Ashley Wilson - Residential Conveyancing

Residential Conveyancing

Ashley Wilson Solicitors has been practicing residential property law in London for over 30 years and brings an unrivalled level of knowledge and expertise to all aspects of residential conveyancing. Whether buying, selling or remortgaging, our comprehensive service caters for all aspects of residential property law.

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Conveyancing FAQs

Conveyancing & Re-Mortgage Fee Estimate Scale

As specialists in property law, our teams of expert conveyancing solicitors act on behalf of both UK residents and international clients alike. Our capabilities enable us to act for high net worth individuals involved in luxury residential market purchases, sales of a full range of London residential properties or the intricacies of dealing with leasehold or freehold properties; dealing with one apartment, a block of flats or a full property portfolio. A full service is offered incorporating:

- Sale & purchase of houses and flats
- Residential property conveyancing
- Transfers of equity
- Remortgages
- Licenses to alter
- Help to buy
- Deeds of variation

A normal residential conveyancing transaction will take 6-8 weeks, please refer to the above buyer guide for an overview of the conveyancing process. With our wealth of expertise we regularly act for HNI and developers in matters where contracts must be exchanged within a few days or weeks. Our specialist solicitors are well placed to facilitate an expedited transaction where your individual circumstances allow. Please contact us using the below form for a bespoke quote.

Lease Extension

Residential coveyancing and other leaseholder's rights often require a detailed knowledge of lease extension i.e. freehold acquisition (enfranchisement) and the right to manage and to deal with issues around short leases, management and live freehold collective claims that can often crop up.

As members of the Association of Leasehold Enfranchisement Practitioners (ALEP), Ashley Wilson Solicitors are experts in lease extension & collective enfranchisement – compelling your freeholder to extend your lease or sell the freehold of your property to you, the Leaseholder.

The flat sale can often involve assigning the benefit of a claim. You will benefit from our experience working with valuers to understand the premium payable and how the right in their regard is to be apportioned.

Accreditation

Ashley Wilson Solicitors are members of The Conveyancing Quality Scheme (CQS) which provides a recognised quality standard for residential conveyancing practices. This accreditation provides recognition of our training, adherence to good practice, management standards and commitment to providing efficient and high-quality conveyancing procedures throughout the conveyancing process. We have professional obligations under the scheme and for further information please see: http://www.lawsociety.org.uk/for-the-public/accredited-specialists/conveyancing/

We are also committed to adopting the Law Society Conveyancing Protocol which has enhanced our conveyancing service further ensuring even higher standards of client care, speed and efficiency when acting for you.

We act for most major UK lenders, banks and mortgage companies to ensure a seamless service whenever possible and act on behalf of both UK residents and international clients across the globe.

We are regulated and authorised by the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA), the regulatory body for solicitors in England and Wales under registration number: 510618

Our Residential Conveyancing Specialists

Tony Wilson

Daniel Ellis

Nathan Woods

Mark Vinall

Elizabeth Martin

Margot Fisher

Emma Boakes

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Legal Updates

Building Safety Act 2022

The Building Safety Act 2022 (the Act) came into force on 28 June 2022. It created new financial protections around the cost of remediation of historical safety defects for leaseholders of buildings at or above 11 metres or five storeys with historical safety defects.

While flat owners who benefit from this protection will welcome this unfortunately there are problems around the conveyancing process as it adjusts to the effect of the complex new rules which may adversely affect the sales process and the Government overlooked the effect of the legislation on flat owners extending their leases.

Landlords attempt to defeat right to manage claim fails - Brickfield Properties Ltd v Oakwood Court Blocks 9 & 10 RTM Company Ltd [2026] UKUT 133 (LC)

In Brickfield Properties Ltd v Oakwood Court Blocks 9 & 10 RTM Company Ltd [2026] UKUT 133 (LC), the Upper Tribunal (Lands Chamber) has provided welcome clarity on one of the more technical hurdles in multi-block Right to Manage (RTM) claims: whether services can be said to be “independent” for the purposes of section 72(4) of the Commonhold and Leasehold Reform Act 2002.

The right to manage is often perceived to be a low-cost alternative to acquiring the freehold collectively by participating flat owners.

Government consults on banning new leasehold flats, ground rent cap, and transition to commonhold

The Government has now opened a consultation in this regard titled “Moving to commonhold: banning leasehold for new flats”.

The consultation forms part of the next phase of leasehold reform and sits alongside the ongoing implementation of the Leasehold and Freehold Reform Act 2024 (‘The 2024 Act’) and the recently published draft Commonhold and Leasehold Reform Bill (‘The Bill’).

This seeks opinions from leaseholders, landlords and managing agents about how the Bill’s proposed ban on new residential leaseholds should be implemented in practice.