Having been referred to your site we were going to appoint conveyancing solicitor in Hanley listed using your comparison tool but stumbled across alternative quotes via the web appear cheaper – why is this?
There are many firms of firms advertising so-called cut-price conveyancing, yet more often than not supplementalcosts end up with the completion bill markedly uplifted. Conveyancers are obliged to make sure that charges listed in terms of engagement should be equitable invoiced The solicitors that we list for conveyancing in Hanley set out all charges for a standard conveyancing matter.
AssumingI were to acquire a simple residential homein Hanley for cash and dispense with a survey and no conveyancing searches how much could I expect to have to pay for conveyancing in Hanley?
The only reduction in fees you would make on is the Hanley conveyancing searches. A property lawyer still got to do everything else - money laundering, communicating with the vendors lawyer, stamp duty return, register the title etc. A slight saving might be made by not needing to register a charge however it will not be significant.
We note that you have a search directory identifying solicitors on the Virgin Money conveyancing panel. Do firms pay you a commission if I instruct them for our own conveyancing in Hanley?
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 Hanley.
My wife and I have recently appointed a conveyancing solicitor in Hanley. I I would like to check if they are accepted on the Virgin Money approved list of lawyers. Can you help?
The first thing to do is e-mail the solicitor and enquire if they are on the lender panel. Alternatively please call Virgin Money who may be able to confirm.
Forgive me if this question is silly but I am wet behind the ears as FTB of a two bedroom flat in Hanley. Do I collect the keys to the property on completion from my lawyer? If this is the case, I will find a High Street conveyancing solicitor in Hanley?
On the day of completion you will not be required to attend the conveyancers office in Hanley. Your solicitors will arrange to send the purchase money to the seller's conveyancers, and shortly after the monies have arrived, you will be invited to receive the keys from the selling Agents and start moving into the property. Usually this happens early afternoon.
We are getting a further advance on our mortgage from Lloyds as we wish to carry out renovations to our house in Hanley. Are we obliged to choose a nearby Hanley solicitor on the Lloyds conveyancing panel to handle the paperwork?
Lloyds would not normally appoint firms on their conveyancing panel to deal with such a matter. If they do require any legal work then you would need to ensure that such a lawyer was on the Lloyds panel.
My offer was accepted on a property in Hanley on 16/4/2026, valuation was booked 4 days after, received a clean bill of health. Property lawyer appointed, so the only thing outstanding was my mortgage offer. Having made daily calls to Bank of Ireland and chasing them on my offer, I have now been told that my offer will not be issued unless the lawyer is on the Bank of Ireland conveyancing panel. Are Bank of Ireland entitled to hold back the Mortgage pending the lawyer being on the approved list?
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 Bank of Ireland to deal with your lawyer's application to be on the Bank of Ireland conveyancing panel. There's no guarantee that your solicitor will be accepted.
We are in the midst of a leasehold sale of a flat in Hanley. Conveyancing solicitors are doing their job but we are being charged a fortune from the managing agents. To date we have paid £268 for a leasehold management pack and then another £200 plus VAT for answers to questions supplied by the purchaser's conveyancing practitioner.
Neither you or your property lawyer will have any control over the extent of the fee for this information however the typical fee for the information for Hanley leasehold premises is £355. For Hanley conveyancing deals it is conventional for the owner to pay for these costs. The freeholder or their agents are not duty bound to address these questions most will be willing to do so - albeit often at high prices out of proportion to the work involved. Regretfully there is no statute that mandates set fees for administrative tasks. There is no prescriptive time limit by which they are required to supply the information.