We note that you have a search directory identifying solicitors on the HSBC conveyancing panel. Do firms pay you a referral fee if I retain them for our conveyancing in Hook?
We are a listing service only for law firms wishing to communicate if they are on the HSBC conveyancing panel or other lender panels. We do not charge referral fees to any conveyancer that you subsequently appoint for your conveyancing in Hook.
Are the BSA intent on creating a searchable register to to identify firms on the Melton Mowbray Building Society conveyancing panel for example in Hook?
Lexsure has not been advised of any intention on the part of the BSA to promote such a tool.
We are due to move property in May. Does my conveyancing solicitor communicate with the removal company on the completion day. Incidentally, can you put forward a removal company in Hook. Conveyancing firm was chosen before I stumbled across your site.
On the afternoon of completion you will need to collect the house keys from your selling agent but this can only happen after the previous owners lawyers confirm to the agent that they have the completion monies and the keys can be passed over. After that you can advise the removal company that you are ready to move in. As a matter of policy we do not suggest a particular removal company but can help you locate a residential property solicitor in Hook or a firm that specialises in conveyancing in Hook.
I'm the only beneficiary of my late father’s estate and I have everything in my name now, including the my former home in Hook. The Hook property was put into my name in February. I now wish to sell up. I do know about the CML 6 month 'rule', which means that my proprietorship will be considered the same way as though I had purchased the house in February. Is the property unsalable for six months?
The Council of Mortgage Lenders’ handbook mandates conveyancers to: "report to us immediately if the owner or registered proprietor has been registered for less than six months." By the strict wording you might be impacted by that. Some lenders would take a practical view as this provision principally exists to capture subsales or the quick reselling of properties.
My partner and I have organised the release of further funds on our mortgage from Barclays as we want to carry out alterations to our property in Hook. Do we need to choose a bricks and mortar Hook solicitor on the Barclays conveyancing panel to deal with the paperwork?
Barclays would not normally require a member of their approved list of lawyers to deal with the formalities. If they do require any legal work then you would need to ensure that such a lawyer was on the Barclays panel.
My relative advised me that where I am buying in Hook 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 Hook conveyancing searches. It is not a small document of about 40 pages, listing and setting out significant 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 type of People living in the area, the dominant type of Housing, the Average House Prices, Crime details, Hook Education with maps and statistics, Local Amenities and other useful data concerning Hook.
I'm refinancing my primary home to a BTL loan with Barclays and I will use the rest of the raised equity as a deposit on a second property. The neighborhood we are interested in is Hook. Will your solicitors be able to act for both sets of mortgage companies and tie in the conveyances?
Make use of our search tool on this site to check that the lawyers are approved by both lenders. Having checked that they are the lawyer should be able to tie up the two deals but you should have a chat with you lawyer and specify your desired outcome and requirements.
Am I best advised to use a Hook conveyancing practitioner who is local to the property I am purchasing? We have a good friend who can deal with the legal formalities however her office is approximately 350kilometers drive away.
The benefit of a local Hook conveyancing firm is that you can drop in to execute documents, hand in your identification documents and pester them where appropriate. They will also have local insight which is a bonus. That being said nothing is more important than finding someone that will do a good and efficient job. If if people you trust instructed your friend and the majority were happy that must surpass using an unfamiliar Hook conveyancing solicitor just because they are local.