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Top 5 reasons to use our service to assist you choose a local conveyancing solicitor in Westminster

  • 1 Cut price packages from online conveyancers might seem attractive. However, these firms are often located hundreds of kilometers away with limited appreciation of the factors that impact property transactions in Westminster
  • 2 The practices shown on our directory have a variation of conveyancing lawyers, legal executives and support staff handling thousands of conveyancing matters each year.
  • 3 Peace of mind comes when you choose the very best, most recommended conveyancing solicitors. Westminster has a number to choose from, but for a truly dependable and dependable service many local people have been use the endorsement of this site.
  • 4 The Westminster conveyancing firms that are listed are dedicated to providing the most cost, efficient and accessible conveyancing service to borrowers, sellers and remortgagors in Westminster
  • 5 Westminster lawyers have a significant edge when it comes to Westminster conveyancing as they have important local knowledge of local authority requirements, planning policies and other issues that can impact your sale or purchase

Examples of recent conveyancing in Westminster since December 2024*

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of flat Greycoat Street SW1P 2QF, at sale consideration of £985,000. Leasehold conveyancing included: sending conveyancing papers to buyers representatives, dealing with appropriate requisitions and enquiries, agreeing completion date with parties

Transfer

of flat Willow Place SW1P 1JW, at buying price of £487,000. Leasehold conveyancing included: sending the transfer to the vendor for signature in preparation for completion, securing official copies of the title, agreeing completion date with parties

Conveyance

of flat Page Street SW1P 4DQ, sold for £455,000. Leasehold conveyancing work included: dealing with appropriate requisitions and enquiries, sending the transfer to the seller for signature in readiness for completion, preparing statement detailing charges

Transfer

of detached residence premises, Little Chester Street, SW1X 7AP completing on 15/01/2025 at a price of £4,000,000. The conveyancing process incorporates some of the following tasks: drafting the sale agreement and Transfer, preparing statement detailing charges, sending title deeds and executed transfer to purchaser’s conveyancer

Recently asked questions about conveyancing in Westminster

In the event thatI was to buy a simple residential propertyin Westminster for cash and dispense with a survey and no conveyancing searches how much could I expect to have to pay for conveyancing in Westminster?

The only reduction in fees you would achieve is the Westminster conveyancing searches. A property lawyer is required to do the vast majority of work - money laundering, liaising with the sellers property lawyer, stamp duty return, register the property etc. You might save a bit for them not needing to register a mortgage but it won't be a lot.

My bank has recommended a law firm on their panel based in Westminster but I would rather choose a conveyancing lawyer in Westminster local to me. Can you assist?

It is by no means the case that all Westminster conveyancing firms are approved and listed on all lender’s conveyancing panel. Use the above search tool to identify a Westminster conveyancing solicitor on the on the bank panel.

I just bought a flat at auction in Westminster. Conveyancing is required. What is next?

Having to in every practical sense signed on the dotted line you now have to instruct a conveyancing solicitor soon as you are facing a fast approaching deadline in which to complete the deal. Every auction property will ordinarily have an associated auction pack. This will likely include evidence of title and search results. Where you are dealing with leasehold premises the legal papers may include a copy of the lease, management information and a sellers leasehold information form and other conveyancing paperwork relating to leasehold premises. You must give this to the solicitor instructed by you ASAP. Do make sure that you have funds organised to complete the transaction on the set completion date.

I'm at the point of looking at houses in Westminster and I am about to put in an offer. Is it too early to have a solicitor in place? I intend to finance via a home loan with Aldermore.

You should start requesting conveyancing quotes from solicitors ASAP. After you have chosen your lawyer and once your offer is accepted you can instruct them to work for you and forward their contact information on to the EA. Given that you are taking out a mortgage with Aldermore, ask your prospective lawyers if they are on the Aldermore conveyancing panel otherwise they can't do the mortgage legal work.

Aldermore have agreed my mortgage in principle, my offer on a house in Westminster has been accepted, what happens next?

The property agent will need to know who your solicitors are (ensure that the property lawyers are on the bank’s approved list). Call up Aldermore or the financial adviser and finalise any appropriate paperwork. Aldermore will instruct a valuer who will get in contact with the selling agent or owners to book a time for the valuation to occur. Once conducted (assuming no problems) it takes about ten days to get a mortgage offer. Aldermore will issue the offer to you and your solicitors. The legal work will then take it’s course according the nature and complexity of the conveyancing in Westminster.

