Can conveyancing in Walsingham to be completed within 3 weeks?
First, If you are under a tight deadline for your conveyancing it is advisable to make sure that your conveyancer is familiar with the area as they will make use of local contacts and know-how. It is even conceivable that they would have conducted otherhouses in the same street. Therefore consider using a Walsingham conveyancing lawyer. Second, check that the lawyer is on the member panel. It is said that nearly one in five of Walsingham conveyancing transactions are frustrated or jeopardised after finding out that a purchaser’s lawyer was not on their mortgage lender’s member panel. In many cases this discovery resulted in the home move being held up by an average of three weeks. It is believed that this issue affects in the region of 100,000 home moves annually. Most Walsingham conveyancing practices can not represent certain mortgage companies so do check as early as possible.
I am told that my conveyancing solicitors will need to check that the building insurance for my purchase of a house in Walsingham. My lender is Accord Mortgages
Accord Mortgages have specific requirements as set out in the UK Finance Lenders’ Handbook. As of 13/10/2025, the requirements read as follows :
We have agreed to purchase a house in Walsingham. An unusual aspect is that the roof has a solar panel. Santander have issued a mortgage offer so presumably this is not a concern to them. Why is my solicitor raising questions about the panel?
Given that your lender is Santander your lawyer must check the conveyancing instructions set out in Section two of UK Finance Lenders’ Handbook for Santander. The CML Handbook contains minimum specifications for solar panel roof-space leases, and lawyers are required to report to Santander where a lease does not meet these specifications. The specifications relate to the installation of panels on properties nationwide and is not restricted to Walsingham.
I recently had an offer agreed on an apartment in Walsingham. My financial adviser recommended their conveyancers. I paid an upfront payment of £200. Not long after, the conveyancing practitioner contacted me to say that they were not on the Yorkshire BS conveyancing panel. Am I right in thinking that I should be due a refund?
You should be able to recover this from the law firm if they were not on the Yorkshire BS panel. They should have asked at the outset which lender you were obtaining a mortgage with. An important lesson to readers of this site is to check that the lawyers are on the appropriate lender panel.
I have instructed a Walsingham solicitor having made sure that they are on the Kent Reliance conveyancing panel. Does my lawyer arrange the survey of the property?
Kent Reliance will need an independent valuation of the property. Your lawyer will not arrange this. Usually Kent Reliance 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 solicitor 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 Walsingham postcode. As you are getting a mortgage with Kent Reliance, you could contact them to see if they have a list of approved surveyors in Walsingham.
I have todaybeen informed that Action Conveyancing have been shut down. They carried out my conveyancing in Walsingham for a purchase of a leasehold apartment 12 months ago. How can I check that the property is not still registered in the name of the former proprietor?
The easiest method to see if the property is registered to you, you can carry out 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 Walsingham conveyancing specialists.
I have been pointed in your direction by a number of estate agents in Walsingham to choose a solicitor on your site. Is there a financial upside for Estate Agents to recommend your services over alternative conveyancing organisations?
We don’t make any financial incentive for directing people our way. We found it would be just too difficult a fee because home movers will think, ‘Why is the agent getting a kickback? Why aren’t I getting any benefit too?’ We would prefer to grow our business on genuine recommendations.
Do I cancel the direct debit for my mortgage with Skipton once a completion date for my home sale in Walsingham has been agreed?
No, you should maintain paying any mortgage payments to Skipton pending the mortgage being discharged from the proceeds of sale as part of your Walsingham conveyancing.