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Selecting the right solicitor is the most important decision when it comes to your South East London conveyancing

Reasons to use our South East London conveyancing solicitors

  • 1 South East London conveyancers work in partnership with South East London estate agents, developers, surveyors, lenders and other professionals to ensure that a quality service is offered to buyers and sellers every step of the way, ensuring the smoothest, most stress-free process possible
  • 2 Personal touch and pure property experience are key benefits that you should value when selecting conveyancing solicitors. South East London property deals can be made a lot more complicated as a result of poor communication between all the parties. The lawyers we work with ensure that the lines of communication are open and act on arising issues and developments instantly.
  • 3 South East London lawyers have a crucial advantage when it comes to South East London conveyancing as they have valuable local knowledge of local authority requirements, planning policies and other issues that will affect your sale or purchase
  • 4 There is a distinct possibility the other side’s solicitors are based in South East London - if so both parties are likely to have worked on conveyancing matters in the past
  • 5 The firms listed on our directory have a mix of conveyancing solicitors, legal executives and support staff handling over one hundred thousand cases each year.

Examples of recent conveyancing in South East London since April 2026*

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Purchase

of apartment Upper St Martin's Lane WC2H 9NY, at a price of £555,000. Leasehold conveyancing investigations included: taking formal instructions from and updating the seller client, agreeing completion date with parties, preparing statement detailing charges

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Acquisition

of flat Tavistock Street WC2E 7NZ, sold for £1,300,000. Leasehold conveyancing work included: drafting the sale agreement and Transfer, sending conveyancing papers to buyers representatives, dealing with appropriate requisitions and enquiries

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Conveyance

of apartment Earlham Street WC2H 9LN, purchased for £985,000. Leasehold conveyancing work included: sending conveyancing papers to buyers representatives, dealing with appropriate requisitions and enquiries, ordering official copies of the title

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Transfer

of flat Strand WC2R 1HA, at buying price of £575,000. Leasehold conveyancing included: taking formal instructions from and updating the seller client, securing official copies of the title, agreeing completion date with parties

Recently asked questions about conveyancing in South East London

Why do I have to pay up front for my conveyancing in South East London?

If you are buying a property in South East London your solicitor will ask you place them with monies to cover the search fees. This will be the total of the cost of the conveyancing searches. When the down payment is payable against the sale price then this should be needed shortly prior to exchange of contracts. The closing balance that is due should be transferred a few days prior to the day of completion.

Forgive me if this question is silly but I am unseasoned as FTB of a ground floor flat in South East London. Do I pick up the keys to the house on the completion date from my conveyancer? If this is the case, I will appoint a local conveyancing solicitor in South East London?

There is no need to visit the lawyers office on the day of completion. Conveyancing lawyers for you will transfer the purchase money to the vendor’s conveyancers, and shortly after the monies have arrived, you should be invited to collect the keys from the property Agents and move into your new home. Usually this happens between 1 and 3pm.

A friend advised me that in buying a property in South East London there may be a number of restrictions affecting the ability to carry out external alterations to the property. Is this right?

There are anumerous of properties in South East London which have some sort of restriction or requirement of consent to perform external alterations. Part of the conveyancing in South East London should determine what restrictions are applicable and advising you as part of a ROT that should be sent to you.

I have today made my last payment due on my mortgage with TSB. I assume I don't need a South East London property lawyer on the TSB panel to discharge the mortgage at the Land Registry. Am I right?

If you have finished paying off your TSB 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 TSB mortgage from the register. TSB, 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 TSB has sent the Land Registry the discharge electronically, and
  3. TSB has instructed the Land Registry to do so
The Land Registry will send you a letter confirming that your TSB mortgage has been paid off.

Do I need to take out insurance to address the risk of chancel repairs when purchasing a residence in South East London?

Unless a prior acquisition of the property completed after 12 October 2013 you could expect lawyers conducting conveyancing in South East London to remain recommending a chancel search and or insurance against a claim.

I'm purchasing my first flat in South East London benefiting from help to buy. The developers would not move on the price so I negotiated 6k of extras instead. The house builders rep suggested that I not inform my solicitor about the extras as it will put at risk my loan with TSB. Should I keep quiet?.

All lenders require a Disclosure of Incentives Form from the builder 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.

Am I right to be suspicious that third parties that I am dealing with are encouraging me to use a factory type conveyancing firm as opposed to a local South East London conveyancing firm?

As with lots of professional services, often suggestions from relatives can be most helpful. Yet there are many players in a conveyancing deal; estate agents, mortgage brokers and lenders may put forward conveyancers to select. On occasion the solicitors might be known to one of the organisations as one of the best in their field, but occasionally there may be a financial incentive behind the recommendation. You are at liberty to choose your preferred lawyer. However, bear in mind that some banks operate an approved list of solicitors you are obliged to use for the lender aspect of your conveyancing.

Online research suggests that South East London solicitors are more costly than licensed conveyancers in South East London when it comes to buying a house. So is it better if I use a conveyancer or a solicitor where I am purchasing for my home move in South East London.

When it comes to conveyancing in South East London the costs are unlikely to vary dramatically depending on whether the legal expert is a licenced conveyancer or solicitor.

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Sample of conveyancing solicitors in South East London regulated by the SRA

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

  • Rubinstein Phillips Lewis Smith Limited, 13 Craven Street, London, WC2N 5PB
  • Lee & Pembertons Trustee Company Ltd, Kinnaird House, 1 Pall Mall East, London, SW1Y 5AU
  • L & P Nominees Ltd, Kinnaird House, 1 Pall Mall East, London, SW1Y 5AU
  • Jane Secretarial Services Limited, Kinnaird House, 1 Pall Mall East, London, SW1Y 5AU
  • Hempsons, 40 Villiers Street, London, WC2N 6NJ

Commercial Conveyancing solicitors in South East London regulated by the SRA

The firms listed below are a small selection of solicitors in South East London with expertise in commercial conveyancing in South East London. This could include advice on granting a lease to a commercial tenant
  • Ahc Solicitors Limited, 1 Northumberland Avenue, Trafalgar Square, London, WC2N 5BW
  • Rubinstein Phillips Lewis Smith Limited, 13 Craven Street, London, WC2N 5PB
  • Lee & Pembertons Trustee Company Ltd, Kinnaird House, 1 Pall Mall East, London, SW1Y 5AU
  • Jane Secretarial Services Limited, Kinnaird House, 1 Pall Mall East, London, SW1Y 5AU
  • L & P Nominees Ltd, Kinnaird House, 1 Pall Mall East, London, SW1Y 5AU

Residential Licensed Conveyancers in South East London regulated by the Council of Licensed Conveyancers

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

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

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