Can the conveyancing lawyers listed on your site perform attended exchange conveyancing in South Kensington?
There are a few conveyancing experts carrying out one day exchanges. You should contact us to secure a fee calculation and details as to dates.
Can I use your services to locate a Conveyancing solicitor in South Kensington even if I’m not purchasing or disposing of a house, for example if I wish to acquire an office in South Kensington with a mortgage from TSB?
The service is primarily there to find residential conveyancing solicitors in South Kensington but we have recorded towards the end of this page some South Kensington commercial conveyancing firms. You will need to make contact with the firm directly to see if they are also authorised to represent TSB
Please explain the implications if my lawyer’s firm is suspended from the Skipton Conveyancing panel ahead of completing my conveyancing in South Kensington?
First, this is very unlikely to happen. In most cases even where a law firm is removed off of a panel the lender would allow the completion to go ahead as the lender would appreciate the difficulties that they would place you in if you have to instruct a new solicitor days before completion. In a worst case scenario where the lender insists that you instruct a new firm then it is possible for a very good lawyer to expedite the conveyancing albeit that you may pay a significant premium for this. The analogous situation is where a buyer instructs a lawyer, exchanges contracts and the law firm is shut down by a regulator such as the SRA. Again, in this situation you can find lawyers who can troubleshoot their way to bring the conveyancing to a satisfactory conclusion - albeit at a cost.
A relative informed me that in buying a property in South Kensington there could be a number of restrictions prohibiting external changes to a property. Is this right?
There are a number of properties in South Kensington which have some sort of restriction or requirement of consent to perform external alterations. Part of the conveyancing in South Kensington should determine what restrictions are applicable and advising you as part of a ROT that should be sent to you.
I have paid off my mortgage with RBS. I assume I don't need a South Kensington conveyancer on the RBS panel to discharge the mortgage at the Land Registry. Please confirm.
If you have finished paying off your RBS 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 RBS mortgage from the register. RBS, 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:
- but are not moving to another property
- where RBS has sent the Land Registry the discharge electronically, and
- RBS has instructed the Land Registry to do so
I have finally had an offer on a flat in South Kensington agreed to, but there is a chain. The vendors have put an offer on on an apartment, but it’s not been accepted yet, and are looking at other flats booked. I have instructed a nearby conveyancing solicitor in South Kensington. What do I do now? At what point should I apply for the mortgage with TSB?
It is understandable to have concerns where there is a chain as you are unlikely to want to incur costs too early (mortgage application is in the region of £1k, then survey, South Kensington conveyancing search charges, etc). First, you must ensure that your property lawyer is on the TSB conveyancing panel. As to the subsequent phase this very much dictated by the uniqueness of your case, motivation for the property and on the state of the market. During a hot market some buyers would apply for the mortgage with TSB and pay for the valuation and only if it comes back ok would they request their lawyer to move forward with the conveyancing in South Kensington.
My friend suggested that if I am buying in South Kensington I should carry out a Neighbourhood, Planning and Local Amenity Search. Can you explain what the purpose of this search is?
This is a search is sometimes included in the estimate for your South Kensington conveyancing searches. It is a large document of about 40 pages, listing and setting out significant information about South Kensington around the property and the people living there. It incorporates an Aerial Photograph, Planning Applications, Land Use, Mobile Phone Masts, Rights of Way, the South Kensington Housing Market, Council Tax Banding, the type of People living in the area, the dominant type of Housing, the Average Property Price, Crime details, Local Education with maps and statistics, Local Amenities and other useful data concerning South Kensington.
In what way can the Landlord & Tenant Act 1954 impact my commercial premises in South Kensington and how can you help?
The particular law that you refer to gives protection to commercial tenants, granting the right to apply to court for a continuation of occupancy when the lease comes to an end. There are limited grounds that a landlord can refuse a lease renewal and the rules are complex. Fees are different for commercial conveyancing. South Kensington is one of the hundreds of areas of the UK in which our lawyers are located