Good Effort
Captain Kirk,
Well done! I'm grappling with a similar isue with Nat***wide at the moment. despite my being unable to live in my house due to posting, they seem happy to charge me an additional 1% interest because I am a "high risk" lend. i.e. they view me as buy to let.
I'd be very grateful if you could drop me a PM with a number or name of someone you have spoken to with HSBC as that sounds like a good starting point for me.
Thank you for your effort and let's hope other lenders catch on!
Thanks
H-u-L