My mortgage broker has requested my Nine Elms lawyer’ panel reference for the HSBC conveyancing panel. Can you suggest how I discover this. I have tried my local Nine Elms office but they have not got back to me yet.
The sensible thing to do is ask for this information from your Nine Elms conveyancer . Most Nine Elms law practices will retain a file or database of lender panel information which would include, if applicable, their conveyancing panel details for each lender.
I'm spending time looking at flats in Nine Elms and I am about to put in an offer. Is it too early to have a solicitor in place? I intend to finance via a mortgage with Nationwide.
You should start obtaining conveyancing quotes from solicitors ASAP. Once you decide who you want to use and once your offer is accepted you can instruct them to work for you and forward their contact information on to the selling agent. As you are seeking a mortgage with Nationwide, ask your prospective lawyers if they are on the Nationwide conveyancing panel otherwise they can't do the mortgage legal work.
After months of negotiation I have agreed a price on a house in Nine Elms. My mortgage broker suggested a lawyer. I paid an upfront payment of £225. Shortly after, the conveyancing practitioner called me to say that they were not on the UBS 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 UBS 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.
My offer was accepted on a property in Nine Elms on 7/11/2025, valuation was booked 2 days later, all came back fine. Conveyancer appointed, so the only thing outstanding was my mortgage offer. Having made daily calls to Skipton and chasing them on my offer, I have now been told that my offer will not be issued unless the lawyer is on the Skipton conveyancing panel. Are Skipton 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 Skipton to deal with your lawyer's application to be on the Skipton conveyancing panel. There's no guarantee that your solicitor will be accepted.
A colleague advised me that if I am purchasing in Nine Elms I should ask my conveyancer to execute a Neighbourhood, Planning and Local Amenity Search. Can you explain what the purpose of this search is?
This is a search is occasionally included in the estimate for your Nine Elms conveyancing searches. It is a large report of more than thirty pages, listing and detailing significant information about Nine Elms around the property and the people living there. It incorporates an Aerial Photograph, Planning Applications, Land Use, Mobile Phone Masts, Rights of Way, the Nine Elms Housing Market, Council Tax Banding, the type of People living in the area, the dominant type of Housing, the Average Property Price, Crime statistics, Local Education with maps and statistics, Local Amenities and other useful data about Nine Elms.
About to purchase a new build flat in Nine Elms. Conveyancing is necessary evil at the best of times but I have never purchased a new build flat before. Can you give me some examples of some of the questions asked in new build conveyancing.
Set out below is a sample of a selection of leasehold new build questions that you should expect your new-build leasehold conveyancing in Nine Elms
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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 supply a car parking plan. Investor purchasers must be able to freely grant unsecured tenancies at market rents without requiring any consents. Forfeiture - bankruptcy or liquidation must not apply under this provision. Where there is an Undertaking being granted there is the risk of forfeiture of the Headlease subject to relief if one or more of the Underlessees are willing to accept the original Head Lessee’s obligations as otherwise relief will be denied to the Underlessees. The only alternatives are the Head Lessor agreeing not to forfeit the Headlease or the Head Lessee guaranteeing to the Underlessees that it will not be in breach of the Headlease.
I am hoping to put an offer on a small detached house that appears to tick a lot of boxes, at a great figure which is making it more attractive. I have just been informed that the title is leasehold as opposed to freehold. I would have thought that there are issues purchasing a house with a leasehold title in Nine Elms. Conveyancing solicitors have are about to be instructed. Will my lawyers set out the risks of buying a leasehold house in Nine Elms ?
Most houses in Nine Elms are freehold rather than leasehold. This is one of the situations where having a local solicitor used to dealing with such properties who can help the conveyancing process. It is clear that you are purchasing in Nine Elms in which case you should be shopping around for a Nine Elms conveyancing solicitor and be sure that they are used to dealing with leasehold houses. As a matter of priority you will need to check the number of years remaining. Being a lessee you will not be entirely free to do whatever you want with the house. The lease comes with conditions such as obtaining the freeholder’sconsent to carry out alterations. It may be necessary to pay a contribution towards the upkeep of the estate where the house is part of an estate. Your solicitor should advise you fully on all the issues.
Having spent years of dialogue we are unable to agree with our landlord on how much the lease extension should cost for our flat in Nine Elms. Can we issue an application to the Residential Property Tribunal Service?
Absolutely. We can put you in touch with a Nine Elms conveyancing firm who can help.
An example of a Lease Extension matter before the tribunal for a Nine Elms property is 150A Albert Palace Mansions Lurline Gardens in July 2013. The Tribunal determined that the premium payable for the new lease of the subject property was £42,069 This case was in relation to 1 flat. The unexpired term as at the valuation date was 57.06 years.
Been reading online that Nine Elms solicitors are more costly than licensed conveyancers in Nine Elms when it comes to buying a property. So is it better if I use a conveyancer or a solicitor if I am purchasing a property in Nine Elms.
When it comes to conveyancing in Nine Elms the costs are unlikely to vary dramatically depending on whether the legal expert is a licenced conveyancer or solicitor.