We are a couple about to exchange contracts for a garden flat in Sandringham. We encountered a stumbling block. Our loan offer with Skipton Building Society runs out on 1/9/2026 but the sellers are suggesting a completion date of 3/9/2026. Is it possible to extend the loan expiry date?
The best person to deal with your issue is your conveyancer who will hopefully determine whether he or she is should be discussing with the mortgage broker, owner’s solicitors, selling agents or conceivably all three taking into account what has happend in your conveyancing as of today.
I am looking to buy a house and require a conveyancing solicitor in Sandringham who is on the Barclays Direct conveyancing. Could you point me in the right direction as regards a firm?
Our service is limited to being a directory service for firms who wish to listed as being on the approved conveyancing panel for Barclays Direct in certain locations such as Sandringham. We dont recommend any particular firm.
Is it correct that all Sandringham CQS (Conveyancing Quality Scheme) solicitors are on the UBS conveyancing panel?
A selection of banks and building societies now use CQS as the kick off point for Panel membership such as HSBC and Santander. The Law Society’s CQS accreditation however gives no guarantee to lender panel acceptance. That being said,the CML have indicated that it is likely to become a pre-requisite for solicitor practices wishing to join their approved list of firms.
I have a mortgage with Santander for my property in Sandringham. Conveyancing has been completed some time ago. If I am intending to rent out my property and do not currently have a buy-to-let mortgage do I need to remortgage to a BTL mortgage or inform Santander?
Santander must be informed of your intention prior to letting out your property as this is likely to be a breach of Santander’s mortgage conditions. It may be that Santander 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 Santander directly. It should not be necessary to do this via a Santander conveyancing panel solicitor.
I recently had an offer accepted on a house in Sandringham. My financial adviser suggested a property lawyer. I paid an on account payment of £175. Not long after, the conveyancer called me to say that they were not on the Co-operative 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 Co-operative 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.
Is it necessary to take out insurance to address the risk of chancel repairs when acquiring a residence in Sandringham?
Unless a prior purchase of the house completed post 12 October 2013 you may take it that lawyers carrying out conveyancing in Sandringham to remain recommending a chancel search and or insurance against a claim.
I used Action Conveyancing a few years ago for my conveyancing in Sandringham. Now, I need my files but cannot find the solicitor. What do I do?
You should contact 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 Sandringham of the conveyancing firm of solicitors you previously used, the name of conveyancing solicitor with whom you had dealings, and the date on which you last had dealings with the firm.
Whilst your website is a good idea there are many lawyers listed near Sandringham being on the mortgage company conveyancing panel. It would be a lot more helpful if you could recommend a specific firm on the mortgage company approved panel?
We are not in the business of recommending one firm above another as the right Sandringham conveyancing firm for you depends on where your priorities lie. For example you may require a local firm with Sandringham knowledge or you might be looking for the low cost conveyancing. We recommend that you speak to 3 or 4 lawyers listed before you make your choice..