My IFA requires my Corsham lawyer’ panel reference for the Santander conveyancing panel. What is the best way to discover this. I have called my local Corsham branch but they have not got back to me yet.

Have you tried calling your Corsham conveyancer about this?. They maintain a central record lender panel numbers.

My offer was accepted on an apartment in Corsham on 24/12/2025, valuation was booked 2 days after, received a clean bill of health. Conveyancer appointed, so all that was missing was my mortgage offer. Having made daily calls to Santander and chasing them on my offer, I have now been told that my offer will not be issued unless the lawyer is on the Santander conveyancing panel. Can the lender hold off the offer?

Mortgage companies tend not to not issue a mortgage until they have details of a lawyer on their panel. It can take a few weeks for Santander to deal with your lawyer's application to be on the Santander conveyancing panel. There's no guarantee that your solicitor will be accepted.

I have instructed a Corsham conveyancer having made sure that they are on the Nationwide conveyancing panel. Does my lawyer arrange the survey of the property?

Nationwide will need an independent valuation of the property. Your lawyer will not arrange this. Usually Nationwide 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. Your solicitor will not organise the survey but they may be able to put you in touch with a local one that they recommend. RICS offers a find a surveyor service (just google it) where you can search for a qualified surveyor by your Corsham postcode. As you are getting a mortgage with Nationwide, you could contact them to see if they have a list of approved surveyors in Corsham.

Nottingham have agreed my mortgage in principle, my offer on a house in Corsham has been accepted, now what?

Your property agent will need to be informed of your solicitor's details (ensure that the conveyancers are on the bank’s panel). Telephone Nottingham or the financial adviser and finalise any appropriate documentation. Nottingham will sellect a valuer who will get in touch with the selling agent or owners to schedule an appointment. Once conducted (assuming no problems) it takes on average ten days to receive the mortgage offer. Nottingham will send 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 Corsham.

Yesterday I discovered that there is a flying freehold issue on a property I put an offer in a fortnight ago in what was supposed to be a straight forward, chain free conveyancing. Corsham is where the house is located. Can you shed any light on this issue?

Flying freeholds in Corsham are unusual but are more likely to exist in relation to terraced houses. Even where you use a solicitor outside Corsham you must be sure that your lawyer goes through the deeds thoroughly. Your mortgage company may require your conveyancing solicitor to take out an indemnity policy. Some of the more diligent conveyancing solicitors in Corsham may decide 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.

Having had my offer accepted I require leasehold conveyancing in Corsham. Before diving in I would like to find out the remaining lease term.

Assuming the lease is registered - and 99.9% are in Corsham - then the leasehold title will always include the short particulars of the lease, namely the date; the term; and the original parties. From a conveyancing perspective such details then enable any prospective buyer and lender to confirm that any lease they are looking at is the one relevant to that title. For any other purpose, such as confirming how long the term was granted for and calculating what is left, then the register should be sufficient on it's own.

I own a garden flat in Corsham, conveyancing formalities finalised in 2004. Can you let me have an estimated range of the fair premium for a lease extension? Similar flats in Corsham with an extended lease are worth £197,000. The ground rent is £55 yearly. The lease terminates on 21st October 2081

With 55 years unexpired we estimate the price of your lease extension to be between £31,400 and £36,200 plus legals.

The suggested premium range above a general guide to costs for extending a lease, but we cannot give you the actual costs without more detailed investigations. You should not use this information in tribunal or court proceedings. There may be additional concerns that need to be considered and clearly you should be as accurate as possible in your negotiations. Please do not take any other action based on this information without first seeking the advice of a professional.

My partner is buying a studio flat in Corsham. He has received a fee estimate by the property lawyer suggested by the selling agents and it came to £1275 . It was 9 years ago I sold and bought a home and the bill was £495. Have costs really escalated to that extent?

What does the conveyancing estimate include? Is it just for the legal fees, or what you will be paying in total (for example Corsham searches, land registry fees, etc)