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Reasons to use our Muswell Hill conveyancing solicitors

  • 1 Muswell Hill conveyancers have a crucial advantage when it comes to Muswell Hill conveyancing as they have valuable local knowledge of local authority requirements, planning policies and other issues that will affect your sale or purchase
  • 2 Firms accustomed to conveyancing in Muswell Hill are familiar with the local issues peculiar to Muswell Hill and therefore you may benefit from better advice and faster conveyancing.
  • 3 Retaining the services of a high street Solicitor on the whole means that you will receive a more personal touch. Online forums often suggest that in choosing a large conveyancing firm, you tend to be looked after by a team of people who who update you by reading from their computer screens.
  • 4 The hallmark of our conveyancing solicitors in Muswell Hill is quality not quantity. The level of service offered by conveyancing "factories" (sometimes 'recommended' by large estate agency chains) often falls short of the level of professionalism you would hope for.
  • 5 Solicitor conveyancing firms have very good personal links with Muswell Hill estate agents and work very closely with them and local surveyors so as to ensure transactions proceed expeditiously.

Examples of recent conveyancing in Muswell Hill since January 2025*

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Disposal

of flat Leverton Close N22 7BT, at purchase amount of £240,000. Leasehold conveyancing included: dealing with appropriate requisitions and enquiries, sending the transfer to the seller for execution in readiness for completion, setting up the completion formalities

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Transfer

of terraced residence, Heath View, N2 0QD completing on 24/01/2025 at a price of £810,000. The conveyancing process included amongst the various tasks: sending conveyancing papers to buyers representatives, setting up the completion formalities, sending title deeds and signed transfer to purchaser’s lawyers

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Sale

of semi premises, Brackenbury Road, N2 0ST completing on 24/01/2025 at a price of £725,000. The legal transfer of property incorporates some of the following tasks: ordering official copies of the title, preparing statement detailing charges, sending title deeds and executed transfer to purchaser’s lawyers

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Sale

of terraced property, Woodgrange Avenue, N12 0PT completing on 31/01/2025 at a price of £955,000. The conveyancing process incorporates some of the following tasks: sending conveyancing papers to buyers representatives, sending the transfer to the seller for signature in readiness for completion, sending title deeds and signed transfer to buyer’s lawyers

Recently asked questions about conveyancing in Muswell Hill

My husband and I are buying a 2 bedroom flat in Muswell Hill with a mortgage. We wish to retain our Muswell Hill conveyancer, however the lender says she’s not on their "panel". We have to appoint one of the bank panel solicitors or keep our Muswell Hill property lawyer and pay for one of their panel firms to represent them. We feel that this is unjust; are we not able to require that the lender use our Muswell Hill property lawyer ?

Unfortunately,no. Your mortgage offer is subject to its terms and conditions, one of which will be that lawyers will on the lender’s conveyancing panel. Until recently, most lenders had large numbers of law firms on their panels: a borrower could choose one for themselves, as long as it was on the lender's panel. The lender would then simply instruct the borrower's lawyers to act for the lender, too. You can use your lender's panel lawyers or you could borrow from another lender which does not restrict your choice. Another option that might be available is for your Muswell Hill conveyancing lawyer to apply to be on the conveyancing panel.

We just had an offer accepted to purchase with Darlington Building Society. We have called around locally but cant to find a Muswell Hill conveyancing firm on the Darlington Building Society approved list. Can you assist?

You should make use of the find a conveyancing panel solicitor tool on this web page. Please choose the lender and type Muswell Hill or your preferred area and you will see a number of lawyer located in Muswell Hill or nearest you.

Should commercial conveyancing searches reveal planned roadworks that could impact a commercial premises in Muswell Hill?

Its becoming the norm that commercial conveyancing solicitors in Muswell Hill will carry out a SiteSolutions Highways report as it reduces the time that conveyancers spend in researching accurate data on highways that impact buildings and development assets in Muswell Hill. The search result provides definitive data on the adoption status of roads, footpaths and verges, as well as the implication of traffic schemes and the rights of way surrounding a commercial development sites in Muswell Hill.

