My wife and I are nearing an exchange on a property in Havering and my parents have sent the ten percent deposit to my conveyancing practitioner. I am now advised that as the deposit has been received from someone other than me my lawyer needs to make a notification to my bank. I am advised that, in also acting for the lender he must advise them that the balance of the purchase price is coming from anyone other than me. I informed the mortgage company about my parents' contribution when I applied for the mortgage, so is it really appropriate for him to raise this?

Your lawyer is legally required to check with the bank to ensure that they are aware that the balance of the purchase price is not from your own resources. Your solicitor can only report this to your mortgage company if you agree, failing which, your lawyer must cease to continue acting.

We are purchasing a property and require a conveyancing solicitor in Havering who is on the Leeds Building Society approved panel. Could you point me in the right direction as regards a firm?

Our service is limited to being a directory service for firms who wish to be listed as being on the approved conveyancing panel for Leeds Building Society . We don't recommend any particular firms conducting conveyancing in Havering.

Will my conveyancing lawyers need to check that the building insurance when buying a house in Havering. My lender is The Mortgage Works

The Mortgage Works have specific requirements as set out in the UK Finance Lenders’ Handbook. As of 8/1/2026, the requirements read as follows :

I am helping my step-mother sell her flat in Havering. Will the conveyancer order an EPC or it is for me to see to?

Following the abolition of HIPs, energy performance certificates was retained a required component of moving house. An EPC must be to hand in advance of the property being put on the market. This is not a task that law firms normally arrange. If you are using a Havering conveyancing practitioner they may be able to arrange energy assessments due to their contacts with long established Havering providers

My husband and I have organised the release of further funds on our mortgage from Yorkshire BS as we wish to conduct a loft conversion to our property in Havering. Are we obliged to choose a bricks and mortar Havering solicitor on the Yorkshire BS conveyancing panel to deal with the paperwork?

Yorkshire BS don't usually require a member of their approved list of lawyers to deal with such a matter. If they do require any legal work then you would need to ensure that such a lawyer was on the Yorkshire BS panel.

I have today made my last payment due on my mortgage with Clydesdale. I assume I don't need a Havering lawyer on the Clydesdale panel to discharge the mortgage at the Land Registry. Please confirm.

If you have finished paying off your Clydesdale 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 Clydesdale mortgage from the register. Clydesdale, 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 Clydesdale has sent the Land Registry the discharge electronically, and
3. Clydesdale has instructed the Land Registry to do so

In what way can the Landlord & Tenant Act 1954 impact my commercial offices in Havering and how can your lawyers assist?

The particular law that you refer to gives protection to business tenants, granting the a statutory right to apply to court for a renewal tenancy and remain in occupation at the end of an expired lease. There are certain specified grounds that a landlord can refuse a lease renewal and the rules are complex. Fees are different for commercial conveyancing. Havering is one of the hundreds of areas of the UK in which the firms we work with are based