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

Reasons to use our Southwark conveyancing solicitors

  • 1 Southwark lawyers have a significant edge when it comes to Southwark conveyancing as they have important local knowledge of local authority requirements, planning policies and other matters that can affect your conveyancing
  • 2 Experience means that Southwark conveyancer have established valuable links with Southwark local estate agents, banks, building societies, landlords and property developers enabling them to liaise at speed with all parties involved in the process of handling your conveyancing in Southwark.
  • 3 The Southwark conveyancing practitioners that are identified are committed to providing value for money, efficient and transparent conveyancing service to home buyers, sellers and remortgagors in Southwark
  • 4 Southwark conveyancers work in partnership with Southwark estate agents, developers, surveyors, banks and other professionals to make sure that the highest level of service is provided to buyers and sellers every step of the way, to ensure you’re kept informed as to progress all the way along
  • 5 The mark of a good conveyancing solicitor in Southwark is quality not quantity. The level of service offered by conveyancing "factories" (sometimes 'recommended' by national chain estate agents) sometimes falls short of the level of professionalism you would hope for.

Examples of recent conveyancing in Southwark since January 2025*

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Purchase

of flat Maltby Street SE1 3GP, purchased for £999,000. Leasehold conveyancing legalities included: sending conveyancing papers to buyers representatives, dealing with appropriate requisitions and enquiries, preparing statement detailing charges

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Purchase

of apartment Prescot Street E1 8RL, purchased for £440,000. Leasehold conveyancing legalities included: dealing with appropriate requisitions and enquiries, sending the transfer to the seller for execution in preparation for completion, setting up the completion formalities

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Disposal

of flat Delverton Road SE17 3QQ, at the agreed amount of £455,000. Leasehold conveyancing included: sending the transfer to the vendor for execution in readiness for completion, obtaining official copies of the title, agreeing completion date with parties

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Conveyance

of apartment Fitzalan Street SE11 6QU, purchased for £527,500. Leasehold conveyancing investigations included: dealing with appropriate requisitions and enquiries, sending the transfer to the vendor for signature in readiness for completion, preparing statement detailing charges

Recently asked questions about conveyancing in Southwark

The Southwark conveyancing firm handling our Southwark conveyancing has discovered an inconsistency when comparing the surveyor’s assumptions in the valuation report and what is in the conveyancing documents. My lawyer says that he is obliged to ensure that the lender is OK with this discrepancy and is still content to lend. Is my solicitor’s approach legitimate?

Your solicitor must comply with the UK Finance Lenders’ Handbook conditions which do require that your lawyer disclose any incorrect assumptions in the lender’s valuation report and the legal papers. Should you refuse to allow your lawyer to make the appropriate notification then your lawyer will have no choice but to discontinue acting for both parties.

As someone unfamiliar with the Southwark conveyancing process what is your top tip you can give me for the ownership transfer in Southwark

You may not hear this from too many lawyers but conveyancing in Southwark or throughout England and Wales is often a confrontational process. Put another way, when it comes to conveyancing there exists lots of room for confrontation between you and others involved in the ownership transfer. For instance, the vendor, property agent and sometimes the bank. Selecting a law firm for your conveyancing in Southwark is a critical decision as your conveyancer is your adviser, and is the ONLY party in the process whose responsibility is to protect your legal interests and to keep you safe.

Every so often a potential adversary may try and convince you that you should follow their advice. For instance, the estate agent may claim to be helping by claiming that your lawyer is slow. Or your financial adviser may try to convince you to do take action that is against your conveyancers advice. You should always trust your lawyer above all other parties in the conveyancing process.

My wife and I are purchasing a apartment in Southwark. I might seem paranoid but how we can trust a lawyer? At some point we will need to put money into their account. What protection do we have from them run away with our monies?

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.

I happen to be the only beneficiary of my late grandmother’s will and I have everything in my name now, including the my former home in Southwark. Conveyancing formalities meant that the Land Registry date was in March. I want to move. I understand that there is a CML six month 'rule', meaning my property ownership could be considered the same way as though I had purchased the house in March. Will no one buy the property for half a year?

