Find a Lender-Approved Local Conveyancer in Southfields

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You can try and find the cheapest conveyancing solicitors in Southfields but be careful as you may get what you pay for.

Main reasons to use our service to help you select a high street conveyancing solicitor in Southfields

  • 1 The hallmark of our conveyancing solicitors in Southfields is quality not quantity. The level of service offered by conveyancing "factories" (sometimes 'recommended' by large estate agency chains) sometimes falls short of the high standards of professionalism you would hope for.
  • 2 Regardless alternative on-line conveyancers may claim it may be necessary to visit your solicitor to sign contracts. Too many 3rd parties are already with an interest in a house sale without having to add Royal Mail into the pot.
  • 3 The Southfields conveyancing practitioners that are identified are committed to supplying the most cost, efficient and accessible conveyancing service to borrowers, sellers and remortgagors in Southfields
  • 4 Using a local Solicitor generally means that you will receive a more personalised service. Sometimes when dealing with a an online conveyancing factory, you tend to be looked after by a team of people who check what is happening on the file by reading from their computer screens.
  • 5 Solicitors that specialise in conveyancing in Southfields are familiar with the local issues peculiar to Southfields and therefore you may benefit from better guidance and speedier conveyancing.

Examples of recent conveyancing in Southfields since December 2023*

Recently asked questions about conveyancing in Southfields

Can your site be used to find a Conveyancing solicitor in Southfields even if I’m not buying or selling a house, for example where I intend to buy a shop in Southfields with a mortgage from The Royal Bank of Scotland?

Our search tool is predominantly used to help choose residential conveyancing solicitors in Southfields but we have set out at the end of this page a selection of Southfields commercial conveyancing firms. You should speak with the company directly to see if they are also authorised to represent The Royal Bank of Scotland

We hope to to purchase with Coventry BS. I called into 3 or 4 local solicitors but am struggling to find a Southfields conveyancing firm on the Coventry BS approved list. Could you help?

You should make use of the search tool on this page. Please choose the building society and type Southfields or your preferred area and you will see a number of lawyer based in Southfields or by proximity to you.

Me and my partner are purchasing a flat in Southfields. I might seem paranoid but how we can trust a lawyer? On completion day we have to deposit funds into their account. What is the protection we have from them run away with our money?

Be assured that all money in a Solicitors client account is 100% safe, and even if your Solicitor ran off with it, the Law Society would reimburse you fully.

is it true that all Southfields solicitor firms on the Barclays conveyancing panel are overseen by the SRA?

As solicitors, in order to be on the Barclays conveyancing panel they would need to be governed by the SRA. Some lenders do list licenced conveyancers on their panel in which case such firms would be governed by the Council of Licensed Conveyancers.

After much negotiation I have agreed a price on a house in Southfields. My mortgage broker suggested a property lawyer. I paid an upfront payment of £175. A couple of days later, the property lawyer called me embarrassingly acknowledging that they were not on the Principality conveyancing panel. Am I right in thinking that I should be due a refund?

You should be able to recover this from the law firm if they were not on the Principality panel. They should have asked at the outset which lender you were obtaining a mortgage with. An important lesson to readers of this site is to check that the lawyers are on the appropriate lender panel.

Despite weeks of looking the Title Certificate and documents to my home are lost. The conveyancers who dealt with the conveyancing in Southfields 10 years ago are no longer around. Will I be able to sell the house?

Gone are the days when you need to have the physical deeds to prove you are the registered proprietor of land or property, as the Land Registry hold details of all registered land or property electronically.

I decided to have a survey completed on a property in Southfields ahead of instructing solicitors. I have been advised that there is a flying freehold overhang to the house. Our surveyor has said that some mortgage companies will refuse to issue a loan on such a home.

It varies from the lender to lender. Bank of Scotland has different requirements from Halifax. If you call us we can look into this further with the appropriate bank. If you lender is happy to lend one our lawyers can assist as they are accustomed to dealing with flying freeholds in Southfields. Conveyancing can be more complicated and therefore you should check with your conveyancing solicitor in Southfields to see if the conveyancing will be more expensive.

I'm refinancing my existing house to a BTL mortgage with Britannia and intend to use the remaining equity as a deposit on another property. The area we are talking about is Southfields. Will your solicitors be able to act for the two mortgage companies and tie in the conveyances?

Do use our search tool on this site to ensure that the lawyers are on the appropriate lender panels. Having checked that they are your lawyer should be able to connect the two conveyancing matters but you should have a chat with you solicitor and specify your expectations and requirements.

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Sample of conveyancing solicitors in Southfields regulated by the SRA

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

  • A E P Zaleski, 179-181 Replingham Road, London, SW18 5LY
  • Bulcraigs, 2 Replingham Road, London, SW18 5LS
  • Irving Caplin & Co, 1 College Mews, St Ann's Hill, Wandsworth, London, SW18 2SJ
  • Southfields Solicitors Limited, 1 West Hill, Wandsworth, London, SW18 1RB
  • Zgrp Limited, Park House, 158-160 Arthur Road, Wimbledon, London, SW19 8AQ

Residential Landlord and Tenant Conveyancing solicitors in Southfields

The list below is a non-comprehensive list of solicitors in Southfields specialising in landlord and tenant law and on the regulations governing different types of tenancies. This should include advice on Rent Act Protected, Assured and Assured Shorthold tenancies

  • A E P Zaleski, 179-181 Replingham Road, London, SW18 5LY
  • Bulcraigs, 2 Replingham Road, London, SW18 5LS
  • Begum & Co, 93 East Hill, London, SW18 2QD
  • Mcglennons Solicitors, 157 Arthur Road, London, London, SW19 8AD
  • Wixted & Co Limited, 57 Putney Bridge Road, London, SW18 1NP

Residential Licensed Conveyancers in Southfields regulated by the Council of Licensed Conveyancers

Please note that the listed conveyancers do not limit their work for conveyancing in Southfields but also conveyancing across England and Wales.
  • R & C Property Lawyers Llp, 10A Upper Tooting Road, SW17 7PG
  • Stratega Law Ltd, Bldg 3 Chiswick Park, W4 5YA
  • Stratega Law Ltd, Sutherland House, W1F 7TE
  • Property Transfer Co-ordination Ptc, Corner House, KT1 2NR
  • Ldn Conveyancing Ltd, 3 Acton Hill Mews, W3 9QN

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

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