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Main reasons to use our service to help you select a high street conveyancing solicitor in Barnes Cray

  • 1 Notwithstanding what alternative sites may claim it may be important to attend your solicitor to sign documents. Too many 3rd parties are already involved in a homemove without needing to add Royal Mail into the equation.
  • 2 Barnes Cray property lawyers are likely to acquainted with the local Land Registry Office, Local Authority and property agents
  • 3 On the balance of probabilities the other side’s solicitors are based in Barnes Cray - if so both parties will have worked on conveyancing matters in the past
  • 4 Excellent communication and pure property experience are key benefits that you should look for when choosing conveyancing solicitors. Barnes Cray home moves can be made significantly more stressful as a result of poor communication between all the parties. The lawyers listed endeavour to make sure that the lines of communication are open and act on arising issues and developments quickly.
  • 5 Lawyer conveyancing lawyers have very good personal connections with Barnes Cray estate agents and work very closely with them and local surveyors so as to ensure transactions proceed expeditiously.

Examples of recent conveyancing in Barnes Cray since September 2025*

Recently asked questions about conveyancing in Barnes Cray

Completed the sale of my flat in Barnes Cray last January yet the purchaser is Skype messaging daily to say her conveyancer needs to hear from mine. What are the post completion sale legalities now that I have sold?

Following your sale your conveyancer should send the transfer documentation and all additional paperwork to the purchaser's conveyancer. Depending on the transaction, your lawyer must also send confirmation that the home loan has been discharged to the buyers lawyers. There are no post completion procedures specific conveyancing in Barnes Cray.

My mortgage company has recommended a law firm on their panel based in Barnes Cray but I would rather instruct a conveyancing lawyer in Barnes Cray round the corner to me. Can you help?

The minority of Barnes Cray conveyancing practices are approved and listed on all lender’s conveyancing panel. Do make the most of the above find an approved solicitor tool to find a Barnes Cray conveyancing solicitor on the on the mortgage company panel.

Just acquired a terraced house in Barnes Cray , What is the estimated time for the Land Registry to register the transfer to my name? My Barnes Cray conveyancing solicitor has been very slow, so I want to be certain the registration formalities are addressed.

There is nothing unique when it comes to conveyancing in Barnes Cray registration formalities. Rather than based on location, timescales can adjust depending on the party submitting the application, whether it is in order and whether the Land registry must send notices to any 3rd parties. At present approximately three quarters of such applications are fully dealt with within 12 days but occasionally there can be longer delays. Historically registration occurs after the purchaser is living at the premises therefore an expedited registration is not always primary concern but where it is urgent that the the registration takes place urgently then you or your lawyers can contact the land registry and explain the circumstances.

My cousin has suggested that I appoint his conveyancers in Barnes Cray. Do I follow his recommendation?

There are no two ways about it the best way to find a conveyancing lawyer is to seek recommendations from friends or relatives who have experience in using the conveyancer you're considering.

I’m about to sell my garden flat in Barnes Cray. Conveyancing has not commenced, however I have recently received a half-yearly service charge demand – Do I pay up?

Your conveyancing lawyer is likely to suggest that you should pay the maintenance contribution as normal as all rents and maintenance invoices should be allotted on completion, 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 until 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. Having a clear account will assist your cause and will leave you no worse off financially.

I have attempted and failed to negotiate with my landlord for a lease extension without success. Can I make an application to the Leasehold Valuation Tribunal? Can you recommend a Barnes Cray conveyancing firm to represent me?

in cases where there is a missing freeholder or where there is disagreement about the premium for a lease extension, under the relevant statutes it is possible to make an application to the LVT to decide the price.

An example of a Lease Extension case for a Barnes Cray property is Various @ Colombus Square in January 2012. the Tribunal calculated the premiums to be paid for new leases for each of the flats in Mariners Walk to be £3822 and the premium to be paid for the new lease of 2 Knights Court to be £4439. This case related to 13 flats. The unexpired residue of the current lease was 76 years.

The conveyancing solicitors carrying out our conveyancing in Barnes Cray has sent documents to review that indicate that the land is unregistered with epitome documents. How can it be that the property not yet recorded at HMLR?

It is a rare occurrence indeed to find premises in Barnes Cray not to be registered. An 'epitome' is basically a dossier of photocopies of documents affecting an unregistered title. Plenty of Barnes Cray conveyancing solicitors should be familiar with such matters but where uncertainty exists the standard guidance these days is for the current owners to deal with the registration formalities first and then sell - this undoubtedly cause a significant delay.

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Sample of conveyancing solicitors in Barnes Cray regulated by the SRA

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

  • Estate And Corporate Solicitors Ltd, 57 Hythe Street, Dartford, Kent, DA1 1BG
  • Medlicott & Benson, 5 Curates Walk, Wilmington, Dartford, Kent, DA2 7BJ
  • Graham Dawson & Co, Westminster House, 80d Bexley High Street, Bexley, Kent, DA5 1LE
  • Simon C Potts Limited, C/o T G Baynes, Broadway House, 208 Broadway, Bexleyheath, Kent, DA6 7BG
  • Keith R Gough Limited, C/o T G Baynes, Broadway House, 208 Broadway, Bexleyheath, Kent, DA6 7BG

Residential Landlord and Tenant Conveyancing solicitors in Barnes Cray

The list below is a small selection of solicitors in Barnes Cray with expertise in landlord and tenant law and on the regulations governing different types of tenancies. This should include advice on Court proceedings for possession

  • Caroline Mathews Solicitors, 57 Perry Street, Crayford, Dartford, Kent, DA1 4RB
  • Neves Scott, 8a Hythe Street, Dartford, Kent, DA1 2AG
  • Dorcas Funmi & Co, 12 Brook Street, Erith, Kent, DA8 1JQ
  • Augustine Clement, 1st Floor 3 Market Place, Bexleyheath, Kent, DA6 7DU
  • Medlicott & Benson, 5 Curates Walk, Wilmington, Dartford, Kent, DA2 7BJ

Commercial Conveyancing solicitors in Barnes Cray regulated by the SRA

The list below is a non-comprehensive list of solicitors in Barnes Cray practicing in commercial conveyancing in Barnes Cray. This will likely include advice on buying or selling a shop, pub, restaurant, office, retail unit
  • Estate And Corporate Solicitors Ltd, 57 Hythe Street, Dartford, Kent, DA1 1BG
  • Augustine Clement, 1st Floor 3 Market Place, Bexleyheath, Kent, DA6 7DU
  • Medlicott & Benson, 5 Curates Walk, Wilmington, Dartford, Kent, DA2 7BJ
  • Graham Dawson & Co, Westminster House, 80d Bexley High Street, Bexley, Kent, DA5 1LE
  • Richard R Thomas Limited, C/o T G Baynes, Broadway House, 208 Broadway, Bexleyheath, Kent, DA6 7BG

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

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