It has come to my attention via my lender that my Egham lawyer is not on the mortgage company Solicitor panel. How can I be sure that this is correct?
You need to contact your Egham lawyer directly. It is reasonable to expect your lawyer to inform you of the situation. Where they are not on the panel they could put your in touch with solicitors on the conveyancing panel for your bank.
Finally the sale completed on my house in Egham last April yet the purchaser is SMS messaging me complaining that their conveyancer needs to hear from mine. What are the post completion sale legalities following completion?
Post completion of your sale your conveyancer is duty bound to forward the transfer deeds and all of the paperwork to the buyer’s conveyancer. Where relevant, your conveyancer should also evidence that the mortgage has been discharged to the purchasers solicitors. There are no post completion tasks peculiar conveyancing in Egham.
Completion of my purchase has taken place for my property in Egham. Conveyancing was of an acceptable standard but I would like to complain about the lender. How does one go about formally complaining?
Almost all banks and building societies have complaints procedures. Your first port of call should be one of the lender’s branches or the Customer Care Department at head office. Ordinarily complaints to a lender are resolved very quickly. If you feel the matter is not resolved you can write to Financial Ombudsman Service, South Quay Plaza, 183 Marsh Wall, London E14 9SR with full details of your complaint.
I had an offer accepted on a house in Egham on 18/8/2025, valuation was booked 4 days later, received a clean bill of health. Conveyancer retained, so all that was missing 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 an offer 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.
TSB have agreed my mortgage in principle, my bid on a house in Egham has been accepted, what happens next?
Your property agent will want to know who your solicitors are (ensure that the property lawyers are on the bank’s panel). Telephone TSB or your financial adviser and complete any appropriate documentation. TSB will instruct a valuer who will get in contact with the selling agent or seller to schedule an appointment. Once conducted (assuming no problems) it takes on average ten days to receive the mortgage offer. TSB will issue the offer to you and your conveyancers. The legal work will then take it’s course according the nature and complexity of the conveyancing in Egham.
I'm buying a new build house in Egham with the aid of help to buy. The developers would not budge the price so I negotiated 6k of fixtures and fittings instead. The house builders rep suggested that I not reveal to my solicitor about the deal as it would jeopardize my loan with the bank. Should I keep quiet?.
All lenders require a Disclosure of Incentives Form from the developer of any new build, converted or renovated property, It is available online from the Lenders’ Handbook page on the CML website. CML form is completed and handed to the lender's surveyor when the inspection is done.
Lenders have different policies on incentives. Some accept none at all, cash or physical, while others will accept cash incentives up to 5%.
Hard to understand why the representative of a builder would be suggesting you withold information from a solicitor when all this will be clearly visible on forms the builder has to supply to its solicitor, the buyer's solicitor and the surveyor.
I am a fortnight into a leasehold purchase having been directed to conveyancers by the selling agent to execute conveyancing in Egham. I am not happy. Can you help me find new lawyers?
A lawyer would need to be really poor to suggest replacing them. Has your mortgage offer been generated? If so you will need to inform them of the replacement conveyancer and have the loan are re-sent. Your new conveyancer should be on the banks panel to avoid added expenses and complications. So that should be your starting point. Our search tool should assist you in finding a lender approved conveyancer for your home move in Egham
I need to consider costs for conveyancing in Egham from three conveyancer and appoint one. Am I right to instruct them to sit tight until I a suitable flat to buy.
You should wait to request your property lawyer to open a file and submit searches after the sales memorandum has been issued by the estate agent especially as Egham conveyancing searches are costly.