I am buying a ground floor flat in Woodford Green. My Solicitor is not listed on the lender conveyancing panel. Can I still appoint my Woodford Green conveyancing solicitor even though they are not on the bank approved list?

Various options include

• Complete the purchase with your existing Woodford Green property lawyer but your mortgage company will no doubt appoint a property lawyer on their approved panel. The net result is additional charges and likely delay.
• Get a fresh conveyancer to conduct the conveyancing, ensuring that they are on the bank conveyancing panel.
• Convince your solicitor to attempt to join the bank panel

I have given 2 months notice to my existing landlord and must be out of my rented flat in Woodford Green by 29/9/2025. Conveyancing on my purchase is progressing. Can I complete in 5 weeks as don't want to have to move into temporary accommodation?

The normal practice is not to provide notice for your tenancy unless you have exchanged. If you have not already done so, contact to your lawyer and urge them to they chase the sellers side, try to an acceptable time-line that everyone will look towards

A friend advised me that in buying a property in Woodford Green there may be various restrictions affecting the ability to carry out external changes to a property. Is this right?

There are anumerous of properties in Woodford Green which have some sort of restriction or requirement of consent to execute external variations. Part of the conveyancing in Woodford Green should determine what restrictions are applicable and advising you as part of a ROT that should be sent to you.

I'm at the point of looking at apartments in Woodford Green and I am about to put in an offer. Is it advisable to have my property lawyer on ‘stand by’? I intend to finance via a mortgage with Barclays.

It would be prudent to instigate your search sooner rather than later. Once you decide who you want to use and once your offer is accepted you can instruct them to work for you and pass their contact information on to the selling agent. As you are getting a mortgage with Barclays, make sure you remember to check that your lawyer is on the Barclays conveyancing panel.

I have finally had an offer on an apartment in Woodford Green agreed to, the vendors do nevertheless have an associated purchase. The vendors have placed an offer on a flat, however it’s not been accepted yet, and are looking at other properties booked. I have selected a bricks and mortar conveyancing solicitor in Woodford Green. What should be my next step? At what stage do I apply for the mortgage with TSB?

It is usual to have concerns where there is a chain as you are unlikely to want to be too out of pocket too early (mortgage application is approx £1k, then survey, Woodford Green conveyancing search charges, etc). The first course of action is to check that your solicitor is on the TSB conveyancing panel. Concerning the subsequent phase this very much depends on the circumstances of your transaction, attraction to the property and on the state of the market. During a rising market the majority of buyers would apply for a home loan with TSB and arrange for the valuation and only if it was satisfactory would they request their lawyer to press on with the conveyancing in Woodford Green.

I am looking into buying my first house which is in Woodford Green and I am already nervous. I couldn't find anything specific about Woodford Green. Conveyancing will be needed in due course but do you know about the Woodford Green area? or perhaps some other tips you can share?

Rather than looking online forget looking online you should go and have a look at Woodford Green. In the meantime here are some basic statistics that we found

In my capacity as executor for the will of my aunt I am selling a house in Neath but I am based in Woodford Green. My lawyer (who is 300 kilometers from meneeds me to execute a statutory declaration prior to completion. Can you recommend a conveyancing practitioner in Woodford Green who can attest and place their company stamp on the document?

Technically speaking you should not be required to have the documents attested by a conveyancing solicitor. Normally or notary public or solicitor will suffice regardless of whether they are based in Woodford Green