I am planning to acquire a property and require a conveyancing solicitor in Hackney who is on the Barclays conveyancing. Can you recommend a local conveyancing firm?
Our service is limited to being a directory service for firms who wish to listed as being on the approved conveyancing panel for Barclays in certain locations such as Hackney. We dont recommend any particular firm.
My colleague recommended that if I am purchasing in Hackney I should carry out a Neighbourhood, Planning and Local Amenity Search. What does it cover?
This is a search is usually included in the estimate for your Hackney conveyancing searches. It is not a small report of about 40 pages, listing and detailing important information about Hackney around the property and the people living there. It includes an Aerial Photograph, Planning Applications, Land Use, Mobile Phone Masts, Rights of Way, the Hackney Housing Market, Council Tax Banding, the type of People living in the area, the dominant type of Housing, the Average House Prices, Crime statistics, Hackney Education with plans and statistics, Local Amenities and other useful information concerning Hackney.
Are there restrictive covenants that are commonly picked up as part of conveyancing in Hackney?
Covenants that are restrictive in nature can be picked up when reviewing land registry title as part of the process of conveyancing in Hackney. An 1874 stipulation that was seen was ‘The houses to be erected on the estate are each to be of a uniform elevation in accordance with the drawings to be prepared or approved by the vendor’s surveyor…’
Over the last few months I have been searching for a flat up to £305k and found one round the corner in Hackney I like with amenity areas and railway links nearby, the downside is that it only has 52 years on the lease. I can't really find anything else in Hackney suitable, so just wondered if I would be making a grave error purchasing a lease with such few years left?
If you require a mortgage that many years will likely be an issue. Discount the price by the amount the lease extension will cost if not already taken into account. If the current proprietor has owned the premises for at least twenty four months you may request that they commence the lease extension formalities and then assign it to you. An additional ninety years can be extended on to the current lease with a zero ground rent applied. You should speak to your conveyancing solicitor regarding this.
My husband and I are 18 days into a leasehold purchase having been referred to conveyancers by the local agent to perform conveyancing in Hackney. I am am starting to be disappointed with the level of service. Can you help me find new conveyancers?
A conveyancer would have to be very poor in order to consider changing them. Has the mortgage been generated? If so you must make them aware of the new contact details and get the mortgage documents are re-sent. Your new solicitor ideally should be on the banks approved list to avoid supplemental fees and delays. That should be your first question of the new solicitors. Our search tool will help you find a lender approved solicitor for your conveyancing in Hackney
My brother purchased his flat in Hackney eight years ago. He has got wed, divorced and is now married again. He will be selling the property in a couple of months. I think he will just be need to supply copies of the marriage certificates to the lawyer however he is concerned it could frustrate the home move. Should he appoint a lawyer to update the Land Registry information for the house?
The is no need to bring up to date the title for the property as long as you have the proof needed to show how the change of name has come about.
The buyer’s conveyancer should examine the land registry information and request evidence by way of proof of the change of name for instance marriage documentation.