We were just about to exchange contracts for a garden flat in Little Hulton. We have hit a stumbling block. The loan offer with Aldermore expires on 9/3/2026 but the owners are insisting on a completion date of 11/3/2026. Can one prolong the loan expiry date?

The person best placed to deal with your concern is your conveyancer who is in a position to assess if they better off negotiating with the bank, vendor’s lawyers, estate agents or conceivably all parties given the history of your transaction to date.

I opted to have a survey done on a property in Little Hulton ahead of instructing conveyancers. I have been told that there is a flying freehold overhang to the house. The surveyor advised that some lenders will not grant a mortgage on a flying freehold home.

It varies from the lender to lender. Santander has different instructions for example to Nationwide. Should you wish to call us we can look into this further via the appropriate bank. If you lender is happy to lend one our lawyers can assist as they are used to dealing with flying freeholds in Little Hulton. Conveyancing can be more complicated and therefore you should check with your conveyancing solicitor in Little Hulton to see if the conveyancing costs will increase in light of this.

How difficult is it to switch solicitor as I have to appoint a firm on the Barnsley Building Society conveyancing list. I had appointed a high street conveyancing solicitor in Little Hulton five minutes from me but the firm is not approved by Barnsley Building Society

We will our best to assist in finding you a conveyancing solicitor in Little Hulton on the Barnsley Building Society panel. Please note that the conveyancers that we list do not pay us a referral fee if you instruct them and are regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority who regulate all conveyancing solicitors in Little Hulton. Using the find a conveyancing solicitor tool on this site, you can compare costs for conveyancing solicitors in Little Hulton and beyond.

I am looking for a conveyancing practitioner in Little Hulton for my home move. Can I see a solicitor's record with the profession’s regulator?

Members of the public can read published Solicitor Regulator Association (SRA) determinations stemming from investigations from 2008 onwards. Visit Check a solicitor's record. To find details Pre 2008, or to check a solicitors history, call 0870 606 2555, 08.00 - 18.00 Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and 09.30 - 18.00 Tuesday. International callers, use +44 (0)121 329 6800. The SRA could monitor call for training requirements.

I am an executor of my recently deceased mum’s Will, with a property in Little Hulton which will be sold. The house is unregistered at HMLR and I'm told that many EAs will insist that it is completed before they will proceed. What's the mechanism for this?

In the circumstances that you have set out it seems prudent to seek to register in the names of the personal representative(s) as named in the probate and in their capacity as PRs. The Land Registry’s online guidance explains how to register for the first time and what is required re the deeds and forms. You would need to include and certified copy of the probate as well and complete the form FR1 to refer to the PRs as the applicant.