The Skegness conveyancing solicitors that just started acting on my purchase in Skegness have without warning shut down. I chose them because I had to have a firm on the Clydesdale conveyancing panel and my previous Skegness lawyer was not. I gave my credit card details for them to take one hundred and fifty pounds for searches. What do I do now?
If you have an estate agent involved then inform them immediately so that they can let the sellers know that there may be a slight delay due to the problems encountered. Most sellers would be sympathetic and urge their lawyer to send a new set of papers to your new solicitors. You will need to appoint new lawyers that are on the Clydesdale conveyancing panel and notify the lender. If you have paid over any money, it will hopefully be held by the SRA as money in an intervened firm's bank accounts is transferred to the SRA. Then, the SRA or the intervention agent looks at the intervened firm's accounts to work out who the money belongs to. To claim your money you will need to contact the SRA. If the SRA cannot return money you are owed from the firm's bank accounts, or if they can only return part of the money, you can apply to the Compensation Fund for a grant. Your new solicitors should be in a position to help.
I am the only beneficiary of my late grandmother’s estate and I have everything in my name alone, including the house in Skegness. Conveyancing formalities meant that the Land Registry date was in June. I plan to dispose of the property. I do know about the Mortgage Lenders 6 month 'rule', which means that my property ownership may be treated the same way as if I'd bought the property in June. Do I have to wait half a year to sell?
The Council of Mortgage Lenders’ handbook mandates solicitors to: "report to us immediately if the owner or registered proprietor has been registered for less than six months." By the strict wording you may be caught by that. Most lenders would take a pragmatic view as this clause principally exists to pick up on the purchase and immediately sell or the flipping of property.
The formalities of my remortgage has taken place for my property in Skegness. Conveyancing was satisfactory but I would like to complain about the lender. How do I make a complaint?
Almost all lenders have complaints procedures. Your first port of call should be one of the lender’s branches or the Customer Services Team at head office. In most cases complaints to a lender are sorted out effectively and efficiently. If you feel the matter is not resolved you can write to Financial Ombudsman Service with full details of your complaint.
My offer was accepted on a property in Skegness on 15/6/2026, valuation was booked 3 days later, all came back fine. Solicitor instructed, so the only thing outstanding was my mortgage offer. Having made daily calls to Bank of Ireland and chasing them on my offer, I have now been told that my offer will not be issued unless the lawyer is on the Bank of Ireland conveyancing panel. Can the lender hold off the offer?
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 Bank of Ireland to deal with your lawyer's application to be on the Bank of Ireland conveyancing panel. There's no guarantee that your solicitor will be accepted.
It has been 3 months since my purchase conveyancing in Skegness concluded. I have checked the Land Registry site which shows that I paid £150,000 when infact I paid £170,000. Why the discrepancy?
The price paid figure is taken from the application to register the purchase. It is the figure included in the Transfer (the legal deed which transfers the property from one person to the other) and referred to as the 'consideration' or purchase price. You can report an error in the price paid figure using the LR online form. In most cases errors result from typos so at first glance the figure. Do report it so they can double check and advise.
Due to the encouragement of my in-laws I had a survey completed on a property in Skegness ahead of appointing lawyers. I have been told that there is a flying freehold element to the house. The surveyor has said that some banks will refuse to issue a loan on a flying freehold house.
It depends who your proposed lender is. Lloyds has different requirements from Halifax. If you contact us we can investigate further with the appropriate mortgage company. If you lender is happy to lend one our lawyers can help as they are used to dealing with flying freeholds in Skegness. Conveyancing may be slightly more expensive based on your lender's requirements.
How do I locate a Skegness solicitor on the Barnsley Building Society conveyancing panel? I have wheels and am happy to travel upto 10kilometers to meet the conveyancer.
You can use the search on this website. Please pick a bank and your location and you will see a number of Skegness conveyancing lawyers locally. We have listed some Skegness conveyancing firms at the bottom of this page and you can telephone them to see if they are on the Barnsley Building Society approved list
Been reading online that Skegness solicitors are more costly than licensed conveyancers in Skegness when it comes to purchasing a house. So is it better if I use a conveyancer or a solicitor if I am buying a house in Skegness.
When it comes to conveyancing in Skegness the costs are unlikely to vary dramatically depending on whether the legal expert is a licenced conveyancer or solicitor.