. This represented a valuation of the freehold in the sum of £23,864 from which the sum of £2561.27 has been deducted in respect of certain costs in repairing and insuring the premises This case related to 3 flats. The remaining number of years on the lease was 72.94 years.

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Sample of conveyancing solicitors in Wimbledon regulated by the SRA

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

  • Wsm (solicitors) Llp, Woodcock House, Gibbard Mews, 37-38 High Street, Wimbledon, London, SW19 5BY
  • Peacock & Co, 94 High Street, Wimbledon Village, London, SW19 5EG
  • Broome Palmer Solicitors, Eldon Park House, 43 Church Road, London, SW19 5DQ
  • Paton Walsh Laundy, 22-24 Worple Road, Wimbledon, London, SW19 4DD
  • Black Stone Solicitors, The Courtyard, 7 Francis Grove, London, SW19 4DW

Residential Landlord and Tenant Conveyancing solicitors in Wimbledon

The list below is a small selection of solicitors in Wimbledon with expertise in landlord and tenant law and on the regulations governing different types of tenancies. This should include advice on Rent Act Protected, Assured and Assured Shorthold tenancies

  • Peacock & Co, 94 High Street, Wimbledon Village, London, SW19 5EG
  • Broome Palmer Solicitors, Eldon Park House, 43 Church Road, London, SW19 5DQ
  • Paton Walsh Laundy, 22-24 Worple Road, Wimbledon, London, SW19 4DD
  • Black Stone Solicitors, The Courtyard, 7 Francis Grove, London, SW19 4DW
  • Capsticks Solicitors Llp, 1 St. Georges Road, Wimbledon, London, SW19 4DR

Planning law solicitors in Wimbledon regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority

The firms listed below are a small selection of solicitors in Wimbledon with expertise in planning law. This may include advice on planning applications and appeals
  • Wsm (solicitors) Llp, Woodcock House, Gibbard Mews, 37-38 High Street, Wimbledon, London, SW19 5BY
  • Capsticks Solicitors Llp, 1 St. Georges Road, Wimbledon, London, SW19 4DR
  • Gregsons, St Christophers House, 19 Tabor Grove, London, SW19 4EX
  • Ashworths Solicitors Llp, The Old Exchange, 12 Compton Road, Wimbledon, London, SW19 7QD
  • Jeremy Marozzi & Co Solicitors, 12 Merton Park Parade, Wimbledon, London, SW19 3NT

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

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