My wife and I are planning to acquire a flat in Llanfyllin and have appointed a Llanfyllin conveyancing firm. Within the last couple of days our property lawyer has sent a preliminary report and documents to look through with a view to exchanging next week. Yorkshire Building Society have this morning contacted us to advise us that there is now an issue as our Llanfyllin conveyancer is not on their conveyancing panel. Please explain?
When purchasing a property with mortgage finance it is conventional for the purchasers' solicitors to also represent the purchaser's lender. In order to act for a bank or building society a law firm has to be on that lender's conveyancing panel. An application has to be made by the law firm to the lender to become a member of the lender's panel and there are increasingly strict criteria which the firm has to satisfy and indeed some lenders now require their panel members to be part of the Law Society’s Conveyancing Quality Scheme. Your solicitor should contact your bank and see if they can apply for membership of their conveyancing panel, but if that is not viable they will instruct their own lawyers to represent them. You don't have to instruct a firm on the bank's conveyancing panel and you may continue to use your own Llanfyllin solicitors, in which case your legal fees may increase, and it may delay matters as you have another set of people involved.
The Llanfyllin conveyancing firm handling our Llanfyllin conveyancing has identified a discrepancy when comparing the assumptions in the home valuation report and what is revealed within the legal papers for the property. My solicitor has advised that he must ensure that the lender is happy with this discrepancy and is content to go ahead. Is my lawyer’s approach correct?
Your conveyancing practitioner must comply with the UK Finance Lenders’ Handbook requirements which do require that your lawyer disclose any incorrect assumptions in the lender’s valuation report and the legal papers. Should you refuse to allow your lawyer to make the appropriate notification then your lawyer will have no choice but to discontinue acting for both parties.
We are looking to buy a property and require a conveyancing solicitor in Llanfyllin who is on the Clydesdale solicitor panel. Could you point me in the right direction as regards a firm?
Our service is limited to being a directory service for firms who wish to be listed as being on the approved conveyancing panel for Clydesdale . We don't recommend any particular firms conducting conveyancing in Llanfyllin.
Will my conveyancing lawyers need to check that the building insurance when buying a house in Llanfyllin. My lender is Chelsea Building Society
Chelsea Building Society have specific requirements as set out in the UK Finance Lenders’ Handbook. As of 23/1/2026, the requirements read as follows :
Forgive me if this question is silly but I am unseasoned as a first time buyer of a two bedroom flat in Llanfyllin. Do I collect the keys to the property on the completion date from my conveyancer? If so, I will find a High Street conveyancing solicitor in Llanfyllin?
On the day of completion you do not need to attend the conveyancers office in Llanfyllin. Conveyancing lawyers for you will arrange to send the purchase money to the seller's lawyers, and once they have received this, you will be called to receive the keys from the Estate Agents and start moving into the property. This tends to happen between 1 and 3pm.
We have agreed to purchase a house in Llanfyllin. A rare aspect is that the roof has a solar panel. Lloyds have issued a mortgage offer so presumably this is not a concern to them. Why is my solicitor raising questions about the panel?
Given that you are obtaining a mortgage with Lloyds your lawyer must check the conveyancing instructions outlined in Part 2 of UK Finance Lenders’ Handbook for Lloyds. The Council of Mortgage Lenders’ Handbook contains minimum provisions for solar panel roof-space leases, and conveyancers are required to report to Lloyds where a lease fails to comply with these specifications. The provisions relate to the installation of panels on properties nationwide and is not isolated to Llanfyllin.
Intending to buy a maisonette in Llanfyllin. I have received an online quote from a licenced conveyancer, which states: "There will be no charge for dealing with the Building Society if you are obtaining a mortgage". I take this to mean that there will be no additional fee if the solicitor is on the Bank of Ireland conveyancing panel. I wanted to make sure it means there will be no additional fees for dealing with the mortgage.
They are simply saying that the cost for acting for the lender is included in the fee being quoted. It is worth you checking that the Llanfyllin conveyancer is on the Bank of Ireland conveyancing panel.
I am 17 days into a leasehold purchase having been referred to conveyancers by the estate agent to do our conveyancing in Llanfyllin. I am not happy. Can you you assist me in finding new conveyancers?
A conveyancer would have to be very bad to suggest replacing them. Has the mortgage offer been generated? If so you will need to make them aware of the replacement lawyer and have the offer are re-issued. Your new conveyancer needs to be on the lenders approved list to avoid escalating fees and complications. That should be your starting point. Our search tool should assist you in finding a lender approved conveyancer for your conveyancing in Llanfyllin