Can the conveyancing practitioners to be found on your site carry out auction conveyancing in Chiswick?
There are a few auction practitioners we can connect you with those conducting auction conveyancing. Chiswick is one of the many areas of where our lawyers have a presence.
Do lenders provide you with an approved list of Chiswick conveyancing solicitors? How do you know who is on the Lloyds conveyancing panel?
Chiswick conveyancing firms themselves provide us confirmation that they are on the Lloyds conveyancing panel as opposed to being supplied with a list from Lloyds directly.
About to place a bid on a leasehold apartment in Chiswick. The selling agents say that it is standard for flats in Chiswick to have less than 75 years unexpired on the lease. I am expecting a loan with Bank of Ireland. Is this going to be a problem if the lease has 72 years to go.
Most leasehold conveyancing experts should be able to deal with a lease extension. if you are obtaining 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 14/11/2026 the requirements read as follows :
My stepmother informed me that in purchasing a property in Chiswick there may be a number of restrictions limiting what one can do in terms of external changes to the property. Is this right?
We are aware of anumerous of properties in Chiswick which have some sort of restriction or requirement of consent to carry out external alterations. Part of the conveyancing in Chiswick should determine what restrictions are applicable and advising you as part of a ROT that should be sent to you.
I have today made my last payment due on my mortgage with Santander. I assume I don't need a Chiswick solicitor on the Santander panel to remove the mortgage at the Land Registry. Am I right?
If you have finished paying off your Santander mortgage, they may send you evidence showing that you have paid it off. Alternatively they may notify the Land Registry directly. The Land Registry need to see this evidence before they will remove the Santander mortgage from the register. Santander, and any evidence they send you, will determine the action you need to take. In cases where no conveyancer is acting for you and you have paid off your mortgage:
- but are not moving to another property
- where Santander has sent the Land Registry the discharge electronically, and
- Santander has instructed the Land Registry to do so
I recently had an offer accepted on an apartment in Chiswick. My financial adviser pressured me to appoint their conveyancer. I paid an on account payment of £150. A couple of days later, the solicitor contacted me to say that they were not on the Principality conveyancing panel. Am I right in thinking that I should be due a refund?
You should be able to recover this from the law firm if they were not on the Principality panel. They should have asked at the outset which lender you were obtaining a mortgage with. An important lesson to readers of this site is to check that the lawyers are on the appropriate lender panel.
How does conveyancing in Chiswick differ for newly converted properties?
Most buyers of new build or newly converted property in Chiswick contact us having been asked by the housebuilder to exchange contracts and commit to the purchase even before the premises is ready to move into. This is because developers in Chiswick typically purchase the land, plan the estate and want to get the plots sold off as they are building the properties. Buyers, therefore, will have to exchange contracts without actually seeing the house they are buying. To reduce the chances of losing the property, buyers should instruct property lawyers as soon as the property is reserved and mortgage applications should be submitted quickly. Due to the fact that it could be several months and even years between exchange of contracts and completion, the mortgage offer may need to be extended. It would be wise to use a lawyer who specialises in new build conveyancing especially if they are used to new build conveyancing in Chiswick or who has acted in the same development.
Having used your search tool I can't find the lawyer I was hoping to instruct as being on the bank conveyancing panel. My lawyer has said that they are on the lender approved panel. How can I be sure given that they are not listed on your directory?
Not all firms are yet listed on our lender panel search tool which is still relatively new. Law firms are listing on a daily basis and it is probably the case that your lawyer is on the mortgage company conveyancing lawyer and you should probably take them at their word. Please do feel free to suggest that they completing their listing on our site as it would only cost them £1 a month to list themselves as being on the bank solicitor panel.