I am in the market for a reasonably priced conveyancer. Should I go for for an online conveyancer or a high street Hockley Heath conveyancing solicitor?

Hockley Heath is a special area, where neighbourhood insight is a big bonus. The relaxed pace of life has an upside – just not when it comes to your conveyancing. The solicitors that we recommend host specialist Hockley Heath know how with a positive, can doapproach that ensures everything runs smoothly. It will certainly help if they can make use of established relationships with financial advisers, estate agents, valuers and counterpart Hockley Heath conveyancing firms

I have justfound out that Action Conveyancing have been shut down. They carried out my conveyancing in Hockley Heath for a purchase of a leasehold flat 9 months ago. How can I check that my home is registered correctly in the name of the previous owner?

The easiest way to see if the premises is in your name, you can make a search of the land registry (£3.00). You can either do this yourself or ask a law firm to do this for you. If you are not registered you can seek help from one of a number of Hockley Heath conveyancing specialists.

I was recommended by two or three local property agents in Hockley Heath to choose a conveyancer on your site. Is there a financial upside for Estate Agents to recommend your lawyers over alternative conveyancing organisations?

We refuse to make any referral fee for directing people our way. We thought it would be too underhand a fee as home movers will think, ‘How come the agent getting a kickback? Why aren’t I getting any benefit too?’ So we decided to step away from that.

I have been sourcing a conveyancing solicitor in Hockley Heath for my purchase. Can I review a firm’s complaints history with the legal regulator?

You can see documented Solicitor Regulator Association (SRA) determinations resulting from investigations from 2008 onwards. Visit Check a solicitor's record. To find information about the period before 1 January 2008, or to check a solicitors history, phone 0870 606 2555, 08.00 - 18.00 any week day save for Tuesday when lines open at 9.30am. For callers outside the UK, dial +44 (0)121 329 6800. The regulator may recorded call for training reasons.

I am an executor of my recently deceased mum’s Will, with a property in Hockley Heath which is to be sold. The house is unregistered at HMLR and I'm told that many purchasers will insist that it is in place before they'll proceed. What's the mechanism for this?

In the situation that you have set out it seems sensible to apply to register in the names of the personal representative(s) as named in the probate and in their capacity as PRs. The Land Registry’s online guidance explains how to register for the first time and what is required re the deeds and forms. You would need to include and official copy of the probate as well and complete the form FR1 to refer to the PRs as the applicant.