My financial adviser has asked me for my Brislington lawyer’ panel reference for the Nat West conveyancing panel. What is the best way to obtain this. I have e-mailed my local Brislington office but they don't know it.
Have you tried speaking to your Brislington property lawyer about this?. Most Brislington law firms will keep a file or database of lender panel information which would include, if applicable, their conveyancing panel details for each lender.
I recently had an offer accepted on an apartment in Brislington. My financial adviser pressured me to appoint their conveyancing practitioner. I paid an on account payment of £225. A few days later, the conveyancer contacted me sheepishly admitting that they were not on the HSBC 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 HSBC 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.
I had an offer accepted on an apartment in Brislington on 21/11/2025, valuation was booked 2 days later, received a clean bill of health. Solicitor instructed, so all that was missing was my mortgage offer. Having made daily calls to Lloyds and chasing them on my offer, I have now been told that my offer will not be issued unless the lawyer is on the Lloyds conveyancing panel. Are Lloyds 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 Lloyds to deal with your lawyer's application to be on the Lloyds conveyancing panel. There's no guarantee that your solicitor will be accepted.
I have finally had an offer on a flat in Brislington agreed to, the owners do however have a connected purchase. The vendors have placed an offer on somewhere, however it’s not yet tied up, and have viewings of other flats in the pipeline. I have selected a bricks and mortar conveyancing solicitor in Brislington. What should be my next step? When should I get the mortgage application with Bank of Ireland started?
It is usual to have apprehensions where there is a chain as you are unlikely to want to incur expenses too early (home loan application is in the region of £1k, then survey, Brislington conveyancing search fees, etc). The first course of action is to ensure that your solicitor is on the Bank of Ireland approved list. Regarding the next steps this very much depends on the uniqueness of your transaction, desire for this property and on the state of the market. During a rising market many home buyers will apply for the mortgage with Bank of Ireland and pay for the valuation and only if it was satisfactory would they pay their property lawyer to proceed with searches.
I am purchasing a new build house in Brislington with a mortgage from Barclays Direct. The builders would not reduce the amount so I negotiated five thousand pounds worth of extras instead. The sale representative told me not to tell my solicitor about the side-deal as it would put at risk my mortgage with the lender. Do I keep my lawyer in the dark?.
All lenders require a Disclosure of Incentives Form from the builder of any new build, converted or renovated property, It is available online from the Lenders’ Handbook page on the CML website. CML form is completed and handed to the lender's surveyor when the inspection is done.
Lenders have different policies on incentives. Some accept none at all, cash or physical, while others will accept cash incentives up to 5%.
Hard to understand why the representative of a builder would be suggesting you withold information from a solicitor when all this will be clearly visible on forms the builder has to supply to its solicitor, the buyer's solicitor and the surveyor.
Due to the advice of my in-laws I had a survey completed on a property in Brislington before instructing conveyancers. I have been informed that there is a flying freehold overhang to the house. Our surveyor has said that some mortgage companies may refuse to give a mortgage on such a premises.
It depends who your proposed lender is. Bank of Scotland has different requirements from Halifax. Should you wish to telephone us we can check via the relevant bank. If you lender is happy to lend one our lawyers can assist as they are used to dealing with flying freeholds in Brislington. Conveyancing can be more complicated and therefore you should check with your conveyancing solicitor in Brislington to see if the conveyancing will be more expensive.
Is it possible to transfer to a new solicitor as I have to instruct a firm on the Nottingham Building Society conveyancing list. I hired a family conveyancing solicitor in Brislington five minutes from me but she is not accepted by Nottingham Building Society
We will our best to assist in finding you a conveyancing solicitor in Brislington on the Nottingham Building Society panel. Please note that the property lawyers that we list do not pay us a referral fee if you instruct them and are regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority who regulate all conveyancing solicitors in Brislington. In utilising search facility on this page, you can compare and instruct different solicitors and conveyancers both nationally and in Brislington.
What are the frequently found deficiencies that you come across in leases for Brislington properties?
There is nothing unique about leasehold conveyancing in Brislington. All leases are drafted differently and drafting errors can sometimes mean that certain clauses are wrong. For example, if your lease is missing any of the following, it could be defective:
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Clauses dealing with recovering service charges for expenditure on the building or common parts. Insurance obligations
You will encounter difficulties when selling your property if you have a defective lease primarily because it impacts on the ability to obtain a mortgage on the property. HSBC Bank, The Mortgage Works, and Clydesdale all have very detailed requirements when it comes to what is expected in a lease. Where a lender has been advised by their lawyers that the lease does not cover certain provisions they may refuse to grant the mortgage, obliging the buyer to withdraw.
Brislington Leasehold Conveyancing - Examples of Questions you should consider before buying
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Who takes charge for maintaining and repairing the block? Best to be warned whether redecorating or some other major work is due shortly that will be shared amongst the leaseholders and could well materially impact the level of the service fees or require a one time invoice. The prefered form of lease arrangement is if the freehold reversion is owned by the leaseholders. In this situation the lessees benefit from control and even though a managing agent is usually employed if it is larger than a house conversion, the managing agent acts for the leaseholders themselves.