Will my conveyancing lawyers need to check that the building insurance for my purchase of a house in Olney. My lender is Tesco Bank
Tesco Bank have specific requirements as set out in the UK Finance Lenders’ Handbook. As of 1/3/2026, the requirements read as follows :
A colleague advised me that where I am buying in Olney I should ask my conveyancer to perform a Neighbourhood, Planning and Local Amenity Search. Can you explain what the purpose of this search is?
A search of this type is sometimes quoted for as part of the standard Olney conveyancing searches. It is a large report of more than thirty pages, listing and detailing important information about Olney around the property and the people living there. It includes an Aerial Photograph, Planning Applications, Land Use, Mobile Phone Masts, Rights of Way, the Olney Housing Market, Council Tax Banding, the demographics of People living in the area, the dominant type of Housing, the Average House Prices, Crime details, Local Education with maps and statistics, Local Amenities and other useful data concerning Olney.
I have recentlyfound out that Stirling Law have closed. They carried out my conveyancing in Olney for a purchase of a freehold house 18 months ago. How can I be sure that the property is in my name in the name of the previous owner?
The easiest way to see if the premises is in your name, 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 Olney conveyancing specialists.
I opted to have a survey completed on a property in Olney ahead of appointing lawyers. I have been advised that there is a flying freehold element to the house. The surveyor advised that some banks will not issue a loan on a flying freehold house.
It varies from the lender to lender. Lloyds has different instructions from Birmingham Midshires. If you e-mail us we can look into this further via the appropriate bank. If you lender is happy to lend one our lawyers can help as they are used to dealing with flying freeholds in Olney. Conveyancing may be slightly more expensive based on your lender's requirements.
We are 3 weeks into a residential purchase having been referred to conveyancers by the selling agent to do our conveyancing in Olney. We are not happy. Could you you assist me in finding new solicitors?
They would have to be very bad to suggest changing them. Has your mortgage offer been generated? In the event that it has you will need to make them aware of the replacement solicitor and get the offer are re-sent. Your new conveyancer needs to be on the mortgage company panel to avoid escalating fees and complications. So that should be your first question of the new conveyancers. The search tool can help you find a lender approved solicitor for your conveyancing in Olney
My partner and I have just discovered that one of the directors of the firm undertaking the purchase conveyancing in Olney is an aunty of the owners that we are buying from. Is this allowed?
As long as there is no conflict of interest this is permitted. If you are requiring mortgage finance then the lender may have a say as many lenders have specific instructions on this. For example for Clydesdale Bank as of 1/3/2026, the requirements read as follows :