I have given 2 months notice to my existing landlord and must be out of my rented property in Grenoside by 13/11/2025. Conveyancing for my house purchase is underway. How realistic is it to complete in three weeks as don't want to have to move into temporary accommodation?
The normal practice is not to provide notice for your tenancy unless your lawyer suggests that you should. Assuming that you have not previously done so, speak to your solicitor and request that they seek the assistance the owners solicitors, try to get a realistic time scale from them that all parties will work towards
I am buying a 3 bedroom semi in Grenoside. We would like to convert the garage to an office at the property.Will legal due diligence on the property include investigations to determine if these works were previously refused?
Your conveyancer should check the registered title as conveyancing in Grenoside will occasionally identify restrictions in the title documents which restrict categories of works or necessitated the consent of another owner. Some works call for local authority planning permissions and approval under the building regulations. Some locations are designated conservation areas and special planning restrictions apply which frequently prevent or impact extensions. You should check these issues with a surveyor ahead of any purchase.
Last month we had a mortgage agreed in principle with UBS. Grenoside conveyancing practitioners are instructed. How long does it take for UBS to forward the offer to the property lawyer?
Some lenders take longer than others. Have UBS completed the valuation? Have you advised UBS as to your lawyers' details and checked that your lawyers are on the UBS conveyancing panel? It is not unusual for a mortgage offer to take a month to come through.
My offer was accepted on an apartment in Grenoside on 29/7/2025, valuation was booked 2 days later, all came back fine. Solicitor appointed, so the only thing outstanding was my mortgage offer. Having made daily calls to Santander and chasing them on my offer, I have now been told that my offer will not be issued unless the lawyer is on the Santander 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 Santander to deal with your lawyer's application to be on the Santander conveyancing panel. There's no guarantee that your solicitor will be accepted.
A colleague advised me that where I am buying in Grenoside I should ask my conveyancer to execute a Neighbourhood, Planning and Local Amenity Search. What does it cover?
This is a search is sometimes included in the estimate for your Grenoside conveyancing searches. It is not a small document of more than thirty pages, listing and setting out important information about Grenoside around the property and the people living there. It includes an Aerial Photograph, Planning Applications, Land Use, Mobile Phone Masts, Rights of Way, the local Housing Market, Council Tax Banding, the type of People living in the area, the dominant type of Housing, the Average House Prices, Crime statistics, Local Education with maps and statistics, Local Amenities and other useful data concerning Grenoside.
I am purchasing my first flat in Grenoside with a loan from Aldermore. The developers refused to move on the price so I negotiated 6k of additionals instead. The property agent told me not disclose to my solicitor about this side-deal as it could adversely affect my loan with Aldermore. Do I keep my lawyer in the dark?.
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.
Do I need to be concerned by estate agents that I am dealing with are recommending a national conveyancing firm rather than a local Grenoside conveyancing practice?
As with lots of professional services, often suggestions from relatives can be extremely useful or valuable. Nevertheless there are numerous players in a conveyancing matter; estate agents, financial adviser and banks might all recommend solicitors to retain. On occasion the solicitors might be known to one of the organisations as one of the best in their field, but sometimes there is an underlying commercial relationship behind the recommendation. You are free to appoint your preferred conveyancer. You need to be aware that many banks operate an approved list of law firms you have to use for the mortgage aspect of your home move.
I am thinking of appointing a conveyancing solicitor in Grenoside for my purchase. Can I review a solicitor's record with the legal regulator?
One may read documented Solicitor Regulator Association (SRA) decisions arising from investigations commenced on or after 1 January 2008. Visit Check a solicitor's record. To find information Pre 2008, or to check a solicitors record, ring 0870 606 2555, 08.00 - 18.00 Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and 09.30 - 18.00 Tuesday. International callers, call +44 (0)121 329 6800. The SRA could monitor call for training reasons.