My husband and I are hoping to acquire a home in South Hackney and are in fact using a South Hackney conveyancing firm. Within the past 48 hours our property lawyer has sent a preliminary report and documents to look through with the expectation that exchange is imminent. Barnsley Building Society have this evening contacted us to advise us that they have now hit a problem as our South Hackney solicitor is not on their approved list of lawyers. Is this a problem?

Where you are buying a property requiring a mortgage it is standard for the purchasers' lawyers to also act for the mortgage company. In order to act for a bank or building society a law firm has to be on that lender's conveyancing panel. An application has to be made by the law firm to the lender to become a member of the lender's panel and there are increasingly strict criteria which the firm has to satisfy and indeed some lenders now require their panel members to be part of the Law Society’s Conveyancing Accreditation Scheme. Your solicitor should contact your mortgage company and see if they can apply for membership of their conveyancing panel, but if that is not viable they will instruct their own lawyers to represent them. You are not legally obliged to appoint a law firm on the bank's conveyancing panel as you are at liberty to use your preferred South Hackney lawyers, in which case it will likely add costs, and it may delay matters as you are adding another lawyer into the mix.

Can the conveyancing practitioners identified via your search tool execute auction conveyancing in South Hackney?

There are a number of auction solicitors we can put you in touch with those who can conduct auction conveyancing. South Hackney is one of the many areas of where our lawyers have a presence.

About to purchase a new build flat in South Hackney. Conveyancing is necessary evil at the best of times but I have never purchased a new build flat before. What sort of enquires would be asked in new build conveyancing.

Here is a sample of a few leasehold new build enquiries that you may expect your new-build leasehold conveyancing in South Hackney

There must be mutual enforceability of lessee’s covenants. If there are lifts in the building, please confirm that the owners of flats on the ground and basement floors will not be required to contribute towards the cost of maintenance and renewal. The Lease must contain a provision on behalf of the Vendor to pay the service charges in respect of unoccupied units in order to ensure that all services can be provided. Where service of notices and proceedings can be at the property demised please confirm that this can be amended to include simultaneous services at the Lessees’ solicitors’ offices where the Lessee from time to time is not resident in the UK - such solicitors may be varied by notice in writing to the Landlord from time to time but otherwise will be as previously specified. Has the Lease plan been approved by the Land Registry and if not when will they be lodged for this purpose?

Are there any apps to assist me to identify a South Hackney law firm on the Platform Home Loans Ltd conveyancing panel? I have wheels and am willing to travel upto 10miles to meet the conveyancer.

You can use the tool on this website. Please choose the bank and your location and you will see a number of South Hackney conveyancing lawyers located nearest you. We have detailed some South Hackney conveyancing firms at the bottom of this page and you can contact them to see whether they are on the Platform Home Loans Ltd member panel

I am using a search engine for the term on line conveyancing in South Hackney it reveals many solicitorsin the vicinity. How do I determine which is the right solicitor for purchase transaction?

The ideal method of finding a suitable conveyancer is via trusted testimonial, so enquire of colleagues and family who have bought a property in South Hackney or the reputable estate agent or financial adviser. Charges for conveyancing in South Hackney differ, so it's a good idea to secure a minimum of three fee calculations from different conveyancers. Be sure to secure confirmation what costs in the quote includes.