What is the most effective way to search for the right solicitor who can give a high level service for my conveyancing in Hatton Park?
Option 1 is to ask your friends and family whom they would instruct.
Second, use a search tool on the web for conveyancing in Hatton Park. Ring a couple or more firms from the list and invite them to forward you their conveyancing fees and speak to the lawyer who will handle the conveyancing beforecommitting.
Third is to use this site to help you find the right solicitors taking into account your personal factors including location,timings, complexity and who your intended lender is. Resist the temptation to go for £99 conveyancing in Hatton Park
In what way does my ID and proof of funds have anything to do with my conveyancing in Hatton Park? What am I being asked for?
Anti-terror and anti-money-laundering rules require solicitors and licensed conveyancers to check the ID of the person or body they are dealing with before they can accept their conveyancing instruction. The Terms of Engagement that you need to sign should stipulate this. Your lender will also require certain documents to be viewed. If you refuse to supply ID verification documents, your conveyancer would not be able to accept instructions from you.
I am told that my conveyancing solicitors will need to check that the building insurance for my purchase of a house in Hatton Park. My lender is Bank of Ireland
Bank of Ireland have specific requirements as set out in the UK Finance Lenders’ Handbook. As of 7/9/2025, the requirements read as follows :
A relative suggested that where I am buying in Hatton Park I should carry out a Neighbourhood, Planning and Local Amenity Search. What does it cover?
This is a search is usually quoted for as part of the standard Hatton Park conveyancing searches. It is a large document of about 40 pages, listing and setting out significant information about Hatton Park around the property and the people living there. It incorporates an Aerial Photograph, Planning Applications, Land Use, Mobile Phone Masts, Rights of Way, the Hatton Park Housing Market, Council Tax Banding, the demographics of People living in the area, the dominant type of Housing, the Average Property Price, Crime statistics, Hatton Park Education with maps and statistics, Local Amenities and other useful information concerning Hatton Park.
I need to instruct a conveyancing lawyer in Hatton Park for my home move. Can I review a solicitor's record with the profession’s regulator?
Members of the public may read published Solicitor Regulator Association (SRA) determinations stemming from inquisitions started on or after Jan 2008. Go to Check a solicitor's record. For details about the period before 1 January 2008, or to check a solicitors history, telephone 0870 606 2555, 08.00 - 18.00 Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and 09.30 - 18.00 Tuesday. For callers outside the UK, dial +44 (0)121 329 6800. The SRA sometimes recorded call for training requirements.
I have recently realised that I have Seventy years left on my lease in Hatton Park. I now wish to get lease extension but my landlord is can not be found. What are my options?
On the basis that you meet the appropriate requirements, under the Leasehold Reform, Housing and Urban Development Act 1993 you can submit an application to the County Court for for permission to dispense with the service of the initial notice. This will enable the lease to be extended by the Court. However, you will be required to prove that you have used your best endeavours to track down the lessor. For most situations a specialist should be helpful to conduct investigations and to produce a report which can be accepted by the court as proof that the freeholder can not be located. It is advisable to get professional help from a conveyancer both on devolving into the landlord’s absence and the application to the County Court overseeing Hatton Park.
I am the registered owner of a garden flat in Hatton Park, conveyancing was carried out half a dozen years ago. Can you give me give me an indication of the likely cost of a lease extension? Comparable properties in Hatton Park with an extended lease are worth £185,000. The average or mid-range amount of ground rent is £65 invoiced annually. The lease terminates on 21st October 2085
With just 60 years remaining on your lease we estimate the premium for your lease extension to span between £20,000 and £23,000 plus legals.
The figure that we have given is a general guide to costs for extending a lease, but we are not able to advice on a more accurate figure in the absence of detailed investigations. You should not use this information in tribunal or court proceedings. There are no doubt other concerns that need to be considered and clearly you want to be as accurate as possible in your negotiations. Neither should you take any other action based on this information before getting professional advice.