My partner and I are purchasing a newly built flat in Fawley and my conveyancer is telling me that she is duty bound to the lender to reveal incentives from the seller. The Estate Agents are hassling me to sign contracts and my preference is not to delay the conveyancing. is my lawyer playing by the book?
You should not exchange unless you have been advised to do so by your conveyancing practitioner. A precondition to being on a bank panel is to comply with the UK Finance Lenders’ Handbook requirements. The CML Conveyancing Handbook requires that your lawyer have the appropriate Disclosure of Incentive form completed by the developer and accepted by your lender.
Forgive me if this question is silly but I am new to the process as a 1st time buyer of a ground floor flat in Fawley. Do I collect the keys to the premises on completion from my lawyer? If so, I will appoint a local conveyancing solicitor in Fawley?
On the day of completion you do not need to go to the conveyancers office in Fawley. Your solicitors will transfer the purchase money to the vendor’s conveyancers, and shortly after the monies have arrived, you will be invited to receive the keys from the property Agents and start moving into the property. Usually this happens between 1 and 3pm.
Planning on purchasing a house in Fawley. I have received an online quote from a licenced conveyancer, which states: "There will be no charge for dealing with the Lender if you are obtaining a mortgage". I take this to mean that there will be no additional fee if the solicitor is on the Clydesdale conveyancing panel. I wanted to make sure it means there will be no additional fees for dealing with the mortgage.
They are simply saying that the cost for acting for the lender is included in the fee being quoted. It is worth you checking that the Fawley property lawyer is on the Clydesdale conveyancing panel.
My offer was accepted on a house in Fawley on 11/11/2025, valuation was booked 2 days after, received a clean bill of health. Property lawyer appointed, so all that was missing was my mortgage offer. Having made daily calls to Principality and chasing them on my offer, I have now been told that my offer will not be issued unless the lawyer is on the Principality conveyancing panel. Are Principality 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 Principality to deal with your lawyer's application to be on the Principality conveyancing panel. There's no guarantee that your solicitor will be accepted.
My wife and I own a renovated Georgian property in Fawley. Conveyancing practitioner acted for me and Accord Mortgages Ltd. I happened to do a free search for it on the Land Registry database and there are a couple of entries: one for freehold, another for leasehold with the exact same property. Is it worth asking Accord Mortgages Ltd to clarify?
You should review the Freehold register you have again and check the Charges Register for mention of a lease. The best way to be sure that you are also the registered owner of the leasehold and freehold title as well is to check (£3). It is not completely unheard of in Fawley and other areas of the country and poses no real issues for owners other than when they buy they have to account for both freehold and leasehold interests when dealing with mortgage companies. You can also enquire as to the position with your conveyancing solicitor who conducted the purchase.
I am looking into buying my first house which is in Fawley and I am already nervous. I couldn't find anything specific about Fawley. Conveyancing will be needed in due course but do you know about the Fawley area? or perhaps some other tips you can share?
Rather than looking online forget looking online you should go and have a look at Fawley. In the meantime here are some basic statistics that we found
I am thinking of appointing a conveyancing solicitor in Fawley for my purchase. Is there any facility to check a solicitor's complaints history with the legal regulator?
Members of the public may search for documented Solicitor Regulator Association (SRA) determinations resulting from investigations from 2008 onwards. Visit Check a solicitor's record. For records about the period before 1 January 2008, or to check a firm's record, phone 0870 606 2555, 08.00 - 18.00 Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and 09.30 - 18.00 Tuesday. For non-uk callers, call +44 (0)121 329 6800. The SRA sometimes monitor telephone calls for training purposes.
I am a negotiator for a busy estate agency in Fawley where we have experienced a few flat sales derailed due to leases having less than 80 years remaining. I have been given contradictory information from local Fawley conveyancing firms. Please can you confirm whether the vendor of a flat can instigate the lease extension formalities for the buyer?
Provided that the seller has been the owner for at least 2 years it is possible, to serve a Section 42 notice to start the lease extension process and assign the benefit of the notice to the purchaser. This means that the buyer need not have to wait 2 years for a lease extension. Both sets of lawyers will agree to form of assignment. The assignment needs to be completed before, or at the same time as completion of the sale.
Alternatively, it may be possible to agree the lease extension with the freeholder either before or after the sale. If you are informally negotiating there are no rules and so you cannot insist on the landlord agreeing to grant an extension or transferring the benefit of an agreement to the buyer.
Fawley Conveyancing for Leasehold Flats - Examples of Questions you should consider Prior to buying
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What is the name of the managing agents? It is important to be aware if a new roof is being put on or some other significant cost is anticipated that will be shared between the leasehold owners and may well dramatically impact the level of the service costs or result in a one off invoice. How many of the leaseholders are in arrears for their service charge payments?