We were just about to sign contracts for a property in Hailsham. We encountered a snag. Our loan offer with Britannia expires on 11/11/2025 but the owners are putting forward a completion date of 13/11/2025. Is it possible to prolong the loan expiry date?

The best person to deal with your question is your lawyer who will calculate whether they better off negotiating with the mortgage broker, owner’s solicitors, property agents or indeed all parties based on the history of your transaction as of today.

I just bought a flat at auction in Hailsham. Conveyancing is required. What are my next steps?

Given that you are now to all intents and purposes signed on the dotted line you must choose a conveyancing lawyer soon as you are faced with a tight a drop dead date to complete the transaction. Every auction property will ordinarily have a corresponding legal pack. This will likely include evidence of title and search results. If you have purchased leasehold premises the conveyancing pack may include a copy of the lease, management information and a sellers leasehold information form and other conveyancing documentation pertinent to a leasehold property. You need to give this to your appointed conveyancing solicitor as soon as possible. You also need to ensure that your finances are in order to complete on the on the contractual date .

My husband and I have organised the release of further monies on our home loan from Co-operative as we wish to conduct a loft conversion to our home in Hailsham. Are we obliged to appoint a bricks and mortar Hailsham solicitor on the Co-operative conveyancing panel to deal with the legals?

Co-operative would not normally instruct a member of their conveyancing panel to handle the formalities. If they do require any legal work then you would need to ensure that such a lawyer was on the Co-operative list.

After shopping around on the internet I have found a Hailsham conveyancer having checked that they are on the Skipton conveyancing panel. Does my lawyer arrange the survey of the property?

Skipton will need an independent valuation of the property. Your lawyer will not arrange this. Usually Skipton will appoint their own surveyor to do this, and you will have to pay for it. Remember that this is a valuation for mortgage purposes and not a survey. You may wish to consider appointing your own Hailsham surveyor to carry out a survey or prepare a home buyers report on the property. It is up to you to satisfy yourself that the property is structurally sound before you buy it. If the survey or report reveals that building work is needed, you should tell your solicitor. You may wish to renegotiate with the seller.

Will commercial conveyancing searches reveal planned roadworks that may impact a commercial premises in Hailsham?

Many commercial conveyancing solicitors in Hailsham will execute a SiteSolutions Highways report as it reduces the time that conveyancers invest in sourcing accurate data on highways that impact buildings and development assets in Hailsham. The report provides definitive data 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 Hailsham.

For every commercial conveyancing transaction in Hailsham it is critical to investigate the adoption status of roads surrounding a site. The absence of identifying developments where adoption procedures have not been dealt with adequately may result in delays to Hailsham commercial conveyancing deals as well as pose a risk to future intentions for the site. These searches are not ordered for domestic conveyancing in Hailsham.

I've recently found out that there is a flying freehold issue on a property I put an offer in two weeks back in what was supposed to be a straight forward, chain free conveyancing. Hailsham is where the house is located. Can you offer any opinion?

Flying freeholds in Hailsham are unusual but are more likely to exist in relation to terraced houses. Even where you use a solicitor outside Hailsham you would need to get your solicitor to go through the deeds thoroughly. Your lender may require your conveyancing solicitor to take out an indemnity policy. Some of the more diligent conveyancing solicitors in Hailsham may determine that this is not enough and that the deeds be re-written to give you the most up to date legal protection. If so, the next door neighbour also had to sign up to the revised deeds.It is possible that your lender will not accept the situation so the sooner you find out the better. You should also check with your insurance broker as to whether they will insure a flying freehold residence.

Is it possible to swap solicitor as I have to appoint one who is on the Platform Home Loans Ltd conveyancing panel. I had appointed a high street conveyancing solicitor in Hailsham round the corner but she is not approved by Platform Home Loans Ltd

It would be our pleasure to assist you find a conveyancing solicitor in Hailsham on the Platform Home Loans Ltd panel. Please note that the property lawyers that we on the directory do not pay us commission if you instruct them and are authorised and regulated by the SRA who regulate all conveyancing solicitors in Hailsham. Using the find a conveyancing solicitor tool on this page, you can compare and instruct different solicitors and conveyancers both nationally and in Hailsham.