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Top reasons to use our service to help you find a high street conveyancing solicitor in Paddington

  • 1 The organisations identified on our directory have a variation of conveyancing practitioners, legal executives and support staff handling over one hundred thousand cases each year.
  • 2 The Paddington conveyancing firms that are identified are committed to supplying the most cost, efficient and transparent conveyancing service to home buyers, sellers and remortgagors in Paddington
  • 3 Paddington lawyers have a significant advantage when it comes to Paddington conveyancing as they have important local knowledge of local authority requirements, planning policies and other issues that will impact your conveyancing
  • 4 Solicitors that specialise in conveyancing in Paddington have a grasp oflocal concerns specific to Paddington and therefore you may benefit from better advice and faster conveyancing.
  • 5 This site is the only site that enables you the ability to check that your conveyancing in Paddington will be carried out by a solicitor on your mortgage lender’s conveyancing panel.

Examples of recent conveyancing in Paddington since December 2024*

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Acquisition

of flat Praed Street W2 1RL, acquired for £420,000. Leasehold conveyancing due diligence included: sending conveyancing papers to buyers representatives, taking formal instructions from and updating the seller client, ordering official copies of the title

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Disposal

of apartment Merchant Square W2 1BF, at sale consideration of £1,280,000. Leasehold conveyancing included: sending the transfer to the vendor for execution in preparation for completion, ordering official copies of the title, agreeing completion date with parties

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Conveyance

of flat Sale Place W2 1PU, acquired for £752,400. Leasehold conveyancing investigations included: sending conveyancing papers to buyers representatives, taking formal instructions from and updating the seller client, preparing statement detailing charges

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Sale

of terraced residence, Radnor Mews, W2 2SA completing on 22/01/2025 at a price of £2,175,000. The conveyancing process included amongst the various tasks: agreeing completion date with parties, preparing statement detailing charges, sending title deeds and signed transfer to buyer’s solicitor

Recently asked questions about conveyancing in Paddington

My previous solicitor has quoted £1150 for no completion no fee conveyancing in Paddington. I’m looking to sell a Georgian house for £200,000. Is this too much? Is it above what I should be paying for conveyancing in Paddington?

The estimate does seem marginally overpriced. Where you are happy to expend time contrasting costs you might trim some of the expense by perhaps £100 plus VAT. On the other hand, you mightlive to regret opting for an an unknown solicitor. If is important to ensure that the conveyancer can represent your mortgage company. Do make use of our search tool to locate a Paddington conveyancing company on the lender’s approved list of lawyers which can often include conveyancing solicitors in Paddington.

Finally the sale completed on my house in Paddington last January but my buyer keeps calling daily to say his conveyancer is waiting to hear from myconveyancer. What are the post completion sale formalities following completion?

Following your house sale your solicitor should deliver the transfer documentation and all of the paperwork to the buyer’s conveyancer. Depending on the transaction, your lawyer must also confirm that the home loan has been redeemed to the buyers lawyers. There is unlikely to be post completion formalities just for conveyancing in Paddington.

The estate agent has sent us the confirmation of our purchase of a new build flat in Paddington. Conveyancing is daunting at the best of times but I have never purchased a new build flat before. What sort of enquires would be asked in new build conveyancing.

Here are examples of a selection of leasehold new build questions that you can expect your new-build leasehold conveyancing in Paddington

    Has the Lease plan been approved by the Land Registry and if not when will they be lodged for this purpose? Where service of notices and proceedings can be at the property demised please confirm that this can be amended to include simultaneous services at the Lessees’ solicitors’ offices where the Lessee from time to time is not resident in the UK - such solicitors may be varied by notice in writing to the Landlord from time to time but otherwise will be as previously specified. Please confirm the Lease plans are surveyor prepared. There must be mutual enforceability of lessee’s covenants.

I am looking for a flat up to £235,500 and identified one close by in Paddington I like with open areas and station nearby, however it only has 52 years on the lease. There is not much else in Paddington suitable, so just wondered if I would be making a grave error acquiring a short lease?

If you need a mortgage that many years may be an issue. Reduce the price by the expected lease extension will cost if not already taken into account. If the current proprietor has owned the property for a minimum of twenty four months you may ask them to start the process of the extension and then assign it to you. An additional ninety years can be extended on to the existing lease with a zero ground rent applied. You should speak to your conveyancing solicitor about this.

How easy is it to switch firm as I have to find one who is on the Bank of Ireland conveyancing list. I instructed a local conveyancing solicitor in Paddington round the corner but she is not approved by Bank of Ireland

We will our best to assist in finding you a conveyancing solicitor in Paddington on the Bank of Ireland panel. Please note that the law firms that we list do not pay us fee if you instruct them and are fully regulated by the SRA who oversee all conveyancing solicitors in Paddington. In making use of the find a conveyancing solicitor tool on this website, you can scrutinise costs for conveyancing solicitors in Paddington and beyond.

I am using a search engine for the term cheap conveyancing in Paddington it reveals many property lawyersin the area. How do I determine which is the suitable property lawyer for purchase transaction?

The ideal method of seeking the right conveyancer is via trusted referral, so enquire of colleagues and family who have purchased a property in Paddington or a local estate agent or mortgage broker. Costs for conveyancing in Paddington differ, so it's advisable to secure a minimum of four fee calculations from varying types of property lawyers. Make sure that you know that the charges are guaranteed not to rise.

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Sample of conveyancing solicitors in Paddington regulated by the SRA

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

  • Wgs Solicitors, 133 Praed Street, London, W2 1RN
  • Wentworth Solicitors, 193 Praed Street, London, London, W2 1RH
  • Morgan Reed Limited, 36 Spring Street, London, W2 1JA
  • Morgan Reed Llp, 36 Spring Street, London, W2 1JA
  • William Heath & Co And Skelly & Corsellis, 16 Sale Place, Sussex Gardens, London, W2 1PX

Commercial Conveyancing solicitors in Paddington regulated by the SRA

The list below is a small selection of solicitors in Paddington specialising in commercial conveyancing in Paddington. This will likely include advice on buying and selling small and large scale commercial property and agricultural land
  • Wgs Solicitors, 133 Praed Street, London, W2 1RN
  • Wentworth Solicitors, 193 Praed Street, London, London, W2 1RH
  • Morgan Reed Llp, 36 Spring Street, London, W2 1JA
  • Morgan Reed Limited, 36 Spring Street, London, W2 1JA
  • William Heath & Co And Skelly & Corsellis, 16 Sale Place, Sussex Gardens, London, W2 1PX

Planning law solicitors in Paddington regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority

The firms listed below are a non-comprehensive list of solicitors in Paddington specialising in planning law. The solicitors can give expert legal advice on all aspects of planning, including development on contaminated land
  • Grower Freeman, Ivor House, 25-26 Ivor Place, London, NW1 6HR
  • Glovers Solicitors Llp, 6 York Street, London, W1U 6QD
  • Streathers Trust Corporation Limited, 44 Baker Street, London, London, W1U 7AL
  • Streathers Solicitors Llp, 44 Baker Street, London, London, W1U 7AL
  • Streathers Solicitors Highgate Limited, 44 Baker Street, London, W1U 7AL

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

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