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Conveyancing in Downe : Keep it Local

Top 5 reasons to use our service to help you find a local conveyancing solicitor in Downe

  • 1 Regardless alternative lawyers may claim it may be necessary to visit your conveyancer to sign legal papers. There are various parties with engaged in a conveyancing transaction without having to include the postman into the mix.
  • 2 This site is the only site that enables you the ability to ensure that your property ownership legalities in Downe will be carried out by a conveyancer on your bank member panel.
  • 3 Cut price packages from online conveyancers might seem attractive. However, these firms are often located many miles away with limited appreciation of the factors that affect property transactions in Downe
  • 4 The Downe conveyancing firms that are identified are dedicated to supplying value for money, efficient and transparent conveyancing service to home buyers, sellers and investors in Downe
  • 5 Downe conveyancers work in conjunction with Downe estate agents, developers, surveyors, mortgage companies and other professionals to make sure that a quality service is offered to buyers and sellers every step of the way, with the intention of reducing administrative burdens and transaction times

Examples of recent conveyancing in Downe since September 2025*

Recently asked questions about conveyancing in Downe

It may have been a long time coming a loan agreement from Santander for the remortgage of my 4 bedroom apartment is to be issued by the end of next week. Are you able to propose a cheap conveyancing practitioner in Downe?

You have come to the wrong site to search for the lowest fares for conveyancing in Downe. Our aim is to provide excellent value conveyancing but we do not aim to work with the cheapest lawyers. Avoid the trap of appointing organisations seducing you with £99 conveyancing in Downe. At best, in choosing a lawyer for cheap conveyancing, you will end up with what you pay for and at worst you will end up spending a lot in additional fees and still not get the service expected.

Why is leasehold purchase conveyancing in Downe costs more?

In short, leasehold conveyancing in Downe and elsewhere usually necessitates extra due diligence compared to freehold transactions. This includes reviewing the lease, communicating with the landlord concerning serving required notices, obtaining current service charge and management information, securing the landlord’s consents and reviewing management accounts. The obligations on both the landlord and the tenant in the lease need to be studied by the buyer’s conveyancing team and read from beginning to end – no matter how many different proprietor have owned the lease since it was first entered into.

Should commercial conveyancing searches reveal planned roadworks that may impact a commercial property in Downe?

Many commercial conveyancing solicitors in Downe will carry out a SiteSolutions Highways report as it dramatically cuts the time that conveyancers spend in investigating accurate data on highways that impact buildings and development assets in Downe. The search result sets out definitive information on the adoption status of roads, footpaths and verges, as well as the implication of traffic schemes and the rights of way surrounding a commercial development sites in Downe.

For every commercial conveyancing transaction in Downe it is critical to investigate the adoption status of roads surrounding a site. The absence of identifying developments where adoption procedures have not been dealt with adequately could result in delays to Downe commercial conveyancing transactions as well as pose a risk to future plans for the site. These searches are not ordered for residential conveyancing in Downe.

I am buying a new build apartment in Downe. Conveyancing is daunting at the best of times but I have never purchased a new build flat before. Can you give me some examples of some of the questions asked in new build legal work.

Set out below is a sample of a few leasehold new build questions that you can expect your new-build leasehold conveyancing in Downe

    Please supply a car parking plan. The Vendor must covenant to keep unsold units in good repair until long leases are granted therefore. Where service of notices and proceedings can be at the property demised please confirm that this can be amended to include simultaneous services at the Lessees’ solicitors’ offices where the Lessee from time to time is not resident in the UK - such solicitors may be varied by notice in writing to the Landlord from time to time but otherwise will be as previously specified. Where there is an Undertaking being granted there is the risk of forfeiture of the Headlease subject to relief if one or more of the Underlessees are willing to accept the original Head Lessee’s obligations as otherwise relief will be denied to the Underlessees. The only alternatives are the Head Lessor agreeing not to forfeit the Headlease or the Head Lessee guaranteeing to the Underlessees that it will not be in breach of the Headlease. The Lease must contain a provision on behalf of the Vendor to pay the service charges in respect of unoccupied units in order to ensure that all services can be provided.

I've recently found out that there is a flying freehold element on a house I put an offer in two weeks back in what was supposed to be a quick, chain free conveyancing. Downe is where the house is located. Is there any guidance you can impart?

Flying freeholds in Downe are not the norm but are more likely to exist in relation to terraced houses. Even where you use a solicitor outside Downe you would need to get your solicitor to go through the deeds thoroughly. Your lender may require your conveyancing solicitor to take out an indemnity policy. Some of the more diligent conveyancing solicitors in Downe may ascertain that this is not enough and that the deeds be re-written to give you the most up to date legal protection. If so, the next door neighbour also had to sign up to the revised deeds.It is possible that your lender will not accept the situation so the sooner you find out the better. You should also check with your insurance broker as to whether they will insure a flying freehold property.

Are there any specific benefits to choosing a local conveyancer in Downe

Plenty of house movers in Downe decide on using a local solicitor so that they can attend the lawyer’s offices just in case they have problems, and to deliver mortgage deeds without using the post.

There is a distinct edge when using a solicitor nearby to the premises you are purchasing, due to the knowledge of the locality and potential local concerns - nevertheless this is debatable. The majority of conveyancers are now over the internet and may be anywhere in the world.

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Sample of conveyancing solicitors in Downe regulated by the SRA

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

  • Roger Dean & Co, 134a Main Road, Biggin Hill, Westerham, Kent, TN16 3BA
  • Beynons, 113 Glentrammon Road, Orpington, Kent, BR6 6DQ
  • Clarkson Wright & Jakes Ltd, Valiant House, 12 Knoll Rise, Orpington, Kent, BR6 0PG
  • Thomas Dunton Solicitors, 217-219 High Street, Orpington, Kent, BR6 0NZ
  • Pumfrey & Lythaby, 155-159 High Street, Orpington, Kent, BR6 0LN

Residential Landlord and Tenant Conveyancing solicitors in Downe

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

  • Clarkson Wright & Jakes Ltd, Valiant House, 12 Knoll Rise, Orpington, Kent, BR6 0PG
  • Thomas Dunton Solicitors, 217-219 High Street, Orpington, Kent, BR6 0NZ
  • Pumfrey & Lythaby, 155-159 High Street, Orpington, Kent, BR6 0LN
  • Allen Barfields, Gainsford House, 115 Station Road, West Wickham, Kent, BR4 0PX
  • Edridges & Drummonds, Crossways Parade, Selsdon Park Road, South Croydon, Surrey, CR2 8JJ

Planning law solicitors in Downe regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority

The practices listed below are a non-comprehensive list of solicitors in Downe practicing in planning law. The solicitors can give expert legal advice on all aspects of planning, including development on contaminated land
  • Sharratts (london) Llp, 1 The Old Yard, Rectory Lane, Westerham, Kent, TN16 1JP
  • Batchelors, Charles House, 35 Widmore Road, Bromley, Kent, BR1 1RW
  • Wellers Law Group Llp, Tenison House, Tweedy Road, Bromley, Kent, BR1 3NF
  • A E Short, 144 Bromley Road, Beckenham, Kent, BR3 6PG

Neighboring Locations

Keston
Green Street Green
Downe
Aperfield
Biggin Hill
Cudham

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