For each commercial conveyancing transaction in Muswell Hill it is critical to investigate the adoption status of roads surrounding a site. The absence of identifying developments where adoption procedures have not been addressed adequately could result in delays to Muswell Hill commercial conveyancing deals as well as present a risk to future intentions for the site. These searches are not carried out for residential conveyancing in Muswell Hill.

I used Stirling Law a few years ago for my conveyancing in Muswell Hill. Now, I need my documents but cannot find the solicitor. What do I do?

Do contact the Solicitors Regulatory Authority (SRA) to assist in tracking down 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 Muswell Hill of the conveyancing firm of solicitors you previously retained, the name of conveyancing solicitor with whom you had dealings, and the date on which you last had dealings with the firm.

I've recently found out that there is a flying freehold element on a house I put an offer in last month in what should have been a quick, no chain conveyancing. Muswell Hill is where the house is located. Is there any guidance you can impart?

Flying freeholds in Muswell Hill are rare but are more likely to exist in relation to terraced houses. Even though you don't necessarily need a conveyancing solicitor in Muswell Hill you would need to get your solicitor to go through the deeds very carefully. Your mortgage company may require your conveyancing solicitor to take out an indemnity policy. Some of the more diligent conveyancing solicitors in Muswell Hill may decide that this is not enough and that the deeds be re-written to give you the most up to date legal protection. If so, the next door neighbour also had to sign up to the revised deeds.It is possible that your lender will not accept the situation so the sooner you find out the better. You should also check with your insurance broker as to whether they will insure a flying freehold property.

I am thinking of appointing a conveyancing lawyer in Muswell Hill for my remortgage. Is there any facility to check a solicitor's record with the profession’s regulator?

One can review published Solicitor Regulator Association (SRA) decisions resulting from investigations from 2008 onwards. Go to Check a solicitor's record. For records about the period before 1 January 2008, or to check a firm's record, phone 0870 606 2555, 08.00 - 18.00 any week day save for Tuesday when lines open at 9.30am. International callers, call +44 (0)121 329 6800. The SRA could monitor call for training purposes.

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Sample of conveyancing solicitors in Muswell Hill regulated by the SRA

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

  • Layzells Law Llp, 255 Muswell Hill Broadway, London, N10 1DG
  • Cree Godfrey & Wood, 28 High Road, London, N2 9PJ
  • Boulter & Co, First Floor, 11 - 19 Park Road, London, N8 8TE
  • Miller Law Practice, 4a Topsfield Parade, Crouch End, London, N8 8PR
  • Dp Cameron Limited, First Floor, 43a Topsfield Parade, Tottenham Lane, Crouch End, London, N8 8PT

Residential Landlord and Tenant Conveyancing solicitors in Muswell Hill

The list below is a small selection of solicitors in Muswell Hill practicing in landlord and tenant law and on the regulations governing different types of tenancies. This may include advice on service charge disputes and the right to manage

  • Layzells Law Llp, 255 Muswell Hill Broadway, London, N10 1DG
  • Cree Godfrey & Wood, 28 High Road, London, N2 9PJ
  • Boulter & Co, First Floor, 11 - 19 Park Road, London, N8 8TE
  • Tyrer Roxburgh Solicitors Llp, 1 St Michaels Terrace, Wood Green, London, N22 7SJ
  • Dp Cameron Limited, First Floor, 43a Topsfield Parade, Tottenham Lane, Crouch End, London, N8 8PT

Commercial Conveyancing solicitors in Muswell Hill regulated by the SRA

The firms listed below are a non-comprehensive list of solicitors in Muswell Hill with expertise in commercial conveyancing in Muswell Hill. This may include advice on buying and selling small and large scale commercial property and agricultural land
  • Layzells Law Llp, 255 Muswell Hill Broadway, London, N10 1DG
  • Cree Godfrey & Wood, 28 High Road, London, N2 9PJ
  • Boulter & Co, First Floor, 11 - 19 Park Road, London, N8 8TE
  • Miller Law Practice, 4a Topsfield Parade, Crouch End, London, N8 8PR
  • Dp Cameron Limited, First Floor, 43a Topsfield Parade, Tottenham Lane, Crouch End, London, N8 8PT

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

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