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  • 1 Woodthorpe conveyancers are likely to be familiar with the local Land Registry Office, Local Authority and estate agents
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  • 3 No matter what any alternative on-line conveyancers tell you it just might be important to visit your lawyer to sign legal papers. Too many 3rd parties are already with an interest in a homemove without having to add Royal Mail into the mix.
  • 4 We are the UKs largest residential conveyancing directory listing mortgage company approved law firms carrying out conveyancing in Woodthorpe regulated by the SRA or Council of Licensed Conveyancers.
  • 5 Solicitor conveyancing solicitors have very good personal connections with Woodthorpe estate agents and work very closely with them and local surveyors so as to ensure transactions proceed expeditiously.

Examples of recent conveyancing in Woodthorpe since June 2025*

Recently asked questions about conveyancing in Woodthorpe

Due to move into my new home in Woodthorpe next Tuesday. I have now been asked to send a copy of my building insurance schedule by my solicitor as he says that he has to check this in his capacity as lawyer for the bank. What risks does the mortgage company expect the insurance to cover?

All property lawyers on acting for mortgage companies would need to check that the following risks are covered fire; lightning; aircraft; explosion; earthquake; storm; flood; escape of water or oil; riot; malicious damage; theft or attempted theft; falling trees and branches and aerials; subsidence; heave;landslip;collision;accidental damage to underground services;professional fees, demolition and site clearance costs; and public liability to anyone else. There are some other issues such as the level of excess that are set out in a lender’s UK Finance Lenders’ Handbook requirements. These obligations are not specific to conveyancing in Woodthorpe.

My fiance and I wish to acquire a purpose built apartment in Woodthorpe with a loan from Santander.We like our Woodthorpe conveyancing practitioner but Santander says he's not listed on their "panel". We have to appoint a Santander panel lawyer or retain our high street solicitor and fork out for a Santander panel lawyer to represent them. We feel as though this is unjust; Can we not simply insist that Santander use our lawyer?

No, not really. The home loan offered to you contains terms and conditions, a common one being that lawyers must be on the Santander approved list. Until recently, most mortgage companies had large numbers of law firms on their panels: a borrower could choose one for themselves, as long as it was on the lender's panel. The lender would then simply instruct the borrower's lawyers to act for the lender, too. You can use your lender's panel lawyers or you could borrow from another lender which does not restrict your choice. Another option that might be available is for your solicitors to apply to be on the conveyancing panel for Santander

We are purchasing a house in Woodthorpe. I might seem paranoid but how we can trust a conveyancer? At some point we have to deposit money 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.

Is it correct that all Woodthorpe CQS (Conveyancing Quality Scheme) solicitors are on the HSBC conveyancing panel?

A selection of lenders now make use of CQS as the starting point for Panel membership such as HSBC and Santander. The Law Society’s CQS accreditation however is no guarantee to lender panel acceptance. Nevertheless,the CML have indicated that it is likely to become a pre-requisite for firms wishing to remain on their approved list of firms.

I have paid off my mortgage with Virgin Money. I assume I don't need a Woodthorpe conveyancer on the Virgin Money panel to discharge the mortgage at the Land Registry. Please confirm.

If you have finished paying off your Virgin Money mortgage, they may send you evidence showing that you have paid it off. Alternatively they may notify the Land Registry directly. The Land Registry need to see this evidence before they will remove the Virgin Money mortgage from the register. Virgin Money, and any evidence they send you, will determine the action you need to take. In cases where no conveyancer is acting for you and you have paid off your mortgage:

  1. but are not moving to another property
  2. where Virgin Money has sent the Land Registry the discharge electronically, and
  3. Virgin Money has instructed the Land Registry to do so
The Land Registry will send you a letter confirming that your Virgin Money mortgage has been paid off.

I am buying a house and the lawyer has referenced Chancel Repair to which the house may be liable given it’s proximity to the area of such a church. He has recommended insurance. Is this strictly appropriate for conveyancing in Woodthorpe

Unless a previous purchase of the premises completed after 12 October 2013 you may assume that solicitors conducting conveyancing in Woodthorpe to continue to suggest a chancel search and or insurance against a claim.

The deeds to our house are lost. The lawyers who dealt with the conveyancing in Woodthorpe 5 years ago no longer exist. Will I be able to sell the house?

As long as you have a registered title the details of your proprietorship will be recorded by HMLR with a Title Number. It is easy to carry out a search at the Land Registry, locate your house and get up to date copies of the property title for a small fee. If the title is Leasehold then the Land Registry will in most cases retain a certified duplicate of the Registered Lease and again, a copy can be ordered for twenty pounds.

I have been recommended by a number of property agents in Woodthorpe to get a quote from a conveyancer using your seach tool. What’s the financial advantage for Estate Agents to promote your services rather than alternative conveyancing organisations?

We don’t offer any financial incentive for pointing buyers and sellers in our direction. We thought it would be too underhand to pay a commission as members of the public would think, ‘Why is the agent getting a kickback? Why am I not getting any benefit too?’ So we decided to step away from that.

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Sample of conveyancing solicitors in Woodthorpe regulated by the SRA

It is important to note that the listed firms do not limit their work for conveyancing in Woodthorpe but also conveyancing throughout England and Wales.

  • Driver & Ellis Solicitors Ltd, 22 Market Place, Arnold, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, NG5 6ND
  • Gladstone Solicitors, 22 Market Place, Arnold, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, NG5 6ND
  • Martin Smalley & Co, Venture House, 2a Cross Street, Arnold, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, NG5 7BL
  • Campions, 45-49 Mansfield Road, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, NG1 3FH
  • John Kent Solicitors, 34 Huntingdon House, 278-290 Huntingdon Street, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, NG1 3LY

Commercial Conveyancing solicitors in Woodthorpe regulated by the SRA

The firms listed below are a non-comprehensive list of solicitors in Woodthorpe practicing in commercial conveyancing in Woodthorpe. This will likely include advice on buying or selling a shop, pub, restaurant, office, retail unit
  • Am Law Solicitors Ltd, Foxhall Lodge, Foxhall Road, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, NG7 6LH
  • Mitchell Wilde Llp, Mercury House, Shipstones Business Centre, North Gate, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, NG7 7FN
  • Campions, 45-49 Mansfield Road, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, NG1 3FH
  • John Kent Solicitors, 34 Huntingdon House, 278-290 Huntingdon Street, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, NG1 3LY
  • Nottingham Law School Legal Advice Centre Limited, Burton Street, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, NG1 4BU

Planning law solicitors in Woodthorpe regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority

The list below is a small selection of solicitors in Woodthorpe specialising in planning law. This should include advice on tree preservation orders
  • Ashton Bond Gigg, Pearl Assurance House, Friar Lane, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, NG1 6BX
  • Siobhan Goodacre Limited, Pearl Assurance House, Friar Lane, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, NG1 6BX
  • Freeths Llp, Cumberland Court, 80 Mount Street, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, NG1 6HH
  • Fraser Brown, 84 Friar Lane, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, NG1 6ED
  • Browne Jacobson Llp, Mowbray House, Castle Meadow Road, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, NG2 1BJ

*Source acknowledgement: House price data produced by Land Registry as well data supplied by Lexsure Ltd.

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