Find a Lender-Approved Local Conveyancer in West Hampstead

Ready to buy a new home? Find a law firm approved by your lender.

Cheap conveyancing in West Hampstead does not necessarily mean low quality - but the odds are stacked against you

Reasons to use our West Hampstead conveyancing solicitors

  • 1 Retaining the services of a high street Solicitor usually results in a more personal touch. Online forums often suggest that in choosing a an online conveyancing factory, you tend to be looked after by a team of people who who update you by determining whether the ‘computers says no’.
  • 2 Cut price packages from online conveyancers might seem attractive. However, these firms are often based many kilometers away with little appreciation of the factors that affect property transactions in West Hampstead
  • 3 The organisations shown on our directory have a mix of conveyancing practitioners, legal executives and support staff handling thousands of conveyancing matters annually.
  • 4 You can gain comfort when you choose the very best, most recommended conveyancing solicitors. West Hampstead has a number to select from, but for a truly professional and reliable service many local people have been use the endorsement of this site.
  • 5 Experience means that West Hampstead conveyancer have developed excellent working relationships with West Hampstead local estate agents, banks, building societies, landlords and property developers enabling them to liaise at speed with all concerned in the process of handling your house sale or purchase in West Hampstead.

Examples of recent conveyancing in West Hampstead since September 2023*

Purchase

of apartment Redington Road NW3 7RR, at a price of £1,860,000. Leasehold conveyancing due diligence included: sending conveyancing papers to buyers representatives, sending the transfer to the vendor for signature in preparation for completion, agreeing completion date with parties

Sale

of flat Broadhurst Gardens NW6 3QR, at sale amount of £460,000. Leasehold conveyancing included: dealing with appropriate requisitions and enquiries, sending the transfer to the vendor for signature in preparation for completion, setting up the completion formalities

Transfer

of flat Minster Road NW2 3RA, at sale amount of £515,000. Leasehold conveyancing included: sending the transfer to the seller for signature in readiness for completion, obtaining official copies of the title, preparing statement detailing charges

Purchase

of apartment Willow Road NW3 1TL, at a price of £825,000. Leasehold conveyancing due diligence included: sending conveyancing papers to buyers representatives, securing official copies of the title, preparing statement detailing charges

Recently asked questions about conveyancing in West Hampstead

I am one month into the sale of my home in West Hampstead and the estate agent has just text me to say that the purchasers are swapping law firm. The excuse is that the mortgage company will only engage with solicitors on their approved list. Why would a leading mortgage company only deal with specific law firms rather the firm that they want to select to handle their conveyancing in West Hampstead ?

UK lenders have always had an approved set of law firms they are willing to work with, but in the past few years big names such as Nationwide, have reviewed and reduced their conveyancing panel– in some cases removing conveyancing firms who have represented them for decades.

Lending institutions attribute this action to a rise in fraud by way of justification for the pruning – criteria have been tightened as a smaller panel is easier to maintain. Banks tend not to disclose how many solicitors have been dropped, claiming the information is commercially sensitive, but the Law Society claims that it is being contacted daily by practices that have been removed from panels. Plenty of firms are unaware that they have been dropped until contacted by a borrower who has instructed them as might be the situation in your buyers' case. Your buyers are not going to have any sway in the decision.

Should lawyers request an advanced payment for conveyancing in West Hampstead?

Where you are retaining lawyers for conveyancing in West Hampstead your solicitor will request that you place them with funds to cover the the cost of the conveyancing searches. This will be the total of the cost of the conveyancing searches. If any deposit is payable against the total price then this should be asked for immediately before contracts are exchanged. The final balance that is needed will be payable shortly before completion.

Are there restrictive covenants that are commonly picked up as part of conveyancing in West Hampstead?

Restrictive covenants can be picked up when reviewing land registry title as part of the legal transfer of property in West Hampstead. 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'm buying my first flat in West Hampstead with a mortgage from Godiva Mortgages Ltd. The sellers would not budge the amount so I negotiated 6k of additionals instead. The property agent advised me not inform my solicitor about the extras as it may affect my loan with Godiva Mortgages Ltd. Do I keep my lawyer in the dark?.

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've recently found out that there is a flying freehold issue on a property I have offered on last month in what should have been a quick, no chain conveyancing. West Hampstead is the location of the property. Is there any guidance you can impart?

Flying freeholds in West Hampstead are rare but are more likely to exist in relation to terraced houses. Even though you don't necessarily need a conveyancing solicitor in West Hampstead you would need to get your solicitor to go through the deeds very carefully. Your lender may require your conveyancing solicitor to take out an indemnity policy. Some of the more diligent conveyancing solicitors in West Hampstead may determine that this is not enough and that the deeds be re-written to give you the most up to date legal protection. If so, the next door neighbour also had to sign up to the revised deeds.It is possible that your lender will not accept the situation so the sooner you find out the better. You should also check with your insurance broker as to whether they will insure a flying freehold property.

I need to instruct a conveyancing solicitor for some conveyancing in West Hampstead. I've chance upon a web site which looks to be the ideal answer If it is possible to get all this stuff done via email that would be ideal. Do I need to be wary? What are the potential pitfalls?

As usual with these online conveyancers you need to read ALL the small print - did you notice the extra charge for dealing with the mortgage?

Last updated

Residential Landlord and Tenant Conveyancing solicitors in West Hampstead

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

  • Manuel Swaden Limited, 340, West End Lane, London, NW6 1LN
  • Nwl Solicitors, 9 Hampstead West, 224 Iverson Road, London, NW6 2HL
  • Streathers Highgate Llp, 1 Heath Street, Hampstead, London, London, NW3 6TP
  • Rosenberg & Co, 673 Finchley Road, London, NW2 2JP
  • Solomon Taylor & Shaw, 3 Coach House Yard, Hampstead High Street, London, NW3 1QF

Commercial Conveyancing solicitors in West Hampstead regulated by the SRA

The firms listed below are a non-comprehensive list of solicitors in West Hampstead with expertise in commercial conveyancing in West Hampstead. This may include advice on re-mortgaging commercial property
  • Manuel Swaden Limited, 340, West End Lane, London, NW6 1LN
  • Nathene And Co, 7 Redington Road, London, NW3 7QX
  • Joseph Melchior & Co, 16 Ulysses Road, London, NW6 1EE
  • Nwl Solicitors, 9 Hampstead West, 224 Iverson Road, London, NW6 2HL
  • Streathers Highgate Llp, 1 Heath Street, Hampstead, London, London, NW3 6TP

Domestic Licensed Conveyancers in West Hampstead regulated by the CLC

Please note that the listed conveyancers do not limit their work for conveyancing in West Hampstead but also conveyancing across England and Wales.
  • House Owners Conveyancers Limited, 56 Windermere Avenue, N3 3RA
  • House Owners Conveyancers Limited, Dephina House, N3 2JU
  • Stratega Law Ltd, Sutherland House, W1F 7TE
  • Quality Conveyancing Ltd, Westgate House, W5 1YY
  • Home 2 Home Property Lawyers Limited, 32 Millais Gardens, HA8 5SY

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

© Crown copyright material is reproduced with the permission of Land Registry under delegated authority from the Controller of HMSO.