I plan on acquiring a leasehold flat in Eastleigh. My Solicitor is not listed on the lender conveyancing list. Is it possible for me to appoint my Eastleigh conveyancing solicitor even though they are excluded from the bank panel of approved conveyancing solicitors?
Various options include
- Complete the purchase with your preferred Eastleigh conveyancing practitioner but your mortgage company will no doubt retain a lawyer from their approved list. This will result in additional cost and potential interruption.
- Appoint a new property lawyer to conduct the conveyancing, ensuring that they are on the lender conveyancing panel.
- Convince your conveyancer to pull out all the stops to join the bank’s panel of solicitors
We note that you have a search directory listing solicitors on the UBS conveyancing panel. Do firms pay you a referral fee if I retain them for our conveyancing in Eastleigh?
We are a listing service only for law firms wishing to communicate if they are on the UBS conveyancing panel or other lender panels. We do not charge referral fees to any conveyancer that you subsequently appoint for your conveyancing in Eastleigh.
Is there a search tool that I can use to find out if the solicitor conducting my conveyancing in Eastleigh is on the mortgage lender’sconveyancing panel? I am looking to avoid the situation of having one lawyer for me and one for Santander thus spending £192.00 in another set of legal fees.
Please do make the most of the find a conveyancing panel solicitor tool on this web page. Pick the lender and type ‘Eastleigh’ or your location and you will see a number of lawyer based in Eastleigh or near you.
Various web forums that I have come across warn that are the main cause of hinderance in Eastleigh conveyancing transactions. Is there any truth in this?
The Council of Property Search Organisations (CoPSO) published conclusions of a review by MoveWithUs that conveyancing searches do not feature amongst the most frequent causes of hindrances in the conveyancing process. Local searches are not likely to feature in any delay in conveyancing in Eastleigh.
Given that I will soon part with 450k on a garden flat in Eastleigh I wish to talk to a conveyancer regarding thetransaction before instructing the firm. Can this be arranged?
We could not agree more - it is our preference to talk to you we do not take any clients on without you first talking to the conveyancer who will be conducting your property ownership legalities in Eastleigh.There is no ‘factory style conveyancing’ - each client is unique person, not a file reference. The solicitors that we put you in touch with believe that the figure you are provided with for residential conveyancing in Eastleigh should be the amount on the final invoice that you end up paying.
Our conveyancer has advised that he intends to complete and exchange simultaneously on the disposal of our £250,000 flat in Eastleigh in 10 days. The freeholder has quoted £348 for Landlord’s certificate, building insurance schedule and previous years service charge statements. Is the landlord entitled to charge such fees for a flat conveyance in Eastleigh?
Eastleigh conveyancing on leasehold apartments typically necessitates administration charges invoiced by landlords agents :
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Completing pre-contract enquiries
Where consent is required before sale in Eastleigh
Copies of the building insurance and schedule
Deeds of covenant upon sale
Registering of the assignment of the change of lessee after a sale
Leasehold Conveyancing in Eastleigh - Examples of Queries before Purchasing
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You will want to discover as much as possible concerning the company managing the block as they will impact your use and enjoyment of the property. Being a leasehold owner you are often at the mercy of the managing agents both financially and when it comes to day to day matters such as the cleanliness of the communal areas. Ask other tenants whether they are happy with their management. On a final note, investigate as to the dates that the maintenance fees are due to the managing agents and precisely what it includes. How much is the ground rent and service charge? Many Eastleigh leasehold apartments will have a service charge for the upkeep of the building levied by the freeholder. If you acquire the flat you will have to meet this amount, normally quarterly throughout the year. This could vary from a few hundred pounds to thousands of pounds for bigger purpose-built buildings. There will also be a ground rent to be met annual, this is usually not a significant figure, say about £50-£100 but you need to check it because on occasion it can be surprisingly expensive.