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Ready to buy a new home in Hockley? Failing to check that a lawyer is on your lender’s list of approved solicitors can put your Hockley conveyancing at risk of delay or failure.

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Recently asked questions about conveyancing in Hockley

It has taken forever and a day but a loan offer from NatWest for the refinancing of my 2 room flat is coming any day now. Are you able to put forward a low cost conveyancing solicitor in Hockley?

This site is not designed to help those in pursuit of a cheap conveyancing in Hockley. Our aim is to provide cost effective conveyancing but we do not advertise as being the cheapest. Avoid the trap of appointing brokers seducing you with £100 conveyancing in Hockley. At best, in being led by low cost conveyancing, you will get your money’s worth and at worst you will end up invoiced for extras and still not receive the service you were hoping for.

The Hockley conveyancing firm handling our Hockley conveyancing has spotted a difference between the assumptions in the home valuation report and what is revealed within the conveyancing documents. My solicitor says that he is obliged to ensure that the bank is happy with this discrepancy and is content to go ahead. Is my solicitor’s approach right?

Your conveyancer must comply with the UK Finance Lenders’ Handbook requirements which do require that your lawyer disclose any incorrect assumptions in the lender’s valuation report and the legal papers. Should you refuse to allow your lawyer to make the appropriate notification then your lawyer will have no choice but to discontinue acting for you.

Is it necessary to pay for insurance to protect me from financial exposure to chancel repairs when purchasing a residence in Hockley?

Unless a previous acquisition of the property took place after 12 October 2013 you can expect solicitors carrying out conveyancing in Hockley to remain encouraging a chancel search and or insurance against a claim.

Are there restrictive covenants that are commonly picked up as part of conveyancing in Hockley?

Restrictive covenants can be picked up when reviewing land registry title as part of the legal transfer of property in Hockley. 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…’

Am I best advised to use a Hockley conveyancing practitioner based in the location that I am hoping to buy? I have an old university friend who can handle the legal formalities however they are based 300miles away.

The primary upside of using a high street Hockley conveyancing practice is that you can visit the firm to execute documents, hand in your identification documents and apply pressure on them if necessary. Having local Hockley know how is a bonus. However nothing is more important than finding someone that will pull out all the stops for you. If you know people who instructed your friend and they were content that must surpass using an unknown Hockley conveyancing lawyer solely due to them being Hockley based.

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