"Buying or selling property in Sydenham? Local know-how will make the difference. Your Property Lawyer will use their working associations with the local authority and other bodies to deliver better results and they are highly familiar with areas needing special consideration across Sydenham."

Local issues considered by Sydenham Conveyancing Solicitors:

Searches in Sydenham

If your are planning to purchase a property in Sydenham your lawyer is required to carry out Searches. The Local Authority for Sydenham is London Borough of Lewisham Council, Town Hall, Catford, London, SE6 4RU. Tel:

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

Lenders maintain panels of law firms to perform mortgage legal work. While these panels were once open, allowing any firm to join, that is no longer the case. Increasingly however, lenders have lowered the number of firms which they will accept and allow to perform this work. If your Sydenham conveyancing solicitor is not on your preferred lender's panel, then the lender will not instruct that firm to act in connection with the mortgage. You then have a choice:

• Instruct another firm who is on your lender's panel, or,
• Find a mortgage from a different lender

You could also choose to work with your current solicitor, but you will have to pay the lender's costs in addition to your own, as they will instruct a member of their panel.

Sydenham Stamp Duty Relief

Disadvantaged Areas Relief may be available in nearly 2,000 areas throughout the UK. These are based on electoral divisions and local government wards. As the areas which have been designated are based on local authority electoral wards, they do not always coincide with postcode districts. The postcode search tool cannot always be relied on to predict eligibility. Normal rates of stamp duty apply for purchases greater than £150k. For a purchase below the threshold, 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.