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Selecting the right solicitor is the most important decision when it comes to your Victoria conveyancing

Reasons to use our Victoria conveyancing solicitors

  • 1 Solicitors accustomed to conveyancing in Victoria are familiar with the local concerns specific to Victoria and therefore you may benefit from better advice and speedier conveyancing.
  • 2 On the balance of probabilities the other side’s conveyancers are based in Victoria - if so both parties are likely to be on good working terms
  • 3 Experience means that Victoria lawyer have developed valuable connections with Victoria 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 house sale or purchase in Victoria.
  • 4 We are the UKs largest residential conveyancing directory service identifying mortgage company approved law firms carrying out conveyancing in Victoria governed by the SRA or Council of Licensed Conveyancers.
  • 5 Regardless alternative solicitors say it just might be important to pop into your solicitor to execute legal papers. There are various parties with with an interest in a homemove without needing to include the postman into the mix.

Examples of recent conveyancing in Victoria since July 2021*

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Transfer

of flat Gatliff Close SW1W 8QG, at purchase price of £281,000. Leasehold conveyancing included: sending conveyancing papers to buyers representatives, ordering official copies of the title, preparing statement detailing charges

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Conveyance

of apartment St Georges Square SW1V 3QW, sold for £1,213,750. Leasehold conveyancing due diligence included: dealing with appropriate requisitions and enquiries, obtaining official copies of the title, setting up the completion formalities

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Disposal

of detached residence premises, Walton Place, SW3 1RJ completing on 12/08/2021 at a price of £8,000,000. The legal transfer of property incorporates some of the following tasks: drafting the sale agreement and Transfer, sending conveyancing papers to buyers representatives, securing official copies of the title

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Disposal

of terraced premises, Hasker Street, SW3 2LQ completing on 06/08/2021 at a price of £3,200,000. The conveyancing process incorporates some of the following tasks: dealing with appropriate requisitions and enquiries, setting up the completion formalities, sending title deeds and signed transfer to purchaser’s lawyers

Recently asked questions about conveyancing in Victoria

How do I search for the right solicitor to supply a 1st class service for our conveyancing in Victoria?

Option 1 is to ask your friends and family whom they would instruct.

Second, look on the web for conveyancing in Victoria. Call a couple or more firms listed and ask them to send you their conveyancing quote and speak to the lawyer who will handle your legal process ahead ofmaking your decision.

Option 3 is to make use of this site to help you find the right lawyers for you based on your individual expectations including location,timings, complications and who the proposed mortgage company is. Do not be teased by low cost conveyancing in Victoria

My bid for a property was accepted at auction in Victoria. Conveyancing is needed. What happens now?

Now that you have exchanged you will need to choose a conveyancing practitioner soon as you now have a fast approaching deadline in which to complete the deal. An auction property will have a corresponding auction pack. This will include most,if not all of the paperwork that your lawyer requires. Where you are dealing with leasehold property the conveyancing pack may include a copy of the lease, management information and a sellers leasehold information form and associated conveyancing documentation pertinent to leasehold premises. You should pass this on to the conveyancer working for you as soon as possible. You also need to ensure that you have funds in order to complete on the on the contractual date .

We have agreed to purchase a house in Victoria. An unusual aspect is that the roof has a solar panel. Solicitors conducting should look into this right? Will my lender Lloyds be concerned?

As you are obtaining a mortgage with Lloyds your lawyer must follow the formal instructions contained in Section two of UK Finance Lenders’ Handbook for Lloyds. The Council of Mortgage Lenders’ Handbook stipulates minimum provisions for solar panel roof-space leases, and conveyancing practitioners are required to report to Lloyds where a lease does not comply with these conditions. The provisions relate to the installation of panels on properties countrywide and is not restricted to Victoria.

My fiancee and I are at the point of viewing flats in Victoria and I am now considering a potential offer. Is it sensible to have my lawyer on ‘stand by’? I intend to finance via a home loan with Clydesdale.

It would be advisable to commence your search sooner rather than later. After you have chosen your lawyer and once your offer is accepted you can instruct them to work for you and forward their details on to the estate agent. As you are obtaining a mortgage with Clydesdale, make sure you remember to check that your lawyer is on the Clydesdale conveyancing panel.

