Can your site be used to find a Conveyancing solicitor in Hopton even where I’m not purchasing or disposing of a house, for instance where I want to buy a shop in Hopton with a mortgage from Accord Mortgages Ltd?

The service is primarily there to get a quote from domestic conveyancing solicitors in Hopton but we have set out towards the bottom of this page some Hopton commercial conveyancing firms. You will need to enquire with the company directly to establish if they can also act for Accord Mortgages Ltd

Am I right to be suspicious that brokers that I am dealing with are recommending a web based conveyancing firm rather than a local Hopton conveyancing practice?

As with many service providers, often referrals from relatives can be most helpful. But there are many people with a vested interest in a conveyancing transaction; estate agents, financial adviser and banks may put forward lawyers to use. On occasion these solicitors might be known to one of the organisations as experts in their field, but occasionally there behind the scenes commercial relationship behind the recommendation. You are at liberty to appoint your own lawyer. You need to be aware that the majority of lenders operate an approved list of lawyers you have to use for the lender related work in your conveyancing.

In scouring the internet for the words conveyancing in Hopton it brings up numerous conveyancerslocally. How do I determine which is the right conveyancer for the sale of my house?

The ideal method of finding a suitable conveyancer is via personal referral, so seek the counsel of friends and family who have acquired a property in Hopton or a respected estate agent or financial adviser. Costs for conveyancing in Hopton differ, so it's a good idea to obtain a minimum of four quotes from different law firms. Make sure that you clarify what costs in the quote includes.

Can you offer any advice when it comes to choosing a Hopton conveyancing firm to carry out our lease extension conveyancing?

If you are instructing a solicitor for lease extension works (regardless if they are a Hopton conveyancing practice) it is most important that he or she should be familiar with the legislation and specialises in this area of work. We recommend that you talk with two or three firms including non Hopton conveyancing practices prior to instructing a firm. Where the conveyancing practice is ALEP accredited then so much the better. The following questions could be useful:

How familiar is the practice with lease extension legislation?

Hopton Conveyancing for Leasehold Flats - Examples of Questions you should consider before buying

It would be sensible to find out as much as you can concerning the managing agents as they can either make your life much easier or uncomfortable. As the owner of a leasehold property you are often at the mercy of the managing agents from a financial perspective and when it comes to practical matters like the upkeep of the communal areas. Enquire of other people what they think of them. On a final note, investigate as to the dates that the maintenance charges are due to the relevant party and specifically how they are spending that money. Plenty Hopton leasehold properties will be liable to pay a service charge for the upkeep of the block levied on behalf of the freeholder. Should you buy the apartment you will have to pay this contribution, normally quarterly during the year. This can differ from two or three hundred pounds to thousands of pounds for bigger purpose-built buildings. In all likelihood there will be a rentcharge for you to pay annual, this is usually not a significant sum, say around £50-£100 but you should to check as sometimes it could be prohibitively expensive. The prefered form of lease arrangement is where the freehold interest is in the ownership of the leaseholders. In this scenario the leaseholders enjoy control and notwithstanding that a managing agent is often retained if the building is bigger than a house conversion, the managing agent acts for the leaseholders themselves.

Is planning consent necessary to change a single dwelling into multiple appartments in Hopton? This has taken place to a house adjacent to a relative in Hopton and was ignorant of it happening until it was finished.

Planning Consent yes. Building Reg Approval yes.