Can your site be used to find a Conveyancing solicitor in Hassocks even where I’m not purchasing or disposing of a house, for instance if I want to buy a shop in Hassocks with a loan from Platform Home Loans Ltd?
Our comparison service is primarily there to get a quote from residential conveyancing solicitors in Hassocks but we have recorded at the bottom of this page a selection of Hassocks commercial conveyancing firms. You will need to speak with the company directly to see if they can also act for Platform Home Loans Ltd
My fiance and I are hoping to buy a 1 bedroom apartment in Hassocks with a mortgage from Clydesdale.We use our Hassocks conveyancing solicitor but Clydesdale advised that her practice is not listed on their approved list of member firms. we are left little option but to use a Clydesdale panel solicitor or retain our high street solicitor and fork out for a Clydesdale panel lawyer to represent them. This seems very unfair; Can we not simply insist that Clydesdale use our lawyer?
No, not really. The mortgage issued to you is subject to its various provisions, one of which will be that lawyers must be on the Clydesdale approved list. Until recently, most banks had large numbers of law firms on their panels: a borrower could find one for themselves, as long as it was on the lender's panel. The lender would then simply instruct the borrower's lawyers to act for the lender, too. You can use your lender's panel lawyers or you could borrow from another lender which does not restrict your choice. A further alternative is for your solicitors to apply to be on the conveyancing panel for Clydesdale
We have a mortgage agreed in principle with Lloyds. Hassocks conveyancing lawyers have been appointed. What is the average time that one could expect to receive a mortgage offer from Lloyds?
There is no definitive answer here. Have Lloyds completed the survey? Have you informed Lloyds as to your lawyers' details and checked that your lawyers are on the Lloyds conveyancing panel? It is not unusual for a mortgage offer to take a month to come through.
I had an offer accepted on a property in Hassocks on 20/7/2026, valuation was booked 4 days later, all came back fine. Property lawyer retained, 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.
I have instructed a Hassocks lawyer having made sure that they are on the HSBC conveyancing panel. Does my lawyer arrange the survey of the property?
HSBC will need an independent valuation of the property. Your lawyer will not arrange this. Usually HSBC will appoint their own surveyor to do this, and you will have to pay for it. Remember that this is a valuation for mortgage purposes and not a survey. You may wish to consider appointing your own Hassocks surveyor to carry out a survey or prepare a home buyers report on the property. It is up to you to satisfy yourself that the property is structurally sound before you buy it. If the survey or report reveals that building work is needed, you should tell your solicitor. You may wish to renegotiate with the seller.
Are there restrictive covenants that are commonly identified as part of conveyancing in Hassocks?
Covenants that are restrictive in nature can be picked up when reviewing land registry title as part of the legal transfer of property in Hassocks. An 1874 stipulation that was seen was ‘The houses to be erected on the estate are each to be of a uniform elevation in accordance with the drawings to be prepared or approved by the vendor’s surveyor…’
The estate agent has sent us the confirmation of our purchase of a new build flat in Hassocks. Conveyancing is necessary evil at the best of times but I have never purchased a new build flat before. What sort of enquires would be asked in new build legal work.
Set out below is a sample of a few leasehold new build questions that you should expect your new-build leasehold conveyancing in Hassocks
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Will control of the Management Company (if any) be handed over to purchasers on completion of the last sale or earlier? Please confirm the Lease plans are surveyor prepared. The Landlord must covenant to assume the management if the Management Company goes into liquidation or otherwise defaults in running the management scheme. Please supply a car parking plan.
My brother has recommend that I instruct his conveyancing solicitors in Hassocks. Should I use them?
No doubt the best way to select a conveyancing lawyer is to have feedback from friends or relatives who have experience in using the conveyancer you're are thinking of instructing.