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Selling property in Central London
Your expert conveyancing solicitor's role when selling a property in Central London, will include:
- Draft contracts – Your conveyancing solicitor drafts the initial legal contract to be sent to the buyer's solicitor.
- Responding to enquiries – your solicitor responds to any questions the buyer's solicitor may have (this is where you'll find out if you are missing documents, which can cause delays to your sale).
- Investigating issues – your solicitor may need to complete further investigation to try and satisfy them.
- Exchange contracts – once the buyer's solicitor has satisfied their enquiries, contracts are finalised and exchanged
- On the day of completion – your solicitor receives the money for the sale, discharges the mortgage (if required), pays the estate agent, deducts their fee and then sends the net sale proceeds to you.
- Post completion – your solicitor receives the DS1 discharge documents and, when leasehold, settles your liabilities for ground rent and service charges.
Our Central London conveyancing solicitors' cost for selling a property starts from £723 INC VAT.
Why buy a home in Central London?
Central London is most often used to describe the area variously covered within Zone 1 of the tube/railway system of London and the Congestion Charge zone/Low Emissions zone.
It is an area with a very long history and it contains some of the most well-known shops and attractions in the world. It also contains some considerably residential areas, such as Belgravia and Mayfair, with some of the world's most expensive properties.
Attractions and landmarks are very numerous and a very small selection includes the Houses of Parliament, the London Eye, Madame Tussaud's Waxworks, Trafalgar Square, the National Gallery, the BT Tower, Hyde Park, Oxford Circus and Oxford Street, Regents Park, London Zoo and Westminster Cathedral.
St Thomas' Hospital, Westminster Bridge Rd, Bishop's, London SE1 7EH
University College Hospital, 235 Euston Rd, Bloomsbury, London NW1 2BU
St Bartholomew's Hospital, W Smithfield, London EC1A 7BE
Central London contains all the main London railway termini, for travel to all parts of Great Britain, including, for example, London Paddington and London Euston. It also contains virtually all the tube lines and the DLR. Red buses are numerous and Victoria Coach Station is the main terminus for coach travel to diverse parts of the country. Finally, although no motorway actually runs through the area, it is the 'start' of many roads which eventually become motorways, such as Oxford Street (M40) and Cromwell Road (M4).
Distance to Airports from Central London (as Trafalgar Square)
| Airport | Miles by car |
| London City Airport (Silvertown) | 8.7 miles |
| Heathrow Airport | 16.0 miles |
| Gatwick Airport | 27.5 miles |
Eaton Square Mayfair, 106 Piccadilly, Mayfair, London W1J 7NL
Westminster City School, 55 Palace St, Westminster, London SW1E 5HJ
The Grey Coat Hospital, Greycoat Pl, Westminster, London SW1P 2DY
Fixed quote for our legal costs plus a budget-friendly breakdown of third-party disbursements.
Your sale or purchase is protected by our no sale, no fee guarantee.
Our panel solicitors are pre-approved to work with 99% of mortgage lenders in England & Wales.
Panel solicitors accredited by the Conveyancing Quality Scheme; regulated by the SRA.
Residential Conveyancing Solicitors in and around Central London
Our Central London conveyancing solicitors can help you with your conveyance locally or in any of the surrounding areas, including City of London, West London, East London, North London, South London, North West London and Westminster.
We have many offices throughout England and Wales, so you can find a solicitor near you.
- Porchester Terrace, W2 3TP
- Winchester House, W2 6EB
- Osier Court E1 4AP
- Durward Street E1 5BT
- Umberston Street E1 1PY
- Trilogy (apartments, various sizes) – 25-29 Harper Rd, Bermondsey, London SE1 6AW.
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Central London Property Prices
| Average property price in Central London | £1,673,417 |
| Population of Central London | 1,525,000 (2001) |
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What are the Pros and Cons of using a licensed conveyancing solicitor in Central London?
The Pros of using property lawyers near me
- You may know your local conveyancing solicitors - this is a huge benefit if you know your solicitor already, especially if it is a small community where you live.
- You can drop your documents and ID off - losing your original ID and documents is always a worry, so being able pop in to your local conveyancing solicitors office helps alleviate this issue (although with scanned ID and online ID checks the worry of loss passport is a thing of the past).
The Cons of using property solicitors near me
- Not on your mortgage lender's panel - local law firms are often smaller with fewer principals which may exclude them from working with certain major high street solicitors.
- Taking time off from work - it isn't always easy to visit your solicitor and having to see them 2 or 3 times during the conveyancing process may add a strain onto your work life, or be unachievable if you live abroad.
- Locally inexperienced - your local solicitor may not specialise in conveyancing and may have more experience in other areas of law.
- Less competition, higher prices - with less competition your local solicitor's legal fees are most likely to cost more, especially if they have to keep premises in premium high-street real estate.
Why choose SAM Conveyancing Solicitors in Central London?
Whether you're buying, selling, remortgaging, dealing with a lease, staircasing shared ownership, or paying offyour help to buy loan, you'll need a conveyancing specialist to handle the legal side of things. With SAM you get the benefit of dedicated conveyancing executive who'll guide you through the process, from start to finish, at no extra cost. Available Monday to Saturday to answer all your questions, we'll bridge the gap between you and your solicitor, with regular updates in plain English.
