My Conveyancer in Sutton on Trent is not listed on the HSBC Bank Conveyancing Panel. Can I still use my family solicitor even though they are excluded from the HSBC Bank panel of approved conveyancing solicitors?
Your options are as follows:
- Carry on with your existing Sutton on Trent solicitors but HSBC Bank will need to retain a conveyancer on their panel. This will inevitably rack up the total conveyancing fees as well as cause frustration.
- Get a new lawyer to to deal with the purchase, not forgetting to check they are HSBC Bank approved.
- Try to convince your HSBC Bank based solicitor to try to join the HSBC Bank panel
Does a directory service exist listing Leeds Building Society panel solicitors in Sutton on Trent on the UK Finance Lenders’ Handbook Website?
No. There is no such directory service on the CML or Building Society Association sites. A small selection of lenders make their panel listings viewable online. Where you are seeking to appoint a Sutton on Trent conveyancing practitioner on the Leeds Building Society please make the most of our tool.
I recently had an offer agreed on an apartment in Sutton on Trent. My financial adviser suggested a conveyancing practitioner. I paid an on account payment of £200. Shortly after, the conveyancing practitioner contacted 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.
My offer was accepted on a property in Sutton on Trent on 1/12/2025, valuation was booked 4 days after, received a clean bill of health. Conveyancer instructed, so the only thing outstanding was my mortgage offer. Having made daily calls to Nottingham and chasing them on my offer, I have now been told that my offer will not be issued unless the lawyer is on the Nottingham conveyancing panel. Are Nottingham entitled to hold back the Mortgage pending the lawyer being on the approved list?
A lender would not issue an offer until they have details of a lawyer on their panel. It can take a few weeks for Nottingham to deal with your lawyer's application to be on the Nottingham conveyancing panel. There's no guarantee that your solicitor will be accepted.
I note that there are debates on Chancel Insurance on online forums. Do I need this when buying a residence in Sutton on Trent? or Apparently there is historic law that could mean that house owners living in a parish church boundary may be liable to pay for repairs towards the chancel in proximity to the church. Is this appropriate for conveyancing in Sutton on Trent?
Unless a prior purchase of the premises took place post 12 October 2013 you can take it that solicitors handling conveyancing in Sutton on Trent to continue to propose a a chancel search and or chancel repair liability policy.
Given that I will soon part with 450k on a house in Sutton on Trent I wish to talk to a solicitor concerning thehouse move ahead of giving the go ahead to the firm. Can this be arranged?
This is something that we encourage - we would be pleased to talk to you we do not take any clients on without you speaking to the lawyer who will be conducting your property ownership legalities in Sutton on Trent.There is no ‘factory style conveyancing’ - every client is an important person, not a file reference. The practices that we put you in touch with believe that the figure you are quoted for residential conveyancing in Sutton on Trent should be the amount on the final invoice that you are charged.
What are my options where I am unhappy with the conveyancer who undertook our conveyancing in Sutton on Trent?
We live in an imperfect world, and is is a fact of life that sometimes matters do not go as planned. That being said there is recourse where you were unhappy with your conveyancing in Sutton on Trent. This varies from trying to resolve matters directly with them, through to reporting a solicitor to their regulator. If things still aren’t sorted out you may consider enlisting the help of the Legal Ombudsman.