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Top reasons to use our service to help you select a local conveyancing solicitor in East Sheen

  • 1 East Sheen conveyancers work in conjunction with East Sheen estate agents, house builders, surveyors, banks and other professionals to make sure that a quality service is offered to buyers and sellers every step of the way, ensuring the smoothest, most stress-free process possible
  • 2 The companies shown on our directory have a variation of conveyancing solicitors, legal executives and support staff handling over one hundred thousand cases each year.
  • 3 Lawyer conveyancing solicitors have extremely good personal links with East Sheen selling agents and work very closely with them and local surveyors so as to ensure transactions proceed expeditiously.
  • 4 Low cost packages from online conveyancers might be tempting. However, these organisations are often located hundreds of kilometers away with limited understanding of the factors that impact property transactions in East Sheen
  • 5 This site is the only site offering you the facility to check that your conveyancing in East Sheen will be carried out by a conveyancer on your mortgage lender’s conveyancing panel.

Examples of recent conveyancing in East Sheen since May 2024*

Recently asked questions about conveyancing in East Sheen

We were about to instruct a conveyancing solicitor in East Sheen recommended using your search tool but stumbled across some other quotes via the web appear less expensive – why is this?

There are numerous conveyancing organisations advertising self styled cut-price conveyancing, unfortunately it’s common in such cases for supplementalcosts end up with the completion bill being inflated. Conveyancers are obliged to make sure that charges set out in terms and conditions should be equitable raised The conveyancers that we list for conveyancing in East Sheen clearly state all costs for the property you intend topurchase.

When will exchange of contracts occur in domestic conveyancing in East Sheen and am I required to be at the solicitors branch?

If you are in close proximity to our conveyancing solicitors in East Sheen you are welcome to attend to sign documents. That being said, the firms we recommend offer a national conveyancing service and provide just as diligent and professional a job for you when dealing with you electronically. The signing of the contract is not the point of no return. Signing on the dotted line is just a prerequisite for the solicitor to exchange contracts at the appropriate time, which is ordinarily shortly after signing. The exchange process is nowadays normally dealt with by telephone and can be very rapid, although where an extended "chain" is in play, since the process requires the relevant party's solicitor (not necessarily a conveyancing solicitor in East Sheen)to be in the office available at the end of the phone to exchange contracts.

I'm the only beneficiary of my late grandmother’s estate with all property in now in my sole name, including the my former home in East Sheen. The East Sheen property was put into my name in July. I plan to dispose of the property. I understand that there is a Mortgage Lenders 6 month 'rule', which means that my proprietorship may be regarded the same way as though I had purchased the house in July. Do I have to wait half a year to sell?

The CML handbook instructs solicitors to: "report to us immediately if the owner or registered proprietor has been registered for less than six months." By the strict wording you might be impacted by that. Some mortgage companies would take a sensible view as this provision is principally there to identify subsales or the flipping of properties.

Is there a list of Bank of Ireland panel conveyancers in East Sheen on the Building Society Association’s Website?

No. There is no such tool on the CML or Building Society Association sites. Very few lending institutions make their panel listings open the public over the internet. If you are looking for a East Sheen property lawyer on the Bank of Ireland please use our tool.

I am selling my house. I had a double glazing fitted in April 2006, but did not receive a FENSA certificate or Building Regulation Certificate. My purchaser’s lender, Nationwide are being a right pain. The East Sheen solicitor who is on the Nationwide conveyancing panel is happy to accept ‘lack of building regulation’ insurance but Nationwide are requiring a building regulation certificate. Why do Nationwide have a conveyancing panel if they don't accept advice from them?

It is probably the case that Nationwide have referred the matter to their valuer. The reason why Nationwide may not want to accept indemnity insurance is because it does not give them any reassurance that the double glazing was correctly and safely installed. The indemnity insurance merely protects against enforcement action which is very unlikely anyway.

Should commercial conveyancing searches reveal proposed roadworks that may impact a commercial estate in East Sheen?

