I am in the throes of switching my current homeowner home loan to a BTL Barclays Direct mortgage. I was told by my mortgage that I require a solicitor for this. I had a chat my past Shadwell conveyancing solicitor who acted on my behalf when I previously purchased the house. The fee calculation e-mailed to me of £500 is an eye-watering amount to do this as I am not require purchase conveyancing - it’s just a bog-standard refinance.
The charges appear a bit high. If you you were to look around you might reduce the fees marginally by perhaps a hundred pounds. On the other hand, if you were satisfied with the legal work the firm gave you maycome to regret choosing an an unknown lawyer. Don't forget to ensure that the solicitor can act for Barclays Direct. Do utilise our search tool to select a Shadwell conveyancing firm on the Barclays Direct approved list of lawyers, which can often include conveyancing solicitors in Shadwell.
Can your site be used to recommend a Conveyancing solicitor in Shadwell even where I’m not buying or disposing of a house, for instance if I want to acquire an office in Shadwell with a loan from Barclays ?
Our comparison service is mainly utilised to select domestic conveyancing solicitors in Shadwell but we have set out at the end of this page some Shadwell commercial conveyancing firms. You will need to enquire with the firm directly to establish if they are also authorised to represent Barclays
I have just over seventy years remaining on my lease and need a lease extension for my apartment in Shadwell. Conveyancing solicitors on the Virgin panel can deal with such extensions correct?
Most leasehold conveyancing experts should be able to deal with a lease extension. if you are obtaining a mortgage then your lender may insist that the lease be extended before competition. Virgin have specific requirements as set out in the UK Finance Lenders’ Handbook in relation to minimum unexpired lease terms. As of 10/5/2026 the requirements read as follows :
Me and my partner are buying a property in Shadwell. It might be a silly question but how we can trust a solicitor? On completion day we will need to put our life savings into their account. What is the protection we have from them run away with our money?
Be assured that all money in a Solicitors client account is 100% safe, and even if your Solicitor ran off with it, the Law Society would reimburse you fully.
After shopping around on the internet I have found a Shadwell conveyancing practitioner having made sure that they are on the Bank of Ireland conveyancing panel. Does my lawyer arrange the survey of the property?
Bank of Ireland will need an independent valuation of the property. Your lawyer will not arrange this. Usually Bank of Ireland will appoint their own surveyor to do this, and you will have to pay for it. Remember that this is a valuation for mortgage purposes and not a survey. Your conveyancer will not organise the survey but they may be able to put you in touch with a local one that they recommend. RICS offers a find a surveyor service (just google it) where you can search for a qualified surveyor by your Shadwell postcode. As you are getting a mortgage with Bank of Ireland, you could contact them to see if they have a list of approved surveyors in Shadwell.
TSB have agreed my mortgage in principle, my bid on a property in Shadwell has been agreed to, what happens next?
The property agent will need to know who your solicitors are (ensure that the solicitors are on the bank’s panel). Call up TSB or the financial adviser and finalise any relevant forms. TSB will sellect a valuer who will get in touch with the selling agent or owners to book a time for the valuation to take place. Once carried out (assuming no problems) it takes on average a fortnight for the mortgage offer to be issued. TSB will send the offer to you and your lawyers. The legal work will then take it’s course according the nature and complexity of the conveyancing in Shadwell.
I was recommended by three or four local property agents in Shadwell to locate a conveyancer on your site. What’s the financial advantage for Estate Agents to market your site over a competitor’s?
We don’t make any commission for pointing buyers and sellers in our direction. We thought it would be too underhand to pay a commission because members of the public would think, ‘Why is the agent getting a kickback? Why aren’t I receiving any benefit too?’ So we decided to step away from that.
My step-son is just in the process of moving house, the home loan was agreed last week in principle. After the offer was accepted on house we rang the mortgage institution to move forward with his. We were disappointed to hear that mortgage companies do not accept all property lawyer, they must be on their panel, is this correct?
Mortgage Companies tend to restrict either the type or the number of conveyancing practices on their approved list of lawyers. Typical examples of such restriction(s) being that a firm must have two or more partners. In addition to restricting the type of firm, some have decided to limit the number of firms they use to represent them. You should note that lenders have no responsibility for the quality of advice provided by any Shadwell lawyer on their panel. Mortgage fraud was a key driver in the rationalisation of conveyancing panels a few years ago and whilst there are differing views about the extent of solicitor involvement in some of that fraud. Statistics from the Land Registry reveal that thousands of law firms only carry out one or two conveyances a year. Those supporting conveyancing panel cuts ask why law firms should have the right to be on a Lender panel when clearly, conveyancing is not their speciality. To put it another way; would you want a conveyancing solicitor to represent you if you were charged with a crime? Presumably not.