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You can try and find the cheapest conveyancing solicitors in Highbury but be careful as you may get what you pay for.

Reasons to use our Highbury conveyancing solicitors

  • 1 Cut price packages from online conveyancers might be tempting. However, these organisations are often located many miles away with little appreciation of the factors that impact property transactions in Highbury
  • 2 You can rest easier when select the very best, most recommended conveyancing solicitors. Highbury has a number to choose from, but for a truly professional and dependable service many local people have been use the endorsement of this site.
  • 3 The practices identified on our web pages have a mix of conveyancing practitioners, legal executives and support staff handling over one hundred thousand cases annually.
  • 4 Firms accustomed to conveyancing in Highbury regularly deal withlocal issues peculiar to Highbury and therefore you may benefit from better guidance and expeditious conveyancing.
  • 5 Highbury property lawyers have a crucial advantage when it comes to Highbury conveyancing as they have important local knowledge of local authority requirements, planning policies and other issues that can affect your conveyancing

Examples of recent conveyancing in Highbury since July 2021*

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Acquisition

of apartment Petherton Road N5 2RT, acquired for £338,000. Leasehold conveyancing legalities included: drafting the sale agreement and Transfer, sending the transfer to the vendor for signature in preparation for completion, setting up the completion formalities

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Purchase

of flat Liverpool Road N1 1NQ, sold for £575,000. Leasehold conveyancing due diligence included: sending conveyancing papers to buyers representatives, ordering official copies of the title, setting up the completion formalities

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Disposal

of semi-detached premises, Faraday Close, N7 8BH completing on 15/07/2021 at a price of £900,000. The conveyancing process incorporates some of the following tasks: drafting the sale agreement and Transfer, preparing statement detailing charges, setting up the completion formalities

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Conveyance

of flat Princess Crescent N4 2HJ, purchased for £440,000. Leasehold conveyancing investigations included: sending conveyancing papers to buyers representatives, sending the transfer to the vendor for signature in readiness for completion, preparing statement detailing charges

Recently asked questions about conveyancing in Highbury

I can't travel far from Highbury. I would like to know the logic why all Highbury conveyancers aren't automatically on all mortgage company panels?

Even though it may seem unfair for lenders to limit who can represent them, from the public’s or lawyer’s viewpoint, the other side of the coin is that lenders are becoming ever more anxious and feel it imperative to protect them against illegal activities. As a result of this concern lenders have consolidated their panel of approved conveyancing lawyers to a size that they are happy to control.

I am told that my conveyancing solicitors will need to check that the building insurance for my purchase of a house in Highbury. My lender is Nationwide Building Society

Nationwide Building Society have specific requirements as set out in the UK Finance Lenders’ Handbook. As of 7/10/2021, the requirements read as follows :

Me and my partner are purchasing a house in Highbury. I might seem paranoid but how we can trust a lawyer? At some point we will need to deposit money into their account. What protection do we have from them run away with our money?

Be assured that all money in a Solicitors client account is 100% safe, and even if your Solicitor ran off with it, the Law Society would reimburse you fully.

I had a mortgage agreed in principle with Skipton. Highbury conveyancing practitioners are instructed. How long does it take for Skipton to issue the offer to the property lawyer?

There is no definitive answer here. Have Skipton completed the survey? Have you informed Skipton as to your lawyers' details and checked that your lawyers are on the Skipton conveyancing panel? Sometimes it can take as long as six weeks for a mortgage offer to be issued.

I was told two weeks ago that my mortgage has been agreed to by Nationwide. Is it usual for Nationwide to only issue the offer once my solicitor in Highbury is approved on their conveyancing panel? Nationwide have asked my solicitor to see a copy of their PI Insurance.

Mortgage companies tend not to not issue a mortgage until they have details of a lawyer on their panel. It can take a few weeks for Nationwide to deal with your lawyer's application to be on the Nationwide conveyancing panel. There's no guarantee that your solicitor will be accepted.

