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Reasons to use our Notting Hill conveyancing solicitors

  • 1 Notting Hill solicitors are likely to have connections at the local Land Registry Office, Local Authority and property agents
  • 2 Personal touch together with a wealth of local knowledge are key benefits that you should seek when choosing conveyancing solicitors. Notting Hill home moves can become a lot more protracted due to lack of transparency between all the parties. The lawyers listed ensure that communication channels are open and act on arising issues and developments quickly.
  • 3 Our site is the only site that enables you the ability to ensure that your property ownership legalities in Notting Hill will be conducted by a law firm on your mortgage lender’s conveyancing panel.
  • 4 Firms accustomed to conveyancing in Notting Hill regularly deal withlocal concerns peculiar to Notting Hill and therefore you may benefit from better guidance and faster conveyancing.
  • 5 There is a better than average chance that the the conveyancers for the other party are located in Notting Hill - if so both parties will have worked on conveyancing matters in the past

Examples of recent conveyancing in Notting Hill since December 2023*

Recently asked questions about conveyancing in Notting Hill

At what point does exchange of contracts take place for sale conveyancing in Notting Hill and am I required to be at the conveyancers office?

If you are near to our conveyancing solicitors in Notting Hill you are invited in to sign documents. However, the firms we work with provide a nationwide conveyancing service and give just as detailed and professional a job for you when dealing with you by post or email. The signing of the contract is not the important part. Signing on the dotted line simply enables the conveyancer to exchange contracts at the suitable time, which will usually be very shortly after signing. The procedure is is usually a five minute process, although where an extended "chain" is in play, since the process requires the relevant party's solicitor (not necessarily a conveyancing solicitor in Notting Hill)to be in the office available at the end of the phone to exchange contracts.

We are close to exchanging contracts on the sale of our property in Notting Hill and the buyers lawyers are claiming that there is a risk of it being built land that was not decontaminated. A high street Notting Hill conveyancer would know that there is no such problem. It does beg the question why the buyers are using a factory type conveyancing firm as opposed to a conveyancing solicitor in Notting Hill. Having lived in Notting Hill for six years we know of no issue. Do we contact our local Authority to obtain clarification need.

It sounds as though you may have a conveyancing firm already. Are they able to advise? You should check with your lawyer before you do anything. It is very possible that once the local authority has been informed of a potential issue it cannot be insured against (a bit like being diagnosed with a serious illness and then taking out life insurance to cover that same ailment)

I used Wolstenholmes a few years past for my conveyancing in Notting Hill. Now, I need the documents however cannot find the solicitor. What do I do?

You should contact the Solicitors Regulatory Authority (SRA) to help locate 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 Notting Hill of the conveyancing firm of solicitors you previously instructed, the name of conveyancing solicitor with whom you had dealings, and the date on which you last had dealings with the firm.

I have been pointed in your direction by a number of property agents in Notting Hill to select a solicitor using your seach tool. What’s the financial incentive for Estate Agents to offer your services ahead of alternative conveyancing organisations?

We don’t make any financial incentive for directing people our way. We found it would be just too difficult to pay a commission as a client could think, ‘Why is the agent getting a kickback? Why aren’t I receiving any benefit too?’ So we decided to step away from that.

My father has recommend that I instruct his conveyancing solicitors in Notting Hill. Should I find my own property lawyer?

No doubt it’s preferable to choose a conveyancing solicitor is to seek feedback from friends or relatives who have experience in using the conveyancer that you are are thinking of instructing.

I own a leasehold house in Notting Hill. Conveyancing and Coventry Building Society mortgage organised. A letter has just been received from someone saying they have taken over the reversionary interest in the property. It included a demand for arrears of ground rent dating back to 1995. The conveyancing practitioner in Notting Hill who previously acted has now retired. What should I do?

First contact the Land Registry to make sure that the individual claiming to own the freehold is in fact the new freeholder. You do not need to instruct a Notting Hill conveyancing lawyer to do this as it can be done on-line for less than a fiver. Rest assured that regardless, even if this is the legitimate freeholder, under the Limitation Act 1980 no more than 6 years of rent can be collected.

I have tried to negotiate informally with with my landlord to extend my lease without any joy. Can the Leasehold Valuation Tribunal adjudicate on such matters? Can you recommend a Notting Hill conveyancing firm to act on my behalf?

if there is a absentee freeholder or if there is dispute about what the lease extension should cost, under the relevant legislation you can apply to the First-tier Tribunal (Property Chamber) to determine the sum to be paid.

An example of a Lease Extension matter before the tribunal for a Notting Hill residence is 2 Grove House 95 Addison Road in October 2013. the Tribunal decided that the premium to bepaid for a new lease is £50,050. This case related to 1 flat. The unexpired term was 68.4 years.

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Sample of conveyancing solicitors in Notting Hill regulated by the SRA

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

  • Avighna, 53 Norland Square, Holland Park, London, W11 4PY
  • John May Law, 17 Kensington Place, London, W8 7PT
  • Lita Gale, 202 Kensington Church Street, Kensington, London, W8 4DP
  • Oliver Fisher, Astley House, 33 Notting Hill Gate, London, London, W11 3JQ
  • Merali Beedle Llp, Vicarage House, 58-60 Kensington Church Street, London, London, W8 4DB

Residential Licensed Conveyancers in Notting Hill regulated by the CLC

Please be aware that the listed conveyancers do not limit their work for conveyancing in Notting Hill but also conveyancing throughout England and Wales.
  • Stratega Law Ltd, Sutherland House, W1F 7TE
  • Ldn Conveyancing Ltd, 3 Acton Hill Mews, W3 9QN
  • Stratega Law Ltd, Bldg 3 Chiswick Park, W4 5YA
  • Quality Conveyancing Ltd, Westgate House, W5 1YY
  • J Scollan & Co Property Lawyers, First Floor Canal Court, TW8 8JA

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

The practices listed below are a small selection of solicitors in Notting Hill with expertise in planning law. This could include advice on compulsory purchases in Notting Hill
  • Hoffman-bokaei Solicitors, Suite 2, Exhibition House, Addison Bridge Place, Hammersmith Road Kensington Olympia, London, London, W14 8XP
  • Parfitt Cresswell, 593-599 Fulham Road, London, London, SW6 5UA
  • Grower Freeman, Ivor House, 25-26 Ivor Place, London, NW1 6HR
  • Glovers Solicitors Llp, 6 York Street, London, W1U 6QD
  • Streathers Solicitors Highgate Limited, 44 Baker Street, London, W1U 7AL

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

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