My husband and I are purchasing a 2 bedroom apartment in Batheaston with a mortgage. We have a Batheaston solicitor, however the mortgage company advise he's not on their "panel". It appears that we have little choice but to appoint one of the mortgage company panel conveyancing practices or retain our Batheaston conveyancing practitioner and pay for one of their panel firms to act for them. This seems very unfair; is there anything we can do?
No, not really. Your mortgage offer is subject to its terms and conditions, one of which will be that lawyers will on the bank’s conveyancing panel. Until recently, most lenders had large numbers of law firms on their panels: a borrower could choose one for themselves, as long as it was on the lender's panel. The lender would then simply instruct the borrower's lawyers to act for the lender, too. You can use your lender's panel lawyers or you could borrow from another lender which does not restrict your choice. A further alternative is for your Batheaston conveyancing lawyer to apply to be on the conveyancing panel.
My uncle advised me that in buying a property in Batheaston there could be various restrictions prohibiting external changes to a property. Is this right?
There are a number of properties in Batheaston which have some sort of restriction or requirement of consent to execute external variations. Part of the conveyancing in Batheaston should determine what restrictions are applicable and advising you as part of a ROT that should be sent to you.
The formalities of my purchase has taken place for my property in Batheaston. Conveyancing was satisfactory but I feel I should register my dissatisfaction about the lender. How does one go about formally complaining?
All lenders have complaints procedures. Your first point of contact should be one of the lender’s branches or the Customer Services Team at head office. Ordinarily complaints to a lender are sorted out effectively and efficiently. If you feel the matter is not resolved you can write to Financial Ombudsman Service, South Quay Plaza, 183 Marsh Wall, London E14 9SR who will take matters further.
My offer was accepted on a property in Batheaston on 24/12/2025, valuation was booked 4 days after, all came back fine. Solicitor appointed, so the only thing outstanding was my mortgage offer. Having made daily calls to Virgin Money and chasing them on my offer, I have now been told that my offer will not be issued unless the lawyer is on the Virgin Money conveyancing panel. Are Virgin Money entitled to hold back the Mortgage pending the lawyer being on the approved list?
A lender would not issue a mortgage until they have details of a lawyer on their panel. It can take a few weeks for Virgin Money to deal with your lawyer's application to be on the Virgin Money conveyancing panel. There's no guarantee that your solicitor will be accepted.
My partner and I are planning on selling our house in Batheaston and the buyers lawyers are claiming that there is a possibility that the property was built land that was not decontaminated. Any local conveyancer would know that there is no such problem. It does beg the question why the buyers are using a factory type conveyancing firm as opposed to a conveyancing solicitor in Batheaston. We have lived in Batheaston for many years we know of no issue. Should we contact our local Authority to get confirmation need.
It would appear that you have a conveyancing solicitor currently acting for you. What do they say? You need to check with your lawyer before you do anything. It is very possible that once the local authority has been informed of a potential issue it cannot be insured against (a bit like being diagnosed with a serious illness and then taking out life insurance to cover that same sickness)
I have recentlybecome aware that Stirling Law have been shut down. They carried out my conveyancing in Batheaston for a purchase of a leasehold flat 18 months ago. How can I be sure that the property is registered correctly in the name of the previous owner?
The quickest method to check if the property is registered to you, you can carry out a search of the land registry (£3.00). You can either do this yourself or ask a law firm to do this for you. If you are not registered you can seek help from one of a number of Batheaston conveyancing specialists.
Hoping to buy a property located in Batheaston and I am already nervous. I couldn't find anything specific about Batheaston. Conveyancing will be needed in due course but do you know about the Batheaston area? or perhaps some other tips you can share?
Rather than looking online forget looking online you should go and have a look at Batheaston. In the meantime here are some basic statistics that we found
Been searching for a solicitor for leasehold sale conveyancing in Batheaston. We are selling, simple no mortgage to discharge, no hurry, no onward purchase. Received an estimate from a conveyancing practitioner for £1000 including VAT which is a little steep considering its so straightforward. Is it possible to find less expensive fees for conveyancing in Batheaston?
Considering it’s a sale only, 475 + VAT is likely to be about the best for sale conveyancing in Batheaston.