We see that you have a post code search directory identifying law firms on the Virgin Money conveyancing panel. Do companies pay you a referral fee if I retain them for our conveyancing in Botley?
We are a listing service only for law firms wishing to communicate if they are on the Virgin Money conveyancing panel or other lender panels. We do not charge referral fees to any conveyancer that you subsequently appoint for your conveyancing in Botley.
My husband and I are purchasing a purpose built flat in Botley with a loan from Bank of Ireland.We would like to retain our Botley conveyancing solicitor but Bank of Ireland advised that her practice is not listed on their "panel". We have to appoint a Bank of Ireland panel solicitor or retain our local solicitor and pay for one of their panel ones to act for them. This seems very unfair; is there anything we can do?
No, not really. The mortgage issued to you is subject to its various provisions, one of which will be that lawyers must be on the Bank of Ireland approved list. in the past, most lenders had large numbers of law firms on their panels: a borrower could find 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. Another option that might be available is for your lawyer to apply to be on the conveyancing panel for Bank of Ireland
We are buying a property in Botley. It might be a silly question but how we can trust a solicitor? At some point we have to put funds into their account. What protection do we have from them run away with our monies?
Be assured that all money in a Solicitors client account is 100% safe, and even if your Solicitor ran off with it, the Law Society would reimburse you fully.
A relative informed me that in buying a property in Botley there may be various restrictions affecting the ability to carry out external changes to the property. Is this right?
There are a number of properties in Botley which have some sort of restriction or requirement of consent to perform external alterations. Part of the conveyancing in Botley should determine what restrictions are applicable and advising you as part of a ROT that should be sent to you.
I had an offer accepted on a property in Botley on 15/5/2025, valuation was booked 4 days later, received a clean bill of health. Property lawyer retained, so the only thing outstanding was my mortgage offer. Having made daily calls to UBS and chasing them on my offer, I have now been told that my offer will not be issued unless the lawyer is on the UBS conveyancing panel. Can the lender hold off the offer?
Mortgage companies tend not to not issue an offer until they have details of a lawyer on their panel. It can take a few weeks for UBS to deal with your lawyer's application to be on the UBS conveyancing panel. There's no guarantee that your solicitor will be accepted.
I have recentlyfound out that Action Conveyancing have been shut down. They carried out my conveyancing in Botley for a purchase of a freehold house 12 months ago. How can I establish that my home is registered correctly in the name of the previous owner?
The easiest way to check if the premises 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 Botley conveyancing specialists.
What tools are available to identify a Botley law firm on the Chelsea Building Society conveyancing panel? I drive a motor bike and am happy to travel upto 10miles to meet the conveyancer.
Feel free to make use of the facility on this website. Please pick a lender and your location and you will see a number of Botley conveyancing lawyers located nearest you. We have listed some Botley conveyancing firms towards the end of this page and you can telephone them to check whether they are on the Chelsea Building Society approved list
Can you recommend a good Botley property lawyer for buying a flat? A friend suggested one but their quote was £895 for a 225k property. I think thats a wee bit steep. The lender will be Virgin Money.
LenderPanel.com is restricted to being a directory service for solicitors who wish to be listed as being on the approved conveyancing panel for Virgin Money in certain areas for example Botley . We dont recommend any specific property lawyer.