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Examples of recent conveyancing in Abbey Wood since January 2025*

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of terraced residence, Flaxton Road, SE18 2JR completing on 27/01/2025 at a price of £395,000. The legal transfer of property incorporates some of the following tasks: sending conveyancing papers to buyers representatives, sending the transfer to the vendor for execution in preparation for completion, ordering official copies of the title

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of apartment Douglas Road DA16 1QY, at purchase sum of £200,000. Leasehold conveyancing included: securing official copies of the title, agreeing completion date with parties, preparing statement detailing charges

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of terraced premises, Waterside Close, SE28 0GT completing on 29/01/2025 at a price of £350,000. The conveyancing process incorporates some of the following tasks: dealing with appropriate requisitions and enquiries, agreeing completion date with parties, sending title deeds and executed transfer to buyer’s solicitor

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Purchase

of flat Pettacre Close SE28 0PB, sold for £260,000. Leasehold conveyancing due diligence included: dealing with appropriate requisitions and enquiries, obtaining official copies of the title, preparing statement detailing charges

Recently asked questions about conveyancing in Abbey Wood

Why do I have to pay up front for conveyancing in Abbey Wood?

Where you are retaining lawyers for conveyancing in Abbey Wood your lawyer will request that you place them with funds to cover the the cost of the conveyancing searches. This will be the total of the cost of the conveyancing searches. If any deposit is payable against the total price then this should be required immediately before contracts are exchanged. Any further balance that is due should be transferred shortly before completion.

After reviewing online forums for an online solicitor in Abbey Wood, many say that I should use a CQS accredited solicitor. Can you explain what CQS is?

The Conveyancing Quality Scheme (CQS) provides a recognised quality standard for residential conveyancing practices issued by the Law Society. Membership achievement establishes a level of credibility for member firms with stakeholders (regulators, lenders, insurers and consumers) based upon: * the integrity of the senior responsible officer and other key conveyancing staff * the firm's adherence to good practice management standards * adherence to prudent and efficient conveyancing procedures through the scheme protocol the standard covers many partnerships who execute conveyancing in Abbey Wood.

This question may be naive but I am new to the house moving as FTB of a two bedroom flat in Abbey Wood. Do I receive the keys to the premises on the completion date from my conveyancer? If this is the case, I will instruct a High Street conveyancing solicitor in Abbey Wood?

On the day of completion you do not need to attend the conveyancers office in Abbey Wood. Your solicitors will transfer the purchase money to the owner’s solicitors, and once they have received this, you will be invited to collect the keys from the Estate Agents and move into your new home. This tends to happen between 1 and 3pm.

I am planning to move property in June. Should my conveyancing solicitor communicate with the removal company on the day of completion. On a separate note, can you recommend a removal company in Abbey Wood. Conveyancing firm was chosen prior to coming across this site.

On the day of completion you can collect the house keys from your estate agent but this should only occur after the sellers lawyers inform the agent that the monies to complete are in and the keys can be passed over. Subsequently you should inform the removal men that you are ready to move in. As a matter of policy we do not recommend a particular removal organisation but can help you choose a conveyancing in Abbey Wood or a firm that specialises in conveyancing in Abbey Wood.

My offer was accepted on an apartment in Abbey Wood on 28/2/2025, valuation was booked 2 days later, received a clean bill of health. Solicitor appointed, so all that was missing was my mortgage offer. Having made daily calls to Santander and chasing them on my offer, I have now been told that my offer will not be issued unless the lawyer is on the Santander conveyancing panel. Can the lender hold off the offer?

Mortgage companies tend not to not issue a mortgage until they have details of a lawyer on their panel. It can take a few weeks for Santander to deal with your lawyer's application to be on the Santander conveyancing panel. There's no guarantee that your solicitor will be accepted.

We are purchasing a house and the conveyancer has mentioned Chancel Repair to which the property could be obligated to contribute to given it’s proximity to the area of such a church. She has mentioned insurance. Is this strictly warranted for conveyancing in Abbey Wood

Unless a prior acquisition of the premises took place post 12 October 2013 you could assume that solicitors handling conveyancing in Abbey Wood to continue to propose a a chancel search and or insurance against a claim.

Me and my brother have a semi-detached Victorian property in Abbey Wood. Conveyancing lawyer represented me and Barclays . I did a free Land Registry search last week and I saw a couple of entries: one for freehold, another for leasehold with the exact same property. If a house is not a freehold shouldn't I have been informed?

You should review 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 proprietor of the leasehold and freehold title as well is to check (£3). It is not completely unheard of in Abbey Wood and other areas of the country and poses no real issues for owners other than when they mortgage they have to account for both freehold and leasehold interests when dealing with purchasers. You can also question the position with your conveyancing solicitor who conducted the work.

How much should conveyancing in Abbey Wood cost?

The amount you are levied for conveyancing in Abbey Wood are likely to be calculated at:

  1. a fixed cost; or
  2. on a time spent basis (i.e. the time spent on the particular case).

In reality you seldom hear of Abbey Wood conveyancing solicitors charge on an hourly basis

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Residential Landlord and Tenant Conveyancing solicitors in Abbey Wood

The firms listed below are a non-comprehensive list of solicitors in Abbey Wood specialising in landlord and tenant law and on the regulations governing different types of tenancies. This may include advice on Leasehold Valuation Tribunal proceedings

  • Toltops Solicitors, 41 Manton Road, Greenwich, London, London, SE2 0JE
  • A O & Associates Solicitors, 51 Lakedale Road, London, London, SE18 1PR
  • Aa & Co Solicitors, 60 A Plumstead High Street, Plumstead, London, SE18 1SL
  • Margaret Olusegun, 3 The View, London, Bexley, SE2 0DX
  • Bloomfield Solicitors, The Thames Innovation Centre, 2 Veridion Way, Erith, Kent, DA18 4AL

Commercial Conveyancing solicitors in Abbey Wood regulated by the SRA

The firms listed below are a non-comprehensive list of solicitors in Abbey Wood specialising in commercial conveyancing in Abbey Wood. This will likely include advice on complex issues under the Landlord and Tenant Act of 1954
  • Margaret Olusegun, 3 The View, London, Bexley, SE2 0DX
  • Hadfield & Co, 1 Central Avenue, Welling, Kent, DA16 3AX
  • Apex Law Llp, 3 The Pantiles, Bexleyheath, Kent, DA7 5HH
  • Gough Clinton & Broom, 104 Bellegrove Road, Welling, Kent, Welling, Kent, DA16 3QD
  • Cook Taylor, 3 Thomas Street, Woolwich, London, SE18 6HR

Residential Licensed Conveyancers in Abbey Wood regulated by the Council of Licensed Conveyancers

Please be aware that the listed conveyancers do not limit their work for conveyancing in Abbey Wood but also conveyancing throughout England and Wales.
  • Cain Associates Llp, 297 The Broadway, DA6 8DG
  • Suriya & Douglas, Suite B, 7th Floor, Charter House, IG1 1UF
  • T J Ball & Company, 49 Leytonstone Road, E15 1JA

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

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