I am acquiring an apartment in Risca. My Conveyancer is not on the bank solicitor list. Is it possible for me to retain my Risca conveyancing solicitor even though they are not on the lender panel of approved conveyancing solicitors?
You have a number of choices available to you here
- Proceed with your preferred Risca conveyancing practitioner but your mortgage company will no doubt retain a solicitor from their approved list. This will result in additional cost together with probable frustration.
- Choose a new lawyer to act in the purchase, obviously checking they are on the bank conveyancing panel.
- Convince your solicitor to pull out all the stops to join the bank’s panel of solicitors
In the event thatI was to acquire a freehold propertyin Risca for cash and have no survey and no conveyancing searches how much could I expect to have to pay for conveyancing in Risca?
Any savings you would make would be isolated to the costs for searches. Your property lawyer is obliged to do the vast majority of work - money laundering, liaising with your sellers solicitor, SDLT return, register the ownership etc. You might save a bit for them not having to register a charge but it will not be significant.
I am told that my conveyancing solicitors will need to check that the building insurance when buying a house in Risca. My lender is Platform
Platform have specific requirements as set out in the UK Finance Lenders’ Handbook. As of 12/2/2026, the requirements read as follows :
My relative advised me that if I am purchasing in Risca I should ask my conveyancer to perform a Neighbourhood, Planning and Local Amenity Search. What does it cover?
This is a search is usually quoted for as part of the standard Risca conveyancing searches. It is a large document of more than thirty pages, listing and setting out significant information about Risca around the property and the people living there. It includes an Aerial Photograph, Planning Applications, Land Use, Mobile Phone Masts, Rights of Way, the local Housing Market, Council Tax Banding, the type of People living in the area, the dominant type of Housing, the Average Property Price, Crime statistics, Risca Education with maps and statistics, Local Amenities and other useful data concerning Risca.
I used Wolstenholmes several years ago for my conveyancing in Risca. I now require my file but the law firm has closed. What do I do?
Do call the Solicitors Regulatory Authority (SRA) to assist in tracking down your conveyancing files. They can be contacted on please contact on 0870 606 2555. Alternatively, you should use their online form to make an enquiry. You will need to provide the SRA with as much information as possible to assist their search, including the name and address in Risca of the conveyancing firm of solicitors you previously instructed, the name of conveyancing solicitor with whom you had dealings, and the date on which you last had dealings with the firm.
What does commercial conveyancing in Risca cover?
Risca conveyancing for business premises incorporates a broad range of services, given by qualified solicitors, relating to business premises. For instance, this type of conveyancing can cover the sale or purchase of freehold business premises or, more usually, the assignment of existing leases or the drafting of new leasing arrangements. Commercial conveyancing solicitors can also offer advice on the sale of business assets, commercial loans and the termination of tenancies.