Willusing a Eastwood conveyancing firm make my purchase more efficient?

Generally conveyancing lawyers in your location will enjoy strong connections with your local authority, which can help with the Eastwood conveyancing searches that your lawyer will inevitably need. It can only assist if they have good relationships with the Land Registry in your area Eastwood, other property lawyers in the area and Eastwood Estate Agents.

Two weeks ago we had a mortgage agreed in principle with Santander. Eastwood conveyancing lawyers are chosen. What is the average time that one could expect to receive a mortgage offer from Santander?

Some lenders take longer than others. Have Santander conducted the valuation? Have you informed Santander as to your lawyers' details and checked that your lawyers are on the Santander conveyancing panel? It is not unusual for a mortgage offer to take a month to come through.

I can not work out if my lender obliges me to make sure the lease term for the flat is extended prior to the completion date. I have called into my local Eastwood building society branch on various occasions and was told they are content with the situation and they will lend. My Eastwood conveyancing solicitor - who is on the lender conveyancing panel- called to say that they will not lend based on their UK Finance Lenders’ Handbook minimum lease term requirements. Who do I believe?

Provided that the conveyancer is on the lender panel, she or he must comply with the Council of Mortgage Lenders’ Handbook provisions for the bank. Unless your lawyer obtains specific confirmation in writing that the lender will go ahead, your lawyer has no choice but to refrain from exchanging contract and committing you to the purchase. We would suggest that you ask the mortgage company to contact your lawyer in writing confirming that they will accept the number of years left on the lease.

My offer was accepted on an apartment in Eastwood on 28/11/2025, 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 UBS and chasing them on my offer, I have now been told that my offer will not be issued unless the lawyer is on the UBS 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 UBS to deal with your lawyer's application to be on the UBS conveyancing panel. There's no guarantee that your solicitor will be accepted.

Do commercial conveyancing searches reveal proposed roadworks that could affect a commercial land in Eastwood?

Its becoming the norm that commercial conveyancing solicitors in Eastwood will order a SiteSolutions Highways report as it dramatically cuts the time that conveyancers invest in investigating accurate data on highways that impact buildings and development assets in Eastwood. The search result sets out definitive information on the adoption status of roads, footpaths and verges, as well as the implication of traffic schemes and the rights of way surrounding a commercial development sites in Eastwood.

For every commercial conveyancing transaction in Eastwood it is critical to investigate the adoption status of roads surrounding a site. Failure to identify developments where adoption procedures have not been dealt with adequately could cause delays to Eastwood commercial conveyancing deals as well as present a risk to future plans for the site. These searches are not carried out for residential conveyancing in Eastwood.

I have recentlydiscovered that Wolstenholmes have closed. They carried out my conveyancing in Eastwood for a purchase of a freehold house 9 months ago. How can I check that the property is registered correctly in the name of the previous owner?

The quickest way to see if the premises is registered to you, you can carry out a search of the land registry (£3.00). You can either do this yourself or ask a law firm to do this for you. If you are not registered you can seek help from one of a number of Eastwood conveyancing specialists.

Estate agents have just been given the go-ahead to market my ground floor apartment in Eastwood. Conveyancing solicitors are to be appointed soon, but I have just had a yearly service charge demand – what should I do?

It best that you discharge the service charge as usual as all rents and maintenance charges should be allotted on completion, so you should recover the relevant percentage by the purchaser for the period running from after the completion date to the next payment date. Most managing agents will not acknowledge the buyer unless the service charges have been paid and are up to date, so it is important for both buyer and seller for the seller to show that they are up to date. Having a clear account will assist your cause and will leave you no worse off financially.

I bought a 2 bed flat in Eastwood, conveyancing formalities finalised half a dozen years ago. How much will my lease extension cost? Equivalent properties in Eastwood with over 90 years remaining are worth £211,000. The average or mid-range amount of ground rent is £45 levied per year. The lease comes to an end on 21st October 2093

With only 67 years left to run the likely cost is going to span between £10,500 and £12,000 plus legals.

The suggested premium range that we have given is a general guide to costs for renewing a lease, but we are not able to provide the actual costs without more detailed investigations. Do not use this information in a Notice of Claim or as an informal offer. There are no doubt additional issues that need to be considered and clearly you should be as accurate as possible in your negotiations. Please do not move forward based on this information before seeking the advice of a professional.