I recently had an offer accepted on a house in Eastleigh. My mortgage broker recommended their conveyancers. I paid an advanced payment of £225. A few days later, the conveyancer called me sheepishly admitting that they were not on the Santander 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 Santander 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 a house in Eastleigh on 5/8/2026, valuation was booked five days later, all came back fine. Property lawyer retained, so the only thing outstanding was my mortgage offer. Having made daily calls to Leeds Building Society and chasing them on my offer, I have now been told that my offer will not be issued unless the lawyer is on the Leeds Building Society conveyancing panel. Are Leeds Building Society 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 Leeds Building Society to deal with your lawyer's application to be on the Leeds Building Society conveyancing panel. There's no guarantee that your solicitor will be accepted.
RBS have agreed my mortgage in principle, my offer on a property in Eastleigh has been agreed to, now what?
The estate agent will wish to know who your solicitors are (be sure the solicitors are on the bank’s approved list). Call up RBS or the broker and finalise any appropriate forms. RBS will appoint a valuer who will get in contact with the estate agent or seller to arrange an appointment. Once carried out (assuming no problems) it takes approximately a week for the mortgage offer to be issued. RBS will send the offer to you and your solicitors. The transaction will then take it’s course according the nature and complexity of the conveyancing in Eastleigh.
I am selling our home in Eastleigh and according to the buyers it appears that there is a possibility that the property was built on contaminated land. Any local lawyer would know that there is no such problem. It does beg the question why the buyers used an online conveyancing practice as opposed to a conveyancing solicitor in Eastleigh. Having lived in Eastleigh for 5 years we know of no issue. Should we contact our local Authority to get confirmation that there is no issue.
It sounds as though you may have a conveyancing firm already. What do they say? You should check with your lawyer before you do anything. It is very possible that once the local authority has been informed of a potential issue it cannot be insured against (a bit like being diagnosed with a serious illness and then taking out life insurance to cover that same sickness)
About to purchase a new build apartment in Eastleigh. Conveyancing is a frightening process at the best of times but I have never purchased a new build flat before. Can you give me some examples of some of the questions asked in new build legal work.
Set out below is a sample of a selection of leasehold new build enquiries that you should expect your new-build leasehold conveyancing in Eastleigh
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Where there is an Undertaking being granted there is the risk of forfeiture of the Headlease subject to relief if one or more of the Underlessees are willing to accept the original Head Lessee’s obligations as otherwise relief will be denied to the Underlessees. The only alternatives are the Head Lessor agreeing not to forfeit the Headlease or the Head Lessee guaranteeing to the Underlessees that it will not be in breach of the Headlease. The Landlord must covenant to assume the management if the Management Company goes into liquidation or otherwise defaults in running the management scheme. Please confirm the Lease plans are architect prepared. Will the freehold then be transferred for a nominal consideration (not exceeding £100) to the Management Company? The Lease must contain a provision on behalf of the Vendor to pay the service charges in respect of unoccupied units in order to ensure that all services can be provided.
I have been on the look out for a leasehold apartment up to £195,000 and identified one round the corner in Eastleigh I like with open areas and railway links nearby, the downside is that it only has 52 remaining years left on the lease. There is not much else in Eastleigh suitable, so just wondered if I would be making a mistake purchasing a short lease?
Should you need a mortgage that many years will likely be a potential deal breaker. Reduce the price by the expected lease extension will cost if not already taken into account. If the current proprietor has owned the premises for at least 2 years you may request that they start the process of the extension and pass it to you. You can add 90 years to the existing lease term with a zero ground rent applied. You should speak to your conveyancing lawyer regarding this.
My company is looking to lease a unit on a shopping parade. Can you recommend lawyers offering fixed costs for commercial conveyancing in Eastleigh for below £1,200?
We can recommend firms who have an in-depth of experience of commercial conveyancing in Eastleigh, including the disposal and acquisition of businesses as well as simply premises. Whether you are intending to purchase or sell a shop, pub, restaurant, office, retail premises or a whole business we can find you the right lawyer. Regarding the charges this will depend on the structure and heads of terms of the proposed transaction. Let us have your contact information or telephone so as to enable us to provide you with a detailed commercial conveyancing calculation.
My wife and I accepted an offer on a Eastleigh apartment we inherited six years ago in 2011. I have over a decades worth of conveyancing experience and, although retired, see no reason not to conduct the conveyancing. The purchaser's lawyer has informed me that their bank will not allow you to do your own conveyancing insisting the funds to be released via a solicitor's bank account.
Mortgage instructions to conveyancers from all mainstream lenders specify that If the vendor is not legally represented the buyer’s lawyers should check whether the mortgage company needs to be notified so that a decision can be reached as to whether or not they are prepared to progress.