I have recentlybeen informed that Action Conveyancing have closed. They carried out my conveyancing in Hull for a purchase of a freehold house 18 months ago. How can I check that my home is not still registered in the name of the former proprietor?

The quickest way to see if the property 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 Hull conveyancing specialists.

I am buying a new build flat in Hull. Conveyancing is daunting 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 legal work.

Here is a sample of a few leasehold new build enquiries that you should expect your new-build leasehold conveyancing in Hull

Will control of the Management Company (if any) be handed over to purchasers on completion of the last sale or earlier? Please supply a car parking plan. Investor purchasers must be able to freely grant unsecured tenancies at market rents without requiring any consents. There must be mutual enforceability of lessee’s covenants. Forfeiture - bankruptcy or liquidation must not apply under this provision.

I opted to have a survey completed on a house in Hull ahead of instructing solicitors. I have been advised that there is a flying freehold overhang to the house. The surveyor advised that some lenders tend refuse to give a mortgage on a flying freehold home.

It depends who your proposed lender is. HSBC has different instructions from Halifax. Should you wish to telephone us we can check with the appropriate mortgage company. If you lender is happy to lend one our lawyers can assist as they are used to dealing with flying freeholds in Hull. Conveyancing may be slightly more expensive based on your lender's requirements.

Hoping to buy a property located in Hull and I am already nervous. I couldn't find anything specific about Hull. Conveyancing will be needed in due course but do you know about the Hull area? or perhaps some other tips you can share?

Rather than looking online forget looking online you should go and have a look at Hull. In the meantime here are some basic statistics that we found

A conveyancing company acted on my conveyancing in Hull half a dozen years ago having archived my registration certificates but has now closed – What steps do I now take to retreive them?

Deeds, as such, no longer exist as most homes in Hull are recorded electronically at Land Registry. If you need to show evidence of proprietorship or are disposing of or refinancing your can obtain up to date copies of the register from the Land Registry in any case.

If you feel there may be other documents or you have any other queries please e-mail your request with details of the transaction and documents you need to filerequest@clc-uk.org. The CLC will let you know what information they have and any additional information they may need before they are in a position to identify and send the documents to you. Following an intervention it may take some time for the CLC to access archived files and documents, but your request will be actioned with reasonable haste.