My previous conveyancer has quoted £995 for leasehold conveyancing in Wapping. I’m selling a Edwardian house for £125,000. This sounds overpriced. Is it above what I should be paying for conveyancing in Wapping?
The charges are a tad high. Where you are willing to invest time comparing quotes you could get the conveyancing a bit cheaper by say a hundred pounds. That being said, you mightlive to rue opting for an an untested conveyancer. If is important to enquire that the firm can also act for your mortgage company. You can use our search tool to locate a Wapping conveyancing firm on the lender’s conveyancing panel which can often include conveyancing solicitors in Wapping.
The Wapping conveyancing firm handling our Wapping conveyancing has identified a difference between the surveyor’s assumptions in the valuation survey and what is revealed within the legal papers for the property. My lawyer says that he needs to check that the lender is happy with this discrepancy and is content to go ahead. Is my lawyer’s stance right?
Your property lawyer must comply with the UK Finance Lenders’ Handbook requirements which do require that your lawyer disclose any incorrect assumptions in the lender’s valuation report and the legal papers. Should you refuse to allow your lawyer to make the appropriate notification then your lawyer will have no choice but to discontinue acting for both parties.
Will my conveyancing lawyers need to check that the building insurance when buying a house in Wapping. My lender is Platform
Platform have specific requirements as set out in the UK Finance Lenders’ Handbook. As of 23/1/2026, the requirements read as follows :
What can a local search tell me about the property I am purchasing in Wapping?
Wapping conveyancing often commences with the submitting local authority searches directly from your local Authority or via a personal search organisations such as Xpress Legal The local search is essential in every Wapping conveyancing purchase; that is if you don’t want any unpleasant once you have moved into your new home. The search should reveal data on, amongst other things, details on planning applications applicable to the property (whether granted or refused), building control history, any enforcement action, restrictions on permitted development, nearby road schemes, contaminated land and radon gas; in all a total of thirteen subject areas.
I used Arc property Solicitors a few years past for my conveyancing in Wapping. Now, I need the files but the law firm is no longer operating. What do I do?
Do call the Solicitors Regulatory Authority (SRA) to help locate 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 Wapping of the conveyancing firm of solicitors you previously retained, the name of conveyancing solicitor with whom you had dealings, and the date on which you last had dealings with the firm.
Are there any apps to help identify a Wapping law firm on the Lloyds TSB Bank conveyancing panel? I have wheels and am happy to travel upto 20miles to meet the conveyancer.
You can use the search on this page. Please choose the mortgage company and your location and you will see a number of Wapping conveyancing lawyers locally. We have listed some Wapping conveyancing firms at the bottom of this page and you can telephone them to verify if they are on the Lloyds TSB Bank panel