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Reasons to use our North Hykeham conveyancing solicitors

  • 1 Over the years North Hykeham solicitor have established valuable links with North Hykeham local estate agents, banks, building societies, landlords and property developers enabling them to liaise at speed with all concerned in the process of dealing with your conveyancing in North Hykeham.
  • 2 Conveyancer conveyancing lawyers have extremely good personal connections with North Hykeham estate agents and work very closely with them and local surveyors so as to ensure transactions proceed expeditiously.
  • 3 Personal touch and a wealth of expertise are key benefits that you should look for when choosing conveyancing solicitors. North Hykeham property deals can be made a lot more complicated as a result of poor communication between all the parties. The lawyers listed ensure that the lines of communication are open and act on arising issues and developments instantly.
  • 4 The firms shown on our web pages have a mix of conveyancing solicitors, legal executives and support staff handling thousands of conveyancing matters annually.
  • 5 North Hykeham solicitors work in conjunction with North Hykeham estate agents, developers, surveyors, mortgage companies and other professionals to make sure that the highest level of service is offered to home movers every step of the way, to ensure you’re kept up to date with progress all the way along

Examples of recent conveyancing in North Hykeham since March 2025*

Recently asked questions about conveyancing in North Hykeham

Please help. My North Hykeham conveyancer is advising me that he has toorder North Hykeham conveyancing searches asthe firm are on the Lloydssolicitor panel. Is my conveyancer correct?

Unfortunately both you and your lawyer have little choice here. As you are taking a home loan with a mortgage company your conveyancing practitioner has to comply with their conditions as set out in their version of the CML Conveyancing Handbook. Your conveyancing practitioner would have previously signed the Terms and Conditions of your lender’s conveyancing panel appointment which obliges them to comply with the Council of Mortgage Lenders’ Handbook provisions . Even if you were a cash buyer you would be ill advised not to carry out North Hykeham conveyancing searches.

We note that you have a post code search directory listing firms on the Lloyds conveyancing panel. Do companies pay you a commission if I instruct them for our conveyancing in North Hykeham?

We are a listing service only for law firms wishing to communicate if they are on the Lloyds conveyancing panel or other lender panels. We do not charge referral fees to any conveyancer that you subsequently appoint for your conveyancing in North Hykeham.

This question may be naive but I am unseasoned as FTB of a garden flat in North Hykeham. Do I pick up the keys to the house on the completion date from my solicitor? If so, I will use a High Street conveyancing solicitor in North Hykeham?

There is no need to visit the lawyers office on the day of completion. Your solicitors will electronically transfer the purchase money to the vendor’s solicitors, and once they have received this, you should be invited to pick up the keys from the selling Agents and start moving into the property. This tends to happen between 1 and 3pm.

We previously instructed conveyancers with offices in North Hykeham on the Coventry BS solicitor approved list. They are now charging me a further charge for the legal aspects of the Coventry BS mortgage. Is this an additional conveyancing fee set by Coventry BS?

As unfair as it may seem, as long as it’s in their Terms and Conditions or estimate then yes your conveyancer can charge a fee for this. This charge is not dictated by Coventry BS but by your North Hykeham property lawyer. Some firms on the Coventry BS panel will charge ’dealing with mortgage’ fee but some firms include it on their overall fee.

I am purchasing a property in North Hykeham. An unusual aspect is that the roof has a solar panel. Nationwide have issued a mortgage offer so presumably this is not a concern to them. Why is my solicitor raising questions about the panel?

As you are obtaining a mortgage with Nationwide your lawyer must check the formal requirements contained in Section 2 of UK Finance Lenders’ Handbook for Nationwide. The Council of Mortgage Lenders’ Handbook sets out minimum specifications for solar panel roof-space leases, and solicitors are required to report to Nationwide where a lease fails to comply with these provisions. The requirements relate to the installation of panels on properties in England and Wales and is not limited to North Hykeham.

I need some fast conveyancing in North Hykeham as I have pressure to sign on the dotted line in less than one month. A mortgage is not required. Is it possible to escape the need for conveyancing searches to save fees and time?

If.Given you are not getting a mortgage you are at liberty not to have searches conducted although no lawyer would recommend that you don't. Drawing on our experience of conveyancing in North Hykeham the following are examples of issues that can arise and adversely impact market value: Refused Planning Applications, Overdue Fees, Outstanding Grants, Road Schemes,...

I used Arc property Solicitors several years ago for my conveyancing in North Hykeham. Now, I need the documents but the law firm has closed. What do I do?

You should contact the Solicitors Regulatory Authority (SRA) to help locate your conveyancing files. They can be contacted on please contact on 0870 606 2555. Alternatively, you should use their online form to make an enquiry. You will need to provide the SRA with as much information as possible to assist their search, including the name and address in North Hykeham of the conveyancing firm of solicitors you previously retained, the name of conveyancing solicitor with whom you had dealings, and the date on which you last had dealings with the firm.

I am purchasing my first flat in North Hykeham with a mortgage from Alliance & Leicester . The sellers would not move on the price so I negotiated £7000 of extras instead. The property agent advised me not to tell my solicitor about this deal as it will adversely affect my loan with Alliance & Leicester . Should I keep quiet?.

All lenders require a Disclosure of Incentives Form from the developer of any new build, converted or renovated property, It is available online from the Lenders’ Handbook page on the CML website. CML form is completed and handed to the lender's surveyor when the inspection is done.

Lenders have different policies on incentives. Some accept none at all, cash or physical, while others will accept cash incentives up to 5%.

Hard to understand why the representative of a builder would be suggesting you withold information from a solicitor when all this will be clearly visible on forms the builder has to supply to its solicitor, the buyer's solicitor and the surveyor.

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Commercial Conveyancing solicitors in North Hykeham regulated by the SRA

The firms listed below are a non-comprehensive list of solicitors in North Hykeham with expertise in commercial conveyancing in North Hykeham. This may include advice on complex issues under the Landlord and Tenant Act of 1954
  • Page Nelson Solicitors Limited, Victory House, Henley Way, Doddington Road, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, LN6 3QR
  • The Ringrose Law Group, The Regatta Unit, 6 Henley Way, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, LN6 3QR
  • Anthony Clark & Co Limited, 16a Guildhall Street, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, LN1 1TT
  • Burton & Co Llp, Stonebow, Stonebow, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, LN2 1DA
  • Sills & Betteridge Reserve Company Ltd, 46 Silver Street, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, LN2 1ED

Planning law solicitors in North Hykeham regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority

The practices listed below are a non-comprehensive list of solicitors in North Hykeham practicing in planning law. The solicitors can give expert legal advice on all aspects of planning, including making sure people do what the planning regulations say
  • Sills & Betteridge Llp, 46 Silver Street, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, LN2 1ED
  • Andrew & Co Llp, 1 Flavian Road, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, LN2 4GR

North Hykeham commercial property solicitors draw on a wide range of commercial expertise offering advice on numerous issues across all aspects of commercial property law

    Hotels, public houses and restaurants complex procedures concerning renewal, rent reviews, dilapidations and the many obligations encountered by Landlords and Tenants of commercial premises Formation of commercial management companies Compulsory land purchase Property realisations and advice for insolvency practitioners Land use planning and environmental issues

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