I require conveyancing for a flat in a fairly new development (seven years old) in Hatton Park. The vast majority the properties are already sold. Do I need carry out the neighbourhood searches as part of conveyancing in Hatton Park?

If you getting a mortgage, your bank will need some (many) of the searches so you'll have no choice. If not, then Hatton Park conveyancing searches are for you to decide upon. No doubt your conveyancer, will 'advise', perhaps strongly, that you should not go ahead without searches, but he or she is duty bound in this regard. One thing to bear in mind; if you are likely to sell the house one day, it may be of interest to your future buyer what the searches contain. Sometimes houses with no practical issues can still throw up adverse search results. But if you insist that your lawyer to proceed without searches then your lawyer will have to follow your instructions or ask you to appoint a different lawyer for your conveyancing in Hatton Park.

We wanted to use a conveyancing solicitor in Hatton Park for our house purchase. Our financial adviser informed us that our mortgage company Platform Home Loans Ltd won't deal with them. Why is this not regarded as unduly restrictive?

A bank can direct that a panel conveyancer act for it. Borrowers are expected to bear the charges for this. Try using our database to find a solicitor to carry conveyancing in Hatton Park on the Platform Home Loans Ltd approved list of solicitors.

I am looking for a ground for flat up to £235,500 and found one round the corner in Hatton Park I like with amenity areas and station nearby, the downside is that it's only got 52 years on the lease. There is not much else in Hatton Park in this price bracket, so just wondered if I would be making a grave error purchasing a short lease?

If you need a mortgage the remaining unexpired lease term will be a potential deal breaker. Reduce the offer by the anticipated lease extension will cost if it has not already been discounted. If the existing proprietor has owned the property for at least 2 years you could request that they commence the lease extension formalities and then assign it to you. You can add 90 years to the current lease term with a zero ground rent applied. You should speak to your conveyancing solicitor about this.

In my capacity as executor for the will of my uncle I am disposing of a house in Cardiff but reside in Hatton Park. My lawyer (who is 250 miles from mehas requested that I sign a stat dec before completion. Could you suggest a conveyancing solicitor in Hatton Park who can attest this legal document for me?

Technically speaking you are unlikely to be required to have the documents attested by a conveyancing solicitor. Normally any notary public or qualified solicitor will be fine regardless of whether they are located in Hatton Park

I have been recommended a conveyancing solicitor in Hatton Park. I need to find out if they are on the bank's conveyancing panel. Could you advise?

You should call your lawyer to enquire if they are on the bank's panel. Alternatively please call us and we can investigate and revert. Should the firm not be on the conveyancing panel we can certainly arrange a specialist conveyancing solicitor in Hatton Park on the approved list for your mortgage company.