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Top 5 reasons to use our service to assist you choose a high street conveyancing solicitor in Muswell Hill

  • 1 Our site is the only site that enables you the ability to check that your property ownership legalities in Muswell Hill will be conducted by a law firm on your mortgage lender’s member panel.
  • 2 Lawyer conveyancing solicitors have excellent personal connections with Muswell Hill selling agents and work very closely with them and local surveyors so as to ensure transactions proceed expeditiously.
  • 3 Excellent communication together with a wealth of local knowledge are key benefits that you should seek when choosing conveyancing solicitors. Muswell Hill home moves can become significantly more protracted because of poor communication between all the parties. The lawyers we work with ensure that the lines of communication are open and act on arising issues and developments quickly.
  • 4 Low cost packages from online conveyancers might seem attractive. However, these organisations are often based many miles away with limited understanding of the factors that impact property transactions in Muswell Hill
  • 5 Notwithstanding what other on-line conveyancers say it may be important to visit your lawyer to execute legal papers. Too many 3rd parties are already engaged in a conveyancing transaction without having to add the postman into the mix.

Examples of recent conveyancing in Muswell Hill since December 2024*

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Transfer

of apartment Summerland Gardens N10 3QP, at sale consideration of £340,000. Leasehold conveyancing included: dealing with appropriate requisitions and enquiries, taking formal instructions from and updating the seller client, ordering official copies of the title

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Sale

of house property, Palace Court Gardens, N10 2LB completing on 16/12/2024 at a price of £1,200,000. The legal transfer of property incorporates some of the following tasks: sending the transfer to the seller for execution in preparation for completion, agreeing completion date with parties, preparing statement detailing charges

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Sale

of semi-detached property, Leaside Avenue, N10 3BU completing on 10/01/2025 at a price of £1,755,000. The legal transfer of property included amongst the various tasks: dealing with appropriate requisitions and enquiries, sending the transfer to the seller for signature in readiness for completion, agreeing completion date with parties

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Disposal

of flat Rosebery Road N10 2LE, at sale consideration of £750,000. Leasehold conveyancing included: sending conveyancing papers to buyers representatives, agreeing completion date with parties, setting up the completion formalities

Recently asked questions about conveyancing in Muswell Hill

We are buying a 4 bedroom semi-detached house in Muswell Hill. The intention is to carry out an extension to the side at the property.Will the conveyancing process include enquiries to determine if these works are permitted?

Your property lawyer should check the deeds as conveyancing in Muswell Hill will occasionally identify restrictions in the title documents which prohibit categories of works or need the permission of a 3rd party. Some works require local authority planning consent and approval under the building regulations. Some areas are designated conservation areas and special planning restrictions apply which frequently prevent or impact extensions. It would be sensible to check these issues with a surveyor ahead of any purchase.

Can you point me to a directory of Virgin Money panel solicitors in Muswell Hill on the Council of Mortgage Lender’s Website?

Unfortunately not yet. There is no such directory service on the Council of Mortgage Lenders or Building Society Association websites. A small selection of lending institutions make their panel listings visible online. If you are in need of a Muswell Hill property lawyer on the Virgin Money please use our tool.

My partner and I have organised a further advance on our home loan from Nationwide as we want to conduct a loft conversion to our house in Muswell Hill. Do we need to appoint a local Muswell Hill solicitor on the Nationwide conveyancing panel to handle the legals?

Nationwide would not normally appoint firms on their approved list of lawyers to handle the formalities. If they do require any legal work then you would need to ensure that such a lawyer was on the Nationwide panel.

Various online forums that I have frequented warn that are the primary reason for delay in Muswell Hill conveyancing transactions. Is this right?

The Council of Property Search Organisations (CoPSO) released findings of research by MoveWithUs that conveyancing searches do not figure amongst the most frequent causes of delays during the legal transfer of property. Local searches are unlikely to be the root cause of holding up conveyancing in Muswell Hill.

I used Wolstenholmes a few years ago for my conveyancing in Muswell Hill. I now require my file but cannot find the solicitor. What do I do?

Do call 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 used, the name of conveyancing solicitor with whom you had dealings, and the date on which you last had dealings with the firm.

How does conveyancing in Muswell Hill differ for new build properties?

Most buyers of new build property in Muswell Hill approach us having been asked by the builder to sign contracts and commit to the purchase even before the house is built. This is because house builders in Muswell Hill usually buy the real estate, plan the estate and want to get the plots sold off as they are building the properties. Buyers, therefore, will have to exchange contracts without actually seeing the house they are buying. To reduce the chances of losing the property, buyers should instruct conveyancing solicitors as soon as the property is reserved and mortgage applications should be submitted quickly. Due to the fact that it could be several months and even years between exchange of contracts and completion, the mortgage offer may need to be extended. It would be wise to use a lawyer who specialises in new build conveyancing especially if they are used to new build conveyancing in Muswell Hill or who has acted in the same development.

What makes your site different to alternative internet conveyancing brokers when it comes to conveyancing in Muswell Hill?

At this site get a fixed fee quote from a Solicitor or Licensed Conveyancer that understands the nuances of your conveyancing in Muswell Hill. Unlike many estate agents and brokerage sites we do not operate referral deals with solicitors. Many agents and online brokers 'recommend' the firm who pay the most kickback, as opposed to the best value conveyancing in Muswell Hill

We're first time buyers - agreed a price, but the selling agent has warned us that the seller will only go ahead if we use the agent's preferred lawyers as they are insisting on a ‘quick sale’. We would rather use a high street solicitor who is familiar with conveyancing in Muswell Hill

It is improbable the vendors are behind this. If they desire ‘a quick sale', taking such a hostile approach to a serious purchaser is not the way to achieve this. Speak to the vendors direct and make sure they comprehend that (a)you are keen to buy (b)you are excited to move forward, with finances in place © you are chain free (d) you intend to proceed fast (e)but you will continue to appoint your preferred Muswell Hill conveyancing firm - not the ones that will earn the estate agent a referral fee or hit his conveyancing targets pre-set by head office.

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Residential Landlord and Tenant Conveyancing solicitors in Muswell Hill

The firms listed below are a small selection of solicitors in Muswell Hill specialising in landlord and tenant law and on the regulations governing different types of tenancies. This may include advice on Court proceedings for possession

  • 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

Domestic Licensed Conveyancers in Muswell Hill regulated by the CLC

Please be aware that the listed conveyancers do not limit their work for conveyancing in Muswell Hill but also conveyancing throughout England and Wales.
  • House Owners Conveyancers Limited, 56 Windermere Avenue, N3 3RA
  • House Owners Conveyancers Limited, Dephina House, N3 2JU
  • L B Property Lawyers, Imperial House, N17 0SP
  • Horizon Law Limited, 214 High Street, EN5 5SZ
  • Stratega Law Ltd, Sutherland House, W1F 7TE

Planning law solicitors in Muswell Hill regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority

The list below is a non-comprehensive list of solicitors in Muswell Hill with expertise in planning law. This may include advice on planning applications and appeals
  • Barnett Alexander Conway Ingram Llp, Sovereign House, 1 Albert Place, Ballards Lane, London, N3 1QB
  • Sal & Co Solicitors Limited, 191 Angel Place, Fore Street, Edmonton, London, England, N18 2UD
  • F S Garford, 26 Fairfax Place, London, NW6 4EH
  • Gelbergs Llp, 188 Upper Street, Islington, London, N1 1RQ
  • Stuart & Co, 285 Fore Street, London, London, N9 0PD

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

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