Please could you recommend a Barnsley Building Society sanctioned Merseyside conveyancing practice that can complete within a short deadline? Would it be better to use a local Merseyside conveyancer or an internet conveyancer?
We would be happy to suggest some excellent Merseyside conveyancing firms. You can also walk up the main road in Merseyside. Approach some well established firms and ask to see a conveyancing solicitor for a costs illustration. Mention your requirements together with your reasons and ask for an assurance on your deadline. Choose the lawyer that you trust.
We are buying a property and need a conveyancing solicitor in Merseyside who is on the Lloyds approved panel. Could you point me in the right direction as regards a solicitor?
Our service is limited to being a directory service for firms who wish to be listed as being on the approved conveyancing panel for Lloyds . We don't recommend any particular firms conducting conveyancing in Merseyside.
I am assisting my aunt sell her property in Merseyside. Will the solicitor arrange the EPC or it is for the seller to see to?
After the abolition of Home Information Packs, energy assessments was kept a required component of moving property. An energy assessment should be to hand prior to the property being marketed. It is not as aspect of the sale process that law firms normally organise. If you are using a Merseyside conveyancing solicitor they may be willing to arrange energy assessments due to their relationships with long established Merseyside accredited person
I currently have a mortgage with Aldermore for my property in Merseyside. Conveyancing has been completed months ago. If I am intending to rent out the flat and do not currently have a buy-to-let mortgage do I need to remortgage to a BTL mortgage or inform Aldermore?
You must advise Aldermore in advance of letting out your property as this is likely to be a breach of Aldermore’s mortgage conditions. It may be that Aldermore will allow you to rent out your former home without needing to switch to a buy-to-let mortgage but some lenders will add a surcharge to your mortgage rate to reflect the higher risk. You should contact Aldermore directly. It should not be necessary to do this via a Aldermore conveyancing panel solicitor.
My offer was accepted on a house in Merseyside on 6/3/2025, valuation was booked 2 days later, received a clean bill of health. Conveyancer retained, so the only thing outstanding was my mortgage offer. Having made daily calls to TSB and chasing them on my offer, I have now been told that my offer will not be issued unless the lawyer is on the TSB conveyancing panel. Are TSB entitled to hold back the Mortgage pending the lawyer being on the approved list?
Mortgage companies tend not to not issue a mortgage until they have details of a lawyer on their panel. It can take a few weeks for TSB to deal with your lawyer's application to be on the TSB conveyancing panel. There's no guarantee that your solicitor will be accepted.
I used Wolstenholmes a few years ago for my conveyancing in Merseyside. I now require my papers however the law firm has closed. What do I do?
Do call the Solicitors Regulatory Authority (SRA) to help locate your conveyancing files. They can be contacted on please contact on 0870 606 2555. Alternatively, you should use their online form to make an enquiry. You will need to provide the SRA with as much information as possible to assist their search, including the name and address in Merseyside of the conveyancing firm of solicitors you previously retained, the name of conveyancing solicitor with whom you had dealings, and the date on which you last had dealings with the firm.
I am buying my first flat in Merseyside with the aid of help to buy. The builders refused to move on the price so I negotiated £7000 of extras instead. The estate agent told me not disclose to my solicitor about the deal as it will jeopardize my loan with the lender. Is this normal?.
All lenders require a Disclosure of Incentives Form from the developer 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.
Due to the encouragement of my in-laws I had a survey completed on a house in Merseyside before appointing solicitors. I have been informed that there is a flying freehold overhang to the property. Our surveyor has said that some banks tend refuse to give a mortgage on such a house.
It depends who your proposed lender is. Santander has different instructions from Halifax. If you call us we can check with the relevant lender. If you lender is happy to lend one our lawyers can help as they are used to dealing with flying freeholds in Merseyside. Conveyancing will be smoother if you use a solicitor in Merseyside especially if they are acquainted with such properties in Merseyside.