My fiance and I are buying a newly converted flat in Hatton Park with a homeloan from Alliance & Leicester .We would like to retain our Hatton Park conveyancing practitioner but Alliance & Leicester says he's not on their approved list of member firms. We have to appoint a Alliance & Leicester panel lawyer or keep our preferred solicitor and fork out for one of their panel ones to represent them. We feel as though this is unjust; is there anything we can do?

No, not really. The mortgage issued to you is subject to its terms and conditions, a common one being that solicitors will be on the Alliance & Leicester approved list. Until recently, most banks had large numbers of solicitors on their panels: a borrower could find one for themselves, as long as it was on the lender's panel. The lender would then simply instruct the borrower's lawyers to act for the lender, too. You can use your lender's panel lawyers or you could borrow from another lender which does not restrict your choice. A further alternative is for your solicitors to apply to be on the conveyancing panel for Alliance & Leicester

I require expedited conveyancing in Hatton Park as I have pressure to exchange contracts in less than 3 weeks. Thankfully I do not require a mortgage. Can I decline from having conveyancing searches to save fees and time?

If.Given you are are a cash purchaser you have the choice not to have searches carried out although no lawyer would recommend that you don't. Drawing on our experience of conveyancing in Hatton Park the following are instances of what can show up and therefore affect the marketability of the property: Enforcement Actions, Overdue Charges, Outstanding Grants, Railway Schemes,...

Are there restrictive covenants that are commonly identified during conveyancing in Hatton Park?

Covenants that are restrictive in nature can be picked up when reviewing land registry title as part of the legal transfer of property in Hatton Park. 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…’

About to purchase a new build flat in Hatton Park. Conveyancing is a frightening process at the best of times but I have never purchased a new build flat before. Can you give me some examples of some of the questions asked in new build conveyancing.

Set out below are examples of a few leasehold new build questions that you may expect your new-build leasehold conveyancing in Hatton Park

Please supply a car parking plan. Please supply evidence that the form of Lease proposed has been approved by the Land Registry. 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. 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.

In my capacity as executor for the will of my grandfather I am selling a house in Monmouth but reside in Hatton Park. My lawyer (who is 250 miles from meneeds me to sign a stat dec ahead of the transaction finalising. Can you recommend a conveyancing lawyer in Hatton Park who can attest and place their company stamp on the document?

Technically speaking you should not need to have the documents witnessed by a conveyancing solicitor. Ordinarily or notary public or qualified solicitor will do regardless of whether they are Hatton Park based