Find a Lender-Approved Local Conveyancer in Kilburn

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

Reasons to use our Kilburn conveyancing solicitors

  • 1 The Kilburn conveyancing firms that are listed are dedicated to supplying the most cost, efficient and transparent conveyancing service to borrowers, sellers and investors in Kilburn
  • 2 Kilburn conveyancers will be familiar with the local Land Registry Office, Local Authority and property agents
  • 3 No matter what any other solicitors say it just might be important to attend your conveyancer to sign legal papers. Too many 3rd parties are already involved in a homemove without needing to add the postman into the mix.
  • 4 The mark of a good conveyancing solicitor in Kilburn is quality not quantity. The level of service offered by conveyancing "factories" (sometimes 'recommended' by large estate agency chains) sometimes falls short of the level of professionalism you would hope for.
  • 5 Solicitors that specialise in conveyancing in Kilburn regularly deal withlocal concerns peculiar to Kilburn and therefore you may benefit from better advice and faster conveyancing.

Examples of recent conveyancing in Kilburn since February 2025*

Recently asked questions about conveyancing in Kilburn

I sincerely hope you can assist me. My Kilburn conveyancer is advising me that she is duty bound toconduct Kilburn conveyancing searches asthe firm are on the HSBCsolicitor panel. Is this really necessary?

Unfortunately both you and your lawyer have little choice here. As you are obtaining a mortgage with a mortgage company your lawyer has to comply with their conditions as set out in their version of the CML Conveyancing Handbook. Your conveyancing practitioner would have previously signed the Terms and Conditions of your bank’s conveyancing panel appointment which obliges them to comply with the Council of Mortgage Lenders’ Handbook requirements . Even if you were a cash buyer you would be ill advised not to carry out Kilburn conveyancing searches.

When will exchange of contracts occur in domestic conveyancing in Kilburn and do I need to attend the conveyancers branch?

Where you are local to one of the conveyancing solicitors in Kilburn you are invited in to sign documents. That being said, the firms we work with provide a countrywide conveyancing service and provide as equally diligent and professional a job for you when communicating with you digitally. The executing of the property agreement is not the important part. Signing on the dotted line is just a prerequisite for the firm to officially exchange at the suitable time, which will usually be very shortly after signing. The exchange process is is usually a five minute process, although where an extended "chain" is in play, since the process requires the relevant party's solicitor (not necessarily a conveyancing solicitor in Kilburn)to be in the office at the appropriate time.

Our lender has recommended a law firm on their panel based in Kilburn but I would rather instruct a conveyancing lawyer in Kilburn or nearer to where I live. Can you assist?

Far from all Kilburn conveyancing practices are approved and listed on all banks conveyancing panel. Use the above find an approved solicitor tool to find a Kilburn conveyancing conveyancer on the on the mortgage company panel.

When it comes to mortgage companies such as HSBC, do Kilburn property lawyers face a fee to be on the list of approved solicitors?

We are not aware of any lender fees to be on their panel, although some do charge an administration fee to deal with the processing of the conveyancing panel submission.

I have instructed a Kilburn lawyer having made sure that they are on the Lloyds conveyancing panel. Does my lawyer arrange the survey of the property?

Lloyds will need an independent valuation of the property. Your lawyer will not arrange this. Usually Lloyds will appoint their own surveyor to do this, and you will have to pay for it. Remember that this is a valuation for mortgage purposes and not a survey. Your conveyancer will not organise the survey but they may be able to put you in touch with a local one that they recommend. RICS offers a find a surveyor service (just google it) where you can search for a qualified surveyor by your Kilburn postcode. As you are getting a mortgage with Lloyds, you could contact them to see if they have a list of approved surveyors in Kilburn.

Skipton have agreed my home loan in principle, my offer on a flat in Kilburn has been agreed to, what are the next steps?

The property agent will want to be informed of your conveyancer's details (be sure the solicitors are on the lender’s panel). Telephone Skipton or your broker and complete any outstanding forms. Skipton will sellect a valuer who will get in touch with the selling agent or seller to arrange a time for the valuation to take place. Once conducted (assuming no problems) it takes about a fortnight to receive the mortgage offer. Skipton will issue the offer to you and your lawyers. The transaction will then take it’s course according the nature and complexity of the conveyancing in Kilburn.

I know that there are debates on Chancel Insurance on online forums. Am I compelled to take this when acquiring a property in Kilburn? or I am told that there is historic law that could mean that house owners residing in a parish church boundary may be liable to pay for maintenance to the chancel in proximity to the church. Is this a legitimate concern for conveyancing in Kilburn?

Unless a prior purchase of the property completed after 12 October 2013 you can assume that conveyancing practitioners carrying out conveyancing in Kilburn to continue to recommend a chancel search and or chancel repair liability policy.

Due to the input of my in-laws I had a survey completed on a house in Kilburn in advance of appointing conveyancers. I have been advised that there is a flying freehold overhang to the house. My surveyor advised that some mortgage companies tend not grant a mortgage on such a property.

It depends who your proposed lender is. HSBC has different instructions for example to Nationwide. If you contact us we can look into this further via the appropriate bank. If you lender is happy to lend one our lawyers can help as they are accustomed to dealing with flying freeholds in Kilburn. Conveyancing will be smoother if you use a solicitor in Kilburn especially if they are familiar with such properties in Kilburn.

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Sample of conveyancing solicitors in Kilburn regulated by the SRA

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

  • Community Law Clinic Solicitors Limited, 6a Lonsdale Road, Queens Park, London, London, NW6 6RD
  • Carr And Kaye Solicitors, 3 Radnor Road, Queen's Park, London, London, NW6 6TT
  • Selva & Co, 203 Kilburn High Road, London, NW6 7HY
  • L Nicol Limited, 140 Kilburn High Road, London, NW6 4JD
  • P Spicer Limited, 140 Kilburn High Road, London, NW6 4JD

Commercial Conveyancing solicitors in Kilburn regulated by the SRA

The list below is a non-comprehensive list of solicitors in Kilburn practicing in commercial conveyancing in Kilburn. This could include advice on commercial leases including all matters relating to landlord and tenant law
  • Community Law Clinic Solicitors Limited, 6a Lonsdale Road, Queens Park, London, London, NW6 6RD
  • Carr And Kaye Solicitors, 3 Radnor Road, Queen's Park, London, London, NW6 6TT
  • Selva & Co, 203 Kilburn High Road, London, NW6 7HY
  • Palis Solicitors, First Floor, 157 Kilburn High Road, London, NW6 7HU
  • Jaffe Porter Crossick Llp, Omni House, 252 Belsize Road, London, NW6 4BT

Residential Licensed Conveyancers in Kilburn regulated by the Council of Licensed Conveyancers

Please note that the listed conveyancers do not limit their work for conveyancing in Kilburn but also conveyancing throughout England and Wales.
  • Stratega Law Ltd, Sutherland House, W1F 7TE
  • Ldn Conveyancing Ltd, 3 Acton Hill Mews, W3 9QN
  • House Owners Conveyancers Limited, 56 Windermere Avenue, N3 3RA
  • Quality Conveyancing Ltd, Westgate House, W5 1YY
  • Stratega Law Ltd, Bldg 3 Chiswick Park, W4 5YA

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