I plan on acquiring a leasehold flat in Risca. My property lawyer has never been on on the bank approved panel. Am I still permitted to continue with my Risca conveyancing solicitor notwithstanding that they are excluded from the lender panel?
Your options include
- Complete the deal with your preferred Risca solicitor but your mortgage company will undoubtedly use a conveyancer from their approved list. This will result in additional fees and potential frustration.
- Get a new conveyancer to act in the purchase, obviously checking they are on the bank conveyancing panel.
- Convince your conveyancing practitioner to seek to join the bank panel
In the event thatI was to acquire a simple residential homein Risca mortgage fee and have no survey and no local authority searches how much would I expect to to save on my conveyancing in Risca?
Any savings you would achieve would be limited to the Risca conveyancing searches. The conveyancer is required to do the vast majority of work - money laundering, correspond with your sellers property lawyer, SDLT submission, register the title etc. A marginal saving might be made by not needing to register a charge but it will not be a lot.
Will my conveyancing lawyers 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 :
A colleague recommended that if I am buying in Risca I should carry out a Neighbourhood, Planning and Local Amenity Search. What does it cover?
This is a search is occasionally quoted for as part of the standard Risca conveyancing searches. It is a large document of about 40 pages, listing and setting out important 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 demographics of People living in the area, the dominant type of Housing, the Average House Prices, Crime statistics, Local Education with maps and statistics, Local Amenities and other useful data regarding Risca.
I used Wolstenholmes several years ago for my conveyancing in Risca. Now, I need the files however cannot find the solicitor. What do I do?
Do contact 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 hired, 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 covers a broad array of advice, given by regulated solicitors, relating to business property. By way of example, 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 mortgages and the termination of leases.