HW give you the facts!

We we recently assisted Portsmouth Cricket club by sponsoring their new electronic scoreboard. A very proud association has been forged with an excellent local club. One of the main motivators being how the club encourages a large amount of young people, including an...

Come and see us at Property Show

This Saturday, 5th March 2016 we will be supporting the Portsmouth Property Show at the Guildhall, Portsmouth between 10am and 4pm. Come and see our stand and those of all the various parts of the whole conveyancing process.  

NEW Con29 Forms released

The Law Society have now released the new CON29 R and O for use after 4th July 2016. They can be downloaded, but protected from printing by the Law Society here: law-society-CON29-enquiries-of-local-authority-2014

Lawyer Checker Is now here!

As a response to the needs of our clients and the growing problem of conveyancers falling victims of fraud when transferring funds on completion, we are now offering a direct link between yourselves to LawyerChecker via our website. You can order the LawyerCheck for...

More expensive Council Searches

After a long battle, HMRC has now seen fairness and will charge VAT on the CON29 part of a Council local search. This was due to take effect from 1/2/2016 but has now been delayed. The latest announcement declares that it will happen but no fixed date yet.

So what are personal searches?

What are Personal Searches? Recently, this article appeared in The News, Portsmouth. So what are personal searches? was the theme of the article. Imagine the buyer of a property is asked by their solicitor for some cash upfront to “pay for searches etc.”,...