My wife and I are planning to purchase a flat in Wadhurst and are in fact using a Wadhurst conveyancing practice. Within the past 48 hours our property lawyer has forwarded the sale agreement to be signed with a detailed report in anticipation of exchanging contracts shortly. Lloyds TSB Bank have this afternoon contacted us to inform me that they have now hit a problem as our Wadhurst conveyancer is not on their approved list of lawyers. Please explain?

When purchasing a property with mortgage finance it is usual for the purchasers' lawyers to also represent the purchaser's lender. 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 mortgage company 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 don't have to instruct a firm on the bank's conveyancing panel as you are at liberty to use your preferred Wadhurst lawyers, in which case your legal fees may increase, and it will likely delay the transaction as you are adding another lawyer into the mix.

I am told that my conveyancing solicitors will need to check that the building insurance for my purchase of a house in Wadhurst. My lender is Chelsea Building Society

Chelsea Building Society have specific requirements as set out in the UK Finance Lenders’ Handbook. As of 12/2/2026, the requirements read as follows :

I am a sole trader hoping to lease a unit on the high street. Can you recommend solicitors offering competitive charges for commercial conveyancing in Wadhurst for under £2000?

We can recommend firms who have specialist knowledge of commercial conveyancing in Wadhurst, including the sale and acquisition of businesses as well as simply premises. If you are hoping to acquire or dispose of a shop, pub, restaurant, office, retail unit or a complete business we will find you the right lawyer. Regarding the charges these will vary based on the structure and complexity of the proposed transaction. Let us have your contact information or phone so as to enable us to provide you with a detailed commercial conveyancing calculation.

My husband and I are a fortnight into a residential purchase having been referred to conveyancers by the high street agent to do our conveyancing in Wadhurst. I am not happy. Could you help me find new solicitors?

They would need to be really poor in order to consider changing them. Has the mortgage offer been generated? If so you will need to make them aware of the new solicitor and get the offer are re-sent. The conveyancer should be on the mortgage company panel to avoid added fees and complications. So that should be your starting point. Our search tool should help you find a bank approved conveyancer for your conveyancing in Wadhurst

My partner is purchasing a leasehold flat in Wadhurst. Conveyancing quotes are averaging around £1800. Does that seem right?

The average fee in 2014 for conveyancing in Wadhurst was just under one thousand five hundred pounds excluding Land Tax and Land Registry charges.