Me and my fiance are buying a maisonette in Hurst. My lawyer is not listed on the lender solicitor panel. Am I still permitted to use my Hurst conveyancing solicitor notwithstanding that they are not on the bank panel of approved conveyancing solicitors?

You have numerous alternatives open to you here

• Complete the purchase with your existing Hurst but your mortgage company will undoubtedly instruct a on their approved panel. This will result in additional cost together with likely interruption.
• Choose a fresh to act in the purchase, obviously checking they are on the lender conveyancing panel.
• Appeal to your to apply to join the lender panel

Are the Hurst conveyancing solicitors identified as being on the conveyancing panel, together with their details provided by ?

Hurst conveyancing firms themselves provide us confirmation that they are on the conveyancing panel as opposed to being supplied with a list from directly.

We are planning to purchase with . We have called around locally but am struggling to find a Hurst conveyancing firm on the approved list. Could you help?

Please do make use of the find a lender approved solicitor tool on this web page. Please choose the lender and type Hurst or your preferred area and you will discover numerous conveyancers offices in Hurst or by proximity to you.

Me and my brother have a semi-detached Georgian property in Hurst. Conveyancing practitioner represented me and . I happened to do a free search for it on the Land Registry database and there are two entries: one for freehold, the second leasehold with the exact same property. If a house is not a freehold shouldn't I have been informed?

You should assess the Freehold register you have again and check the Charges Register for mention of a lease. The best way to be sure that you are also the registered proprietor of the leasehold and freehold title as well is to check (£3). It is not completely unheard of in Hurst and other areas of the country and poses no real issues for owners other than when they sell they have to account for both freehold and leasehold interests when dealing with buyers. You can also check the situation with your conveyancing solicitor who completed the work.

The solicitors carrying out our conveyancing in Hurst has sent documents to review that state the land is unregistered with epitome documents. Why is the property not registred at the Land Registry?

Most property in Hurst is registered. An 'epitome' is basically a dossier of photocopies of documents affecting an unregistered title. Many Hurst conveyancing solicitors should be able to handle such matters but if any uncertainty exists the prevailing proposition presently is for the current owners to register the title first and subsequently deal with the transfer to the buyer - this no doubt cause a significant delay.