My bid for a property was accepted at auction in Worcester Park. Conveyancing is needed. What happens now?

Now that you have for in every practical sense signed on the dotted line you will need to hire the services of a conveyancing practitioner soon as you are facing a fast approaching a drop dead date to complete the property. Every auction property will have a corresponding legal set of papers. This will include the copy title deeds, local authority and drainage searches. If you have purchased leasehold property the auction papers may contain a copy of the lease, management information and a sellers leasehold information form and associated conveyancing documentation specific to leasehold premises. You should pass this on to your appointed conveyancing solicitor at the earliest opportunity. You also need to ensure that your finances are in order to complete the transaction on the set completion date.

My fiancee and I are in the throws of looking at apartments in Worcester Park and I am now considering a potential offer. Should I already have a solicitor appointed at this point? I will be getting a mortgage with Lloyds.

You should start requesting conveyancing estimates from solicitors ASAP. Once you decide who you want to use and once your offer is accepted you can instruct them to work for you and pass their contact information on to the EA. As you are getting a mortgage with Lloyds, ask your prospective lawyers if they are on the Lloyds conveyancing panel otherwise they can't do the mortgage legal work.

My offer was accepted on a house in Worcester Park on 19/11/2025, valuation was booked five days later, all came back fine. Conveyancer retained, so the only thing outstanding was my mortgage offer. Having made daily calls to Yorkshire BS and chasing them on my offer, I have now been told that my offer will not be issued unless the lawyer is on the Yorkshire BS conveyancing panel. Are Yorkshire BS entitled to hold back the Mortgage pending the lawyer being on the approved list?

A lender would not issue an offer until they have details of a lawyer on their panel. It can take a few weeks for Yorkshire BS to deal with your lawyer's application to be on the Yorkshire BS conveyancing panel. There's no guarantee that your solicitor will be accepted.

I purchased my home on 10 June and the transaction details are still not on the land registry website. Need I be worried? My conveyancing solicitor in Worcester Park advises it should be concluded in less than a month. Are properties in Worcester Park particularly slow to register?

As far as conveyancing in Worcester Park is concerned, registration is no faster or slower than anywhere else in the country. As opposed to being determined by geographic area, timeframes can adjust according to the party submitting the application, whether it is in order and whether the Land registry must send notices to any interested persons or bodies. At present approximately three quarters of submission are completed within 12 days but occasionally there can be longer hold-ups. Historically registration takes place once the new owner is living at the property so 'speed' is not usually primary concern but if there is a degree of urgency associated with the registration then you or your conveyancer should communicate with the Registry to express the reasoning for the application to be prioritised.

Just had an offer accepted on a new build flat in Worcester Park. Conveyancing is necessary evil at the best of times but I have never purchased a new build flat before. Can you give me some examples of some of the questions asked in new build legal work.

Set out below are examples of a selection of leasehold new build enquiries that you should expect your new-build leasehold conveyancing in Worcester Park

The Vendor must covenant to keep unoccupied units in good repair until long leases are granted therefore. The Lease must contain a provision on behalf of the Vendor to pay the service charges in respect of unoccupied units in order to ensure that all services can be provided. Please confirm the Lease plans are surveyor prepared. If there are lifts in the building, please confirm that the owners of flats on the ground and basement floors will not be required to contribute towards the cost of maintenance and renewal. Has the Lease plan been approved by the Land Registry and if not when will they be lodged for this purpose?

I opted to have a survey completed on a house in Worcester Park in advance of instructing solicitors. I have been informed that there is a flying freehold element to the property. The surveyor has said that some lenders will not issue a mortgage on a flying freehold property.

It depends who your proposed lender is. Lloyds has different instructions from Nationwide. If you e-mail us we can investigate further with the appropriate mortgage company. If you lender is happy to lend one our lawyers can help as they are used to dealing with flying freeholds in Worcester Park. Conveyancing can be more complicated and therefore you should check with your conveyancing solicitor in Worcester Park to see if the conveyancing costs will increase in light of this.

My estate agent has recommended their conveyancer for the conveyancing in Worcester Park - won’t it be easier to just use them?

It is not always the case and you are entitled to instruct whichever property lawyer you prefer for your Worcester Park home move. A lawyer recommended by an estate agent may not always be the best solicitor, they may put forward their preferred conveyancing firm who are based remotely. In this instance you may not have contact with your conveyancing practitioner and due to the lack of continuity in the transaction, it may be difficult to obtain progress reports.