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Top 5 reasons to use our service to help you find a local conveyancing solicitor in Barnes

  • 1 Cut price packages from online conveyancers might seem attractive. However, these organisations are often located hundreds of miles away with limited understanding of the factors that affect property transactions in Barnes
  • 2 Peace of mind comes when you choose the very best, most recommended conveyancing solicitors. Barnes has a number to select from, but for a truly dependable and dependable service many local people have been use the endorsement of this site.
  • 3 Barnes property lawyers work in partnership with Barnes estate agents, house builders, surveyors, lenders and other professionals to ensure that a quality service is offered to clients every step of the way, to ensure you’re kept informed as to progress throughout
  • 4 The accumulation of transactions means that Barnes conveyancer have established valuable connections with Barnes 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 Barnes.
  • 5 Using a local Solicitor usually results in a more bespoke service. Sometimes when dealing with a an online conveyancing factory, your transaction is dealt with by a team of people who who update you by determining whether the ‘computers says no’.

Examples of recent conveyancing in Barnes since December 2018*

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Disposal

of detached residence premises, Ullswater Road, SW13 9PL completing on 20/12/2018 at a price of £1,600,000. The legal transfer of property included amongst the various tasks: sending the transfer to the seller for signature in readiness for completion, agreeing completion date with parties, sending title deeds and executed transfer to buyer’s lawyers

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Transfer

of terraced premises, Charlotte Road, SW13 9QJ completing on 20/12/2018 at a price of £2,800,000. The conveyancing process incorporates some of the following tasks: drafting the sale agreement and Transfer, sending conveyancing papers to buyers representatives, sending title deeds and signed transfer to purchaser’s conveyancer

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Sale

of flat Stockhurst Close SW15 1NB, at sale sum of £565,000. Leasehold conveyancing included: sending conveyancing papers to buyers representatives, dealing with appropriate requisitions and enquiries, preparing statement detailing charges

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Transfer

of terraced property, Vine Road, SW13 0NE completing on 14/12/2018 at a price of £1,550,000. The legal transfer of property incorporates some of the following tasks: sending conveyancing papers to buyers representatives, taking formal instructions from and updating the seller client, setting up the completion formalities

Recently asked questions about conveyancing in Barnes

It has come to my attention via my IFA that my Barnes lawyer is not on the lender Conveyancing panel. What can I do to check?

The first thing you need to do is to call your Barnes lawyer directly. You lawyer should advise you of the situation. Where they are not on the panel they may be able to suggest a Barnes conveyancing firm that is on the conveyancing panel for your bank.

I am told that my conveyancing solicitors will need to check that the building insurance for my purchase of a house in Barnes. My lender is Tesco Bank

Tesco Bank have specific requirements as set out in the UK Finance Lenders’ Handbook. As of 11/3/2019, the requirements read as follows :

My colleague advised me that where I am buying in Barnes I should carry out a Neighbourhood, Planning and Local Amenity Search. What does it cover?

This is a search is sometimes quoted for as part of the standard Barnes conveyancing searches. It is not a small document of about 40 pages, listing and detailing significant information about Barnes around the property and the people living there. It incorporates an Aerial Photograph, Planning Applications, Land Use, Mobile Phone Masts, Rights of Way, the local Housing Market, Council Tax Banding, the demographics of People living in the area, the dominant type of Housing, the Average Property Price, Crime details, Barnes Education with plans and statistics, Local Amenities and other useful data regarding Barnes.

Are there restrictive covenants that are commonly identified during conveyancing in Barnes?

Restrictive covenants can be picked up when reviewing land registry title as part of the legal transfer of property in Barnes. An 1874 stipulation that was seen was ‘The houses to be erected on the estate are each to be of a uniform elevation in accordance with the drawings to be prepared or approved by the vendor’s surveyor…’

I'm converting the mortgage on my existing home to a buy to let loan with Lloyds TSB Bank and I will use the ballance of the raised equity as a deposit on a second house. The neighborhood we are interested in is Barnes. Will your lawyers be able to act for the two mortgage companies and tie in the two deals?

Do use our search tool on this page to check that the solicitors are approved by both lenders. Assuming that they are your solicitor will be able to simultaneously deal with the two deals but you should have a chat with you conveyancer and make apparent your expectations and needs.

Having had my offer accepted I require leasehold conveyancing in Barnes. Before diving in I want to be sure as to the number of years remaining on the lease.

If the lease is registered - and 99.9% are in Barnes - then the leasehold title will always include the short particulars of the lease, namely the date; the term; and the original parties. From a conveyancing perspective such details then enable any prospective buyer and lender to confirm that any lease they are looking at is the one relevant to that title. For any other purpose, such as confirming how long the term was granted for and calculating what is left, then the register should be sufficient on it's own.

Having spent months of dialogue we are unable to agree with our landlord on how much the lease extension should cost for our flat in Barnes. Can we issue an application to the Residential Property Tribunal Service?

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

An example of a Freehold Enfranchisement case for a Barnes property is 25 Petley Road in February 2010. The Tribunal determined that the price payable for the freehold of the subject premises should be £18,760. This case was in relation to 2 flats. The unexpired lease term was 156.6 years and 66.6 years.

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Sample of conveyancing solicitors in Barnes regulated by the SRA

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

  • Sutton-mattocks & Co Llp, 1 Rocks Lane, London, SW13 0DE
  • Posada & Co Solicitors Limited, Unit 3, Griffin Gate, 135 Lower Richmond Road, Putney, London, SW15 1EZ
  • R.j. Frost & Co, Coach House Office, 69 Lonsdale Road, Barnes, London, London, SW13 9JR
  • Francis W R Piesse, The Dove Pier, Lower Mall, London, W6 9DJ
  • Mapletoft & Co, 39-43 Putney High Street, Putney, London, SW15 1SP

Residential Landlord and Tenant Conveyancing solicitors in Barnes

The list below is a small selection of solicitors in Barnes with expertise in landlord and tenant law and on the regulations governing different types of tenancies. This will likely include advice on Leasehold Valuation Tribunal proceedings

  • Sutton-mattocks & Co Llp, 1 Rocks Lane, London, SW13 0DE
  • Mapletoft & Co, 39-43 Putney High Street, Putney, London, SW15 1SP
  • Swabey & Co, Riverbank House, 1 Putney Bridge Approach, London, SW6 3JD
  • Gibson Young Solicitors Llp, 111-117 Putney High Street, Putney, London, London, SW15 1SS
  • Rodgers & Burton, 50 Vineyard Path, Mortlake, London, SW14 8ET

Domestic Licensed Conveyancers in Barnes regulated by the CLC

Please note that the listed conveyancers do not limit their work for conveyancing in Barnes but also conveyancing throughout England and Wales.
  • Stratega Law Ltd, Bldg 3 Chiswick Park, W4 5YA
  • Ldn Conveyancing Ltd, 3 Acton Hill Mews, W3 9QN
  • J Scollan & Co Property Lawyers, First Floor Canal Court, TW8 8JA
  • R & C Property Lawyers Llp, 10A Upper Tooting Road, SW17 7PG
  • Quality Conveyancing Ltd, Westgate House, W5 1YY

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

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