Our family lawyer has given a fee calculation of £1400 for no completion no fee conveyancing in East Molesey. I’m hoping to sell a Georgian property for £275,000. Is this too much? Is it in excess of what I should be paying for conveyancing in East Molesey?
The costs illustration is slightly on the high side. Where you are willing to invest time scrutinising quotes you might get the conveyancing a bit cheaper by perhaps £125. That being said, you maylive to rue choosing an an unknown conveyancer. Don't forget to check that the conveyancer can represent your mortgage company. Do employ our search tool to find a East Molesey conveyancing practice on the lender’s member panel which can often include conveyancing solicitors in East Molesey.
We see that you have a post code search directory identifying firms on the Santander conveyancing panel. Do firms pay you a commission if I instruct them for our own conveyancing in East Molesey?
We are a listing service only for law firms wishing to communicate if they are on the Santander conveyancing panel or other lender panels. We do not charge referral fees to any conveyancer that you subsequently appoint for your conveyancing in East Molesey.
We are getting the release of further funds on our mortgage from Skipton as we want to carry out a loft conversion to our property in East Molesey. Are we obliged to appoint a nearby East Molesey solicitor on the Skipton conveyancing panel to handle the paperwork?
Skipton don't usually appoint a member of their conveyancing panel to deal with the formalities. If they do require any legal work then you would need to ensure that such a lawyer was on the Skipton conveyancing panel.
After much negotiation I have agreed a price on a house in East Molesey. My mortgage broker pressured me to appoint their conveyancer. I paid an advanced payment of £175. Soon after, the property lawyer contacted me sheepishly admitting that they were not on the Lloyds 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 Lloyds 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.
My offer was accepted on an apartment in East Molesey on 29/6/2026, valuation was booked five days later, all came back fine. Conveyancer appointed, so all that was missing was my mortgage offer. Having made daily calls to TSB and chasing them on my offer, I have now been told that my offer will not be issued unless the lawyer is on the TSB conveyancing panel. Can the lender hold off the offer?
A lender would not issue a mortgage until they have details of a lawyer on their panel. It can take a few weeks for TSB to deal with your lawyer's application to be on the TSB conveyancing panel. There's no guarantee that your solicitor will be accepted.
I have justbeen informed that Wolstenholmes have closed. They carried out my conveyancing in East Molesey for a purchase of a leasehold apartment 18 months ago. How can I check that my home is registered correctly in the name of the former proprietor?
The quickest method to see if the premises is registered to you, you can make 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 East Molesey conveyancing specialists.
I've recently found out that there is a flying freehold element on a house I have offered on last month in what should have been a straight forward, chain free conveyancing. East Molesey is where the house is located. What do you suggest?
Flying freeholds in East Molesey are rare but are more likely to exist in relation to terraced houses. Even where you use a solicitor outside East Molesey you would need to get your solicitor to go through the deeds thoroughly. Your lender may require your conveyancing solicitor to take out an indemnity policy. Some of the more diligent conveyancing solicitors in East Molesey may ascertain that this is not enough and that the deeds be re-written to give you the most up to date legal protection. If so, the next door neighbour also had to sign up to the revised deeds.It is possible that your lender will not accept the situation so the sooner you find out the better. You should also check with your insurance broker as to whether they will insure a flying freehold premises.
My uncle has encouraged me to appoint his lawyers for conveyancing in East Molesey. Do I follow his advice?
There are no two ways about it it’s preferable to choose a conveyancing practitioner is to seek referrals from friends or relatives who have experience in using the conveyancer you're contemplating using.