Completed the sale of my flat in Abridge last October but our buyer keeps whats apping daily to say his conveyancer needs to hear from mysolicitor. What are the post completion sale legalities following completion?
After completion of your sale your lawyer is committed to deliver the transfer deeds and all supplemental paperwork to the purchaser's lawyers. Depending on the transaction, your solicitor should also send confirmation that the mortgage has been discharged to the buyers conveyancers. There are no post completion procedures specific conveyancing in Abridge.
The Abridge conveyancing firm that I appointed last week on my purchase in Abridge have suddenly shut down. I chose them because I needed a solicitor on the HSBC conveyancing panel and my family Abridge lawyer was not. I gave my credit card details for them to take one hundred and fifty pounds for searches. What do I do now?
If you have an estate agent involved then let them know immediately so that they can let the sellers know that there may be a slight delay due to the problems encountered. Most sellers would be sympathetic and urge their lawyer to send a new set of papers to your new solicitors. You will need to appoint new lawyers that are on the HSBC conveyancing panel and notify the lender. If you have paid over any money, it will hopefully be held by the SRA as money in an intervened firm's bank accounts is transferred to the SRA. Then, the SRA or the intervention agent looks at the intervened firm's accounts to work out who the money belongs to. To claim your money you will need to contact the SRA. If the SRA cannot return money you are owed from the firm's bank accounts, or if they can only return part of the money, you can apply to the Compensation Fund for a grant. Your new lawyers should be in a position to assist.
Is it correct that all Abridge CQS (Conveyancing Quality Scheme) solicitors are on the Coventry BS conveyancing panel?
A selection of banks and building societies now use the accreditation scheme as the kick off point for Panel approval such as HSBC and Santander. CQS membership however gives no guarantee to lender panel acceptance. Nevertheless,the Council of Mortgage Lenders have indicated that it is likely to become a pre-requisite for firms wishing to remain on their approved list of conveyancing solicitors.
After months of negotiation I have agreed a price on an apartment in Abridge. My mortgage broker pressured me to appoint their lawyer. I paid an advanced payment of £175. A few days later, the property lawyer contacted me to say that they were not on the Nottingham conveyancing panel. Am I right in thinking that I should be due a refund?
You should be able to recover this from the law firm if they were not on the Nottingham panel. They should have asked at the outset which lender you were obtaining a mortgage with. An important lesson to readers of this site is to check that the lawyers are on the appropriate lender panel.
My offer was accepted on an apartment in Abridge on 30/3/2026, valuation was booked 2 days later, received a clean bill of health. Solicitor appointed, so the only thing outstanding was my mortgage offer. Having made daily calls to Skipton and chasing them on my offer, I have now been told that my offer will not be issued unless the lawyer is on the Skipton conveyancing panel. Are Skipton entitled to hold back the Mortgage pending the lawyer being on the approved list?
Mortgage companies tend not to not issue an offer until they have details of a lawyer on their panel. It can take a few weeks for Skipton to deal with your lawyer's application to be on the Skipton conveyancing panel. There's no guarantee that your solicitor will be accepted.
We are buying a house and the conveyancer has raised the issue of Chancel Repair to which the house may be liable given it’s proximity to the area of such a church. He has recommended insurance. Is this really warranted for conveyancing in Abridge
Unless a prior acquisition of the property completed after 12 October 2013 you could assume that conveyancing practitioners carrying out conveyancing in Abridge to remain encouraging a chancel search and or chancel repair liability policy.
I'm refinancing my existing property to a BTL mortgage with Leeds Building Society and intend to use the remaining equity towards another property. The area we are interested in is Abridge. Will your conveyancers be able to act for the two mortgage companies and link together the transactions?
Make use of our search tool on this page to check that the solicitors are on the relevant lender panels. On the basis that they are your conveyancer will be able to simultaneously deal with the two conveyancing matters but you should have a chat with you lawyer and communicate your expectations and needs.
Last December I purchased a leasehold property in Abridge. Am I liable to pay service charges relating to a period prior to my ownership?
In a situation where the service charge has already been demanded from the previous lessee and they have not paid you would not usually be personally liable for the arrears. Strange as it may seem, your landlord may still be able to take action to forfeit the lease. It is an essential part of leasehold conveyancing for your conveyancer to be sure to have an up to date clear service charge receipt before completion of your purchase. If you have a mortgage this is likely to be a requirement of your lender.
If you purchase part way through an accounting year you may be liable for charges not yet demanded even if they relate to a period prior to your purchase. In such circumstances your conveyancer would normally arrange for the seller to set aside some money to cover their part of the period (usually called a service charge retention).
I have attempted and failed to negotiate with my landlord for a lease extension without any joy. Can I make an application to the Leasehold Valuation Tribunal? Can you recommend a Abridge conveyancing firm to help?
Where there is a absentee freeholder or if there is disagreement about what the lease extension should cost, under the relevant statutes it is possible to make an application to the LVT to assess the price.
An example of a Freehold Enfranchisement decision for a Abridge residence is 201 & 201a St. Barnabas Road in October 2013. The Tribunal decided that the price to be paid by the Applicants for the freehold interest is £20,071. This case related to 2 flats. The unexpired residue of the current lease was 69.26 years.