Do the conveyancing lawyers that you recommend execute attended exchange conveyancing in Hastings?
There are a few conveyancing experts who can conduct 24hr exchanges. You should call us to obtain a conveyancing quote and details as to dates.
I have just over seventy years remaining on my lease and need a lease extension for my apartment in Hastings. Conveyancing solicitors on the Tesco Bank panel can deal with such extensions right?
Most leasehold conveyancing experts should be able to deal with a lease extension. if you are getting a mortgage then your lender may insist that the lease be extended before competition. Tesco Bank have specific requirements as set out in the UK Finance Lenders’ Handbook in relation to minimum unexpired lease terms. As of 18/1/2026 the requirements read as follows :
We previously appointed solicitors with offices in Hastings on the Leeds Building Society solicitor panel. They have just billed me a further charge for the legal aspects of the Leeds Building Society mortgage. Is this a supplemental conveyancing fee set by Leeds Building Society?
As unfair as it may seem, as long as it’s in their Terms and Conditions or Quote then yes your lawyer may charge a fee for this. The charge is not set by Leeds Building Society but by your Hastings conveyancer. Some firms on the Leeds Building Society panel will charge an ‘acting for lender’ fee but some firms include it on their overall fee.
I recently had an offer accepted on a house in Hastings. My mortgage broker pressured me to appoint their conveyancer. I paid an on account payment of £225. Not long after, the property lawyer contacted me embarrassingly acknowledging that they were not on the Barclays 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 Barclays 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.
I was told four weeks ago that my mortgage has been agreed to by TSB. Is it usual for TSB to only issue the offer once my solicitor in Hastings is approved on their conveyancing panel? TSB have asked my solicitor to see a copy of their Professional Indemnity Insurance Schedule.
A lender would not issue a mortgage until they have details of a lawyer on their panel. It can take a few weeks for TSB to deal with your lawyer's application to be on the TSB conveyancing panel. There's no guarantee that your solicitor will be accepted.
I moved into my house on 6 April and the transaction details are still not registered. Should I be concerned? My conveyancing solicitor in Hastings said it will be dealt with in less than a month. Are titles in Hastings particularly slow to register?
As far as conveyancing in Hastings registration is no faster or slower than anywhere else in the country. As opposed to being determined by geographic area, timescales can vary according to the party submitting the application, whether there are errors and if the Land registry need to notify any other parties. At present in the region of 80% of submission are fully dealt with in less than three weeks but occasionally there can be longer delays. Registration takes place after the buyer is living at the premises therefore 'speed' is not usually top priority but where there is a degree of urgency associated with the registration then you or your solicitor should speak with the land registry and explain the circumstances.
Over the last few months I have been searching for a ground for flat up to £195,000 and identified one round the corner in Hastings I like with a park and station in the vicinity, the downside is that it only has 52 years on the lease. I can't really find anything else in Hastings for this price, so just wondered if I would be making a mistake acquiring a lease with such few years left?
If you need a home loan that many years will be a potential deal breaker. Reduce the price by the anticipated lease extension will cost if not already taken into account. If the existing proprietor has owned the property for a minimum of 2 years you could ask them to commence the lease extension formalities and then assign it to you. An additional ninety years can be extended on to the existing lease term with a zero ground rent applied. You should speak to your conveyancing lawyer regarding this.
In my capacity as executor for the will of my aunt I am selling a residence in Monmouth but I am based in Hastings. My solicitor (approximately 260 miles from meneeds me to sign a statutory declaration prior to the transaction finalising. Could you suggest a conveyancing solicitor in Hastings who can attest and place their company stamp on the document?
Technically speaking you are not likely to need to have the documents attested by a conveyancing solicitor. Normally any notary public or qualified solicitor will be fine regardless of whether they are based in Hastings