When can the exchange of contracts occur in domestic conveyancing in Kentish Town and am I required to be at the lawyers branch?
Where you are in close proximity to our conveyancing solicitors in Kentish Town you are welcome to attend to sign documents. However, the law practices we work with supply a national conveyancing service and give just as diligent and professional a job for you when dealing with you electronically. The executing of the purchase agreement is not when everything is set in stone. Signing on the dotted line simply enables the solicitor to officially exchange at the suitable time, which is ordinarily shortly after signing. The procedure is is usually a five minute process, although where an extended "chain" is involved, since the process requires the relevant party's solicitor (not necessarily a conveyancing solicitor in Kentish Town)to be in the office at the appropriate time.
I am buying a house and need a conveyancing solicitor in Kentish Town who is on the TSB approved. Can you recommend a local conveyancing firm?
Our service is limited to being a directory service for firms who wish to listed as being on the approved conveyancing panel for TSB in certain locations such as Kentish Town. We dont recommend any particular firm.
My aunt advised me that in purchasing a property in Kentish Town there may be a number of restrictions limiting what one can do in terms of external alterations to a property. Is this right?
We are aware of a number of properties in Kentish Town which have some sort of restriction or requirement of consent to perform external variations. Part of the conveyancing in Kentish Town should determine what restrictions are applicable and advising you as part of a ROT that should be sent to you.
I had an offer accepted on a house in Kentish Town on 23/7/2025, valuation was booked five days after, all came back fine. Property lawyer appointed, so the only thing outstanding was my mortgage offer. Having made daily calls to HSBC and chasing them on my offer, I have now been told that my offer will not be issued unless the lawyer is on the HSBC conveyancing panel. Can the lender hold off the offer?
Mortgage companies tend not to not issue an offer until they have details of a lawyer on their panel. It can take a few weeks for HSBC to deal with your lawyer's application to be on the HSBC conveyancing panel. There's no guarantee that your solicitor will be accepted.
Leeds Building Society have agreed my home loan in principle, my bid on a property in Kentish Town has been accepted, now what?
Your property agent will need to know who your solicitors are (ensure that the property lawyers are on the bank’s panel). Call up Leeds Building Society or your broker and finalise any relevant documentation. Leeds Building Society will instruct a valuer who will get in contact with the selling agent or vendor to arrange a slot for the valuation to occur. Once conducted (assuming no problems) it takes about a fortnight to receive the mortgage offer. Leeds Building Society will send the offer to you and your solicitors. The legal work will then take it’s course according the nature and complexity of the conveyancing in Kentish Town.
4 months have gone by following my purchase conveyancing in Kentish Town completed. I have checked the Land Registry website which shows that I paid £150,000 when infact I paid £215,000. Why the discrepancy?
The price paid figure is taken from the application to register the purchase. It is the figure included in the Transfer (the legal deed which transfers the premises from one person to the other) and referred to as the 'consideration' or purchase price. You can report an error in the price paid figure using the LR online form. In most cases errors result from typos so at first glance the figure. Do report it so they can double check and advise.
We're new to the buying process - agreed a price, but the agent informed us that the vendor will only issue a contract if we appoint their recommended conveyancers as they want a ‘quick sale’. We would rather use a high street conveyancer who is accustomed to conveyancing in Kentish Town
We suspect that the owner is not behind this requirement. Should the owner require ‘a quick sale', turning down a genuine buyer is likely to cause more damage than good. Contact the vendors directly and make the point that (a)you are keen to buy (b)you are ready to progress, with mortgage lined up © you are chain free (d) you intend to proceed fast (e)however you intend to appoint your own,trusted Kentish Town conveyancing solicitors - not the ones that will provide their negotiator at the agency a commission or meet his conveyancing thresholds pre-set by senior management.
What can I do to determine who owns a house in Kentish Town?
Provided the property is recorded at HM Land Registry, and you have the specifics of the address of the property, you will be able to obtain results from the HMLR of the registered owner for a for less than a fiver.