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Find a Lender-Approved Local Conveyancer in Colney Hatch

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Logical reasons to let us help you choose a local conveyancing solicitor in Colney Hatch

  • 1 Experience means that Colney Hatch solicitor have developed valuable working relationships with Colney Hatch local estate agents, banks, building societies, landlords and house builders enabling them to liaise at speed with all parties involved in the process of handling your conveyancing in Colney Hatch.
  • 2 Firms that specialise in conveyancing in Colney Hatch are familiar with the local issues specific to Colney Hatch and therefore you may benefit from better guidance and faster conveyancing.
  • 3 The companies identified on our directory have a variation of conveyancing practitioners, legal executives and support staff handling thousands of conveyancing matters annually.
  • 4 The mark of a good conveyancing solicitor in Colney Hatch 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 would hope for.
  • 5 Low cost packages from online conveyancers might seem attractive. However, these companies are often based many miles away with limited understanding of the factors that impact property transactions in Colney Hatch

Examples of recent conveyancing in Colney Hatch since November 2025*

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Transfer

of terraced residence, Sparkford Gardens, N11 3GT completing on 08/12/2025 at a price of £550,000. The conveyancing process incorporates some of the following tasks: dealing with appropriate requisitions and enquiries, sending the transfer to the seller for signature in preparation for completion, taking formal instructions from and updating the seller client

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Disposal

of terraced residence, Poplar Grove, N11 3NJ completing on 05/12/2025 at a price of £558,000. The conveyancing process included amongst the various tasks: taking formal instructions from and updating the seller client, securing official copies of the title, agreeing completion date with parties

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Disposal

of terraced residence, Woodhouse Road, N12 0RR completing on 19/11/2025 at a price of £527,500. The conveyancing process incorporates some of the following tasks: dealing with appropriate requisitions and enquiries, sending the transfer to the seller for signature in preparation for completion, setting up the completion formalities

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Sale

of terraced premises, Earl Close, N11 3PY completing on 18/12/2025 at a price of £640,000. The legal transfer of property incorporates some of the following tasks: drafting the sale agreement and Transfer, securing official copies of the title, setting up the completion formalities

Recently asked questions about conveyancing in Colney Hatch

I plan on purchasing residence in Colney Hatch. My Conveyancer has never been on on the lender conveyancing panel. Can I still continue with my Colney Hatch conveyancing solicitor notwithstanding that they are excluded from the mortgage company panel?

You have numerous options open to you here

  • Complete the purchase with your chosen Colney Hatch solicitor but your bank will no doubt retain a solicitor on their approved panel. This will result in additional fees together with potential delay.
  • Choose a fresh solicitor to act in the purchase, obviously checking they are on the bank conveyancing panel.
  • Convince your conveyancer to pull out all the stops to get listed on the mortgage company panel of solicitors

What does my ID and proof of funds have anything to do with my conveyancing in Colney Hatch? Why is this being asked of me?

In order to comply with Money Laundering Regulations any Colney Hatch conveyancing firm will require proof of identity in all conveyancing matters. This is usually satisfied by provision of a passport and an original bank statement or utility account showing where you reside.

Under Money Laundering Regulations, conveyancing solicitors are duty bound to investigate not only the ID of conveyancing clients but also the source of fund that they receive in respect of any matter. Refusal to disclose this may result in your solicitor ending their relationship with you, as clearly this will cause a conflict between the set Regulations and a refusal to disclose.

Your property lawyers will have an obligation to inform the appropriate authorities should they consider that any monies received by them may contravene the Anti-terror and anti-money-laundering rules.

Do I need to take out insurance to cover chancel repairs when buying a property in Colney Hatch?

Unless a prior acquisition of the property took place post 12 October 2013 you could expect lawyers carrying out conveyancing in Colney Hatch to continue to propose a a chancel search and or insurance against a claim.

I used Action Conveyancing several years past for my conveyancing in Colney Hatch. I now require my file but the law firm has closed. What do I do?

You should call the Solicitors Regulatory Authority (SRA) to help locate 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 Colney Hatch of the conveyancing firm of solicitors you previously used, 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 Colney Hatch with a loan from Bank of Scotland. The sellers would not move on the price so I negotiated five thousand pounds worth of extras instead. The property agent suggested that I not reveal to my solicitor about the extras as it will impact my mortgage with Bank of Scotland. Should I keep quiet?.

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.

We're new to the buying process - agreed a price, yet the estate agent told us that the owners will only proceed if we use their recommended solicitors as they want a ‘quick sale’. My instinct tells me that we should use a high street conveyancer accustomed to conveyancing in Colney Hatch

We suspect that the seller is not behind this demand. If they desire ‘a quick sale', taking such a hostile approach to a serious purchaser is is going to put the whole deal at risk. Speak to the vendors direct and make the point that (a)you are keen to buy (b)you are ready to go, with mortgage lined up © you have nothing to sell (d) you intend to proceed fast (e)but you intend to appoint your preferred Colney Hatch conveyancing lawyers - rather thanthose that will provide the negotiator at the agency a commission or hit his conveyancing thresholds pre-set by HQ.

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Sample of conveyancing solicitors in Colney Hatch regulated by the SRA

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

  • Groom Halliday, 5 Sandringham Gardens, North Finchley, London, London, N12 0NY
  • Howard Hyman & Co, The Law Chambers, 1a Friern Park, North Finchley, London, Middlesex, N12 9DE
  • Perry Clements Solicitors, Rex House, 354 Ballards Lane, North Finchley, London, London, N12 0DD
  • Simons Levine & Co, 760 High Road, London, N12 9QH
  • Sylvester Amiel Lewin & Horne Llp, Pearl Assurance House, 319 Ballards Lane, London, N12 8LY

Residential Landlord and Tenant Conveyancing solicitors in Colney Hatch

The firms listed below are a non-comprehensive list of solicitors in Colney Hatch practicing in landlord and tenant law and on the regulations governing different types of tenancies. This could include advice on wrongful eviction

  • Groom Halliday, 5 Sandringham Gardens, North Finchley, London, London, N12 0NY
  • Simons Levine & Co, 760 High Road, London, N12 9QH
  • Sylvester Amiel Lewin & Horne Llp, Pearl Assurance House, 319 Ballards Lane, London, N12 8LY
  • Ssp Law, Ground Floor, 311 Ballards Lane, London, N12 8LY
  • Yva Solicitors Llp, Yva House, 811 High Road, North Finchley, London, London, N12 8JT

Commercial Conveyancing solicitors in Colney Hatch regulated by the SRA

The list below is a non-comprehensive list of solicitors in Colney Hatch practicing in commercial conveyancing in Colney Hatch. This may include advice on complex issues under the Landlord and Tenant Act of 1954
  • Groom Halliday, 5 Sandringham Gardens, North Finchley, London, London, N12 0NY
  • Howard Hyman & Co, The Law Chambers, 1a Friern Park, North Finchley, London, Middlesex, N12 9DE
  • Perry Clements Solicitors, Rex House, 354 Ballards Lane, North Finchley, London, London, N12 0DD
  • Simons Levine & Co, 760 High Road, London, N12 9QH
  • Sylvester Amiel Lewin & Horne Llp, Pearl Assurance House, 319 Ballards Lane, London, N12 8LY

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

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