My partner’s sister is a conveyancer. I anticipate that I'll be able to get mate’s rates for conveyancing, However if that does not come through, what kind of figure should I be paying for conveyancing in Mousehole?
Do contrast pricing. Make use of our search tool on this site. Whilst amounts seem to be different but the service one can expect differ between law firms as is the case with most professions.
I am purchasing a garden flat in Mousehole. How practical is it for me to do the conveyancing?
Leaving aside the complexities and merits of DIY conveyancing in Mousehole you will have to appoint a solicitor on your lender's conveyancing panel to look after their interests. Most people therefore find it easier to let the solicitor act for them and the lender. Furthermore there is minimal cost savings to be made in you doing conveyancing for yourself and another lawyer conducting the conveyancing for the lender. Please feel free to use the search tool to find a lawyer on your lender panel in Mousehole.
I recently had an offer agreed on an apartment in Mousehole. My mortgage broker pressured me to appoint their property lawyer. I paid an on account payment of £225. A few days later, the conveyancing practitioner contacted me sheepishly admitting that they were not on the RBS conveyancing panel. Am I right in thinking that I should be due a refund?
You should be able to recover this from the law firm if they were not on the RBS panel. They should have asked at the outset which lender you were obtaining a mortgage with. An important lesson to readers of this site is to check that the lawyers are on the appropriate lender panel.
I am selling my house. I had a double glazing fitted in April 2007, but did not receive a FENSA certificate or Building Regulation Certificate. My buyer's lender, Yorkshire BS are being difficult. The Mousehole solicitor who is on the Yorkshire BS conveyancing panel is saying indemnity insurance will be fine but Yorkshire BS are requiring a building regulation certificate. Why do Yorkshire BS have a conveyancing panel if they don't accept advice from them?
It is probably the case that Yorkshire BS have referred the matter to their valuer. The reason why Yorkshire BS may not want to accept indemnity insurance is because it does not give them any reassurance that the double glazing was correctly and safely installed. The indemnity insurance merely protects against enforcement action which is very unlikely anyway.
My offer was accepted on an apartment in Mousehole on 5/11/2025, valuation was booked 3 days after, all came back fine. Solicitor appointed, so all that was missing was my mortgage offer. Having made daily calls to HSBC and chasing them on my offer, I have now been told that my offer will not be issued unless the lawyer is on the HSBC conveyancing panel. Are HSBC 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 HSBC to deal with your lawyer's application to be on the HSBC conveyancing panel. There's no guarantee that your solicitor will be accepted.
Due to the advice of my in-laws I had a survey completed on a property in Mousehole in advance of retaining solicitors. I have been told that there is a flying freehold element to the property. My surveyor has said that some mortgage companies may refuse to issue a loan on a flying freehold home.
It varies from the lender to lender. HSBC has different instructions for example to Halifax. If you e-mail us we can investigate further 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 Mousehole. Conveyancing will be smoother if you use a solicitor in Mousehole especially if they regularly deal with such properties in Mousehole.
I'm remortgaging my existing house to a BTL mortgage with Birmingham Midshires and I will use the ballance of the raised equity as a deposit on further property. The area we are looking at is Mousehole. Will your conveyancers be able to act for both sets of lenders and link together the conveyances?
Do use our search tool on this site to be sure that the lawyers are approved by both banks. On the basis that they are the solicitor should be able to connect the two deals but you should talk with you solicitor and communicate your expectations and needs.
Am I best advised to use a Mousehole conveyancing lawyer based in the vicinity that I am hoping to buy? We have a good friend who can execute the legal work however his firm is located approximately 350kilometers away.
The benefit of a high street Mousehole conveyancing practice is that you can visit the firm to execute documents, hand in your identification documents and apply pressure on them where appropriate. They will also have local knowledge which is a bonus. That being said it's more important to get someone that will do a good and efficient job. If if people you trust used your friend and they were impressed that must trump using an unfamiliar Mousehole conveyancing solicitor just because they are round the corner.