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Reasons to use our Hampstead conveyancing solicitors

  • 1 Hampstead conveyancer are the linchpin to a successful Hampstead home move, keeping the process under control. They are on your side throughout, offering dedicated advice for the duration of your move
  • 2 Hampstead property lawyers work in conjunction with Hampstead estate agents, developers, surveyors, banks and other professionals to ensure 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
  • 3 Solicitors that specialise in conveyancing in Hampstead are familiar with the local issues specific to Hampstead and therefore you may benefit from better advice and speedier conveyancing.
  • 4 Cut price packages from online conveyancers might be tempting. However, these companies are often located many miles away with little appreciation of the factors that impact property transactions in Hampstead
  • 5 Hampstead lawyers have a significant edge when it comes to Hampstead conveyancing as they have valuable local knowledge of local authority requirements, planning policies and other issues that can impact your home move

Examples of recent conveyancing in Hampstead since March 2025*

Recently asked questions about conveyancing in Hampstead

Would the conveyancing lawyers that you recommend handle auction conveyancing in Hampstead?

We know of a few niche practitioners we can connect you with those specialising in auction conveyancing. Hampstead is just one of our locations in which our lawyers are based.

At what point will exchange of contracts take place for purchase conveyancing in Hampstead and do I need to attend the conveyancers office?

If you are near to our conveyancing solicitors in Hampstead you are invited in to sign the paperwork. However, the firms we work with offer a nationwide conveyancing service and give as equally diligent and professional a job for you when dealing with you electronically. The executing of the sale agreement is not the critical part. Signing on the dotted line simply enables the solicitor to address the formalities at the appropriate time, which will usually be very 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 Hampstead)to be in the office at the appropriate time.

Do I need to pay for insurance to address the risk of chancel repairs when acquiring a residence in Hampstead?

Unless a prior purchase of the property took place post 12 October 2013 you could take it that conveyancing practitioners delivering conveyancing in Hampstead to remain recommending a chancel search and or insurance against a claim.

I got the keys to my home on 14 February and my personal details are still not on the land registry website. Should I be concerned? My conveyancing solicitor in Hampstead said it would be concluded inside ten days. Are transfers in Hampstead uniquely lengthy to register?

There is nothing unique about conveyancing in Hampstead registration formalities. Rather than based on location, timescales can vary subject to who lodges the application, whether it is in order and if the Land registry have to notify any third persons or bodies. Currently roughly three quarters of submission are fully addressed in less than three weeks but some can be subject to longer delays. Registration is effected after the purchaser is living at the property so an expedited registration is not typically an essential issue yet if it is urgent that the the registration takes place urgently then you or your solicitor can contact the land registry and explain the circumstances.

I'm buying a new build house in Hampstead with the aid of help to buy. The developers would not budge the amount so I negotiated five thousand pounds worth of fixtures and fittings instead. The estate agent suggested that I not disclose to my solicitor about this side-deal as it will affect my loan with Chelsea Building Society. 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.

My husband and I are first time buyers - had an offer accepted, yet the agent has warned us that the owners will only go ahead if we instruct their preferred conveyancers as they need an ‘expedited deal’. Our preferred option is to instruct a family conveyancer used to conveyancing in Hampstead

It is highly unlikely the vendors are driving this. If they desire ‘a quick sale', alienating a serious purchaser is is going to put the whole deal at risk. Speak to the vendors direct and make sure they understand (a)you are motivated purchasers (b)you are ready to go, with mortgage lined up © you are unencumbered (d) you intend to proceed fast (e)but you intend to instruct your own,trusted Hampstead conveyancing solicitors - rather thanthose that will give their estate agent a introducer fee or meet his conveyancing targets set by HQ.

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Sample of conveyancing solicitors in Hampstead regulated by the SRA

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

  • Solomon Taylor & Shaw, 3 Coach House Yard, Hampstead High Street, London, NW3 1QF
  • Streathers Highgate Llp, 1 Heath Street, Hampstead, London, London, NW3 6TP
  • David Clark Llp, 38 Heath Street, Hampstead, London, NW3 6TE
  • Nathene And Co, 7 Redington Road, London, NW3 7QX
  • Newtons, 22 Fitzjohns Avenue, London, NW3 5NB

Residential Landlord and Tenant Conveyancing solicitors in Hampstead

The firms listed below are a small selection of solicitors in Hampstead with expertise in landlord and tenant law and on the regulations governing different types of tenancies. This will likely include advice on Claims for damages for illegal

  • Solomon Taylor & Shaw, 3 Coach House Yard, Hampstead High Street, London, NW3 1QF
  • Streathers Highgate Llp, 1 Heath Street, Hampstead, London, London, NW3 6TP
  • Newtons, 22 Fitzjohns Avenue, London, NW3 5NB
  • Craig Solicitors, 74 Belsize Lane, London, Greater London, NW3 5BJ
  • Stringer Smith & Levett, 239a Finchley Road, London, NW3 6JB

Domestic Licensed Conveyancers in Hampstead regulated by the CLC

Please be aware that the listed conveyancers do not limit their work for conveyancing in Hampstead but also conveyancing throughout England and Wales.
  • House Owners Conveyancers Limited, 56 Windermere Avenue, N3 3RA
  • Stratega Law Ltd, Sutherland House, W1F 7TE
  • House Owners Conveyancers Limited, Dephina House, N3 2JU
  • Home 2 Home Property Lawyers Limited, 32 Millais Gardens, HA8 5SY
  • Ldn Conveyancing Ltd, 3 Acton Hill Mews, W3 9QN

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

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