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  • 1 Our site offers largest residential conveyancing directory service identifying bank approved law firms conducting conveyancing in Hackney regulated and authorised by the SRA or Council of Licensed Conveyancers.
  • 2 This site is the first site that enables you the ability to check that your conveyancing in Hackney will be conducted by a solicitor on your mortgage lender’s member panel.
  • 3 The firms shown on our web pages have a mix of conveyancing solicitors, legal executives and support staff handling over one hundred thousand cases each year.
  • 4 Personal touch and pure property expertise are key benefits that you should value when selecting conveyancing solicitors. Hackney property deals can be made a lot more complicated due to lack of transparency between all the parties. The lawyers listed endeavour to make sure that the lines of communication are open and act on arising issues and developments instantly.
  • 5 Solicitor conveyancing lawyers have extremely good personal links with Hackney selling agents and work very closely with them and local surveyors so as to ensure transactions proceed expeditiously.

Examples of recent conveyancing in Hackney since December 2024*

Acquisition

of flat Gransden Avenue E8 3QA, acquired for £862,500. Leasehold conveyancing legalities included: sending conveyancing papers to buyers representatives, dealing with appropriate requisitions and enquiries, ordering official copies of the title

Disposal

of apartment Atkins Square E8 1FP, at buying sum of £550,000. Leasehold conveyancing included: securing official copies of the title, agreeing completion date with parties, setting up the completion formalities

Acquisition

of apartment Atkins Square E8 1FA, purchased for £531,000. Leasehold conveyancing investigations included: dealing with appropriate requisitions and enquiries, sending the transfer to the vendor for signature in readiness for completion, preparing statement detailing charges

Conveyance

of flat Atkins Square E8 1FA, at a price of £552,200. Leasehold conveyancing due diligence included: sending conveyancing papers to buyers representatives, taking formal instructions from and updating the seller client, preparing statement detailing charges

Recently asked questions about conveyancing in Hackney

I require quick conveyancing in Hackney as I have pressure to complete within one month. A mortgage is not required. Is it possible to avoid the conveyancing searches to save money and time?

As you are are a cash buyer you are at free not to do searches although no lawyer would advise that you don't. With plenty of history conveyancing in Hackney the following are examples of what can crop up and therefore affect market value: Refused Planning Applications, Outstanding Charges, Overdue Grants, Road Schemes,...

Are there restrictive covenants that are commonly identified 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 legal transfer of property 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…’

I have been on the look out for a flat up to £195,000 and found one round the corner in Hackney I like with open areas and station nearby, however it only has 61 years on the lease. There is not much else in Hackney suitable, so just wondered if I would be making a grave error acquiring a short lease?

Should you need a mortgage the shortness of the lease will be a potential deal breaker. Discount the price by the anticipated lease extension will cost if not already taken into account. If the current proprietor has owned the premises for a minimum of twenty four months you could ask them to commence the lease extension formalities and pass 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 lawyer concerning this.

Am I best advised to choose a Hackney conveyancing lawyer based in the area that I am hoping to buy? We have a good friend who can deal with the conveyancing however they are based over three hundred kilometers away.

The benefit of a high street Hackney conveyancing practice is that you can visit the firm to execute documents, deliver your ID and pester them if necessary. They will also have local intelligence which is a plus. That being said it's more important to get someone that will pull out all the stops for you. If other friends have instructed your friend and in the main were impressed that should trump using an unknown Hackney conveyancing solicitor just because they are Hackney based.

I have just appointed agents to market my basement flat in Hackney. Conveyancing has not commenced, however I have recently received a quarterly service charge demand – should I leave it to the buyer to sort out?

It best that you discharge the maintenance contribution as normal as all ground rent and maintenance invoices should be allotted as part of the financial calculations for completion monies, so you will be reimbursed by the buyer for the period running from after the completion date to the subsequent invoice date. Most management companies will not acknowledge the buyer unless the service charges have been paid and are up to date, so it is important for both buyer and seller for the seller to show that they are up to date. Having a clear account will assist your cause and will leave you no worse off financially.

Despite our best endeavours, we have been unsuccessful in trying to purchase the freehold in Hackney. Can this matter be resolved via the Leasehold Valuation Tribunal?

Most definitely. We can put you in touch with a Hackney conveyancing firm who can help.

An example of a Freehold Enfranchisement matter before the tribunal for a Hackney residence is 150 Amhurst Road in December 2013. The tribunal concluded that the premium to be paid by the applicant for the enfranchisement of the subject property was £43,500. This case was in relation to 4 flats. The unexpired lease term was 90 (or thereabouts).

My lawyers in Hackney have advised me that they can not locate my conveyancing file. At the time of my purchase I took out a mortgage with the mortgage company. Is it case that being on the bank conveyancing panel they need to have retained the file for a prescribed period?

Different lenders have different requirements but many of the Terms and Conditions of Conveyancing Panel Appointment require the file to be held for a period of 6 years. That being said we have not seen a copy of the lender Conveyancing Panel Terms. It might be worth you contacting the bank directly.

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Sample of conveyancing solicitors in Hackney regulated by the SRA

It is important to note that the listed firms do not limit their work for conveyancing in Hackney but also conveyancing throughout England and Wales.

  • Spence & Horne, 343 Mare Street, Hackney, London, London, E8 1HY
  • Regnum Solicitors, Unit 7, Kinetica, 13 Ramsgate Street, London, E8 2FD
  • Hutchins & Co, 85 Lower Clapton Road, London, E5 0NP
  • Obaseki Solicitors, Unit 1, 222 Kingsland Road, London, E2 8AX
  • Miramar Legal, 289, Hackney Road, London, London, E2 8NA

Residential Landlord and Tenant Conveyancing solicitors in Hackney

The list below is a small selection of solicitors in Hackney specialising in landlord and tenant law and on the regulations governing different types of tenancies. This should include advice on Rent Act Protected, Assured and Assured Shorthold tenancies

  • Spence & Horne, 343 Mare Street, Hackney, London, London, E8 1HY
  • Olisakwe Vincent Onuegbu Solicitors, Suite 15, Celia Fiennes House, 8 - 20 Well Street, 8-20 Well Street, London, E9 7PX
  • Regnum Solicitors, Unit 7, Kinetica, 13 Ramsgate Street, London, E8 2FD
  • Dowse & Co, 23-25 Dalston Lane, Dalston, London, London, E8 3DF
  • Moss & Co, 17 Lower Clapton Road, London, E5 0NS

Domestic Licensed Conveyancers in Hackney regulated by the CLC

Please be aware that the listed conveyancers do not limit their work for conveyancing in Hackney but also conveyancing throughout England and Wales.
  • T J Ball & Company, 49 Leytonstone Road, E15 1JA
  • Stratega Law Ltd, Sutherland House, W1F 7TE
  • L B Property Lawyers, Imperial House, N17 0SP
  • Verbatim Property Lawyers Ltd, 455 High Road, IG8 0XE

*Source acknowledgement: House price data produced by Land Registry as well data supplied by Lexsure Ltd.

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