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Top reasons to let us help you find a high street conveyancing solicitor in Bedford Hill

  • 1 The hallmark of our conveyancing solicitors in Bedford Hill is quality not quantity. The level of service offered by conveyancing "factories" (sometimes 'recommended' by large estate agency chains) often falls short of the level of professionalism you will expect.
  • 2 Experience means that Bedford Hill property lawyer have developed excellent working relationships with Bedford Hill local estate agents, banks, building societies, landlords and house builders enabling them to liaise at speed with all parties involved in the process of undertaking your house sale or purchase in Bedford Hill.
  • 3 Using a local Solicitor on the whole means that you will receive a more personalised service. Online forums often suggest that in appointing a large conveyancing firm, your matter is handled by a team of people who check what is happening on the file by determining whether the ‘computers says no’.
  • 4 Bedford Hill conveyancers will have connections at the local Land Registry Office, Local Authority and selling agents
  • 5 Personal touch and pure property expertise are key benefits that you should seek when selecting conveyancing solicitors. Bedford Hill property deals can become significantly more complicated due to poor communication between all the parties. The lawyers listed strive to make sure that the lines of communication are open and act on arising issues and developments instantly.

Examples of recent conveyancing in Bedford Hill since January 2025*

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Acquisition

of apartment Farm Avenue SW16 2UT, acquired for £390,000. Leasehold conveyancing investigations included: drafting the sale agreement and Transfer, sending the transfer to the vendor for signature in preparation for completion, taking formal instructions from and updating the seller client

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Sale

of terraced residence, Gleneagle Mews, SW16 6AE completing on 28/01/2025 at a price of £480,000. The legal transfer of property incorporates some of the following tasks: drafting the sale agreement and Transfer, sending the transfer to the seller for execution in readiness for completion, preparing statement detailing charges

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Disposal

of terraced premises, Tyneham Road, SW11 5XP completing on 28/01/2025 at a price of £805,000. 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 readiness for completion, ordering official copies of the title

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Sale

of flat Robsart Street SW9 0AE, at the agreed amount of £510,000. Leasehold conveyancing included: drafting the sale agreement and Transfer, ordering official copies of the title, agreeing completion date with parties

Recently asked questions about conveyancing in Bedford Hill

Are the Bedford Hill conveyancing solicitors identified as being on the Leeds Building Society conveyancing panel, together with their details provided by Leeds Building Society?

Bedford Hill conveyancing firms themselves provide us confirmation that they are on the Leeds Building Society conveyancing panel as opposed to being supplied with a list from Leeds Building Society directly.

My uncle passed away last year and as sole heir and executor I was left the property in Bedford Hill. The house had a relatively small loan left on it of around £4500. I want to transfer the title deeds into my name whilst I re-mortgage to Clydesdale, pay off the mortgage. Is this allowed?

Given you plan to re-mortgage then Clydesdale will require that you use a conveyancer on the Clydesdale 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 Clydesdale 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 Clydesdale mortgage is registered as a charge at the Land Registry.

A colleague advised me that if I am purchasing in Bedford Hill I should ask my conveyancer to carry out a Neighbourhood, Planning and Local Amenity Search. What does it cover?

This is a search is occasionally included in the estimate for your Bedford Hill conveyancing searches. It is a large document of about 40 pages, listing and setting out significant information about Bedford Hill around the property and the people living there. It incorporates an Aerial Photograph, Planning Applications, Land Use, Mobile Phone Masts, Rights of Way, the Bedford Hill Housing Market, Council Tax Banding, the demographics of People living in the area, the dominant type of Housing, the Average House Prices, Crime statistics, Bedford Hill Education with maps and statistics, Local Amenities and other useful data about Bedford Hill.

It has been five months since my purchase conveyancing in Bedford Hill took place. I have checked the Land Registry site which shows that I paid £200,000 when infact I paid £215,000. Why the discrepancy?

The price paid figure is taken from the application to register the purchase. It is the figure included in the Transfer (the legal deed which transfers the residence from one person to the other) and referred to as the 'consideration' or purchase price. You can report an error in the price paid figure using the LR online form. In most cases errors result from typos so at first glance the figure. Do report it so they can double check and advise.

Due to the input of my in-laws I had a survey completed on a property in Bedford Hill ahead of retaining lawyers. I have been told that there is a flying freehold element to the property. Our surveyor has said that some mortgage companies will refuse to issue a loan on a flying freehold house.

It depends who your proposed lender is. Santander has different instructions for example to Nationwide. If you e-mail us we can look into this further via the relevant bank. If you lender is happy to lend one our lawyers can assist as they are accustomed to dealing with flying freeholds in Bedford Hill. Conveyancing will be smoother if you use a solicitor in Bedford Hill especially if they are accustomed to such properties in Bedford Hill.

My husband and I are novice buyers - had an offer accepted, but the agent told us that the vendor will only move forward if we appoint the agent's preferred solicitors as they are insisting on an ‘expedited deal’. My instinct tells me that we should use a local solicitor with experience of conveyancing in Bedford Hill

It is unlikely the vendors are driving this. Should the seller desire ‘a quick sale', alienating a genuine purchaser is likely to cause more damage than good. Contact the sellers directly and make the point that (a)you are keen to buy (b)you are excited to move forward, with mortgage lined up © you do not need to sell (d) you wish to move quickly (e)but you will continue to instruct your own,trusted Bedford Hill conveyancing lawyers - as opposed tothose that will earn the estate agent a referral fee or meet his conveyancing figures set by corporate headquarters.

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Residential Landlord and Tenant Conveyancing solicitors in Bedford Hill

The list below is a non-comprehensive list of solicitors in Bedford Hill practicing in landlord and tenant law and on the regulations governing different types of tenancies. This will likely include advice on service charge disputes and the right to manage

  • Regents & Co. Solicitors (solicitor-advocate), Unit 3, Hildreth Street Mews, London, London, SW12 9RZ
  • A-z Law Solicitors Limited, 198-200 Balham High Road, London, SW12 9BP
  • Sjs Solicitors, 82 Balham High Road, Balham, London, SW12 9AG
  • Andrew Croft & Co, 240 Balham High Road, London, London, SW17 7AW
  • John Williamson Ltd, 55 Carminia Road, London, SW17 8AJ

Domestic Licensed Conveyancers in Bedford Hill regulated by the CLC

Please be aware that the listed conveyancers do not limit their work for conveyancing in Bedford Hill but also conveyancing throughout England and Wales.
  • R & C Property Lawyers Llp, 10A Upper Tooting Road, SW17 7PG
  • Stratega Law Ltd, Sutherland House, W1F 7TE
  • Walter Saunders, 382 Brockley Road, SE4 2BY

Planning law solicitors in Bedford Hill regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority

The solicitors listed below are a small selection of solicitors in Bedford Hill practicing in planning law. This may include advice on applications about listed buildings and conservation areas
  • William Innes, 56 Crescent Lane, London, SW4 9PU
  • Streathers Clapham Llp, 53 Clapham High Street, London, SW4 7TG
  • Techlawyer Limited, 22 Groveside Court, Lombard Road, London, SW11 3RQ
  • Mark Taylor & Company, 310 Harbour Yard, Chelsea Harbour, London, SW10 0XD
  • Ashworths Solicitors Llp, The Old Exchange, 12 Compton Road, Wimbledon, London, SW19 7QD

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

© Crown copyright material is reproduced with the permission of Land Registry under delegated authority from the Controller of HMSO.