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  • 1 Our site offers largest residential conveyancing directory service identifying lender approved law firms conducting conveyancing in Soho regulated and authorised by the SRA or CLC.
  • 2 The companies shown on our web pages have a mix of conveyancing solicitors, legal executives and support staff handling over one hundred thousand cases annually.
  • 3 Retaining the services of a a family Solicitor on the whole means that you will receive a more personalised service. When using a an online conveyancing factory, you tend to be looked after by a team of people who who update you by reading from their computer screens.
  • 4 Experience means that Soho lawyer have established excellent connections with Soho local estate agents, banks, building societies, landlords and house builders enabling them to liaise at speed with all parties involved in the process of dealing with your conveyancing in Soho.
  • 5 Soho property lawyers have a significant advantage when it comes to Soho conveyancing as they have important local knowledge of local authority requirements, planning policies and other matters that will impact your sale or purchase

Examples of recent conveyancing in Soho since May 2019*

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of flat Warren Street W1T 5LR, at purchase sum of £910,000. Leasehold conveyancing included: sending the transfer to the seller for signature in preparation for completion, obtaining official copies of the title, preparing statement detailing charges

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Purchase

of apartment Conway Street W1T 6BE, acquired for £1,225,000. Leasehold conveyancing work included: taking formal instructions from and updating the seller client, securing official copies of the title, setting up the completion formalities

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Transfer

of flat Wimpole Street W1G 8AB, at buying sum of £1,350,000. Leasehold conveyancing included: ordering official copies of the title, agreeing completion date with parties, setting up the completion formalities

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Acquisition

of apartment Strand WC2R 1HA, sold for £1,850,000. Leasehold conveyancing due diligence included: drafting the sale agreement and Transfer, sending conveyancing papers to buyers representatives, agreeing completion date with parties

Recently asked questions about conveyancing in Soho

My partner and I are planning to buy a house in Soho and are in fact using a Soho conveyancing practice. Within the past 48 hours our solicitor has sent a preliminary report and documents to look through with a view to exchanging next week. Bank of Ireland have this afternoon contacted us to inform me that they have now hit a problem as our Soho conveyancer is not on their approved list of lawyers. Please explain?

If you are buying a property with the assistance of a mortgage it is usual for the purchasers' lawyers to also act for the mortgage company. In order to act for a bank or building society a law firm has to be on that lender's conveyancing panel. An application has to be made by the law firm to the lender to become a member of the lender's panel and there are increasingly strict criteria which the firm has to satisfy and indeed some lenders now require their panel members to be part of the Law Society’s Conveyancing Accreditation Scheme. Your property lawyer should contact your mortgage company and see if they can apply for membership of their conveyancing panel, but if that is not viable they will instruct their own solicitors to act. You are not legally obliged to appoint a law firm on the lender’s conveyancing panel and you may continue to use your own Soho solicitors, in which case it will likely add costs, and it will likely delay the transaction as you have another set of people involved.

We are planning to acquire a property and require a conveyancing solicitor in Soho who is on the Leeds Building Society conveyancing panel. Could you point me in the right direction as regards a 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 Leeds Building Society . We don't recommend any particular firms conducting conveyancing in Soho.

My partner and I have arranged the release of further funds on our mortgage from Santander as we wish to conduct alterations to our home in Soho. Do we need to select a bricks and mortar Soho solicitor on the Santander conveyancing panel to deal with the paperwork?

Santander don't usually instruct a member of their approved list of lawyers to handle such a matter. If they do require any legal work then you would need to ensure that such a lawyer was on the Santander conveyancing panel.

I have today made my last payment due on my mortgage with Lloyds. I assume I don't need a Soho property lawyer on the Lloyds panel to remove the mortgage at the Land Registry. Am I right?

If you have finished paying off your Lloyds mortgage, they may send you evidence showing that you have paid it off. Alternatively they may notify the Land Registry directly. The Land Registry need to see this evidence before they will remove the Lloyds mortgage from the register. Lloyds, and any evidence they send you, will determine the action you need to take. In cases where no conveyancer is acting for you and you have paid off your mortgage:

  1. but are not moving to another property
  2. where Lloyds has sent the Land Registry the discharge electronically, and
  3. Lloyds has instructed the Land Registry to do so
The Land Registry will send you a letter confirming that your Lloyds mortgage has been paid off.

