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Conveyancing in North London : Keep it Local

Main reasons to let us assist you select a local conveyancing solicitor in North London

  • 1 The accumulation of transactions means that North London property lawyer have established excellent links with North London local estate agents, banks, building societies, landlords and property developers enabling them to liaise at speed with all concerned in the process of handling your home move in North London.
  • 2 North London conveyancing lawyers will have connections at the local Land Registry Office, Local Authority and selling agents
  • 3 North London property lawyers have a significant advantage when it comes to North London conveyancing as they have important local knowledge of local authority requirements, planning policies and other issues that will affect your conveyancing
  • 4 Low cost packages from online conveyancers might seem attractive. However, these companies are often located many kilometers away with little understanding of the factors that impact property transactions in North London
  • 5 Notwithstanding what alternative companies advise it just might be important to attend your solicitor to execute legal papers. Too many 3rd parties are already with an interest in a conveyancing transaction without needing to include Royal Mail into the equation.

Examples of recent conveyancing in North London since April 2025*

Recently asked questions about conveyancing in North London

We are buying a property and require a conveyancing solicitor in North London who is on the Nationwide approved panel. Can you recommend a local firm?

Our service is limited to being a directory service for firms who wish to be listed as being on the approved conveyancing panel for Nationwide . We don't recommend any particular firms conducting conveyancing in North London.

My flat in North London is up for sale and I have accepted an offer. Will my solicitor have to be required to be on the Virgin Money conveyancing panel in order to deal with redeeming my mortgage?

Ordinarily, even if your lawyer is not on the Virgin Money conveyancing panel they can still act for you on your sale. It might be that the lender will not release the original deeds (if applicable and increasingly irrelevant) until after the mortgage is paid off. You should speak to your lawyer directly before you start the process though to ensure that there is no problem as lenders are changing their requirements fairly frequently at the moment.

I just bought a property at auction in North London. Conveyancing is necessary. What happens now?

Having to all intents and purposes signed on the dotted line you must instruct a conveyancing lawyer quickly as you are facing a pending a fixed date to complete the transaction. All auction property should have a corresponding auction set of papers. This will include most,if not all of the documents that your solicitor requires. Where you are dealing with leasehold property the legal papers should contain a copy of the lease, management information and a sellers leasehold information form and other conveyancing documentation pertinent to a leasehold property. You must hand this to the lawyer working for you at the earliest opportunity. Do make sure that that you have the requisite funding in place to complete the transaction on the set completion date.

I'm the only recipient of my late mum's estate and I have everything in my name alone, including the house in North London. The North London property was put into my name in June. I plan to dispose of the house. I understand that there is a CML six month 'rule', meaning my property ownership may be treated the same way as if I'd bought the property in June. Will no one buy the property for half a year?

The CML handbook instructs conveyancers to: "report to us immediately if the owner or registered proprietor has been registered for less than six months." By the strict wording you might be caught by that. How sensible a view mortgage companies take of it, depend on the lender as this requirement is primarily there to pick up on the purchase and immediately sell or the quick reselling of property.

After months of negotiation I have agreed a price on a house in North London. My financial adviser suggested a solicitor. I paid an upfront payment of £175. A couple of days later, the solicitor called me sheepishly admitting that they were not on the Kent Reliance conveyancing panel. Am I right in thinking that I should be due a refund?

You should be able to recover this from the law firm if they were not on the Kent Reliance panel. They should have asked at the outset which lender you were obtaining a mortgage with. An important lesson to readers of this site is to check that the lawyers are on the appropriate lender panel.

How does conveyancing in North London differ for newly converted properties?

Most buyers of new build property in North London contact us having been asked by the seller to exchange contracts and commit to the purchase even before the residence is completed. This is because new home sellers in North London tend to acquire 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 accustomed to new build conveyancing in North London or who has acted in the same development.

I'm remortgaging my existing house to a BTL mortgage with Halifax and intend to use the remaining equity as a deposit on another house. The area we are looking at is North London. Will your solicitors be able to act for the two banks and tie in the transactions?

Make use of our comparison tool on this page to be sure that the lawyers are on the appropriate lender panels. On the basis that they are your solicitor will be able to connect the two transactions but you should talk with you solicitor and specify your desired outcome and needs.

We own a leasehold flat in North London. Conveyancing was finalised in five years ago. I have heard that I should not let the lease length fall too short. Is this correct?

North London leasehold properties are for a fixed period - normally 99 years when they are first granted. However a significant appartments in North London were constructed or converted 20 or more years ago and so these leases now have under 80 years left to run. That may seem like a long time however Banks, Building Societies and other mortgage lenders generally require leases to have a minimum of seventy five years remaining to be mortgageable. This means that when you come to sell the property you will need a lease extension if you are nearing eighty years. To optimize the marketability of your property you should be thinking about whether to extend your lease long before you come to sell it. There are also advantages to doing so before the lease reaches even eighty years as when the lease is less than 80 years the amount to be paid to extend starts to increase.

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Sample of conveyancing solicitors in North London regulated by the SRA

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

  • Rubinstein Phillips Lewis Smith Limited, 13 Craven Street, London, WC2N 5PB
  • Gordon Dadds Llp, 6 Agar Street, London, Greater London, WC2N 4HN
  • Spring Law Limited, 65 Chandos Place, London, WC2N 4HG
  • Hempsons, 40 Villiers Street, London, WC2N 6NJ
  • Emersons Law Limited, 7 - 10 Adam Street, London, London, WC2N 6AA

Residential Landlord and Tenant Conveyancing solicitors in North London

The list below is a small selection of solicitors in North London with expertise in landlord and tenant law and on the regulations governing different types of tenancies. This may include advice on Claims for damages for illegal

  • Rubinstein Phillips Lewis Smith Limited, 13 Craven Street, London, WC2N 5PB
  • Hillary Cooper Law Limited, 53-59 Chandos Place, London, WC2N 4HS
  • Gordon Dadds Llp, 6 Agar Street, London, Greater London, WC2N 4HN
  • Spring Law Limited, 65 Chandos Place, London, WC2N 4HG
  • Hempsons, 40 Villiers Street, London, WC2N 6NJ

Planning law solicitors in North London regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority

The list below is a small selection of solicitors in North London with expertise in planning law. The solicitors can give expert legal advice on all aspects of planning, including compulsory purchases in North London
  • Fortune Green Legal Practice Limited, Golden Cross House, 8 Duncannon Street, London, WC2N 4JF
  • Gordon Dadds Llp, 6 Agar Street, London, Greater London, WC2N 4HN
  • Ahc Solicitors Limited, 1 Northumberland Avenue, Trafalgar Square, London, WC2N 5BW
  • Hempsons, 40 Villiers Street, London, WC2N 6NJ
  • Mackrell Turner Garrett, Savoy Hill House, Savoy Hill, London, London, WC2R 0BU

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

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