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Reasons to use our Victoria Docks conveyancing solicitors

  • 1 The hallmark of our conveyancing solicitors in Victoria Docks is quality not quantity. The level of service offered by conveyancing "factories" (sometimes 'recommended' by national chain estate agents) often falls short of the level of professionalism you would hope for.
  • 2 The companies identified on our directory have a mix of conveyancing solicitors, legal executives and support staff handling over one hundred thousand cases each year.
  • 3 Victoria Docks lawyer are the linchpin to a successful Victoria Docks conveyancing experience, keeping the process under control. They are on your side throughout, offering dedicated advice for the duration of your conveyancing
  • 4 Over the years Victoria Docks conveyancer have developed excellent links with Victoria Docks 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 conveyancing in Victoria Docks.
  • 5 Firms that specialise in conveyancing in Victoria Docks are familiar with the local concerns specific to Victoria Docks and therefore you may benefit from better guidance and speedier conveyancing.

Examples of recent conveyancing in Victoria Docks since December 2023*

Recently asked questions about conveyancing in Victoria Docks

Completed the sale of my flat in Victoria Docks last May yet the purchaser is Skype messaging daily to say his conveyancer needs to hear from mysolicitor. What are the post completion sale formalities following completion?

Following your house sale your conveyancer is duty bound to forward the transfer documentation and all additional paperwork to the buyer’s conveyancer. Where relevant, your solicitor should also confirm that the mortgage has been discharged to the buyers conveyancers. There is unlikely to be post completion formalities specific conveyancing in Victoria Docks.

We previously appointed conveyancing lawyers located in Victoria Docks on the Barclays solicitor approved list. They are now charging me a further charge for dealing with the Barclays mortgage. Is this a supplemental conveyancing fee set by Barclays?

Unfortunately, as long as it is in their Terms of Engagement or estimate then yes your solicitor can charge a fee for this. The fee is not set by Barclays but by your Victoria Docks property lawyer. Plenty of firms on the Barclays panel will levy an ‘acting for lender’ fee but plenty of practices include it on their overall fee.

Skipton have agreed my mortgage in principle, my offer on a apartment in Victoria Docks has been agreed to, now what?

The property agent will wish to know who your solicitors are (make sure the solicitors are on the lender’s approved list). Telephone Skipton or your financial adviser and finalise any outstanding paperwork. Skipton will sellect a valuer who will get in contact with the selling agent or owners to arrange a time for the valuation to occur. Once carried out (assuming no problems) it takes on average a fortnight for the mortgage offer to be issued. Skipton will send the offer to you and your solicitors. The transaction will then take it’s course according the nature and complexity of the conveyancing in Victoria Docks.

Our sealed bid on a detached house in Victoria Docks has been accepted, but there is a chain. The owners have offered on on an apartment, but it’s not yet tied up, and are looking at other apartments in the pipeline. I have chosen a local conveyancing solicitor in Victoria Docks. What should be my next step? At what stage should I apply for the mortgage with Lloyds?

It is usual to have concerns where there is a chain as you are unlikely to want to be too out of pocket too early (mortgage application is in the region of one thousand pounds, then valuation, Victoria Docks conveyancing search fees, etc). The first course of action is to check that your conveyancing practitioner is on the Lloyds conveyancing panel. Regarding the next steps this very much depends on the circumstances of your case, desire for the property and on the state of the market. In a hot market some home buyers would apply for a home loan with Lloyds and pay for the valuation and only if it was satisfactory would they request their property lawyer to press on with searches.

I require fast conveyancing in Victoria Docks as I have a deadline to complete in less than one month. Fortunately I do not require a mortgage. Is it possible to avoid the conveyancing searches to save money and time?

As you are not obtaining a home loan you are at liberty not to do searches although no conveyancer would recommend that you don't. Drawing on years of experience of conveyancing in Victoria Docks the following are instances of issues that can show up and adversely affect the marketability of the property: Refused Planning Applications, Outstanding Charges, Outstanding Grants, Unadopted Roads,...

Are there restrictive covenants that are commonly picked up during conveyancing in Victoria Docks?