The Council of Mortgage Lenders’ handbook mandates conveyancers to: "report to us immediately if the owner or registered proprietor has been registered for less than six months." By the strict wording you might be impacted by that. How sensible a view lenders take of it, depend on the mortgage company as this obligation principally exists to capture subsales or the wholesaling and assigning of properties.

I have instructed a Southwark solicitor having made sure that they are on the TSB conveyancing panel. Does my lawyer arrange the survey of the property?

TSB will need an independent valuation of the property. Your lawyer will not arrange this. Usually TSB will appoint their own surveyor to do this, and you will have to pay for it. Remember that this is a valuation for mortgage purposes and not a survey. You may wish to consider appointing your own Southwark surveyor to carry out a survey or prepare a home buyers report on the property. It is up to you to satisfy yourself that the property is structurally sound before you buy it. If the survey or report reveals that building work is needed, you should tell your solicitor. You may wish to renegotiate with the seller.

I am purchasing a new build house in Southwark benefiting from help to buy. The builders refused to move on the amount so I negotiated five thousand pounds worth of fixtures and fittings instead. The estate agent suggested that I not to tell my solicitor about the side-deal as it would impact my mortgage with the bank. Is this normal?.

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.

I am looking for a ground for flat up to £245,000 and identified one close by in Southwark I like with open areas and station in the vicinity, however it only has 49 years unexpired on the lease. There is not much else in Southwark in this price bracket, so just wondered if I would be making a mistake acquiring a lease with such few years left?

Should you need a home loan that many years may be a potential deal breaker. Reduce the price by the amount the lease extension will cost if it has not already been discounted. If the current owner has owned the premises for at least twenty four months you could request that they start the process of the extension and then assign it to you. You can add 90 years to the current lease with a zero ground rent applied. You should speak to your conveyancing solicitor regarding this.

If instructed can a conveyancer remove someone from the title of my property in Southwark ?

Removing or adding someone to the title of your house is relatively straightforward. You’ll need to appoint a property lawyer to discuss your legal rights before you can proceed with a transfer of property. Contact us to book a free consultation with one a lawyer

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Sample of conveyancing solicitors in Southwark regulated by the SRA

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

  • Greenberg Traurig Maher Llp, The Shard, Level 8, 32 London Bridge Street, London, London, SE1 9SG
  • Maunsell Bower, 167-169 Borough High Street, London, SE1 1HR
  • Sibley Law Llp, Delta House, 175 - 177 Borough High Street, London, London, SE1 1HR
  • Ola Leslie Solicitors Llp, 60 Borough High Street, London, SE1 1XF
  • Bryan O'connor & Co, St Margaret's House, 18-20 Southwark Street, London, SE1 1TS

Commercial Conveyancing solicitors in Southwark regulated by the SRA

The list below is a non-comprehensive list of solicitors in Southwark practicing in commercial conveyancing in Southwark. This will likely include advice on buying and selling small and large scale commercial property and agricultural land
  • Greenberg Traurig Maher Llp, The Shard, Level 8, 32 London Bridge Street, London, London, SE1 9SG
  • Sibley Law Llp, Delta House, 175 - 177 Borough High Street, London, London, SE1 1HR
  • Ola Leslie Solicitors Llp, 60 Borough High Street, London, SE1 1XF
  • Bryan O'connor & Co, St Margaret's House, 18-20 Southwark Street, London, SE1 1TS
  • Rls Solicitors Limited, Suite 30-33, The Hop Exchange, 24 Southwark Street, London, London, SE1 1TY

Planning law solicitors in Southwark regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority

The firms listed below are a non-comprehensive list of solicitors in Southwark with expertise in planning law. The solicitors can give expert legal advice on all aspects of planning, including special planning controls
  • Greenberg Traurig Maher Llp, The Shard, Level 8, 32 London Bridge Street, London, London, SE1 9SG
  • Sibley Law Llp, Delta House, 175 - 177 Borough High Street, London, London, SE1 1HR
  • Ola Leslie Solicitors Llp, 60 Borough High Street, London, SE1 1XF
  • Deighton Pierce Glynn Limited, 8 Union Street, London, SE1 1SZ
  • Howard Kennedy Llp, No.1 London Bridge, London, SE1 9BG

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

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