Various internet forums that I have visited warn that are the primary reason for delay in Victoria house deals. Is this right?

The Council of Property Search Organisations (CoPSO) released determinations of a review by MoveWithUs that conveyancing searches do not feature within the common causes of hindrances during the legal transfer of property. Local searches are not likely to feature in any holding up conveyancing in Victoria.

How do I use the search app to choose a conveyancing practitioner in Victoria on the authorised to act for my lender?

First select a bank such as Santander, Coventry Building Society or TSB then choose your preferred area a common one being Victoria. Conveyancing organisations in Victoria and nationally should be identified.

Expecting to exchange soon on a studio apartment in Victoria. Conveyancing lawyers have said that they will have a report out to me on Monday. What should I be looking out for?

The report on title for your leasehold conveyancing in Victoria should include some of the following:

    What options are open to you if an adjoining owner is in violation of a provision in their lease? Who has the liability for repairing the window frames It needs to be made clear to you if the lease permits you to add or improve anything in the premises- you must know whether any restrictions relates to all alterations or limited to structural alteration, and whether licences for alterations is mandated necessary Ground rent - what is payable and when is collected, and also know whether this will change in the future Whether your lease caters for for a reserve fund for major works?
For a comprehensive list of information to be included in your report on your leasehold property in Victoria please enquire of your lawyer in ahead of your conveyancing in Victoria.

I have attempted and failed to negotiate with my landlord to extend my lease without any joy. Can I make an application to the Leasehold Valuation Tribunal? Can you recommend a Victoria conveyancing firm to represent me?

Where there is a missing landlord or if there is disagreement about what the lease extension should cost, under the Leasehold Reform, Housing and Urban Development Act 1993 you can apply to the LVT to determine the amount due.

An example of a Lease Extension decision for a Victoria flat is Flats 12A & 19, Evelyn Mansions Carlisle Place in June 2009. The Tribunal held that the price to be paid for the new lease of Flat 12A is £168,824, For the other flat the price was set at £169,110 This case was in relation to 2 flats. The unexpired lease term was 56 years.

My brother-in-law has suggested I instruct a conveyancing solicitor in Victoria. I need to find out if they are on the bank's conveyancing panel. Can you advise?

It’s a good idea call your solicitor and ask them if they are on the bank's approved list. Alternatively please call us and we can make some checks for you. Should the firm not be on the lender panel we we can help find a reputable conveyancing solicitor in Victoria on the panel for your lender.

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Sample of conveyancing solicitors in Victoria regulated by the SRA

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

  • B D Laddie, 2nd Floor, Portland House, Bressenden Place, London, SW1E 5RS
  • Bd Laddie Ltd, 2nd Floor, Portland House, Bressenden Place, London, SW1E 5RS
  • Woodroffes, 7 Beeston Place, London, SW1W 0JJ
  • Haslam & Payne, 14-15 Lower Grosvenor Place, London, SW1W 0EX
  • Keystone Law Limited, Second Floor Audley House, 13 Palace Street, London, SW1E 5HX

Domestic Licensed Conveyancers in Victoria regulated by the CLC

Please be aware that the listed conveyancers do not limit their work for conveyancing in Victoria but also conveyancing throughout 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
  • Stratega Law Ltd, Bldg 3 Chiswick Park, W4 5YA
  • Ldn Conveyancing Ltd, 3 Acton Hill Mews, W3 9QN

Planning law solicitors in Victoria regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority

The solicitors listed below are a non-comprehensive list of solicitors in Victoria specialising in planning law. This should include advice on tree preservation orders
  • Keystone Law Limited, Second Floor Audley House, 13 Palace Street, London, SW1E 5HX
  • Trousset Fawcett Ltd, 35 Piccadilly, London, W1J 0DW
  • Hcls Llp, 3rd Floor/carrington House, 126 – 130 Regent Street, London, London, W1B 5SE
  • Ahc Solicitors Limited, 1 Northumberland Avenue, Trafalgar Square, London, WC2N 5BW
  • Fortune Green Legal Practice Limited, Golden Cross House, 8 Duncannon Street, London, WC2N 4JF

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

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