LM Logo

Find a Lender-Approved Local Conveyancer in Blackwall

Ready to buy a new home? Find a law firm approved by your lender.

Selecting the right solicitor is the most important decision when it comes to your Blackwall conveyancing

5 reasons to use our service to help you find a high street conveyancing solicitor in Blackwall

  • 1 Our site offers most comprehensive domestic conveyancing directory service identifying lender approved property lawyers carrying out conveyancing in Blackwall regulated and authorised by the SRA or Council of Licensed Conveyancers.
  • 2 Solicitor conveyancing lawyers have extremely good personal connections with Blackwall estate agents and work very closely with them and local surveyors so as to ensure transactions proceed expeditiously.
  • 3 The Blackwall conveyancing practitioners that we work with are dedicated to supplying value for money, efficient and accessible conveyancing service to borrowers, sellers and investors in Blackwall
  • 4 Peace of mind comes when you choose the very best, most recommended conveyancing solicitors. Blackwall has a number to choose from, but for a truly professional and dependable service many local people have been use the recommendation of this site.
  • 5 No matter what any alternative solicitors inform you it could be necessary to pop into your conveyancer to execute legal papers. There are enough parties involved in a house sale without needing to include Royal Mail into the mix.

Examples of recent conveyancing in Blackwall since April 2019*

street view

Conveyance

of flat Newport Avenue E14 2DU, sold for £436,000. Leasehold conveyancing investigations included: obtaining official copies of the title, preparing statement detailing charges, setting up the completion formalities

street view

Sale

of flat Blair Street E14 0NY, at purchase sum of £305,000. Leasehold conveyancing included: dealing with appropriate requisitions and enquiries, sending the transfer to the vendor for signature in readiness for completion, taking formal instructions from and updating the seller client

street view

Sale

of flat Dollar Bay Place E14 9AD, at purchase price of £560,000. Leasehold conveyancing included: sending conveyancing papers to buyers representatives, sending the transfer to the vendor for execution in readiness for completion, taking formal instructions from and updating the seller client

street view

Conveyance

of flat Dollar Bay Place E14 9AD, acquired for £780,000. Leasehold conveyancing due diligence included: dealing with appropriate requisitions and enquiries, taking formal instructions from and updating the seller client, ordering official copies of the title

Recently asked questions about conveyancing in Blackwall

Forgive me if this question is silly but I am unseasoned as a first time buyer of a garden flat in Blackwall. Do I pick up the keys to the property on the completion date from my lawyer? If this is the case, I will appoint a High Street conveyancing solicitor in Blackwall?

On the day of completion you will not be required to go to the conveyancers office in Blackwall. Conveyancing lawyers for you will arrange to send the purchase money to the seller's solicitors, and once they have received this, you should be called to pick up the keys from the selling Agents and move into your new home. Usually this happens between 1 and 3pm.

I am purchasing a end of terrace house in Blackwall. Our aim is to carry out a loft conversion at the house.Will legal conveyancing on the property include investigations to see if these alterations are permitted?

Your solicitor will review the registered title as conveyancing in Blackwall will sometimes reveal restrictions in the title documents which prevent certain alterations or need the permission of a 3rd party. Many extensions call for local authority planning permissions and approval under the building regulations. Some locations are designated conservation areas and special planning restrictions apply which often prevent or impact extensions. It would be sensible to check these issues with a surveyor prior to committing yourself to a purchase.

I have today made my last payment due on my mortgage with Co-operative. I assume I don't need a Blackwall solicitor on the Co-operative panel to discharge the mortgage at the Land Registry. Am I right?

If you have finished paying off your Co-operative mortgage, they may send you evidence showing that you have paid it off. Alternatively they may notify the Land Registry directly. The Land Registry need to see this evidence before they will remove the Co-operative mortgage from the register. Co-operative, and any evidence they send you, will determine the action you need to take. In cases where no conveyancer is acting for you and you have paid off your mortgage:

  1. but are not moving to another property
  2. where Co-operative has sent the Land Registry the discharge electronically, and
  3. Co-operative has instructed the Land Registry to do so
The Land Registry will send you a letter confirming that your Co-operative mortgage has been paid off.

I know that there are debates on Chancel Insurance on online forums. Am I compelled to have this when acquiring a property in Blackwall? or Apparently there is a law dating back centuries that means some owners of property living in a parish church boundary will be compelled to contribute towards repairs towards the chancel within the church. Is this applicable for conveyancing in Blackwall?

Unless a prior acquisition of the property took place after 12 October 2013 you could assume that lawyers conducting conveyancing in Blackwall to continue to propose a a chancel search and or chancel repair liability insurance.

I used Stirling Law several years past for my conveyancing in Blackwall. Now, I need the files however the law firm is no longer operating. What do I do?

