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Reasons to use our Wanstead conveyancing solicitors

  • 1 We are the UKs largest residential conveyancing directory service identifying lender approved property lawyers conducting conveyancing in Wanstead who are regulated by the SRA or Council of Licensed Conveyancers.
  • 2 Lawyer conveyancing firms have valuable personal connections with Wanstead estate agents and work very closely with them and local surveyors so as to ensure transactions proceed expeditiously.
  • 3 Wanstead property lawyers are likely to acquainted with the local Land Registry Office, Local Authority and selling agents
  • 4 Wanstead conveyancers work in partnership with Wanstead estate agents, house builders, surveyors, lenders and other professionals to make sure that a quality service is provided to buyers and sellers every step of the way, to ensure you’re kept informed as to progress throughout
  • 5 Personal touch and a wealth of expertise are key benefits that you should look for when selecting conveyancing solicitors. Wanstead property deals can be made significantly more complicated as a result of lack of transparency between all the parties. The lawyers listed ensure that communication channels are open and act on arising issues and developments quickly.

Examples of recent conveyancing in Wanstead since March 2023*

Recently asked questions about conveyancing in Wanstead

My lawyer in Wanstead is not on the Bank of Ireland Conveyancing Panel. Can I still use my prefered solicitor notwithstanding that they are excluded from the Bank of Ireland panel?

The limited options open to you here include:

  1. Carry on with your preferred Wanstead solicitors but Bank of Ireland will need to use a lawyer on their panel. This will inevitably rack up the overall conveyancing charges and result in frustration.
  2. Choose an alternative lawyer to act in the purchase, obviously checking they are Bank of Ireland approved.
  3. Persuade your Bank of Ireland based solicitor to attempt to join the Bank of Ireland panel

Have just purchased a repossessed house at auction in Wanstead. Conveyancing is needed. What are my next steps?

Now that you are legally bound yourself to purchase you now have to hire the services of a conveyancing practitioner as a matter of priority as you now have a pending a fixed date to complete the deal. Every auction property will ordinarily have a bespoke legal set of papers. This should include evidence of title and search results. In the case of leasehold property the conveyancing papers should provide a copy of the lease, management information and a sellers leasehold information form and other conveyancing paperwork relating to leasehold premises. You need to pass this on to the conveyancer instructed by you at the earliest opportunity. Do make sure that that you have the requisite funding in place to complete on the date specified in the contract.

I have today made my last payment due on my mortgage with HSBC. I assume I don't need a Wanstead conveyancing practitioner on the HSBC panel to discharge the mortgage at the Land Registry. Please confirm.

If you have finished paying off your HSBC 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 HSBC mortgage from the register. HSBC, 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:

  1. but are not moving to another property
  2. where HSBC has sent the Land Registry the discharge electronically, and
  3. HSBC has instructed the Land Registry to do so
The Land Registry will send you a letter confirming that your HSBC mortgage has been paid off.

It is not clear whether my bank requires a lease extension. I have called into my local Wanstead bank branch on a couple of occasions and was reassured it wasn't a problem and they would lend. My Wanstead conveyancing solicitor - who is on the mortgage company conveyancing panel- telephoned to say that they would not lend in accordance with their UK Finance Lenders’ Handbook minimum lease term requirements. I simply don't know who is right.

Your conveyancer has to comply with the CML Handbook section two provisions for your lender. Unless your lawyer obtains specific confirmation in writing that the bank will go ahead, your lawyer has no choice but to refrain from exchanging contract and committing you to the purchase. We would suggest that you ask the bank to contact your lawyer in writing confirming that they will accept the number of years left on the lease.

How does conveyancing in Wanstead differ for new build properties?

Most buyers of new build premises in Wanstead contact us having been asked by the seller to exchange contracts and commit to the purchase even before the residence is constructed. This is because developers in Wanstead tend to purchase the site, plan the estate and want to get the plots sold off as they are building the properties. Buyers, therefore, will have to exchange contracts without actually seeing the house they are buying. To reduce the chances of losing the property, buyers should instruct conveyancing solicitors as soon as the property is reserved and mortgage applications should be submitted quickly. Due to the fact that it could be several months and even years between exchange of contracts and completion, the mortgage offer may need to be extended. It would be wise to use a lawyer who specialises in new build conveyancing especially if they are used to new build conveyancing in Wanstead or who has acted in the same development.

