Can your site be used to locate a Conveyancing solicitor in Arundel even where I’m not purchasing or disposing of a house, for instance where I intend to acquire an office in Arundel with a loan from Norwich and Peterborough Building Society?
Our comparison service is mainly there to help choose domestic conveyancing solicitors in Arundel but we have recorded at the bottom of this page some Arundel commercial conveyancing firms. You should make contact with the solicitors directly to establish if they can also act for Norwich and Peterborough Building Society
I have today made my last payment due on my mortgage with Barclays. I assume I don't need a Arundel solicitor on the Barclays panel to remove the mortgage at the Land Registry. Please confirm.
If you have finished paying off your Barclays mortgage, they may send you evidence showing that you have paid it off. Alternatively they may notify the Land Registry directly. The Land Registry need to see this evidence before they will remove the Barclays mortgage from the register. Barclays, and any evidence they send you, will determine the action you need to take. In cases where no conveyancer is acting for you and you have paid off your mortgage:
- but are not moving to another property
- where Barclays has sent the Land Registry the discharge electronically, and
- Barclays has instructed the Land Registry to do so
I had an offer accepted on a house in Arundel on 21/10/2025, valuation was booked 2 days after, received a clean bill of health. Property lawyer appointed, so the only thing outstanding was my mortgage offer. Having made daily calls to Yorkshire BS and chasing them on my offer, I have now been told that my offer will not be issued unless the lawyer is on the Yorkshire BS conveyancing panel. Are Yorkshire BS entitled to hold back the Mortgage pending the lawyer being on the approved list?
A lender would not issue an offer until they have details of a lawyer on their panel. It can take a few weeks for Yorkshire BS to deal with your lawyer's application to be on the Yorkshire BS conveyancing panel. There's no guarantee that your solicitor will be accepted.
RBS have agreed my mortgage in principle, my bid on a house in Arundel has been accepted, now what?
Your property agent will want to know who your solicitors are (be sure the lawyers are on the lender’s approved list). Call up RBS or your broker and finalise any outstanding documentation. RBS will sellect a valuer who will get in contact with the estate agent or vendor to book a time for the valuation to happen. Once carried out (assuming no problems) it takes about ten days for the mortgage offer to be issued. RBS will issue the offer to you and your conveyancers. The legal work will then take it’s course according the nature and complexity of the conveyancing in Arundel.
Despite weeks of looking the Title Certificate and documents to my home are lost. The lawyers who conducted the conveyancing in Arundel 10 years ago no longer exist. What are my options?
These day there are copies made of almost everything, and your lawyer will be aware exactly where to look for all the suitable paperwork so you can purchase or dispose of your property without a hitch. Where copies can’t be located, your lawyer can arrange cover in the form of insurance or indemnities protecting you against future claims on the premises.
Yesterday I discovered that there is a flying freehold element on a property I put an offer in last month in what was supposed to be a quick, no chain conveyancing. Arundel is where the house is located. What do you suggest?
Flying freeholds in Arundel are not the norm but are more likely to exist in relation to terraced houses. Even though you don't necessarily need a conveyancing solicitor in Arundel you must be sure that your lawyer goes through the deeds thoroughly. Your lender may require your conveyancing solicitor to take out an indemnity policy. Some of the more diligent conveyancing solicitors in Arundel may ascertain that this is not enough and that the deeds be re-written to give you the most up to date legal protection. If so, the next door neighbour also had to sign up to the revised deeds.It is possible that your lender will not accept the situation so the sooner you find out the better. You should also check with your insurance broker as to whether they will insure a flying freehold premises.
What does commercial conveyancing in Arundel cover?
Arundel conveyancing for business premises covers a wide array of services, given by qualified solicitors, relating to business premises. For instance, this type of conveyancing can cover the sale or purchase of freehold business premises or, more commonly, the transfer of existing leases or the drafting of new leasing arrangements. Commercial conveyancing solicitors can also offer advice on the sale of business assets, commercial loans and the termination of leases.
I am tempted by the attractive purchase price for a couple of flats in Arundel which have approximately forty five years remaining on the lease term. Should I regard a short lease as a deal breaker?
A lease is a right to use the property for a prescribed time frame. As the lease shortens the value of the lease decreases and it becomes more costly to acquire a lease extension. This is why it is advisable to increase the term of the lease. Sometimes it is difficult to sell a property with a short lease because mortgage lenders less inclined to grant a loan on properties of this type. Lease enfranchisement can be a protracted process. We advise that you seek professional assistance from a conveyancer and surveyor with experience in this field.
Arundel Conveyancing for Leasehold Flats - Examples of Queries before Purchasing
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Please note if it is no more than eighty years it will affect the marketability of the apartment. Check with your mortgage company that they are willing to lend given the lease term. Leases with less than 80 years remaining means that you will probably have to extend the lease at some point and it is worth discovering how much this will be. Remember, in most cases you would be required to have been the owner of the residence for two years before you are entitled to carry out a lease extension. What is the name of the managing agents? Many Arundel leasehold apartments will incur a service bill for the upkeep of the block invoiced on behalf of the landlord. If you buy the apartment you will have to pay this charge, normally in instalments throughout the year. This could differ from a few hundred pounds to thousands of pounds for blocks with lifts and large communal areas. There will also be a ground rent for you to pay yearly, this is usually not a large sum, say about £50-£100 but you should to check as on occasion it can be many hundreds of pounds.