Will my conveyancing lawyers need to check that the building insurance when buying a house in Hampton Hill. My lender is Platform
Platform have specific requirements as set out in the UK Finance Lenders’ Handbook. As of 9/2/2026, the requirements read as follows :
I am purchasing a property and the conveyancer has raised the issue of Chancel Repair for which the property could be obligated to pay as it falls into the area of such a church. She has recommended insurance. Is this strictly required for conveyancing in Hampton Hill
Unless a prior acquisition of the property completed after 12 October 2013 you can expect solicitors conducting conveyancing in Hampton Hill to continue to suggest a chancel search and or insurance against a claim.
Are there any apps to assist me to locate a Hampton Hill solicitor on the Godiva Mortgages Ltd conveyancing panel? I am a keen cyclist and am happy to travel upto 20kilometers to meet the lawyer.
Feel free to make use of the facility on this page. Please choose the bank and your location and you will see a number of Hampton Hill conveyancing lawyers based on proximity. We have detailed some Hampton Hill conveyancing firms towards the end of this page and you can call them to verify if they are on the Godiva Mortgages Ltd panel
Should I use a Hampton Hill conveyancing practitioner based in the vicinity that I am hoping to buy? I have an old university friend who can handle the conveyancing however his firm is located 400kilometers away.
The benefit of a local Hampton Hill conveyancing firm is that you can visit the firm to sign paperwork, deliver your ID and pester them if necessary. Having local Hampton Hill know how is a benefit. That being said nothing is more important than finding someone that will do a good and efficient job. If if people you trust used your friend and in the main were impressed that should outweigh using an unfamiliar Hampton Hill conveyancing solicitor just because they are local.
My husband and I are buying a ground floor flat in Hampton Hill. At the time of instructing our conveyancing practitioner, they assured us that they were on all major UK mortgage company panels. Our financial adviser called yesterday to advise that they don't appear to be on the Aldermore approved list. Should that be true, what should we do? Do we simply pick a new solicitor that is on their panel or do we cover the costs for dual representation, with Aldermore selecting their own approved property lawyer.
Where you are purchasing a property requiring a mortgage it is normal for the buyer’s solicitors 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 conveyancing panel. 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 criteria which the solicitor has to fulfill. Some building societies now require their panel members to be part of the Law Society’s Conveyancing Accreditation Scheme. Your solicitor should contact Aldermore and see if they can apply for membership of their conveyancing panel, but if that is not viable they will instruct their own solicitors to act. You don't have to instruct a firm on Aldermore's conveyancing panel as you are at liberty to use your preferred Hampton Hill lawyers, in which case your legal fees may increase, and it will likely delay the transaction as you are adding another conveyancer into the equation.