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Selecting the right solicitor is the most important decision when it comes to your New Southgate house move

Logical reasons to use our service to assist you find a local conveyancing solicitor in New Southgate

  • 1 Chances are that the other side’s solicitors are located in New Southgate - if so both parties will have worked on conveyancing matters in the past
  • 2 Personal touch and pure property local knowledge are key benefits that you should look for when selecting conveyancing solicitors. New Southgate conveyancing can be made significantly more protracted as a result 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 expeditiously.
  • 3 New Southgate conveyancers are likely to be familiar with the local Land Registry Office, Local Authority and property agents
  • 4 New Southgate property lawyers work in conjunction with New Southgate estate agents, developers, surveyors, banks and other professionals to ensure that the highest level of service is provided to home movers every step of the way, ensuring the smoothest, most stress-free process possible
  • 5 New Southgate conveyancers have a crucial edge when it comes to New Southgate conveyancing as they have important local knowledge of local authority requirements, planning policies and other issues that can affect your sale or purchase

Examples of recent conveyancing in New Southgate since July 2021*

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Transfer

of semi premises, Abbotshall Avenue, N14 7JU completing on 11/08/2021 at a price of £1,100,000. The legal transfer of property incorporates some of the following tasks: sending conveyancing papers to buyers representatives, preparing statement detailing charges, sending title deeds and executed transfer to purchaser’s solicitor

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Acquisition

of flat Maidstone Road N11 2TP, sold for £335,000. Leasehold conveyancing work included: dealing with appropriate requisitions and enquiries, taking formal instructions from and updating the seller client, agreeing completion date with parties

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Disposal

of semi property, Alexandra Road, N10 2ES completing on 12/08/2021 at a price of £1,256,000. The legal transfer of property included amongst the various tasks: dealing with appropriate requisitions and enquiries, sending the transfer to the vendor for execution in preparation for completion, obtaining official copies of the title

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Sale

of semi premises, Fernwood Crescent, N20 0RN completing on 09/07/2021 at a price of £617,000. The legal transfer of property included amongst the various tasks: drafting the sale agreement and Transfer, dealing with appropriate requisitions and enquiries, setting up the completion formalities

Recently asked questions about conveyancing in New Southgate

I am selling my ground floor flat in New Southgate and the EA has just telephoned to warn that the purchasers are swapping conveyancer. The reason given is that the bank will only deal with property lawyers on their approved list. On what basis would a leading lender only work with specific lawyers rather the firm that they want to appoint to handle their conveyancing in New Southgate ?

Banks have always had an approved set of law firms they are content to work with, but in the past few years big names such as Yorkshire Building Society, have reviewed and reduced their conveyancing panel– in some cases removing conveyancing firms who have represented them for more than 15 years.

Lending institutions point to the increase in fraud by way of justification for the cull – criteria have been tightened as a smaller panel is easier to keep an eye on. Banks tend not to reveal how many solicitors have been dropped, claiming the information is commercially sensitive, but the Law Society says it is being contacted daily by practices that have been removed from panels. Some do not even realise they have been dropped until contacted by a borrower who has instructed them as might be the situation in your buyers' case. The buyers are not going to have any impact on this.

What happens if my lawyer’s firm is suspended from the Nottingham Solicitor panel ahead of completing my conveyancing in New Southgate?

First, this is very unlikely to happen. In most cases even where a law firm is removed off of a panel the lender would allow the completion to go ahead as the lender would appreciate the difficulties that they would place you in if you have to instruct a new solicitor days before completion. In a worst case scenario where the lender insists that you instruct a new firm then it is possible for a very good lawyer to expedite the conveyancing albeit that you may pay a significant premium for this. The analogous situation is where a buyer instructs a lawyer, exchanges contracts and the law firm is shut down by a regulator such as the SRA. Again, in this situation you can find lawyers who can troubleshoot their way to bring the conveyancing to a satisfactory conclusion - albeit for a fee.

I've recently found out that there is a flying freehold issue on a house I put an offer in last month in what was supposed to be a quick, chain free conveyancing. New Southgate is the location of the property. Can you shed any light on this issue?

Flying freeholds in New Southgate are rare but are more likely to exist in relation to terraced houses. Even though you don't necessarily need a conveyancing solicitor in New Southgate you would need to get your solicitor to go through the deeds very carefully. Your lender may require your conveyancing solicitor to take out an indemnity policy. Some of the more diligent conveyancing solicitors in New Southgate may determine 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 residence.