Its becoming the norm that commercial conveyancing solicitors in East Sheen will order a SiteSolutions Highways report as it dramatically cuts the time that conveyancers invest in sourcing accurate data on highways that impact buildings and development assets in East Sheen. The report provides definitive data 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 East Sheen.

For every commercial conveyancing transaction in East Sheen it is crucial to investigate the adoption status of roads surrounding a site. Failure to identify developments where adoption procedures have not been addressed adequately can cause delays to East Sheen commercial conveyancing transactions as well as pose a risk to future intentions for the site. These searches are not ordered for residential conveyancing in East Sheen.

My wife and I purchased a semi-detached Edwardian property in East Sheen. Conveyancing solicitor acted for me and Halifax. I happened to do a free search for it on the Land Registry database and there are a couple of entries: one for freehold, the second leasehold with the exact same address. I thought I was buying a freehold how can I check?

You need to read the Freehold register you have again and check the Charges Register as there may be mention of a lease. The best way to be sure that you are also the registered proprietor of the leasehold and freehold title as well is to check (£3). It is not completely unheard of in East Sheen and other locations in the country and poses no real issues for owners other than when they sell they have to account for both freehold and leasehold interests when dealing with mortgage companies. You can also enquire as to the situation with the conveyancing lawyer who carried out the work.

The estate agent has sent us the confirmation of our purchase of a new build flat in East Sheen. Conveyancing is daunting at the best of times but I have never purchased a new build flat before. What sort of enquires would be asked in new build conveyancing.

Set out below is a sample of a selection of leasehold new build enquiries that you can expect your new-build leasehold conveyancing in East Sheen

    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. Has the Lease plan been approved by the Land Registry and if not when will they be lodged for this purpose? Investor purchasers must be able to freely grant unsecured tenancies at market rents without requiring any consents. Forfeiture - bankruptcy or liquidation must not apply under this provision. 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.

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Sample of conveyancing solicitors in East Sheen regulated by the SRA

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

  • Rodgers & Burton, 50 Vineyard Path, Mortlake, London, SW14 8ET
  • Michael Oppler & Co, 10 Hood Avenue, London, SW14 7LH
  • Jackson Longe Limited, St David's House, 15 Worple Way, Richmond, Surrey, TW10 6DG
  • Sutton-mattocks & Co Llp, 1 Rocks Lane, London, SW13 0DE
  • Geraldine Mcaleese & Co, 82 Grove Park Terrace, London, W4 3JJ

Residential Landlord and Tenant Conveyancing solicitors in East Sheen

The list below is a non-comprehensive list of solicitors in East Sheen practicing in landlord and tenant law and on the regulations governing different types of tenancies. This will likely include advice on wrongful eviction

  • Rodgers & Burton, 50 Vineyard Path, Mortlake, London, SW14 8ET
  • Michael Oppler & Co, 10 Hood Avenue, London, SW14 7LH
  • Sutton-mattocks & Co Llp, 1 Rocks Lane, London, SW13 0DE
  • Geraldine Mcaleese & Co, 82 Grove Park Terrace, London, W4 3JJ
  • Graff & Redfern, 3a Spring Terrace, Richmond, Surrey, TW9 1LP

Planning law solicitors in East Sheen regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority

The list below is a non-comprehensive list of solicitors in East Sheen practicing in planning law. The solicitors can give expert legal advice on all aspects of planning, including development on contaminated land
  • Sutton-mattocks & Co Llp, 1 Rocks Lane, London, SW13 0DE
  • Russell - Cooke Llp, 2 Putney Hill, London, SW15 6AB
  • Sjs Law Limited, Unit 8, Kew Bridge Piazza, 8 Kew Bridge Road, London, TW8 0FL
  • Parfitt Cresswell, 593-599 Fulham Road, London, London, SW6 5UA
  • Starck Uberoi Solicitors Limited, 45 St. Mary's Road, London, London, W5 5RG

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

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