Find a Lender-Approved Local Conveyancer in Belgravia

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Top reasons to let us help you select a local conveyancing solicitor in Belgravia

  • 1 The Belgravia conveyancing firms that are identified are committed to supplying the most cost, efficient and transparent conveyancing service to borrowers, sellers and investors in Belgravia
  • 2 Regardless alternative lawyers advise it could be necessary to visit your conveyancer to sign legal papers. Too many 3rd parties are already engaged in a conveyancing transaction without needing to include the postman into the pot.
  • 3 Low cost packages from online conveyancers might seem attractive. However, these organisations are often located hundreds of miles away with little appreciation of the factors that affect property transactions in Belgravia
  • 4 Our site offers most comprehensive residential conveyancing directory listing mortgage company approved law practices conducting conveyancing in Belgravia registered with the SRA or CLC.
  • 5 The practices shown on our directory have a mix of conveyancing lawyers, legal executives and support staff handling thousands of conveyancing matters each year.

Examples of recent conveyancing in Belgravia since December 2024*

Purchase

of flat Egerton Gardens SW3 2BY, at a price of £1,500,000. Leasehold conveyancing due diligence included: drafting the sale agreement and Transfer, dealing with appropriate requisitions and enquiries, agreeing completion date with parties

Disposal

of detached residence property, Walton Street, SW3 2HH completing on 08/01/2025 at a price of £2,350,000. The legal transfer of property incorporates some of the following tasks: drafting the sale agreement and Transfer, obtaining official copies of the title, agreeing completion date with parties

Disposal

of apartment Walton Street SW3 2JY, at sale price of £750,000. Leasehold conveyancing included: sending conveyancing papers to buyers representatives, sending the transfer to the seller for execution in preparation for completion, obtaining official copies of the title

Disposal

of flat Brompton Road SW3 2AR, at the agreed consideration of £815,000. Leasehold conveyancing included: sending the transfer to the seller for signature in preparation for completion, taking formal instructions from and updating the seller client, agreeing completion date with parties

Recently asked questions about conveyancing in Belgravia

It is a dozen years since I bought my home in Belgravia. Conveyancing solicitors have just been appointed on the sale but I can't track down the deeds. Is this a problem?

You need not be too concerned. First there is a possibility that the deeds will be kept by your mortgage company or they could stored with the solicitor who handled the purchase. Secondly the likelihood is that the land will be registered at the land registry and you will be able to establish that you own the property by your conveyancing lawyers acquiring up to date copy of the land registers. Almost all conveyancing in Belgravia relates to registered property but in the rare situation where your home is unregistered it is more problematic but is resolvable.

My property lawyer in Belgravia has never been on on the Barnsley Building Society Approved Panel. Can I still retain my family solicitor notwithstanding that they are excluded from the Barnsley Building Society panel of approved conveyancing solicitors?

The limited options open to you here include:

  1. Carry on with your existing Belgravia lawyers but Barnsley Building Society will need to use a conveyancer on their panel. This will result in additional overall legal fees as well as cause frustration.
  2. Find an alternative lawyer to to deal with the conveyancing, not forgetting to check they are Barnsley Building Society approved.
  3. Try to convince your Barnsley Building Society solicitor to try to join the Barnsley Building Society panel

The mortgage over my property is with Co-operative for my property in Belgravia. Conveyancing has been completed months ago. If I am intending to rent out the flat and do not currently have a buy-to-let mortgage do I need to remortgage to a buy-to-let mortgage or inform Co-operative?

Your original mortgage agreement with Co-operative will provide that you need their approval in advance of letting out your property as this is likely to be a breach of Co-operative’s mortgage conditions. It may be that Co-operative will permit you to let out your former home without needing to switch to a buy-to-let mortgage but some lenders will add a surcharge to your mortgage rate to reflect the higher risk. You should contact Co-operative directly. You need not do this via a Co-operative conveyancing panel firm.

It is unclear whether my bank obliges me to make sure the lease term for the flat is extended prior to the completion date. I have telephoned my Belgravia bank branch on numerous occasions and was informed it wasn't a problem and they would lend. My Belgravia conveyancing solicitor - who is on the bank conveyancing panel- telephoned and was told they refuse to lend in accordance with their published requirements. I have no idea who is right.

