Do the conveyancing lawyers indexed on your site perform right to buy conveyancing in Peacehaven?
We work with numerous conveyancing experts who can handle right to buy conveyancing You should call us with a view to get a costs calculation.
I recently had an offer agreed on an apartment in Peacehaven. My financial adviser pressured me to appoint their property lawyer. I paid an advanced payment of £200. A few days later, the lawyer contacted me embarrassingly acknowledging 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.
My offer was accepted on a house in Peacehaven on 6/8/2025, valuation was booked five days after, all came back fine. Property lawyer instructed, so the only thing outstanding was my mortgage offer. Having made daily calls to Skipton and chasing them on my offer, I have now been told that my offer will not be issued unless the lawyer is on the Skipton conveyancing panel. Are Skipton 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 Skipton to deal with your lawyer's application to be on the Skipton conveyancing panel. There's no guarantee that your solicitor will be accepted.
Co-operative have agreed my mortgage in principle, my bid on a flat in Peacehaven has been accepted, what happens next?
Your property agent will need to know who your solicitors are (ensure that the property lawyers are on the lender’s approved list). Telephone Co-operative or your financial adviser and complete any appropriate paperwork. Co-operative will instruct a valuer who will get in touch with the estate agent or owners to arrange a time for the valuation to occur. Once carried out (assuming no problems) it takes on average a fortnight for the mortgage offer to be issued. Co-operative will issue the offer to you and your conveyancing practitioners. The legal work will then take it’s course according the nature and complexity of the conveyancing in Peacehaven.
Should my lawyer be raising questions regarding flooding during the conveyancing in Peacehaven.
Flooding is a growing risk for solicitors dealing with homes in Peacehaven. Plenty of people will buy a house in Peacehaven, completely expectant that at some time, it may suffer from flooding. However, aside from the physical destruction, where a property is at risk of flooding, it may be difficult to obtain a mortgage, adequate insurance cover, or sell the property. There are steps that can be taken during the course of a property purchase to forewarn the purchaser.
Solicitors are not best placed to impart advice on flood risk, however there are a numerous searches that may be undertaken by the buyer or on a buyer’s behalf which will figure out the risks in Peacehaven. The standard information given to a purchaser’s solicitor (where the solicitors are adopting what is known as the Conveyancing Protocol) includes a standard question of the owner to determine if the premises has suffered from flooding. If flooding has previously occurred which is not notified by the seller, then a buyer may commence a legal claim for losses as a result of such an misleading reply. The purchaser’s conveyancers will also commission an environmental search. This should reveal if there is any known flood risk. If so, more detailed inquiries will need to be made.
Yesterday I discovered that there is a flying freehold issue on a house I have offered on two weeks back in what should have been a quick, chain free conveyancing. Peacehaven is where the house is located. Can you shed any light on this issue?
Flying freeholds in Peacehaven are rare but are more likely to exist in relation to terraced houses. Even though you don't necessarily need a conveyancing solicitor in Peacehaven you must be sure that your lawyer goes through the deeds diligently. Your mortgage company may require your conveyancing solicitor to take out an indemnity policy. Some of the more diligent conveyancing solicitors in Peacehaven may decide that this is not enough and that the deeds be re-written to give you the most up to date legal protection. If so, the next door neighbour also had to sign up to the revised deeds.It is possible that your lender will not accept the situation so the sooner you find out the better. You should also check with your insurance broker as to whether they will insure a flying freehold residence.
Are there any apps to help locate a Peacehaven law firm on the The Mortgage Works conveyancing panel? I am a keen cyclist and am prepared to travel upto 25miles to meet the lawyer.
Feel free to make use of the search on this page. Please select a lender and your location and you will see a number of Peacehaven conveyancing lawyers located nearest you. We have detailed some Peacehaven conveyancing firms at the bottom of this page and you can ring them to see whether they are on the The Mortgage Works panel
I've recently bought a leasehold flat in Peacehaven. Am I liable to pay service charges relating to a period prior to my ownership?
Where the service charge has already been demanded from the previous owner and they have not paid you would not usually be personally liable for the arrears. Strange as it may seem, your landlord may still be able to take action to forfeit the lease. It is an essential part of leasehold conveyancing for your conveyancer to ensure to have an up to date clear service charge receipt before completion of your purchase. If you have a mortgage this is likely to be a requirement of your lender.
If you purchase part way through an accounting year you may be liable for charges not yet demanded even if they relate to a period prior to your purchase. In such circumstances your conveyancer would normally arrange for the seller to set aside some money to cover their part of the period (usually called a service charge retention).
I am the registered owner of a split level flat in Peacehaven, conveyancing having been completed 3 years ago. Can you please calculate a probable premium for a statutory lease extension? Corresponding flats in Peacehaven with a long lease are worth £255,000. The ground rent is £45 yearly. The lease ceases on 21st October 2098
With only 73 years left to run we estimate the premium for your lease extension to range between £8,600 and £9,800 plus legals.
The figure above a general guide to costs for extending a lease, but we are not able to supply the actual costs without more comprehensive due diligence. Do not use this information in tribunal or court proceedings. There are no doubt additional issues that need to be taken into account and you obviously want to be as accurate as possible in your negotiations. You should not move forward placing reliance on this information without first seeking the advice of a professional.