Are you able to recommend a Lloyds TSB Bank accepted Swadlincote conveyancing solicitor who can have us moved in within under 3 weeks? Would it be better to use a local Swadlincote firm or a national conveyancer?
We would be happy to suggest some excellent Swadlincote conveyancing firms. You can also walk up the high street in Swadlincote. Go in to two or three law practices and ask to speak with a conveyancing solicitor for a fee estimate. Explain your time frames together with your reasons and ask for an assurance on your deadline. Appoint the one that genuine.
At what point does exchange of contracts happen for sale conveyancing in Swadlincote and am I required to be at the solicitors office?
If you are round the corner to our conveyancing solicitors in Swadlincote you are invited in to sign documents. However, the lender approved solicitors we recommend supply a countrywide conveyancing service and give as equally diligent and professional a job for you when dealing with you electronically. The executing of the contract is not the critical part. Signing on the dotted line is necessary for the solicitor to address the formalities when the time is right, which will usually be very shortly after signing. The exchange process is nowadays normally dealt with by telephone and can be very rapid, although where a lengthy "chain" is involved, since the process requires the relevant party's solicitor (not necessarily a conveyancing solicitor in Swadlincote)to be in the office available at the end of the phone to exchange contracts.
My uncle pointed out to me me that in buying a property in Swadlincote there may be various restrictions limiting what one can do in terms of external changes to the property. Is this right?
There are a number of properties in Swadlincote which have some sort of restriction or requirement of consent to external variations. Part of the conveyancing in Swadlincote should determine what restrictions are applicable and advising you as part of a ROT that should be sent to you.
I recently had an offer accepted on a house in Swadlincote. My mortgage broker recommended their conveyancers. I paid an upfront payment of £175. A few days later, the solicitor called me embarrassingly acknowledging that they were not on the Nottingham 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 Nottingham 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 had an offer accepted on a property in Swadlincote on 12/8/2025, valuation was booked five days after, all came back fine. Solicitor appointed, so all that was missing was my mortgage offer. Having made daily calls to Lloyds and chasing them on my offer, I have now been told that my offer will not be issued unless the lawyer is on the Lloyds conveyancing panel. Are Lloyds 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 Lloyds to deal with your lawyer's application to be on the Lloyds conveyancing panel. There's no guarantee that your solicitor will be accepted.
The estate agent has sent us the confirmation of our purchase of a new build apartment in Swadlincote. Conveyancing is necessary evil at the best of times but I have never purchased a new build flat before. Can you give me some examples of some of the questions asked in new build legal work.
Set out below are examples of a few leasehold new build questions that you should expect your new-build leasehold conveyancing in Swadlincote
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If there are lifts in the building, please confirm that the owners of flats on the ground and basement floors will not be required to contribute towards the cost of maintenance and renewal. Please supply a car parking plan. The Landlord must covenant to assume the management if the Management Company goes into liquidation or otherwise defaults in running the management scheme. Will control of the Management Company (if any) be handed over to purchasers on completion of the last sale or earlier? Please provide evidence that the form of Lease proposed has been approved by the Land Registry.
We're novice buyers - agreed a price, but the selling agent informed us that the vendor will only go ahead if we use the agent's chosen lawyers as they are insisting on an ‘expedited deal’. We would rather use a family conveyancer who is familiar with conveyancing in Swadlincote
It is unlikely the owners are driving this. If they desire ‘a quick sale', alienating a serious purchaser is going to damage their objectives. Speak to the vendors direct and explain that (a)you are serious purchasers (b)you are excited to move forward, with mortgage lined up © you do not need to sell (d) you intend to proceed fast (e)however you are going to instruct your preferred Swadlincote conveyancing solicitors - not the ones that will give the estate agent a commission or achieve conveyancing thresholds demanded by head office.
Me and my partner are purchasing a leasehold maisonette in Swadlincote. Conveyancing quotes are coming in at around £1700. Is that in the right ballpark?
The average fee last year for conveyancing in Swadlincote was £1,395 not including Land Tax and HM Land Registry charges.