Do contact the Solicitors Regulatory Authority (SRA) to assist in tracing your conveyancing files. They can be contacted on please contact on 0870 606 2555. Alternatively, you should use their online form to make an enquiry. You will need to provide the SRA with as much information as possible to assist their search, including the name and address in Blackwall of the conveyancing firm of solicitors you previously instructed, the name of conveyancing solicitor with whom you had dealings, and the date on which you last had dealings with the firm.

I'm buying my first flat in Blackwall with a mortgage from Bank of Scotland. The sellers refused to reduce the amount so I negotiated £7000 of additionals instead. The house builders rep told me not inform my solicitor about this side-deal as it could put at risk my loan with the bank. Is this normal?.

All lenders require a Disclosure of Incentives Form from the developer of any new build, converted or renovated property, It is available online from the Lenders’ Handbook page on the CML website. CML form is completed and handed to the lender's surveyor when the inspection is done.

Lenders have different policies on incentives. Some accept none at all, cash or physical, while others will accept cash incentives up to 5%.

Hard to understand why the representative of a builder would be suggesting you withold information from a solicitor when all this will be clearly visible on forms the builder has to supply to its solicitor, the buyer's solicitor and the surveyor.

Is it possible to swap solicitor as I need to choose a firm on the Skipton Building Society conveyancing panel. I hired a high street conveyancing solicitor in Blackwall round the corner but she is not approved by Skipton Building Society

We will our best to assist in finding you a conveyancing solicitor in Blackwall on the Skipton Building Society panel. Please note that the law firms that we list do not pay us a referral fee if you instruct them and are under regulation of the Solicitors Regulation Authority who oversee all conveyancing solicitors in Blackwall. In utilising the find a conveyancing solicitor tool on this page, you can compare and instruct different solicitors and conveyancers both nationally and in Blackwall.

Our solicitor in Blackwall has discovered a defect with the lease for the property we are buying in Blackwall. The seller’s lawyers have offered title insurance as a workaround. We are content with insurance and will cover the costs. Our lawyer says that as he is on the lender conveyancing panel he must check that the lender is happy with this solution. Who is the client here, us or the lender?

The short answer to your last question is that, notwithstanding the potential for a conflict of interest, you and the lender are the client. A precondition to being on the mortgage company approved panel is to comply with the UK Finance Lenders’ Handbook requirements. The UK Finance Lenders’ Handbook conditions require your lawyer to disclose issues such as defects will the lease so that the lender can be afforded the opportunity to check with their valuer as to the extent that the value of the property is affected . Should you refuse to allow your lawyer to make the appropriate notification then your lawyer will have no choice but to discontinue acting for you.

Last updated

Sample of conveyancing solicitors in Blackwall regulated by the SRA

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

  • Quinns, 1st Floor, 26 Naval Row, London, E14 9PS
  • Taj Solicitors Ltd, 243-247 East India Dock Road, Docklands, London, London, E14 0EG
  • B Gadwah Limited, 225 Marsh Wall, 3rd Floor, Suite 20, London, London, E14 9FW
  • Lpc Law Limited, Level 34, 25 Canada Square, Canary Wharf, London, E14 5LQ
  • Frei Solicitors Limited, Level 30, 40 Bank Street, Canary Wharf, London, London, E14 5NR

Residential Landlord and Tenant Conveyancing solicitors in Blackwall

The firms listed below are a small selection of solicitors in Blackwall 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

  • Quinns, 1st Floor, 26 Naval Row, London, E14 9PS
  • Clifford Chance Llp, 10 Upper Bank Street, London, E14 5JJ
  • Lpc Law Limited, Level 34, 25 Canada Square, Canary Wharf, London, E14 5LQ
  • Kgia Ltd, 37th Floor, One Canada Square, Canary Wharf, London, Greater London, E14 5AA
  • Frei Solicitors Limited, Level 30, 40 Bank Street, Canary Wharf, London, London, E14 5NR

Planning law solicitors in Blackwall regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority

The practices listed below are a small selection of solicitors in Blackwall practicing in planning law. The solicitors can give expert legal advice on all aspects of planning, including making sure people do what the planning regulations say
  • Adams Solicitors, Adams House, 129 Mile End Road, London, E1 4BG
  • Beverley Morris & Co, 35 Montpelier Vale, Blackheath Villiage, London, SE3 0TJ
  • Reynolds Porter Chamberlain Llp, Tower Bridge House, St. Katharines Way, London, E1W 1AA
  • Beverley Morris & Co Incorporating Peter Egan & Co, 62 Lewisham High Street, London, London, SE13 5JH
  • Clyde & Co Llp, The St. Botolph Building, 138 Houndsditch, London, EC3A 7AR

Neighboring Locations

Canary Wharf
Poplar
Blackwall
Leamouth
Cubitt Town

*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.