We have hand selected some of the best conveyancing solicitors Central London has to offer, which are backed by a no sale no fee guarantee and the Central London conveyancing fee we quote is broken down so you can see exactly what your quote includes. What we quote you is the fixed price you will pay for the agreed work. No unpleasant surprises.
You'll also benefit form our state of the art Online Conveyancing Process to track your progress and next steps along the way.
Affordable Housing Schemes
Several affordable housing schemes in Central London help make buying a property more achievable. The work is more complex, and we have specialist conveyancing solicitors to handle the following:
- Shared Ownership Solicitors
- Right to Buy Solicitors Central London - speak to London Local Authorities Councils (various) to find out if you are eligible
- Discount Market Sale Central London - check with London Local Authorities Councils (various) if they are running a DMS scheme
Central London conveyancing solicitors
You can rest assured that you're in good hands with our Central London Conveyancing Solicitors. They are skilled and experienced with complex property transactions from a simple purchase for a property in Central London to a Sale and Purchase of a shared ownership property, executing a Deed of Trust simultaneously.
Is the property over 5 storeys (11m)?
Many leasehold properties in Central London are in large buildings which now require an EWS1 certificate to confirm if the cladding is fire safe. Thankfully 2022's leaseholder protections mean that most leaseholders are not burdened with the cost of remediation of any defective cladding, but you will need to see the seller's Deed of Certificate to prove that the lease doesn't come with a nasty (and expensive) surprise.
Be particularly wary of purchasing a share of freehold as the freeholders may become liable for the cost of remedying defective cladding. Our specialist leasehold solicitors Central London are well experienced with handling all of these added complications, so you will be in safe hands with SAM. Property Challenges Solved.
Conveyancing FAQs: Property Lawyers Central London
Greater London is an area which contains London, the capital of the United Kingdom (which itself centres on the Cities of London and Westminster) and a number of surrounding boroughs which are administered as London boroughs and which are the overall executive responsibility of the Mayor of London. It contains a large number of constituencies, each represented by an MP and it should be noted that these are not the same as, nor even always contiguous with the borders of the boroughs.
Many parts of Greater London were originally administered by the counties which surround London and these counties are often called the home counties. Enfield, for example, used to be classed as being part of Middlesex, but is now near the northern border of Greater London. Greater London's borders often coincide with a zone of 'green belt': areas where it has been decided that open spaces, parks, forests and wildlife reserves should act as a buffer against urban sprawl. London has numerous landmarks, anything from Big Ben and the Houses of Parliament to Karl Marx's grave in Highgate Cemetery.
Greater London contains more than 9 million inhabitants, a number growing daily, and as this is approximately 1/7 of the population of the UK. It can be seen that Greater Londoners have a large influence on the rest of the country politically and this is enhanced by the concentration of skilled workers gravitating towards the capital.
London Property Market Reports
- April 2024 - London house prices 5% below their August peak
- Aug 2023 - Growth & Demand Falling under high interest rates
- Feb 2022 - London's housing volume hits record low
- Jan 2020 - London's Luxury Market Takes A Hit
- Sept 2019 - London house prices rise
- May 2019 - London's Housing Sales on Par with Last Crash
- March 2019 - London’s housing woes spread countrywide
- Aug 2018 - London's Sales Volumes on Life Support
- Nov 2018 - London On Its Knees
**Our panel of solicitors are regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority and conveyancing work is accredited with the Law Society's Conveyancing Quality Scheme.
***No Sale No Fee applies to any sale or purchase quote except auction, right to buy, discount market sales, or purchase of land. The No Sale No fee only protects the main solicitor's fee. All Additional Fixed Fees are payable in full. Read our No Sale No Fee Policy.
What are the conveyancing costs?
Central London Conveyancing Solicitor fees vary between online conveyancing solicitors, high street conveyancers or housing solicitors introduced by your estate agent.
The actual conveyancing costs, outside of the legal work, should be fixed, including:
For buyers: stamp duty, land registration, property searches, ID searches and leasehold charges (if buying a leasehold property).
For sellers: office copies, title plan and management information (if selling a leasehold property).
Make sure to budget for all of the above conveyancing costs and to get a fixed fee conveyancing quote from several firms, to compare value.
Making the right choice of solicitor is key to the whole process:
- Cheap Conveyancing
- Fast Conveyancing
- Best Conveyancing Service
Can you have a pet in a leasehold property?
As a freeholder, you have no restriction on having a pet in your property, assuming it isn't something like a pet tiger! However, you shouldn't assume this is okay if you're buying a leasehold.
As a leaseholder, you are effectively still a tenant but with a much longer term than if you were renting, and leasehold agreements often have what are called restrictive covenants, which may prohibit the keeping of pets (dogs and cats rather than goldfish!).
The challenge you face is that you might only find out about such a restrictive covenant quite far into the conveyancing process - at the legal enquiries stage - when your solicitor examines the leasehold contract.
Sometimes a freeholder can be persuaded to consent to waive the particular clause - your solicitor organises what is known as a deed of variation - but there's no guarantee. If you choose to go ahead regardless, you might ultimately risk a court ordering you to remove the pet from the premises.
