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Reasons to use our Moorgate conveyancing solicitors

  • 1 Moorgate conveyancers are likely to have connections at the local Land Registry Office, Local Authority and property agents
  • 2 The firms shown on our web pages have a mix of conveyancing practitioners, legal executives and support staff handling thousands of conveyancing matters annually.
  • 3 This site is the only site offering you the ability to check that your conveyancing in Moorgate will be conducted by a solicitor on your lender’s authorised panel.
  • 4 Our site offers largest domestic conveyancing directory listing mortgage company approved property lawyers delivering conveyancing in Moorgate governed by the SRA or Council of Licensed Conveyancers.
  • 5 Using a high street Solicitor on the whole results in a more personal touch. Online forums often suggest that in choosing a an online conveyancing factory, your transaction is dealt with by a team of people who who update you by reading from their computer screens.

Examples of recent conveyancing in Moorgate since June 2025*

Recently asked questions about conveyancing in Moorgate

Me and my fiancee are acquiring our first property. The lawyer has texted usto enquire if we wish to purchase supplemental conveyancing searches. Frankly we in the dark as to what's relevant for conveyancing in Moorgate

The number and type of Moorgate conveyancing searches depends primarily on the premises, the location, the possibility of any of these risks, your knowledge of the area and risks, your overall attitude to risk. What matters is that you properly comprehend what information each search could supply. Then you can decide if you personally think you need that information. Should you be in doubt, ask the property lawyer to guide you.

A friend informed me that in purchasing a property in Moorgate there may be various restrictions preventing external changes to a property. Is this right?

We are aware of anumerous of properties in Moorgate which have some sort of restriction or requirement of consent to execute external variations. Part of the conveyancing in Moorgate should determine what restrictions are applicable and advising you as part of a ROT that should be sent to you.

I am being told by my solicitor that lack of right of way insurance is required on my purchase. What is the typical level of cover needed for conveyancing in Moorgate?

The right level of lack of right of way indemnity insurance depends on your lender. It would differ for example between HSBC Bank and Virgin Money. Conveyancing practitioners as opposed to borrowers take out such policies.

My husband and I are at the point of viewing houses in Moorgate and I am about to put in an offer. Is it premature to have a solicitor in place? I will be getting a home loan with Coventry BS.

It would be prudent to commence your search sooner rather than later. After you have chosen your lawyer and once your offer is accepted you can instruct them to work for you and forward their details on to the selling agent. Given that you are seeking a mortgage with Coventry BS, make sure you remember to check that your lawyer is on the Coventry BS conveyancing panel.

Me and my brother own a 4 bedroom Victorian house in Moorgate. Conveyancing lawyer represented me and Bank of Scotland. I did a free Land Registry search last week and I saw two entries: the first freehold, the second leasehold with the matching address. If a house is not a freehold shouldn't I have been informed?

You should read the Freehold register you have again and check the Charges Register for mention of a lease. The best way to be sure that you are also the registered owner of the leasehold and freehold title as well is to check (£3). It is not completely unheard of in Moorgate and other locations in the country and poses no real issues for owners other than when they buy they have to account for both freehold and leasehold interests when dealing with lenders. You can also question the position with the conveyancing lawyer who conducted the purchase.

The estate agent has sent us the confirmation of our purchase of a new build flat in Moorgate. Conveyancing is daunting at the best of times but I have never purchased a new build flat before. Can you give me some examples of some of the questions asked in new build conveyancing.

Set out below is a sample of a few leasehold new build questions that you may expect your new-build leasehold conveyancing in Moorgate

    Where there is an Undertaking being granted there is the risk of forfeiture of the Headlease subject to relief if one or more of the Underlessees are willing to accept the original Head Lessee’s obligations as otherwise relief will be denied to the Underlessees. The only alternatives are the Head Lessor agreeing not to forfeit the Headlease or the Head Lessee guaranteeing to the Underlessees that it will not be in breach of the Headlease. Please supply a car parking plan. There must be mutual enforceability of lessee’s covenants. 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.

I am looking into buying my first house which is in Moorgate and I am already nervous. I couldn't find anything specific about Moorgate. Conveyancing will be needed in due course but do you know about the Moorgate area? or perhaps some other tips you can share?

Rather than looking online forget looking online you should go and have a look at Moorgate. In the meantime here are some basic statistics that we found

My plan is to acquire a garden flat in Moorgate. Conveyancing solicitor is awaiting, from the vendor, building insurance schedule. Earlier today I was advised that the vendor needs to send the insurance documents for the flat above also. Why would my conveyancer need to review the insurance for the other flat? Is it really required? We have been stalled for the previous fortnight…

It is not impossible in leasehold conveyancing in Moorgate to discover Conveyancing in Moorgate in a minority of cases reveals that the lease provides for the tenant's to insure their individual flats as opposed to the landlord insuring the whole block - which is definitely preferable. Do clarify with your lawyer but it would seem that your property lawyer is seeking to establish that the complete building is insured. Insuring a ground floor flat is no help when it comes to rebuilding after a fire if the 1st floor cannot be reinstated for lack of insurance cover.

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Sample of conveyancing solicitors in Moorgate regulated by the SRA

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

  • Lewis Townsend Llp, 1 Fore Street, London, EC2Y 5EJ
  • Simmons & Simmons Llp, Citypoint, One Ropemaker Street, London, London, EC2Y 9SS
  • Devonshires Solicitors Llp, 30 Finsbury Circus, London, EC2M 7DT
  • The Oakley Shee Partnership, 101 Finsbury Pavement, London, Greater London, EC2A 1RS
  • Druces Llp, Salisbury House, London Wall, London, EC2M 5PS

Commercial Conveyancing solicitors in Moorgate regulated by the SRA

The firms listed below are a small selection of solicitors in Moorgate with expertise in commercial conveyancing in Moorgate. This could include advice on complex issues under the Landlord and Tenant Act of 1954
  • Lewis Townsend Llp, 1 Fore Street, London, EC2Y 5EJ
  • Simpson Thacher & Bartlett Llp, Citypoint, One Ropemaker Street, London, EC2Y 9HU
  • Winston & Strawn London Llp, Citypoint, 1 Ropemaker Street, London, EC2Y 9AW
  • Simmons & Simmons Llp, Citypoint, One Ropemaker Street, London, London, EC2Y 9SS
  • Devonshires Solicitors Llp, 30 Finsbury Circus, London, EC2M 7DT

Domestic Licensed Conveyancers in Moorgate regulated by the CLC

Please be aware that the listed conveyancers do not limit their work for conveyancing in Moorgate but also conveyancing across England and Wales.
  • Stratega Law Ltd, Sutherland House, W1F 7TE
  • T J Ball & Company, 49 Leytonstone Road, E15 1JA
  • Walter Saunders, 382 Brockley Road, SE4 2BY
  • L B Property Lawyers, Imperial House, N17 0SP

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

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