Please could you suggest a Alliance & Leicester approved Melbourne conveyancing practice finish our home move within a very limited time frame? Would it be better to use a high street Melbourne practice or a web based firm?
We can recommend some very good Melbourne conveyancing firms. Another option is to visit the high street in Melbourne. Approach some well established firms and ask to see a conveyancing solicitor for a costs illustration. Explain your expectations together with the reasons and ask for an assurance on speed. Appoint the lawyer that appears most efficient.
We are purchasing a house and require a conveyancing solicitor in Melbourne who is on the HSBC conveyancing panel. Can you recommend a local firm?
Our service is limited to being a directory service for firms who wish to be listed as being on the approved conveyancing panel for HSBC . We don't recommend any particular firms conducting conveyancing in Melbourne.
My grandmother passed away six months ago and as sole heir and executor I was left the house in Melbourne. The house had a relatively small loan remaining of approximately £4500. I want to have the title changed into my name whilst I re-mortgage to Leeds Building Society, pay off the mortgage. Is this allowed?
Where you intend to refinance then Leeds Building Society will insist on your using a conveyancer on the Leeds Building Society conveyancing panel. Here is link to the Land Registry online guidance around what to do when a property owner dies. This will help you to understand the registration process behind changing the details re the registered title. in your case it would appear that you are effectively purchasing the property from the estate. Your Leeds Building Society conveyancing panel solicitor pays the new mortgage money into the estate, the estate pays off the old mortgage, the charge is released and you become the owner and the Leeds Building Society mortgage is registered as a charge at the Land Registry.
My uncle pointed out to me me that in purchasing a property in Melbourne there may be a number of restrictions as to what one can do in terms of external changes to the property. Is this right?
There are anumerous of properties in Melbourne which have some sort of restriction or requirement of consent to carry out external changes. Part of the conveyancing in Melbourne should determine what restrictions are applicable and advising you as part of a ROT that should be sent to you.
Does a directory service exist listing RBS panel solicitors in Melbourne on the Council of Mortgage Lender’s Website?
Unfortunately not yet. There is no such directory service on the CML or Building Society Association sites. A small selection of lending institutions make their panel listings visible over the internet. If you are seeking to appoint a Melbourne conveyancer on the RBS please make the most of our tool.
My offer was accepted on a property in Melbourne on 25/11/2025, valuation was booked 3 days after, received a clean bill of health. Solicitor instructed, so the only thing outstanding was my mortgage offer. Having made daily calls to Aldermore and chasing them on my offer, I have now been told that my offer will not be issued unless the lawyer is on the Aldermore conveyancing panel. Are Aldermore entitled to hold back the Mortgage pending the lawyer being on the approved list?
Mortgage companies tend not to not issue an offer until they have details of a lawyer on their panel. It can take a few weeks for Aldermore to deal with your lawyer's application to be on the Aldermore conveyancing panel. There's no guarantee that your solicitor will be accepted.
I have recentlybeen informed that Wolstenholmes have closed. They conducted my conveyancing in Melbourne for a purchase of a leasehold apartment 18 months ago. How can I check that the property is not still registered in the name of the former proprietor?
The quickest way to check if the premises is in your name, you can make a search of the land registry (£3.00). You can either do this yourself or ask a law firm to do this for you. If you are not registered you can seek help from one of a number of Melbourne conveyancing specialists.
My husband and I are first time buyers - agreed a price, but the estate agent advised that the owners will only go ahead if we appoint their preferred solicitors as they want a ‘quick sale’. My instinct tells me that we should use a high street solicitor used to conveyancing in Melbourne
We suspect that the owner is not behind this demand. If they want ‘a quick sale', taking such a hostile approach to a serious purchaser is going to damage their objectives. Try to communicate with the sellers directly and make the point that (a)you are keen to buy (b)you are ready to go, with finances arranged © you are unencumbered (d) you wish to move quickly (e)however you are going to use your preferred Melbourne conveyancing firm - not the ones that will earn the estate agent a kickback or hit his conveyancing figures set by corporate headquarters.