My IFA has requested my Biggin Hill solicitor’s panel member for the Nat West conveyancing panel. Can you suggest how I obtain this. I have e-mailed my local Biggin Hill office but they have not responded to me.
The sensible thing to do is ask for this information from your Biggin Hill lawyer . Most Biggin Hill law firms will retain a file or database of lender panel information which would include, if applicable, their conveyancing panel details for each bank.
My wife and I are soon to exchange on the purchase of a house in Biggin Hill but as a result of wreckage from the recent storms I have was able negotiate compensation from the owner of three thousand pounds in the form of a deduction in the price. This was going to be addressed as part of a side agreement but Principality will not agree to this. Should they have been approached?
Your conveyancer being on a Principality conveyancing panel is obliged to disclose to Principality of any changes to the purchase price. If you prohibit your property lawyer to disclose the reduction to Principality then they would have to discontinue acting for you. In addition, Principality and you would have to appoint a new conveyancing practitioner for your conveyancing in Biggin Hill.
It is is a decade since I acquired my house in Biggin Hill. Conveyancing lawyers have just been retained on the sale but I can't locate the title documents. Will this cause complications?
Don’t worry too much. First the deeds may be retained by the mortgage company or they may still be with the lawyers who oversaw your purchase. Secondly in most cases the property will be recorded at the land registry and you will be able to establish that you are the registered owner by your conveyancing lawyers obtaining current official copies of the land registers. Nearly all conveyancing in Biggin Hill relates to registered property but in the unlikely event that your home is not registered it adds to the complexity but is not insurmountable.
I am about to put an offer on a leasehold apartment in Biggin Hill. The selling agents tell me that it is usual for flats in Biggin Hill to have less than 75 years unexpired on the lease. I am getting a mortgage with Bank of Ireland. Is this going to be acceptable if the lease has 72 years remaining.
Most leasehold conveyancing experts should be able to deal with a lease extension. if you are securing a mortgage then your lender may insist that the lease be extended before competition. Bank of Ireland have specific requirements as set out in the UK Finance Lenders’ Handbook in relation to minimum unexpired lease terms. As of 16/11/2025 the requirements read as follows :
We're novice buyers - agreed a price, yet the agent informed us that the owners will only move forward if we appoint the agent's preferred conveyancers as they want an ‘expedited deal’. We would rather use a family conveyancer who is familiar with conveyancing in Biggin Hill
We suspect that the seller is not behind this demand. Should the vendor desire ‘a quick sale', alienating a serious buyer is not the way to achieve this. Speak to the owners direct and explain that (a)you are serious purchasers (b)you are excited to move forward, with mortgage lined up © you are chain free (d) you wish to move quickly (e)but you will continue to use your own,trusted Biggin Hill conveyancing lawyers - as opposed tothose that will earn the negotiator at the agency a introducer fee or hit his conveyancing targets set by corporate headquarters.
I am contemplating instructing an online conveyancer ahead of a Biggin Hill conveyancing practice. Am I making a mistake?
Advantages do exist in having the option pop in to a local Biggin Hill conveyancing solicitor such as
- signing documents and and when necessary
- getting face-to-face explanations of matters that you need help with
- the ability to complain if things go pear-shaped
When comparing estimates, look out for hidden extras. Most decent Biggin Hill high street solicitors give an all-inclusive figure. Often online agents appear to offer low cost fees, yet have hidden 'extras' in the small print.