I am due to move home in December. Will my conveyancing solicitor communicate with the removal company on the day of completion. As an aside, can you recommend a removal company in Hilsea. Conveyancing lawyer was chosen prior to coming across your site.

On the afternoon of completion you can collect the house keys from the property agent however this should only be done when the previous owners conveyancers inform the agent that they acknowledge receipt of the completion payment and the keys can be released. You can advise the removal company that you are ready to move in. As a matter of policy we do not suggest a particular removal company but can help you find a conveyancing in Hilsea or a legal practice with expertise in conveyancing in Hilsea.

I had an offer accepted on an apartment in Hilsea on 11/7/2025, valuation was booked five days later, received a clean bill of health. Property lawyer retained, so the only thing outstanding was my mortgage offer. Having made daily calls to TSB and chasing them on my offer, I have now been told that my offer will not be issued unless the lawyer is on the TSB conveyancing panel. Are TSB 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 TSB to deal with your lawyer's application to be on the TSB conveyancing panel. There's no guarantee that your solicitor will be accepted.

Barclays have agreed my home loan in principle, my bid on a house in Hilsea has been agreed to, now what?

Your estate agent will wish to know who your solicitors are (be sure the conveyancers are on the lender’s approved list). Telephone Barclays or your financial adviser and complete any relevant forms. Barclays will sellect a valuer who will get in touch with the selling agent or seller to book a time for the valuation to occur. Once carried out (assuming no problems) it takes on average a fortnight to receive the mortgage offer. Barclays will issue the offer to you and your conveyancing practitioners. The legal work will then take it’s course according the nature and complexity of the conveyancing in Hilsea.

Is it necessary to take out insurance to cover chancel repairs when acquiring a residence in Hilsea?

Unless a prior purchase of the house completed after 12 October 2013 you may assume that solicitors delivering conveyancing in Hilsea to remain encouraging a chancel search and or chancel repair liability insurance.

I have justbecome aware that Wolstenholmes have closed. They carried out my conveyancing in Hilsea for a purchase of a leasehold apartment 9 months ago. How can I establish that the property is registered correctly in the name of the former proprietor?

The easiest method to see if the premises is registered to you, you can make 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 Hilsea conveyancing specialists.

I'm buying my first flat in Hilsea with the aid of help to buy. The sellers would not budge the price so I negotiated £7000 of fixtures and fittings instead. The estate agent told me not disclose to my solicitor about this side-deal as it would impact my mortgage with The Royal Bank of Scotland. Is this normal?.

All lenders require a Disclosure of Incentives Form from the developer of any new build, converted or renovated property, It is available online from the Lenders’ Handbook page on the CML website. CML form is completed and handed to the lender's surveyor when the inspection is done.

Lenders have different policies on incentives. Some accept none at all, cash or physical, while others will accept cash incentives up to 5%.

Hard to understand why the representative of a builder would be suggesting you withold information from a solicitor when all this will be clearly visible on forms the builder has to supply to its solicitor, the buyer's solicitor and the surveyor.

Why can I not complete my conveyancing in Hilsea on a public holiday?

This is due to the fact that on completion the purchase price needs to pass between the banks of the buyer and owner’s solicitor and at present this can only happen on a working day. It is not possible to complete on a saturday or sunday either.