Do the conveyancing lawyers identified via your search tool perform conveyancing in Strawberry Hill by way of an attended exchange?
There are a few conveyancing experts carrying out personalised exchanges. Please e-mail us to obtain a costs illustration and details as to dates.
Will my conveyancing lawyers need to check that the building insurance for my purchase of a house in Strawberry Hill. My lender is Nationwide Building Society
Nationwide Building Society have specific requirements as set out in the UK Finance Lenders’ Handbook. As of 1/2/2026, the requirements read as follows :
I understand that there are debates on Chancel Insurance on online forums. Do I need this when buying a house in Strawberry Hill? or Apparently there is a law dating back centuries that means some house owners living in a parish church boundary may be liable to contribute towards repairs towards the chancel within the church. Is this appropriate for conveyancing in Strawberry Hill?
Unless a previous acquisition of the premises completed post 12 October 2013 you can take it that solicitors delivering conveyancing in Strawberry Hill to remain recommending a chancel search and or chancel repair liability insurance.
I used Stirling Law several years past for my conveyancing in Strawberry Hill. Now, I need my documents but the law firm has closed. What do I do?
Do contact the Solicitors Regulatory Authority (SRA) to help locate your conveyancing files. They can be contacted on please contact on 0870 606 2555. Alternatively, you should use their online form to make an enquiry. You will need to provide the SRA with as much information as possible to assist their search, including the name and address in Strawberry Hill of the conveyancing firm of solicitors you previously hired, the name of conveyancing solicitor with whom you had dealings, and the date on which you last had dealings with the firm.
I'm converting the mortgage on my primary property to a BTL mortgage with Britannia and I will use the rest of the raised equity as a down payment on further property. The neighborhood we are looking at is Strawberry Hill. Will your lawyers be able to act for the two mortgage companies and tie in the transactions?
Do use our search tool on this page to ensure that the conveyancers are on the appropriate lender panels. Assuming that they are your lawyer will be able to connect the two deals but you should talk with you conveyancer and make apparent your expectations and needs.
I am looking at a two flats in Strawberry Hill both have approximately 50 years left on the lease term. Will this present a problem?
There are plenty of short leases in Strawberry Hill. The lease is a right to use the property for a prescribed time frame. As the lease gets shorter the marketability of the lease decreases and it becomes more expensive to acquire a lease extension. This is why it is often a good idea to extend the lease term. It is often difficult to sell a property with a short lease because mortgage companies less inclined to grant a loan on properties of this type. Lease extension can be a protracted process. We advise that you seek professional assistance from a solicitor and surveyor with experience in this area.
After years of correspondence we cannot agree with our landlord on how much the lease extension should cost for our flat in Strawberry Hill. Can we issue an application to the Residential Property Tribunal Service?
Most certainly. We are happy to put you in touch with a Strawberry Hill conveyancing firm who can help.
An example of a Lease Extension decision for a Strawberry Hill property is Ground Floor Flat 91 Bath Road in May 2009. in a case where the freeholder could not be traced, the Brentford County Court ordered that the Lease be surrendered in return for the grant of a new lease of the Premises at a premium determined by the Leasehold Valuation Tribunal. The tribunal concluded that the price payable by the Applicant for the new lease of the premises be £15,900 This case was in relation to 1 flat. The unexpired term as at the valuation date was 60.45 years.