I have decided to exercise my right to buy my property in Soho off the council. I have a mortgage agreed with Virgin Money. Conveyancing is not something I have any knowledge of. Can I proceed without a solicitor easily? I think we can but we keep being told I should use one. Any advice?

It is not advisable to proceed with a house purchase without a solicitor. The council's solicitor are not acting for you. You need a solicitor for a number reasons. One of which is to verify what plans the Council have for repairs and refurbishment for the next five years. Many leaseholders have been stung for contributions of thousands of pounds. In any event, if you are getting a mortgage with Virgin Money, you will need to appoint a solicitor on the Virgin Money conveyancing panel.

I require quick conveyancing in Soho as I am under a deadline to complete within one month. A home loan is not required. Can I escape the need for conveyancing searches to save money and time?

If.Given you are not taking a mortgage you have the choice not to have searches carried out although no lawyer would advise that you don't. Drawing on years of experience of conveyancing in Soho the following are examples of issues that can arise and therefore impact future mortgageability: Refused Planning Applications, Outstanding Fees, Overdue Grants, Unadopted Roads,...

I am purchasing my first flat in Soho with a mortgage from Chelsea Building Society. The developers would not move on the amount so I negotiated five thousand pounds worth of additionals instead. The estate agent told me not to tell my solicitor about this extras as it would impact my loan with the bank. Do I keep my lawyer in the dark?.

All lenders require a Disclosure of Incentives Form from the developer of any new build, converted or renovated property, It is available online from the Lenders’ Handbook page on the CML website. CML form is completed and handed to the lender's surveyor when the inspection is done.

Lenders have different policies on incentives. Some accept none at all, cash or physical, while others will accept cash incentives up to 5%.

Hard to understand why the representative of a builder would be suggesting you withold information from a solicitor when all this will be clearly visible on forms the builder has to supply to its solicitor, the buyer's solicitor and the surveyor.

Yesterday I discovered that there is a flying freehold issue on a property I put an offer in a fortnight ago in what should have been a simple, chain free conveyancing. Soho is where the house is located. Is there any guidance you can give?

Flying freeholds in Soho are not the norm but are more likely to exist in relation to terraced houses. Even though you don't necessarily need a conveyancing solicitor in Soho you must be sure that your lawyer goes through the deeds diligently. Your bank may require your conveyancing solicitor to take out an indemnity policy. Some of the more diligent conveyancing solicitors in Soho 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.

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Sample of conveyancing solicitors in Soho regulated by the SRA

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

  • David Goodman & Co, 34-35 Newman Street, London, W1T 1PZ
  • Magrath Llp, 66-67 Newman Street, London, London, W1T 3EQ
  • Mathias Gentle Page Hassan Llp, Fourth Floor, 247 Tottenham Court Road, London, London, W1T 7QX
  • Fuglers (in Association With David Berens & Co) Llp, 70 Charlotte Street, London, W1T 4QG
  • Wilson Barca Llp, Carlisle Buildings, 18 Carlisle Street, London, London, W1D 3BX

Residential Landlord and Tenant Conveyancing solicitors in Soho

The firms listed below are a non-comprehensive list of solicitors in Soho specialising in landlord and tenant law and on the regulations governing different types of tenancies. This may include advice on Service charge disputes

  • Mathias Gentle Page Hassan Llp, Fourth Floor, 247 Tottenham Court Road, London, London, W1T 7QX
  • Fuglers (in Association With David Berens & Co) Llp, 70 Charlotte Street, London, W1T 4QG
  • Wilson Barca Llp, Carlisle Buildings, 18 Carlisle Street, London, London, W1D 3BX
  • Dalton Holmes Gray, 7a D'Arblay Street, London, London, W1F 8DF
  • Verto Group Legal Limited, 10 Margaret Street, Fitzrovia, London, W1W 8RL

Commercial Conveyancing solicitors in Soho regulated by the SRA

The list below is a non-comprehensive list of solicitors in Soho with expertise in commercial conveyancing in Soho. This may include advice on taking a commercial lease as a tenant
  • David Goodman & Co, 34-35 Newman Street, London, W1T 1PZ
  • Mathias Gentle Page Hassan Llp, Fourth Floor, 247 Tottenham Court Road, London, London, W1T 7QX
  • Schillings International Llp, 41 Bedford Square, London, WC1B 3HX
  • Fuglers (in Association With David Berens & Co) Llp, 70 Charlotte Street, London, W1T 4QG
  • Wilson Barca Llp, Carlisle Buildings, 18 Carlisle Street, London, London, W1D 3BX

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