Can your site be used to locate a Conveyancing solicitor in Hook even if I’m not buying or disposing of a house, for example where I wish to acquire an office in Hook with a loan from Norwich and Peterborough Building Society?
Our search tool is mainly there to help choose domestic conveyancing solicitors in Hook but we have set out at the end of this page a selection of Hook commercial conveyancing firms. You should enquire with the firm directly to see if they can also act for Norwich and Peterborough Building Society
Will my conveyancing lawyers need to check that the building insurance for my purchase of a house in Hook. My lender is Chelsea Building Society
Chelsea Building Society have specific requirements as set out in the UK Finance Lenders’ Handbook. As of 25/9/2022, the requirements read as follows :
My colleague advised me that if I am purchasing in Hook I should ask my conveyancer to perform a Neighbourhood, Planning and Local Amenity Search. Can you explain what the purpose of this search is?
A search of this type is occasionally quoted for as part of the standard Hook conveyancing searches. It is not a small document of about 40 pages, listing and setting out important information about Hook around the property and the people living there. It includes an Aerial Photograph, Planning Applications, Land Use, Mobile Phone Masts, Rights of Way, the Hook Housing Market, Council Tax Banding, the demographics of People living in the area, the dominant type of Housing, the Average House Prices, Crime statistics, Local Education with maps and statistics, Local Amenities and other useful data concerning Hook.
I've recently found out that there is a flying freehold issue on a house I have offered on two weeks back in what should have been a simple, chain free conveyancing. Hook is where the house is located. Is there any guidance you can give?
Flying freeholds in Hook are rare but are more likely to exist in relation to terraced houses. Even where you use a solicitor outside Hook you would need to get your solicitor to go through the deeds very carefully. Your lender may require your conveyancing solicitor to take out an indemnity policy. Some of the more diligent conveyancing solicitors in Hook may decide that this is not enough and that the deeds be re-written to give you the most up to date legal protection. If so, the next door neighbour also had to sign up to the revised deeds.It is possible that your lender will not accept the situation so the sooner you find out the better. You should also check with your insurance broker as to whether they will insure a flying freehold premises.
My father has recommend that I appoint his conveyancers in Hook. Should I find my own conveyancer?
No doubt the best way to choose a conveyancing practitioner is to seek guidance from friends or family who have actually previously instructed the solicitor that you are considering.
Can you offer any advice when it comes to finding a Hook conveyancing practice to deal with our lease extension?
If you are instructing a property lawyer for lease extension works (regardless if they are a Hook conveyancing firm) it is imperative that they be familiar with the legislation and specialises in this area of conveyancing. We advise that you talk with two or three firms including non Hook conveyancing practices prior to instructing a firm. If the firm is ALEP accredited then so much the better. The following questions could be of use:
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Can they put you in touch with clients in Hook who can give a testimonial? If the firm is not ALEP accredited then why not?
I own a garden flat in Hook. Given that I can not reach agreement with the landlord, can the Leasehold valuation Tribunal make a decision on the sum due for a lease extension?
Where there is a missing landlord or where there is disagreement about the premium for a lease extension, under the Leasehold Reform, Housing and Urban Development Act 1993 you can apply to the LVT to judgment on the price.
An example of a Lease Extension decision for a Hook flat is Flat D 15 Claremont Gardens in September 2013. TheTribunal determined in accordance with section48 and Schedule13 of the Leasehold Reform,Housing and Urban Development Act 1993 that the premium for the extended lease should be fourteen thousand one hundred and eighty seven pounds (£14,187.00) This case was in relation to 1 flat.