I have given 8 weeks notice to my existing landlord and have to leave my rented flat in Barrowden by 9/3/2026. Conveyancing for my house purchase is underway. How realistic is it to complete in 4 weeks as don't want to have to move into short term accommodation?
The normal practice is not to give notice for your tenancy unless your lawyer suggests that you should. Assuming that you have not previously done so, update to your lawyer and request that they apply pressure on the sellers lawyers, try to get a realistic time scale from them that all parties will look towards
We are getting a further advance on our home loan from Nottingham as we want to carry out improvements to our property in Barrowden. Do we need to select a nearby Barrowden solicitor on the Nottingham conveyancing panel to deal with the paperwork?
Nottingham would not normally instruct firms on their approved list of lawyers to deal with such a matter. If they do require any legal work then you would need to ensure that such a lawyer was on the Nottingham list.
I recently had an offer agreed on an apartment in Barrowden. My mortgage broker recommended their conveyancers. I paid an on account payment of £225. Soon after, the solicitor contacted me to say that they were not on the Nationwide 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 Nationwide 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 house in Barrowden on 1/12/2025, valuation was booked 4 days after, all came back fine. Property lawyer appointed, so the only thing outstanding 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. Can the lender hold off the offer?
A lender would 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.
Various internet forums that I have frequented warn that are the number one cause of delay in Barrowden conveyancing transactions. Is that correct?
The Council of Property Search Organisations (CoPSO) published findings of a review by MoveWithUs that conveyancing searches do not feature amongst the top 10 causes of hindrances in the conveyancing process. Local searches are unlikely to be the root cause of delay in conveyancing in Barrowden.
Are there restrictive covenants that are commonly picked up during conveyancing in Barrowden?
Restrictive covenants can be picked up when reviewing land registry title as part of the process of conveyancing in Barrowden. 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…’
I am purchasing a new build house in Barrowden benefiting from help to buy. The developers would not budge the price so I negotiated 6k of extras instead. The sale representative told me not to tell my lawyer about the deal as it will affect my loan with the bank. Should I keep quiet?.
All lenders require a Disclosure of Incentives Form from the builder 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.
Are all Barrowden conveyancers on every lender conveyancing panel?
You can use our search tool or you can drop into your high street lender branch in Barrowden. the probability is that they will know some good conveyancing solicitors in Barrowden