I have been on the look out for a flat up to £305k and found one round the corner in Wanstead I like with a park and transport links in the vicinity, the downside is that it's only got 52 remaining years left on the lease. There is not much else in Wanstead in this price bracket, so just wondered if I would be making a grave error acquiring a lease with such few years left?

If you need a home loan the shortness of the lease will likely be problematic. Discount the offer by the expected lease extension will cost if not already taken into account. If the current owner has owned the premises for a minimum of 2 years you may ask them to start the process of the extension and pass it to you. An additional ninety years can be extended on to the current lease and have £0 ground rent by law. You should consult your conveyancing lawyer about this.

I have been sourcing a conveyancing lawyer in Wanstead for my house move. Is there any facility to check a firm’s complaints history with the profession’s regulator?

You can find published Solicitor Regulator Association (SRA) decisions resulting from inquisitions from 2008 onwards. Go to Check a solicitor's record. For records about the period before 1 January 2008, or to check a solicitors history, phone 0870 606 2555, 08.00 - 18.00 any week day save for Tuesday when lines open at 9.30am. For non-uk callers, dial +44 (0)121 329 6800. The SRA may monitor telephone calls for training reasons.

My conveyancers in Wanstead have advised me that they can not locate my conveyancing file. To assist with my purchase I took out a mortgage with the bank. Is it case that being on the lender conveyancing panel they need to have retained the file for a number of years?

It very much depends from lender to lender but many of the Terms and Conditions of Conveyancing Panel Appointment require the file to be held for a period of 6 years. That being said we have not seen a copy of the lender Conveyancing Panel Terms. It might be worth you contacting the mortgage company directly.

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Sample of conveyancing solicitors in Wanstead regulated by the SRA

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

  • Littlestone Cowan Solicitors, First Floor, 45 High Street, Wanstead, London, London, E11 2AA
  • Murdochs, 45 High Street, Wanstead, London, E11 2AA
  • Christofi Wells & Co, 708 High Road, Leytonstone, London, E11 3AJ
  • Kennard Wells Solicitors, 718 High Road, Leytonstone, London, E11 3AJ
  • Helen Robbins Solicitors, 6 Gainsborough Road, Leytonstone, London, E11 1HT

Commercial Conveyancing solicitors in Wanstead regulated by the SRA

The list below is a non-comprehensive list of solicitors in Wanstead with expertise in commercial conveyancing in Wanstead. This may include advice on complex issues under the Landlord and Tenant Act of 1954
  • Murdochs, 45 High Street, Wanstead, London, E11 2AA
  • Littlestone Cowan Solicitors, First Floor, 45 High Street, Wanstead, London, London, E11 2AA
  • Kennard Wells Solicitors, 718 High Road, Leytonstone, London, E11 3AJ
  • Christofi Wells & Co, 708 High Road, Leytonstone, London, E11 3AJ
  • Joseph Thaliyan Solicitors Ltd, 4 Station Passage, South Woodford, London, London, E18 1JL

Planning law solicitors in Wanstead regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority

The solicitors listed below are a non-comprehensive list of solicitors in Wanstead specialising in planning law. This should include advice on making sure people do what the planning regulations say
  • Abdullah Solicitors, 56 Mansfield Road, Ilford, Essex, IG1 3BD
  • Gh Cornish Llp, First Floor, 34-36 High Street, Barkingside, Essex, IG6 2DQ
  • Coldham Shield & Mace Solicitors Llp, 123-125 Station Road, Chingford, London, E4 6AG
  • Sal & Co Solicitors Limited, 191 Angel Place, Fore Street, Edmonton, London, England, N18 2UD
  • Regnum Solicitors, Unit 7, Kinetica, 13 Ramsgate Street, London, E8 2FD

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

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