We're in Coningsby, First time buyers buying with a mortgage (lender is Nottingham , and our lawyer is on the Nottingham conveyancing panel). How long should the conveyancing process take?
The fact that your lawyer is on the Nottingham conveyancing panel is a help. It would almost certainly delay matters if they were not. However, no solicitor should guarantee a timeframe for your conveyancing, due to third parties outside of your control such as delays caused by lenders,conveyancing search providers or by the other side’s solicitors. The time taken is often determined by the number of parties in a chain.
There are a variety of conveyancing solicitors in Coningsby but how do I know who I should use?
We would encourage you not to base your choice on the cheapest Coningsby conveyancing quote. You really do get what you’re paying for when it comes to property lawyers. A cheap quote may mean that the conveyancing solicitor is handling a lot of jobs at one time and you won’t get the quality of service and the attention that you need. It is, however, wise to use a conveyancer who has a fixed fee on a no sale, no fee basis. This way, you go into the conveyancing with your eyes wide open.
My bid for a property was accepted at auction in Coningsby. Conveyancing is required. What happens now?
Having legally committed yourself to purchase you must find a conveyancing lawyer soon as you now have a tight a fixed date to complete the property. All auction property will have an associated auction set of papers. This will include most,if not all of the documents that your lawyer requires. In the case of leasehold premises the conveyancing pack may provide a copy of the lease, management information and a sellers leasehold information form and other conveyancing documentation pertinent to leasehold premises. You should give this to your appointed conveyancing solicitor at the earliest opportunity. You also need to ensure that your finances are in order to complete on the on the contractual date .
My offer was accepted on an apartment in Coningsby on 20/11/2025, valuation was booked 3 days later, received a clean bill of health. Solicitor instructed, so the only thing outstanding was my mortgage offer. Having made daily calls to Co-operative and chasing them on my offer, I have now been told that my offer will not be issued unless the lawyer is on the Co-operative conveyancing panel. Are Co-operative entitled to hold back the Mortgage pending the lawyer being on the approved list?
A lender would not issue a mortgage until they have details of a lawyer on their panel. It can take a few weeks for Co-operative to deal with your lawyer's application to be on the Co-operative conveyancing panel. There's no guarantee that your solicitor will be accepted.
Are there restrictive covenants that are commonly picked up as part of conveyancing in Coningsby?
Covenants that are restrictive in nature can be picked up when reviewing land registry title as part of the legal transfer of property in Coningsby. 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…’
Just had an offer accepted on a new build apartment in Coningsby. Conveyancing is a frightening process 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.
Set out below are examples of a few leasehold new build enquiries that you may expect your new-build leasehold conveyancing in Coningsby
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There must be mutual enforceability of lessee’s covenants. Investor purchasers must be able to freely grant unsecured tenancies at market rents without requiring any consents. The Landlord must covenant to assume the management if the Management Company goes into liquidation or otherwise defaults in running the management scheme. Please supply evidence that the form of Lease proposed has been approved by the Land Registry.
I am looking for a leasehold apartment up to £195,000 and identified one near me in Coningsby I like with open areas and railway links nearby, however it's only got 49 remaining years left on the lease. I can't really find anything else in Coningsby for this price, so just wondered if I would be making a mistake buying a lease with such few years left?
If you require a home loan the shortness of the lease may be an issue. Discount the price by the amount the lease extension will cost if not already taken into account. If the existing owner has owned the property for at least twenty four months you could ask them to start the process of the extension and then assign it to you. You can add 90 years to the existing lease with a zero ground rent applied. You should consult your conveyancing solicitor concerning this matter.
My wife and I are buying a studio flat in Coningsby. At the point of instructing our conveyancer, they told us that they were on all mainstream lender panels. Our mortgage broker called just now to advise that they don't appear to be on the Kent Reliance approved list. Should that be true, what should we do? Should we simply pick a different lawyer that is on their panel or should we cover the costs for dual representation, with Kent Reliance appointing their own preferred conveyancing practitioner.
Where you are buying a property with the assistance of a mortgage it is normal for the buyer’s solicitors to also represent the mortgage company. In order to act for a bank or building society a conveyancer has to be on that lender's conveyancing panel. An application has to be made by the conveyancer to the lender to become a member of the lender's panel and there are increasingly strict conditions which the conveyancing practitioner has to satisfy. Some building societies now require their panel members to be part of the Law Society’s Conveyancing Quality Scheme. Your lawyer should contact Kent Reliance to discover if they can apply for membership of their conveyancing panel, but if that is not viable they will instruct their own lawyers to represent them. You are not legally obliged to appoint a law firm on Kent Reliance's conveyancing panel and you may continue to use your own Coningsby solicitors, in which case your legal fees may increase, and it may delay matters as you are adding another solicitor into the equation.