I am in need of a conveyancer. Should I go for for a nationwide conveyancer or a high street Malden conveyancing lawyer?
Established third party connections is an important consideration when appointing conveyancing solicitors. Malden law firms enjoy long term relationships with financial advisers and agents, local authorities, surveyors and other law firms meaning the whole process is going to be much more straightforward for you. Hosting specialist knowledge of the local area is also a plus .
Will my conveyancing lawyers need to check that the building insurance for my purchase of a house in Malden. My lender is Nationwide Building Society
Nationwide Building Society have specific requirements as set out in the UK Finance Lenders’ Handbook. As of 11/5/2026, the requirements read as follows :
My wife and I own a semi-detached Edwardian property in Malden. Conveyancing solicitor acted for me and TSB. I did a free Land Registry search last week and there are two entries: one for freehold, another for leasehold under the matching address. If a house is not a freehold shouldn't I have been informed?
You should review the Freehold register you have again and check the Charges Register for mention of a lease. The best way to be sure that you are also the registered proprietor of the leasehold and freehold title as well is to check (£3). It is not completely unheard of in Malden and other areas of the country and poses no real issues for owners other than when they sell they have to account for both freehold and leasehold interests when dealing with purchasers. You can also enquire as to the position with your conveyancing solicitor who carried out the work.
Given that I am about to part with 450k on a garden flat in Malden I wish to have a conversation with the conveyancer concerning thehome move before appointing the firm. Is this something that you can arrange?
This is something that we recommend - we would be delighted to talk to you we do not take any clients on without you first talking to the lawyer who will be conducting your conveyancing in Malden.There is no ‘factory style conveyancing’ - each client is unique person, not a file number. The practices that we put you in touch with believe that the figure you are quoted for your conveyancing in Malden should be the amount on the final invoice that you end up paying.
In my capacity as executor for the will of my aunt I am selling a residence in Cardiff but reside in Malden. My conveyancer (who is 260 kilometers from meneeds me to sign a stat dec prior to the transaction finalising. Can you recommend a conveyancing lawyer in Malden to attest and place their company stamp on the document?
strictly speaking you are not likely to need to have the documents attested by a conveyancing solicitor. Normally or notary public or solicitor will do regardless of whether they are Malden based
Myself and my wife have recently had an offer accepted on a property and had meeting on Tuesday with Nationwide for the mortgage. They warned me that when it comes to choosing a lawyer that unless they are on their approved panel of lawyers then we will have to pay out an additional fee of £250+. This is because they would then have to instruct a property lawyer to act on their behalf as well as the one we appoint on our behalf and we assume responsibility for their costs. I have asked Nationwide to furnish me with a list so I can obtain quotes only from their approved conveyancers but was told they dont have such a list to hand over. What would be the best way of going about this?
You should ask Nationwide what their panel criteria is for a solicitor.Then ask the conveyancing practitioner of your choice whether they fit that criteria and have they acted on mortgages for Nationwide historically. If the answer to those is yes, then just clarify this with Nationwide. Another option is to use our search tool and we should be able to identify a conveyancer in Malden on the panel for Nationwide.