We were about to retain a conveyancing solicitor in Hackney Wick found by you but have come across some other estimates on the internet seem less expensive – why is this?
There are plenty of conveyancers marketing at first sight what seems to be very low prices. We suggest that you think long and hard about how much you respect your own move to you are willing to be penny wise pound foolish in relation to the quality of the legal work. Many of them accentuate a low fee to grab your attention but hide supplemental charges in the fine print..
I am told that my conveyancing solicitors will need to check that the building insurance when buying a house in Hackney Wick. My lender is Tesco Bank
Tesco Bank have specific requirements as set out in the UK Finance Lenders’ Handbook. As of 2/3/2026, the requirements read as follows :
A friend advised me that where I am buying in Hackney Wick I should carry out a Neighbourhood, Planning and Local Amenity Search. Can you explain what the purpose of this search is?
A search of this type is usually quoted for as part of the standard Hackney Wick conveyancing searches. It is not a small document of about 40 pages, listing and detailing important information about Hackney Wick 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 Wick Housing Market, Council Tax Banding, the type of People living in the area, the dominant type of Housing, the Average Property Price, Crime details, Hackney Wick Education with maps and statistics, Local Amenities and other useful information about Hackney Wick.
Are there restrictive covenants that are commonly identified as part of conveyancing in Hackney Wick?
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 Wick. 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…’
Back In 2004, I bought a leasehold house in Hackney Wick. Conveyancing and Norwich and Peterborough Building Society mortgage organised. A letter has just been received from someone saying they have taken over the freehold. Attached was a demand for arrears of ground rent dating back to 1991. The conveyancing solicitor in Hackney Wick who previously acted has now retired. Any advice?
First make enquiries of the Land Registry to make sure that the individual purporting to own the freehold is indeed the new freeholder. It is not necessary to instruct a Hackney Wick conveyancing solicitor to do this as you can do this on the Land Registry website for £3. Rest assured that in any event, even if this is the rightful landlord, under the Limitation Act 1980 the limitation period for recovery of ground rent is six years.
Following years of correspondence we cannot agree with our landlord on how much the lease extension should cost for our flat in Hackney Wick. Can we issue an application to the Residential Property Tribunal Service?
Most definitely. We are happy to put you in touch with a Hackney Wick conveyancing firm who can help.
An example of a Freehold Enfranchisement case for a Hackney Wick property is 12 Nutfield Road in July 2014. the Tribunal judged that the price to be paid by the applicants for the freehold interest should be £19,572 This case was in relation to 2 flats. The unexpired lease term was 72.02 years.
My husband and I are purchasing a studio flat in Hackney Wick. When we first instructed property lawyer, they told us that they were on all major UK bank panels. Our financial adviser emailed yesterday to say that they are not on the Aldermore approved list. If it turns out to be true, what should we do? Should we just pick a new conveyancing practitioner that is on their panel or do we pay for separate representation, with Aldermore selecting their own preferred property lawyer.
Where you are purchasing a property requiring a mortgage it is normal for the buyer’s lawyers to also act for the mortgage company. In order to act for a bank or building society a solicitor has to be on that lender's list of approved lawyers. An application has to be made by the lawyer to the lender to become a member of the lender's panel and there are increasingly strict conditions which the property lawyer has to meet. Some banks now require their panel members to be part of the Law Society’s Conveyancing Accreditation Scheme. Your solicitor should call Aldermore and see if they can apply for membership of their conveyancing panel, but if that is not viable they will instruct their own lawyers to represent them. You don't have to instruct a firm on Aldermore's conveyancing panel as you are at liberty to use your preferred Hackney Wick lawyers, in which case your legal fees may increase, and it may delay matters as you are adding another lawyer into the mix.