I used Action Conveyancing several years past for my conveyancing in Highbury. Now, I need the files but the law firm has closed. What do I do?

You should contact 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 Highbury 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 am buying a new build flat in Highbury. Conveyancing is a frightening process 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 are examples of a few leasehold new build questions that you may expect your new-build leasehold conveyancing in Highbury

    Please supply a car parking plan. Will control of the Management Company (if any) be handed over to purchasers on completion of the last sale or earlier? If there are lifts in the building, please confirm that the owners of flats on the ground and basement floors will not be required to contribute towards the cost of maintenance and renewal. Please provide evidence that the form of Lease proposed has been approved by the Land Registry. Investor purchasers must be able to freely grant unsecured tenancies at market rents without requiring any consents.

I've recently bought a leasehold house in Highbury. Do I have any liability for service charges for periods before completion of my purchase?

In a situation where the service charge has already been demanded from the previous lessee and they have not paid you would not usually be personally liable for the arrears. However, your landlord may still be able to take action to forfeit the lease. A critical element of leasehold conveyancing for your conveyancer to ensure to have an up to date clear service charge receipt before completion of your purchase. If you have a mortgage this is likely to be a requirement of your lender.

If you purchase part way through an accounting year you may be liable for charges not yet demanded even if they relate to a period prior to your purchase. In such circumstances your conveyancer would normally arrange for the seller to set aside some money to cover their part of the period (usually called a service charge retention).

I have tried to negotiate informally with with my landlord for a lease extension without any joy. Can a leaseholder make an application to the Leasehold Valuation Tribunal? Can you recommend a Highbury conveyancing firm to help?

Absolutely. We are happy to put you in touch with a Highbury conveyancing firm who can help.

An example of a Lease Extension matter before the tribunal for a Highbury premises is Lower Flat 16A Beatty Road in September 2012. The premium payable was £13,577. The terms of the lease has been agreed between the Applicants and the First Respondent and the Tribunal did not seek to disturb that agreement. This case affected 1 flat.

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Sample of conveyancing solicitors in Highbury regulated by the SRA

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

  • Guney Clark & Ryan Solicitors Limited, 58 Green Lanes, London, London, N16 9NH
  • Yanik Ltd, 185 Holloway Road, London, N7 8LX
  • Ozoran Turkan, 203 Green Lanes, London, N16 9DJ
  • Raymond & Co, Suite 1h, Leroy House, 436 Essex Road, London, London, N1 3QP
  • Eversley's Solicitors Limited, Percy House, 363 Liverpool Road, London, N1 1NL

Residential Landlord and Tenant Conveyancing solicitors in Highbury

The firms listed below are a small selection of solicitors in Highbury practicing in landlord and tenant law and on the regulations governing different types of tenancies. This may include advice on Rent Act Protected, Assured and Assured Shorthold tenancies

  • Raymond & Co, Suite 1h, Leroy House, 436 Essex Road, London, London, N1 3QP
  • Eversley's Solicitors Limited, Percy House, 363 Liverpool Road, London, N1 1NL
  • Gelbergs Llp, 188 Upper Street, Islington, London, N1 1RQ
  • Grazing Hill Ltd, 67a Halliford Street, Islington, London, N1 3HF
  • Shanthi & Co, 206 Seven Sisters Road, London, N4 3NX

Planning law solicitors in Highbury regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority

The list below is a non-comprehensive list of solicitors in Highbury with expertise in planning law. This will likely include advice on compulsory purchases in Highbury
  • Gelbergs Llp, 188 Upper Street, Islington, London, N1 1RQ
  • Bolt Burdon, Providence House, Providence Place, Islington, London, N1 0NT
  • Regnum Solicitors, Unit 7, Kinetica, 13 Ramsgate Street, London, E8 2FD
  • Ronald Fletcher Baker Llp, 326 Old Street, London, EC1V 9DR
  • Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer Llp, 65 Fleet Street, London, London, EC4Y 1HS

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

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