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  • 4 Personal touch and a wealth of experience are key benefits that you should seek when selecting conveyancing solicitors. Newington conveyancing can be made a lot more complicated because of lack of transparency between all the parties. The lawyers we work with endeavour to make sure that communication channels are open and act on arising issues and developments expeditiously.
  • 5 Newington lawyers have a significant edge when it comes to Newington conveyancing as they have valuable local knowledge of local authority requirements, planning policies and other issues that will affect your sale or purchase

Examples of recent conveyancing in Newington since January 2025*

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of flat Tyers Estate SE1 3JG, purchased for £490,000. Leasehold conveyancing work included: drafting the sale agreement and Transfer, preparing statement detailing charges, setting up the completion formalities

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Disposal

of apartment Bermondsey Square SE1 3FD, at buying consideration of £645,000. Leasehold conveyancing included: taking formal instructions from and updating the seller client, obtaining official copies of the title, setting up the completion formalities

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Acquisition

of apartment Shand Street SE1 2EP, at a price of £525,000. Leasehold conveyancing legalities included: agreeing completion date with parties, preparing statement detailing charges, setting up the completion formalities

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Sale

of flat Old Kent Road SE1 4NU, at the agreed amount of £329,000. Leasehold conveyancing included: ordering official copies of the title, preparing statement detailing charges, setting up the completion formalities

Recently asked questions about conveyancing in Newington

Due to complete my purchase in Newington next Monday. I have now been asked to send a copy of my building insurance schedule by my solicitor as he says that he has to check this in his capacity as lawyer for the mortgage company. What risks does the mortgage company expect the insurance to cover?

Any lawyer on acting for mortgage companies would need to check that the following risks are covered fire; lightning; aircraft; explosion; earthquake; storm; flood; escape of water or oil; riot; malicious damage; theft or attempted theft; falling trees and branches and aerials; subsidence; heave;landslip;collision;accidental damage to underground services;professional fees, demolition and site clearance costs; and public liability to anyone else. There are some other issues such as the level of excess that are set out in a lender’s UK Finance Lenders’ Handbook requirements. These obligations are not limited to conveyancing in Newington.

My friend advised me that if I am buying in Newington I should ask my conveyancer to perform a Neighbourhood, Planning and Local Amenity Search. What does it cover?

This is a search is usually included in the estimate for your Newington conveyancing searches. It is not a small document of about 40 pages, listing and setting out important information about Newington around the property and the people living there. It incorporates an Aerial Photograph, Planning Applications, Land Use, Mobile Phone Masts, Rights of Way, the Newington Housing Market, Council Tax Banding, the type of People living in the area, the dominant type of Housing, the Average House Prices, Crime details, Newington Education with plans and statistics, Local Amenities and other useful data regarding Newington.

Just had an offer accepted on a new build flat in Newington. Conveyancing is necessary evil 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 enquiries that you may expect your new-build leasehold conveyancing in Newington

    Will control of the Management Company (if any) be handed over to purchasers on completion of the last sale or earlier? The Lease must contain a provision on behalf of the Vendor to pay the service charges in respect of unoccupied units in order to ensure that all services can be provided. Forfeiture - bankruptcy or liquidation must not apply under this provision. There must be mutual enforceability of lessee’s covenants.

I am looking for a leasehold apartment up to £235,500 and found one near me in Newington I like with amenity areas and station in the vicinity, however it only has 52 years unexpired on the lease. There is not much else in Newington in this price bracket, so just wondered if I would be making a mistake buying a lease with such few years left?

Should you need a home loan that many years may be an issue. Discount the offer by the anticipated lease extension will cost if not already taken into account. If the existing owner has owned the property for a minimum of 2 years you could ask them to start the process of the extension and then assign it to you. You can add 90 years to the existing lease with a zero ground rent applied. You should speak to your conveyancing solicitor concerning this.

I am looking at a two maisonettes in Newington both have in the region of fifty years remaining on the leases. Should I regard a short lease as a deal breaker?

There are plenty of short leases in Newington. The lease is a right to use the property for a prescribed time frame. As the lease gets shorter the marketability of the lease deteriorates and results in it becoming more costly to extend the lease. This is why it is advisable to extend the lease term. Sometimes it is difficulties arise selling premises with a short lease because mortgage lenders may be reluctant to lend money on such properties. Lease enfranchisement can be a protracted process. We advise that you get professional assistance from a conveyancer and surveyor with experience in this area.

Having spent months of dialogue we cannot agree with our landlord on how much the lease extension should cost for our flat in Newington. Can we issue an application to the Residential Property Tribunal Service?

Where there is a absentee landlord or if there is disagreement about the premium for a lease extension, under the relevant legislation you can apply to the First-tier Tribunal (Property Chamber) to judgment on the premium.

An example of a Freehold Enfranchisement case for a Newington residence is 1-41 Royal Tower Lodge 40 Cartwright Street in April 2013. the tribunal adding the agreed value of capitalised ground rents and the reversion the price to be paid for the freehold was £1,187,000 This case affected 41 flats. The unexpired term was 107 years.

My conveyancing in Newington is completing this Friday, yet the owners I am purchasing off has asked to vacate on the Saturday noon. Should I accept this?

Where you are having a loan then your solicitor will require that you have vacant possession on Friday - the bank will compel it.

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Sample of conveyancing solicitors in Newington regulated by the SRA

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

  • Sibley Law Llp, Delta House, 175 - 177 Borough High Street, London, London, SE1 1HR
  • Maunsell Bower, 167-169 Borough High Street, London, SE1 1HR
  • Ola Leslie Solicitors Llp, 60 Borough High Street, London, SE1 1XF
  • Rls Solicitors Limited, Suite 30-33, The Hop Exchange, 24 Southwark Street, London, London, SE1 1TY
  • Collins Long, 24 Pepper Street, London, SE1 0EB

Domestic Licensed Conveyancers in Newington regulated by the CLC

Please be aware that the listed conveyancers do not limit their work for conveyancing in Newington but also conveyancing across England and Wales.
  • Stratega Law Ltd, Sutherland House, W1F 7TE
  • Walter Saunders, 382 Brockley Road, SE4 2BY
  • T J Ball & Company, 49 Leytonstone Road, E15 1JA
  • R & C Property Lawyers Llp, 10A Upper Tooting Road, SW17 7PG

Planning law solicitors in Newington regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority

The list below is a non-comprehensive list of solicitors in Newington specialising in planning law. This should include advice on special planning controls
  • Sibley Law Llp, Delta House, 175 - 177 Borough High Street, London, London, SE1 1HR
  • Deighton Pierce Glynn Limited, 8 Union Street, London, SE1 1SZ
  • Ola Leslie Solicitors Llp, 60 Borough High Street, London, SE1 1XF
  • Greenberg Traurig Maher Llp, The Shard, Level 8, 32 London Bridge Street, London, London, SE1 9SG
  • Winckworth Sherwood Llp, Minerva House, 5 Montague Close, London, London, SE1 9BB

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

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