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Main reasons to let us help you select a high street conveyancing solicitor in White City

  • 1 White City conveyancers are likely to acquainted with the local Land Registry Office, Local Authority and estate agents
  • 2 White City solicitors work in partnership with White City estate agents, property finders, surveyors, banks and other professionals to ensure that the highest level of service is offered to clients every step of the way, never losing sight of the time-critical nature behind your conveyancing transaction
  • 3 Solicitors that specialise in conveyancing in White City have a grasp oflocal issues peculiar to White City and therefore you may benefit from better advice and faster conveyancing.
  • 4 The practices listed on our directory have a mix of conveyancing solicitors, legal executives and support staff handling over one hundred thousand cases annually.
  • 5 The accumulation of transactions means that White City property lawyer have developed excellent connections with White City local estate agents, banks, building societies, landlords and house builders enabling them to liaise at speed with all concerned in the process of undertaking your home move in White City.

Examples of recent conveyancing in White City since December 2023*

Recently asked questions about conveyancing in White City

What does a local search tell me concerning the property my wife and I purchasing in White City?

White City conveyancing often starts with the ordering local authority searches directly from your local Authority or via a personal search company such as PSG The local search plays an important role in many a White City conveyancing purchase; as long as you don’t want any unpleasant surprises after you move into your property. The search should reveal data on, amongst other things, details on planning applications applicable to the property (whether granted or refused), building control history, any enforcement action, restrictions on permitted development, nearby road schemes, contaminated land and radon gas; in all a total of 13 topic areas.

I have todaybeen informed that Stirling Law have closed. They carried out my conveyancing in White City for a purchase of a leasehold flat 12 months ago. How can I be sure that my home is registered correctly in the name of the former proprietor?

The easiest method to check if the property is registered to you, you can make a search of the land registry (£3.00). You can either do this yourself or ask a law firm to do this for you. If you are not registered you can seek help from one of a number of White City conveyancing specialists.

How does conveyancing in White City differ for new build properties?

Most buyers of new build premises in White City contact us having been asked by the housebuilder to exchange contracts and commit to the purchase even before the premises is completed. This is because developers in White City typically buy 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 property lawyers 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 accustomed to new build conveyancing in White City or who has acted in the same development.

How straightforward is it to use your search app to select a conveyancing practitioner in White City on the approved list for my lender?

1st pick a bank such as Barclays , Skipton Building Society or Godiva Mortgages Ltd then type in your preferred area such as White City. Conveyancing practices in White City and beyond will then be shown.

We're FTB’s - agreed a price, but the property agent informed us that the vendor will only proceed if we use their preferred lawyers as they want a ‘quick sale’. Our preferred option is to instruct a high street conveyancer with experience of conveyancing in White City

We suspect that the seller is not behind this request. Should the vendor desire ‘a quick sale', alienating a genuine purchaser is not the way to achieve this. Speak to the owners direct and make sure they understand (a)you are serious purchasers (b)you are excited to move forward, with mortgage lined up © you do not need to sell (d) you wish to move quickly (e)but you will continue to instruct your own,trusted White City conveyancing lawyers - not the ones that will give their estate agent a commission or hit his conveyancing targets set by HQ.

I am attracted to a couple of apartments in White City both have approximately fifty years unexpired on the lease term. should I be concerned?

There are no two ways about it. A leasehold flat in White City is a wasting asset as a result of the shortening lease. The closer the lease gets to its expiry date, the more it reduces the salability of the property. For most purchasers and lenders, leases with less than eighty years become less and less attractive. On a more positive note, leaseholders can extend their leases by serving a Section 42 Notice. One stipulation is that they must have owned the premises for two years (unlike a Section 13 notice for purchasing the freehold, when leaseholders can participate from day one of ownership). When successful, they will have the right to an extension of 90 years to the current term and ground rent is effectively reduced to zero. Before moving forward with a purchase of a property with a short lease term remaining you should talk to a solicitor specialising in lease extensions and leasehold enfranchisement. We are are happy to put you in touch with White City conveyancing experts who will explain the options available to you during an initial telephone conversation free of charge. More often than not it is possible to negotiate informally with the freeholder to extend the lease. They may agree to a smaller lump sum and an increase in the ground rent, but to shorter extension terms in return. You need to ensure that the agreed terms represent good long-term value compared with the standard benefits of the Section 42 Notice and that onerous clauses are not inserted into any redrafting of the lease.

Following years of correspondence we cannot agree with our landlord on how much the lease extension should cost for our flat in White City. Does the Leasehold Valuation Tribunal have jurisdiction to calculate the appropriate figures?

if there is a absentee freeholder or where there is dispute about the premium for a lease extension, under the relevant statutes it is possible to make an application to the First-tier Tribunal (Property Chamber) to make a decision on the price.

An example of a Freehold Enfranchisement matter before the tribunal for a White City flat is 23 & 23A Collingbourne Road in June 2013. Tribunal was dealing with the assessment of the value of the freehold reversion and determination of the terms of the acquisition pursuant to an Order of District Judge Lightman dated 25 February 2013 vesting the freehold interest in the property in the applicant. The tribunal assessed the price of the freehold (to which any arrears or other sums due to the missing landlord under the leases should be added) at £81,638. This case was in relation to 2 flats. The unexpired residue of the current lease was 64.5 years.

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Commercial Conveyancing solicitors in White City regulated by the SRA

The firms listed below are a small selection of solicitors in White City practicing in commercial conveyancing in White City. This should include advice on buying or selling a shop, pub, restaurant, office, retail unit
  • Caveat Solicitors Ltd, 11-13 Uxbridge Road, London, W12 8LH
  • Sabeers Stone Greene Llp, 130a Uxbridge Road, Shepherds Bush, London, W12 8AA
  • Avighna, 53 Norland Square, Holland Park, London, W11 4PY
  • West 12 Solicitors, 185 Uxbridge Road, London, W12 9RA
  • Fiona Campbell, Studio 5 Pembridge Studios, 27a Pembridge Villas, London, W11 3EP

Residential Licensed Conveyancers in White City regulated by the CLC

Please note that the listed conveyancers do not limit their work for conveyancing in White City but also conveyancing throughout England and Wales.
  • Ldn Conveyancing Ltd, 3 Acton Hill Mews, W3 9QN
  • Stratega Law Ltd, Bldg 3 Chiswick Park, W4 5YA
  • Quality Conveyancing Ltd, Westgate House, W5 1YY
  • Stratega Law Ltd, Sutherland House, W1F 7TE
  • J Scollan & Co Property Lawyers, First Floor Canal Court, TW8 8JA

Planning law solicitors in White City regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority

The list below is a small selection of solicitors in White City practicing in planning law. This could include advice on making sure people do what the planning regulations say
  • Hoffman-bokaei Solicitors, Suite 2, Exhibition House, Addison Bridge Place, Hammersmith Road Kensington Olympia, London, London, W14 8XP
  • Parfitt Cresswell, 593-599 Fulham Road, London, London, SW6 5UA
  • Sutton-mattocks & Co Llp, 1 Rocks Lane, London, SW13 0DE
  • Grower Freeman, Ivor House, 25-26 Ivor Place, London, NW1 6HR
  • F S Garford, 26 Fairfax Place, London, NW6 4EH

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

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