Just had an offer accepted on a new build apartment in Westminster. Conveyancing is a frightening process at the best of times but I have never purchased a new build flat before. What sort of enquires would be asked in new build conveyancing.

Here is a sample of a selection of leasehold new build questions that you should expect your new-build leasehold conveyancing in Westminster

    Forfeiture - bankruptcy or liquidation must not apply under this provision. Investor purchasers must be able to freely grant unsecured tenancies at market rents without requiring any consents. Please supply evidence that the form of Lease proposed has been approved by the Land Registry. Where service of notices and proceedings can be at the property demised please confirm that this can be amended to include simultaneous services at the Lessees’ solicitors’ offices where the Lessee from time to time is not resident in the UK - such solicitors may be varied by notice in writing to the Landlord from time to time but otherwise will be as previously specified. Will the freehold then be transferred for a nominal consideration (not exceeding £100) to the Management Company?

Having checked my lease I have discovered that there are only 72 years unexpired on my lease in Westminster. I need to get lease extension but my landlord is missing. What should I do?

If you meet the appropriate requirements, under the Leasehold Reform, Housing and Urban Development Act 1993 you can apply to the County Court for an order to dispense with the service of the initial notice. This will mean that your lease can be extended by the Court. However, you will be required to prove that you have used your best endeavours to track down the lessor. On the whole a specialist should be useful to conduct investigations and prepare a report which can be used as proof that the freeholder is indeed missing. It is advisable to get professional help from a conveyancer both on proving the landlord’s absence and the application to the County Court covering Westminster.

Having spent months of correspondence we are unable to agree with our landlord on how much the lease extension should cost for our flat in Westminster. Can we issue an application to the Residential Property Tribunal Service?

Where there is a missing landlord or if there is disagreement about the premium for a lease extension, under the relevant legislation you can apply to the LVT to determine the premium.

An example of a Lease Extension case for a Westminster 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 affected 2 flats. The unexpired lease term was 56 years.

At last I have had an offer on an apartment in Westminster agreed to, but there is a chain. The owners have submitted an offer on a flat, however it’s not been accepted yet, and are looking at other apartments booked. I have chosen a nearby conveyancing solicitor in Westminster. What should be my next step? At what point should I apply for the mortgage with UBS?

It is standard to have apprehensions where there is an associated chain given your reluctance to incur expenses too early (home loan application is approx £1k, then valuation, Westminster conveyancing search fees, etc). First, you must check that your conveyancing practitioner is on the UBS conveyancing panel. Regarding the next steps this very much dictated by the circumstances of your case, desire for this property and on the state of the market. During a rising market the majority of home buyers will apply for a home loan with UBS and pay for the survey and only if it was satisfactory would they ask their solicitor to press on with searches.

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Residential Landlord and Tenant Conveyancing solicitors in Westminster

The list below is a non-comprehensive list of solicitors in Westminster with expertise in landlord and tenant law and on the regulations governing different types of tenancies. This may include advice on service charge disputes and the right to manage

  • William Sturges Llp, Burwood House, 14-16 Caxton Street, London, SW1H 0QY
  • Lee Bolton & Lee Nominees Ltd, 1 The Sanctuary, London, SW1P 3JT
  • Lee Bolton Monier - Williams, 1 The Sanctuary, London, SW1P 3JT
  • Keystone Law Limited, Second Floor Audley House, 13 Palace Street, London, SW1E 5HX
  • Bd Laddie Ltd, 2nd Floor, Portland House, Bressenden Place, London, SW1E 5RS

Residential Licensed Conveyancers in Westminster regulated by the Council of Licensed Conveyancers

Please note that the listed conveyancers do not limit their work for conveyancing in Westminster 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 Westminster regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority

The firms listed below are a small selection of solicitors in Westminster with expertise in planning law. This may include advice on planning applications and appeals
  • Keystone Law Limited, Second Floor Audley House, 13 Palace Street, London, SW1E 5HX
  • Ahc Solicitors Limited, 1 Northumberland Avenue, Trafalgar Square, London, WC2N 5BW
  • Trousset Fawcett Ltd, 35 Piccadilly, London, W1J 0DW
  • Fortune Green Legal Practice Limited, Golden Cross House, 8 Duncannon Street, London, WC2N 4JF
  • Hempsons, 40 Villiers Street, London, WC2N 6NJ

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

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