Covenants that are restrictive in nature can be picked up when reviewing land registry title as part of the legal transfer of property in Victoria Docks. An 1874 stipulation that was seen was ‘The houses to be erected on the estate are each to be of a uniform elevation in accordance with the drawings to be prepared or approved by the vendor’s surveyor…’

I have been on the look out for a leasehold apartment up to £235,500 and found one near me in Victoria Docks I like with open areas and railway links nearby, the downside is that it's only got 52 remaining years left on the lease. There is not much else in Victoria Docks in this price bracket, so just wondered if I would be making a mistake buying a lease with such few years left?

If you need a home loan the shortness of the lease will likely be problematic. Discount the price by the amount the lease extension will cost if not already taken into account. If the existing proprietor has owned the premises for at least 2 years you could ask them to start the process of the extension and then assign it to you. An additional ninety years can be extended on to the current lease with a zero ground rent applied. You should speak to your conveyancing lawyer about this.

I am on look out for some leasehold conveyancing in Victoria Docks. Before I set the wheels in motion I would like to find out the number of years remaining on the lease.

Assuming the lease is recorded at the land registry - and most are in Victoria Docks - then the leasehold title will always include the short particulars of the lease, namely the date; the term; and the original parties. From a conveyancing perspective such details then enable any prospective buyer and lender to confirm that any lease they are looking at is the one relevant to that title. For any other purpose, such as confirming how long the term was granted for and calculating what is left, then the register should be sufficient on it's own.

I have given up trying to reach an agreement for a lease extension in Victoria Docks. Can the Leasehold Valuation Tribunal adjudicate on premiums?

Where there is a absentee landlord or where there is dispute about what the lease extension should cost, under the relevant legislation you can apply to the Leasehold Valuation Tribunal to assess the premium.

An example of a Lease Extension decision for a Victoria Docks flat is 46 Credon Road in January 2014. On 11 September 2013 Deputy District Judge Price sitting at the Bow County Court made a vesting order that the freeholder surrender his lease and be granted a new lease of the Premises on such terms as may be determined by the First Tier Tribunal (Property Chamber).The appropriate sum as concluded by the Tribunal was £7225 This case affected 1 flat. The unexpired residue of the current lease was 69.77 years.

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Residential Landlord and Tenant Conveyancing solicitors in Victoria Docks

The list below is a non-comprehensive list of solicitors in Victoria Docks specialising in landlord and tenant law and on the regulations governing different types of tenancies. This will likely include advice on Claims for damages for illegal

  • Jds Solicitors, St Luke's Business Centre, Unit 3, 85 Tarling Road, London, Greater London, E16 1HN
  • Quinns, 1st Floor, 26 Naval Row, London, E14 9PS
  • Denning Solicitors Ltd, Dever House, 764 Barking Road, London, London, E13 9PJ
  • Adam Bernard Solicitors Ltd, 25 Barking Road, London, E6 1PW
  • Fountain Gate Solicitors, Unit Kd216, Knowledge Dock Business Centre, 4 - 6 University Way, London, London, E16 2RD

Commercial Conveyancing solicitors in Victoria Docks regulated by the SRA

The firms listed below are a non-comprehensive list of solicitors in Victoria Docks practicing in commercial conveyancing in Victoria Docks. This may include advice on re-mortgaging commercial property
  • Quinns, 1st Floor, 26 Naval Row, London, E14 9PS
  • Nasim & Co Solicitors, 62a Barking Road, East Ham, London, London, E6 3BP
  • Edell Jones & Lessers, 1st Floor, 54/56 Barking Road, East Ham, London, London, E6 3BP
  • Taj Solicitors Ltd, 243-247 East India Dock Road, Docklands, London, London, E14 0EG
  • B Gadwah Limited, 225 Marsh Wall, 3rd Floor, Suite 20, London, London, E14 9FW

Planning law solicitors in Victoria Docks regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority

The practices listed below are a small selection of solicitors in Victoria Docks specialising in planning law. This could include advice on special planning controls
  • Beverley Morris & Co, 35 Montpelier Vale, Blackheath Villiage, London, SE3 0TJ
  • Adams Solicitors, Adams House, 129 Mile End Road, London, E1 4BG
  • Beverley Morris & Co Incorporating Peter Egan & Co, 62 Lewisham High Street, London, London, SE13 5JH
  • Abdullah Solicitors, 56 Mansfield Road, Ilford, Essex, IG1 3BD
  • Reynolds Porter Chamberlain Llp, Tower Bridge House, St. Katharines Way, London, E1W 1AA

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

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