I am 3 weeks into a freehold purchase having been recommend to conveyancers by the local agent to execute conveyancing in New Southgate. I am am extremely frustrated with the quality of service. Could you help me find new conveyancers?

They would need to be really poor to suggest changing them. Has your mortgage offer been issued? In the event that it has you will need to inform them of the new contact details and get the loan are re-issued. Your new solicitor ideally needs to be on the banks panel to avoid escalating expenses and frustration. So that should be your starting point. The find a solicitor tool will assist you in finding a lender approved conveyancer for your conveyancing in New Southgate

Having spent years of correspondence we cannot agree with our landlord on how much the lease extension should cost for our flat in New Southgate. Does the Leasehold Valuation Tribunal have jurisdiction to calculate the appropriate figures?

You certainly can. We are happy to put you in touch with a New Southgate conveyancing firm who can help.

An example of a Freehold Enfranchisement matter before the tribunal for a New Southgate property is 23 Beaconsfield Road in July 2013. The Tribunals decided that the amount payable was £31,203 for the freehold. This case related to 2 flats. The number of years remaining on the existing lease(s) was 70.31 years.

When it comes to leasehold conveyancing in New Southgate what are the most frequent lease defects?

There is nothing unique about leasehold conveyancing in New Southgate. All leases are drafted differently and legal mistakes in the legal wording can result in certain provisions are not included. For example, if your lease is missing any of the following, it could be defective:

    Clauses dealing with recovering service charges for expenditure on the building or common parts. Service charge per centages that don't add up correctly leaving a shortfall

You could encounter a problem when selling your property if you have a defective lease primarily because it impacts on the ability to obtain a mortgage on the property. Santander, Leeds Building Society, and Godiva Mortgages Ltd all have very detailed conveyancing instructions when it comes to what is expected in a lease. If a mortgage lender believes that the lease is problematic they may refuse to provide security, obliging the buyer to pull out.

Estate agents have just been given the go-ahead to market my 2 bed apartment in New Southgate.Conveyancing lawyers have not yet been instructed however I have recently had a quarterly service charge demand – should I leave it to the buyer to sort out?

It best that you clear the maintenance contribution as normal as all ground rent and service payments will be allottedon completion, so you should recover the relevant percentage by the buyer for the period running from after the completion date to the subsequent invoice date. Most managing agents will not acknowledge the buyer unless the service charges have been paid and are up to date so it is important for both buyer and seller for the seller to show that they are up to date. Having a clear account will assist your cause and will leave you no worse off financially

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Sample of conveyancing solicitors in New Southgate regulated by the SRA

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

  • Rossides Caine Solicitors, 22 Aldermans Hill, London, N13 4PN
  • Stapletons Solicitors Limited, 263 Green Lanes, Palmers Green, London, N13 4XE
  • Watermans, Spencer House, 2 Spencer Avenue, Palmers Green, London, N13 4TR
  • Aspen Morris, 141 High Street, Southgate, London, London, N14 6BP
  • Frank Forney & Partners Llp, Cleveden House, 455 High Road, Wood Green, London, N22 8JD

Residential Licensed Conveyancers in New Southgate regulated by the Council of Licensed Conveyancers

Please note that the listed conveyancers do not limit their work for conveyancing in New Southgate but also conveyancing throughout England and Wales.
  • House Owners Conveyancers Limited, Dephina House, N3 2JU
  • House Owners Conveyancers Limited, 56 Windermere Avenue, N3 3RA
  • L B Property Lawyers, Imperial House, N17 0SP
  • Horizon Law Limited, 214 High Street, EN5 5SZ

Planning law solicitors in New Southgate regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority

The list below is a small selection of solicitors in New Southgate with expertise in planning law. This may include advice on tree preservation orders
  • Sal & Co Solicitors Limited, 191 Angel Place, Fore Street, Edmonton, London, England, N18 2UD
  • Stuart & Co, 285 Fore Street, London, London, N9 0PD
  • Barnett Alexander Conway Ingram Llp, Sovereign House, 1 Albert Place, Ballards Lane, London, N3 1QB
  • Vanderpump & Sykes Llp, Lough Point, 2 Gladbeck Way, Enfield, Middlesex, EN2 7JA
  • Gelbergs Llp, 188 Upper Street, Islington, London, N1 1RQ

Neighboring Locations

Palmers Green
New Southgate
Arnos Grove
Bounds Green
 Bowes Park

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

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