"Awareness of an area's issues and concerns can mean the difference between a stress-free move, and a drawn-out and difficult process. Fridaysmove's Kennington and Vauxhall Conveyancing team is able to employ their local knowledge to help you move home sooner. With regard to issues commonly arising during Kennington and Vauxhall home-moves, your Solicitor will also utilise their area experience to anticipate and resolve these before they affect you."

Local issues considered by Kennington and Vauxhall Conveyancing Solicitors:

Searches in Kennington and Vauxhall

If your are purchasing a new home in Kennington and Vauxhall a conveyancer is required by your lender to conduct Searches (Con 29 enquiries, LLC1 and Con29 Part 2). The Local Authority for Kennington and Vauxhall is London Borough of Lambeth Council, Town Hall, Brixton Hill, London, SW2 1RW. Tel:

Does your Kennington and Vauxhall purchase qualify for Stamp Duty Relief?

Designated areas as 'disadvantaged areas' may qualify for relief from stamp duty. In England and Wales, they are based on electoral wards. These wards do not always coincide with postcode districts, so the postcode search tool cannot always be relied on. It may be necessary to make further enquiries with the local council, if initial searches fail to identify whether a residence lies in a disadvantaged area. That said, for any purchase below £150,000, it is worth making a simple postcode search to find out if a property is in a Disadvantaged area. This relief is not generally available on commercial property, but some relief may be available for 'mixed use' premises such as a shop with a flat above.

Fridaysmove property lawyers in Kennington and Vauxhall are on all UK mortgage lender panels, including:

What are the consequences if your solicitor is not on your Lender's panel?

Many lenders, and particularly nationwide banks, were once willing to instruct any solicitors who requested to be added to their panel. More recently, lenders have begun to remove firms which have either not completed many conveyancing transactions or have failed to meet other criteria. To proceed where your Kennington and Vauxhall lawyer is not on a mortgage lender' s panel, you have the following options:

• Obtain a mortgage from a less restrictive lender
• Instruct a solicitor whom your lender accepts
• Pay the lenders costs for their solicitor in addition to your own

It is usually cheaper to have the same firm act both for you and your lender, and carry out all the conveyancing work in connection with a purchase and the mortgage. Consider these points if you choose to change firms:

• Additional fees may be charged by the new firm which your original lawyers considered to be inclusive.
• Your second choice of firm may have less local knowledge, or be harder to meet in person.