We are about to exchange contracts for a ground floor flat in Crossness. We encountered a snag. The loan offer with Britannia runs out on 23/9/2026 but the sellers are putting forward a completion date of 25/9/2026. Can one extend the loan offer?
The person best placed to address this issue is your solicitors who should calculate whether he or she is should be discussing with the lender, owner’s lawyers, estate agents or possibly all three given the history of your house move as of today.
Can you explain why leasehold purchase conveyancing in Crossness costs more?
Crossness leasehold conveyancing transactions usually involve additional investigations than freeholds including investigating the Lease, liaising with the Landlord such as serving relevant notices on the Landlord or managing agent, obtaining up-to-date service charge and management information, obtaining Landlord’s consents and reviewing management accounts and formation documents.
I have been told that property searches are the primary cause of hinderance in Crossness house deals. Is that correct?
The Council of Property Search Organisations (CoPSO) released conclusions of a review by MoveWithUs that conveyancing searches do not feature within the most frequent causes of hindrances during the legal transfer of property. Searches are unlikely to be the root cause of delay in conveyancing in Crossness.
I used Wolstenholmes several years ago for my conveyancing in Crossness. Now, I need the documents but cannot find the solicitor. What do I do?
Do contact the Solicitors Regulatory Authority (SRA) to assist in tracking down your conveyancing files. They can be contacted on please contact on 0870 606 2555. Alternatively, you should use their online form to make an enquiry. You will need to provide the SRA with as much information as possible to assist their search, including the name and address in Crossness of the conveyancing firm of solicitors you previously hired, the name of conveyancing solicitor with whom you had dealings, and the date on which you last had dealings with the firm.
Due to the advice of my in-laws I had a survey completed on a property in Crossness in advance of appointing conveyancers. I have been informed that there is a flying freehold element to the house. Our surveyor has said that some lenders tend not issue a loan on this type of home.
It depends who your proposed lender is. HSBC has different requirements from Nationwide. Should you wish to telephone us we can investigate further with the relevant mortgage company. If you lender is happy to lend one our lawyers can help as they are used to dealing with flying freeholds in Crossness. Conveyancing can be more complicated and therefore you should check with your conveyancing solicitor in Crossness to see if the conveyancing costs will increase in light of this.
I have been sourcing a conveyancing lawyer in Crossness for my remortgage. Is there any facility to check a solicitor's record with the legal regulator?
Members of the public can review presented Solicitor Regulator Association (SRA) determinations stemming from inquisitions from 2008 onwards. Go to Check a solicitor's record. For details about the period before 1 January 2008, or to check a firm's history, call 0870 606 2555, 08.00 - 18.00 any week day save for Tuesday when lines open at 9.30am. For callers outside the UK, dial +44 (0)121 329 6800. The SRA could recorded call for training purposes.