I am acquiring a ground floor flat in Long Hanborough. My property lawyer is not listed on the lender conveyancing list. Is it possible for me to retain my Long Hanborough conveyancing solicitor even though they are not on the mortgage company list of approved lawyers?
One must have a conveyancing practitioner to complete the formalities when you take out a mortgage to buy your home. They will conduct all the essential legal checks on the property, make sure that you will be registered as proprietor and ensure that all the necessary mortgage paperwork is in place. You can instruct a Long Hanborough property lawyer of your choosing. However, where the conveyancer appointed is not a member of the bank approved list supplemental costs will be incurred as separate legal representation will be required by them. Lender panel applications may be submitted, so where your conveyancer has not historically sought membership they can do so.
We are purchasing a victorian detached house in Long Hanborough. We would like to an extension at the rear at the house.Will legal conveyancing on the property involve investigations to ascertain if these works are allowed?
Your property lawyer should check the deeds as conveyancing in Long Hanborough will sometimes identify restrictions in the title deeds which prevent certain changes or need the consent of a 3rd party. Certain additions call for local authority planning permissions and approval in compliance with building regulations. Certain areas are designated conservation areas and special planning restrictions apply which often prevent or impact extensions. It would be prudent to check these issues with a surveyor ahead of any purchase.
is it true that all Long Hanborough conveyancing solicitors on the Clydesdale conveyancing panel are regulated by the SRA?
As a firm of solicitors, in order to be on the Clydesdale approved list of solicitors they would need to be overseen by the SRA. The majority of lenders do permit licenced conveyancers on their panel and in such a situation the organisation would be regulated by the Council of Licensed Conveyancers.
I had an offer accepted on an apartment in Long Hanborough on 20/10/2025, valuation was booked 3 days later, all came back fine. Conveyancer retained, 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 an offer 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.
The deeds to our home can not be found. The solicitors who did the conveyancing in Long Hanborough 4 years ago have long since closed. What are my options?
Assuming you have a registered title the information relating to your ownership will be held by the Land Registry with a Title Number. It is easy to execute a search at the Land Registry, identify your property and get up to date copies of the Registered Entries for less than a fiver. Where the property is Leasehold then the Land Registry will usually hold a file duplicate of the Registered Lease and again, a copy can be retrieved for twenty pounds.
I am buying a new build flat in Long Hanborough. 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.
Here are examples of a few leasehold new build questions that you may expect your new-build leasehold conveyancing in Long Hanborough
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If there are lifts in the building, please confirm that the owners of flats on the ground and basement floors will not be required to contribute towards the cost of maintenance and renewal. Please confirm the Lease plans are architect prepared. Will control of the Management Company (if any) be handed over to purchasers on completion of the last sale or earlier? Will the freehold then be transferred for a nominal consideration (not exceeding £100) to the Management Company? The Vendor must covenant to keep unoccupied units in good repair until long leases are granted therefore.
Am I better off to go with a Long Hanborough conveyancing lawyer based in the area that I am buying? An old friend can carry out the legal work however they are based 300kilometers away.
The primary upside of using a local Long Hanborough conveyancing firm is that you can drop in to sign documents, deliver your ID and pester them where appropriate. They will also have local knowledge which is a bonus. That being said it's more important to get someone that will pull out all the stops for you. If if people you trust used your friend and the majority were impressed that must surpass using an unfamiliar Long Hanborough conveyancing lawyer solely due to them being round the corner.
After what seems like an age a loan offer from a lender for the refinancing of my 2 bedroom flat is due any day now. Can you suggest an efficient remortgage conveyancing solicitor in Long Hanborough ?
You are on the wrong site if you are in need of the lowest fares for conveyancing solicitors in Long Hanborough. We can offer you cost effective conveyancing but we do not work with the cheapest lawyers. Resist the temptation to appoint brokers offering £99 conveyancing in Long Hanborough.At best, in going for cheap conveyancing, you will end up with what you pay for and at worst you will end up invoiced for extras and still not get the service you were looking for.