My husband and I are hoping to acquire a flat in Thamesmead and are in fact using a Thamesmead conveyancing firm. Within the last couple of days our solicitor has forwarded the sale agreement to be signed with a detailed report with a view to exchanging next week. Halifax have this afternoon contacted us to inform me that there is now an issue as our Thamesmead conveyancer is not on their approved list of lawyers. Please explain?
Where you are buying a property with the assistance of a mortgage it is usual for the purchasers' solicitors to also act for the mortgage company. In order to act for a bank or building society a law firm has to be on that lender's conveyancing panel. An application has to be made by the law firm to the lender to become a member of the lender's panel and there are increasingly strict criteria which the firm has to satisfy and indeed some lenders now require their panel members to be part of the Law Society’s Conveyancing Quality Scheme. Your solicitor should contact your lender and see if they can apply for membership of their conveyancing panel, but if that is not viable they will instruct their own solicitors to act. You are not legally obliged to appoint a law firm on the bank's conveyancing panel as you are at liberty to use your preferred Thamesmead lawyers, in which case your legal fees may increase, and it will likely delay the transaction as you have another set of people involved.
Do the conveyancing solicitors via your comparison service perform attended exchange conveyancing in Thamesmead?
We do have a number of conveyancing experts carrying out one day exchanges. Please call us to obtain a conveyancing quote and details as to availability.
Will my conveyancing lawyers need to check that the building insurance when buying a house in Thamesmead. My lender is Virgin
Virgin have specific requirements as set out in the UK Finance Lenders’ Handbook. As of 11/2/2026, the requirements read as follows :
Are there restrictive covenants that are commonly picked up during conveyancing in Thamesmead?
Restrictive covenants can be picked up when reviewing land registry title as part of the process of conveyancing in Thamesmead. An 1874 stipulation that was seen was ‘The houses to be erected on the estate are each to be of a uniform elevation in accordance with the drawings to be prepared or approved by the vendor’s surveyor…’
As co-executor for the will of my grandfather I am selling a house in Monmouth but reside in Thamesmead. My conveyancer (who is 200 kilometers from meneeds me to execute a statutory declaration prior to the transaction finalising. Could you suggest a conveyancing practitioner in Thamesmead who can witness and place their company stamp on the document?
strictly speaking you are not likely to need to have the documents witnessed by a conveyancing solicitor. Normally or notary public or qualified solicitor will be fine regardless of whether they are Thamesmead based