Provided that the solicitor is on the mortgage company approved list, they must comply with the CML Handbook requirements for the lender. Unless your lawyer obtains specific confirmation in writing that the lender will go ahead, your lawyer has no choice but to refrain from exchanging contract and committing you to the purchase. We would suggest that you ask the bank to contact your lawyer in writing confirming that they will accept the number of years remaining.

I recently had an offer agreed on an apartment in Belgravia. My mortgage broker recommended their conveyancers. I paid an upfront payment of £225. Not long after, the lawyer contacted me embarrassingly acknowledging that they were not on the Co-operative conveyancing panel. Am I right in thinking that I should be due a refund?

You should be able to recover this from the law firm if they were not on the Co-operative panel. They should have asked at the outset which lender you were obtaining a mortgage with. An important lesson to readers of this site is to check that the lawyers are on the appropriate lender panel.

What will a local search inform me concerning the property we're purchasing in Belgravia?

Belgravia conveyancing often commences with the submitting local authority searches directly from your local Authority or through a personal search organisations for example PSG The local search is essential in every Belgravia conveyancing purchase; as long as you wish to avoid any nasty once you have moved into your new home. The search will supply information on, amongst other things, details on planning applications relevant to the property (whether granted or refused), building control history, any enforcement action, restrictions on permitted development, nearby road schemes, contaminated land and radon gas; in all a total of 13 topic sections.

I have recentlybeen informed that Stirling Law have closed. They conducted my conveyancing in Belgravia for a purchase of a leasehold flat 9 months ago. How can I check that the property is not still registered in the name of the former proprietor?

The quickest way to see if the premises is registered to you, you can carry out a search of the land registry (£3.00). You can either do this yourself or ask a law firm to do this for you. If you are not registered you can seek help from one of a number of Belgravia conveyancing specialists.

My husband and I are novice buyers - had an offer accepted, yet the agent has warned us that the seller will only proceed if we instruct the agent's preferred lawyers as they want a ‘quick sale’. We would rather use a family conveyancer accustomed to conveyancing in Belgravia

We suspect that the owner is unaware of this demand. Should the vendor desire ‘a quick sale', turning down a genuine purchaser is counter productive. Avoid the agents and go straight to the sellers and make the point that (a)you are serious purchasers (b)you are ready to progress, with finances arranged © you have nothing to sell (d) you wish to move quickly (e)however you will continue to appoint your preferred Belgravia conveyancing solicitors - as opposed tothose that will provide the negotiator at the agency a referral fee or achieve conveyancing targets pre-set by senior management.

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Sample of conveyancing solicitors in Belgravia regulated by the SRA

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

  • Feltons, 14 Basil Street, London, United Kingdom, SW3 1AJ
  • Michael Lynn & Co, 8 Cheval Place, London, SW7 1ES
  • Decimus Fearon Llp, 186 Sloane Street, London, SW1X 9QR
  • Ashley Wilson Solicitors Llp, 26 Ives Street, Knightsbridge, London, SW3 2ND
  • Svedberg Law, 125 Sloane Street, London, SW1X 9AU

Residential Landlord and Tenant Conveyancing solicitors in Belgravia

The list below is a non-comprehensive list of solicitors in Belgravia with expertise in landlord and tenant law and on the regulations governing different types of tenancies. This could include advice on Leasehold Valuation Tribunal proceedings

  • Michael Lynn & Co, 8 Cheval Place, London, SW7 1ES
  • Decimus Fearon Llp, 186 Sloane Street, London, SW1X 9QR
  • Ashley Wilson Solicitors Llp, 26 Ives Street, Knightsbridge, London, SW3 2ND
  • Svedberg Law, 125 Sloane Street, London, SW1X 9AU
  • Child & Child Limited, 4 Grosvenor Place, London, London, SW1X 7HJ

Planning law solicitors in Belgravia regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority

The practices listed below are a non-comprehensive list of solicitors in Belgravia practicing in planning law. This could include advice on making sure people do what the planning regulations say
  • Keystone Law Limited, Second Floor Audley House, 13 Palace Street, London, SW1E 5HX
  • Rokeby Johnson Baars Solicitors Limited, 22 Gilbert Street, London, W1K 5HD
  • Seddons, 5 Portman Square, London, W1H 6NT
  • Dwfm Beckman, 101 Wigmore Street, London, London, W1U 1FA
  • Jacobs Allen Hammond, 3 Fitzhardinge Street, London, W1H 6EF

Neighboring Locations

Mayfair
Belgravia
Brompton
Knightsbridge
South Kensington

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

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