We note that you have a post code search directory listing firms on the HSBC conveyancing panel. Do companies pay you a referral fee if I appoint them for our conveyancing in Eastleigh?
We are a listing service only for law firms wishing to communicate if they are on the HSBC conveyancing panel or other lender panels. We do not charge referral fees to any conveyancer that you subsequently appoint for your conveyancing in Eastleigh.
A colleague advised me that in purchasing a property in Eastleigh there could be a number of restrictions prohibiting external changes to a property. Is this right?
We are aware of anumerous of properties in Eastleigh which have some sort of restriction or requirement of consent to external variations. Part of the conveyancing in Eastleigh should determine what restrictions are applicable and advising you as part of a ROT that should be sent to you.
I had an offer accepted on a house in Eastleigh on 6/11/2025, valuation was booked 4 days after, all came back fine. Conveyancer appointed, so all that was missing was my mortgage offer. Having made daily calls to HSBC and chasing them on my offer, I have now been told that my offer will not be issued unless the lawyer is on the HSBC conveyancing panel. Are HSBC entitled to hold back the Mortgage pending the lawyer being on the approved list?
Mortgage companies tend not to not issue a mortgage until they have details of a lawyer on their panel. It can take a few weeks for HSBC to deal with your lawyer's application to be on the HSBC conveyancing panel. There's no guarantee that your solicitor will be accepted.
Principality have agreed my home loan in principle, my bid on a flat in Eastleigh has been agreed to, what happens next?
Your estate agent will wish to be informed of your conveyancing practitioner's details (ensure that the conveyancing practitioners are on the lender’s panel). Contact Principality or the financial adviser and complete any appropriate paperwork. Principality will sellect a valuer who will get in contact with the estate agent or seller to schedule a time for the valuation to occur. Once carried out (assuming no problems) it takes approximately ten days for the mortgage offer to be issued. Principality will issue the offer to you and your property lawyers. The legal work will then take it’s course according the nature and complexity of the conveyancing in Eastleigh.
I require expedited conveyancing in Eastleigh as I am under an ultimatum to complete within 4 weeks. Thankfully I do not need a mortgage. Can I decline from having conveyancing searches to save fees and time?
If.Given you are not obtaining a home loan you have the choice not to have searches conducted although no conveyancer would advise that you don't. Drawing on years of experience of conveyancing in Eastleigh the following are instances of issues that can show up and adversely impact the marketability of the property: Enforcement Notices, Outstanding Charges, Outstanding Grants, Road Schemes,...
Is it best to instruct a Eastleigh conveyancing practitioner in close proximity to the house I am buying? I have an old university friend who can carry out the legal formalities but her office is over three hundred kilometers away.
The benefit of a local Eastleigh conveyancing practice is that you can pop in to execute documents, hand in your identification documents and pester them if necessary. They will also have local knowledge which is a bonus. That being said nothing is more important than finding someone that will do a good and efficient job. If if people you trust used your friend and on the whole were impressed that must outweigh using an unknown Eastleigh conveyancing solicitor just because they are round the corner.
Having had my offer accepted I require leasehold conveyancing in Eastleigh. Before I set the wheels in motion I want to be sure as to the unexpired term of the lease.
If the lease is recorded at the land registry - and most are in Eastleigh - then the leasehold title will always include the basic details of the lease, namely the date; the term; and the original parties. From a conveyancing perspective such details then enable any prospective buyer and lender to confirm that any lease they are looking at is the one relevant to that title. For any other purpose, such as confirming how long the term was granted for and calculating what is left, then the register should be sufficient on it's own.
Eastleigh Leasehold Conveyancing - Sample of Questions you should ask before Purchasing
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Best to be warned if fixing the lift or some other major work is due shortly that will be shared by the tenants and will dramatically impact the level of the maintenance charges or require a one time invoice. Is there a share of the freehold? Does this lease have more than 90 years left?
Me and my husband have agreed a price on a Eastleigh bungalow we inherited six years ago in 2009. I have over ten years conveyancing knowledge and, although retired, intend to undertake the legal work. The purchaser's solicitor has informed me that their bank will not allow you to do your own conveyancing mandating that the funds to be transferred to a solicitor's bank account.
Lending instructions to lawyers from all mainstream lenders specify that If the vendor does not have legal representation the purchaser’s lawyers should check whether the lender needs to be told so that a decision can be reached as to whether they are willing to progress.