I am hoping to receive a mortgage with Lloyds. I intend to employ the services of a Licensed Conveyancer in Crawley Down. Does the Lloyds Solicitor panel exclude Licensed Conveyancers?

The Lloyds approved solicitor list is, like many other lenders, associated to the Council or Mortgage Lenders or Building Society Association, open to Licensed Conveyancers regulated by the CLC.

We were just about to sign contracts for a semi detached house in Crawley Down. We have hit a snag. The mortgage offer with Santander expires on 11/9/2025 but the sellers are putting forward a completion date of 15/9/2025. Can one prolong the loan offer?

The best person to address this concern is your conveyancer who will hopefully calculate if he or she is should be discussing with the bank, vendor’s lawyers, selling agents or possibly all three taking into account the circumstances your conveyancing as of today.

We note that you have a search directory listing solicitors on the Coventry BS conveyancing panel. Do firms pay you a commission if I retain them for our conveyancing in Crawley Down?

We are a listing service only for law firms wishing to communicate if they are on the Coventry BS conveyancing panel or other lender panels. We do not charge referral fees to any conveyancer that you subsequently appoint for your conveyancing in Crawley Down.

Do I find a Licenced Conveyancer or Solicitor for conveyancing in Crawley Down?

There are many recorded licenced Conveyancers in Crawley Down and Solicitor practices in Crawley Down who provide Conveyancing services We would stress that the two are supervised by regulatory bodies with both specialising in the legal work in transferring property. The two can conduct associated property related work such as remortgage conveyancing, enfranchisement and transfer of equity conveyancing.

I have today made my last payment due on my mortgage with Barclays. I assume I don't need a Crawley Down conveyancing practitioner on the Barclays panel to remove the mortgage at the Land Registry. Please confirm.

If you have finished paying off your Barclays mortgage, they may send you evidence showing that you have paid it off. Alternatively they may notify the Land Registry directly. The Land Registry need to see this evidence before they will remove the Barclays mortgage from the register. Barclays, and any evidence they send you, will determine the action you need to take. In cases where no conveyancer is acting for you and you have paid off your mortgage:

1. but are not moving to another property
2. where Barclays has sent the Land Registry the discharge electronically, and
3. Barclays has instructed the Land Registry to do so

I am currently in the process of buying my council flat in Crawley Down. I have a mortgage agreed with Clydesdale. Conveyancing is new to me. Can I proceed without a solicitor easily? I think we can but we keep being told I should have one. Any advice?

It is not advisable to proceed with a house purchase without a solicitor. The council's solicitor are not acting for you. You need a solicitor for a number reasons. One of which is to verify what plans the Council have for repairs and refurbishment for the next five years. Many leaseholders have been stung for contributions of thousands of pounds. In any event, if you are getting a mortgage with Clydesdale, you will need to appoint a solicitor on the Clydesdale conveyancing panel.

The estate agent has sent us the confirmation of our purchase of a new build apartment in Crawley Down. Conveyancing is necessary evil at the best of times but I have never purchased a new build flat before. What sort of enquires would be asked in new build conveyancing.

Set out below are examples of a selection of leasehold new build questions that you can expect your new-build leasehold conveyancing in Crawley Down

The Lease must contain a provision on behalf of the Vendor to pay the service charges in respect of unoccupied units in order to ensure that all services can be provided. The Vendor must covenant to keep unoccupied units in good repair until long leases are granted therefore. There must be mutual enforceability of lessee’s covenants. Where service of notices and proceedings can be at the property demised please confirm that this can be amended to include simultaneous services at the Lessees’ solicitors’ offices where the Lessee from time to time is not resident in the UK - such solicitors may be varied by notice in writing to the Landlord from time to time but otherwise will be as previously specified. Has the Lease plan been approved by the Land Registry and if not when will they be lodged for this purpose?