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Reasons to use our Shipley conveyancing solicitors

  • 1 The Shipley conveyancing practitioners that are listed are committed to supplying value for money, efficient and transparent conveyancing service to purchasers, sellers and remortgagors in Shipley
  • 2 Shipley conveyancers have a significant edge when it comes to Shipley conveyancing as they have important local knowledge of local authority requirements, planning policies and other issues that can affect your sale or purchase
  • 3 Retaining the services of a a family Solicitor in the main means that you will receive a more personal touch. Online forums bear testimony to the idea that in selecting a an online conveyancing factory, you tend to be looked after by a team of people who who progress matters by determining whether the ‘computers says no’.
  • 4 The hallmark of our conveyancing solicitors in Shipley is quality not quantity. The level of service offered by conveyancing "factories" (sometimes 'recommended' by national chain estate agents) often falls short of the high standards of professionalism you would hope for.
  • 5 Experience means that Shipley solicitor have developed excellent connections with Shipley local estate agents, banks, building societies, landlords and house builders enabling them to liaise at speed with all parties involved in the process of undertaking your home move in Shipley.

Examples of recent conveyancing in Shipley since October 2025*

Recently asked questions about conveyancing in Shipley

My financial adviser has asked me for my Shipley solicitor’s panel member for the HSBC conveyancing panel. Can you suggest how I obtain this. I have contacted my local Shipley branch but they cant find it on their system.

You are best placed to get this information from your Shipley property lawyer . They retain a central record lender panel numbers.

My fiance and I are refinancing our penthouse in Shipley with RBS. We have a son approaching twenty who lives at home. Our solicitor has asked us to disclose anyone over the age of 17 other than ourselves who lives in the flat. Our lawyer has now e-mailed a document for our son to sign, waiving any legal rights in the event that the property is forfeited by the lender. I have two questions (1) Is this document specific to the RBS conveyancing panel as he did not need to sign this form when we remortgaged 4 years ago (2) In signing this form is our son in any way compromising his right to inherit the property?

First, rest assured that your RBS conveyancing panel solicitor is doing the right thing as it is established procedure for any occupier who is aged 17 or over to sign the necessary Consent Form, which is purely to state that any rights he has in the property are postponed and secondary to RBS. This is solely used to protect RBS if the property were re-possessed so that in such circumstances, your son would be legally obliged to leave. It does not impact your son’s right to inherit the apartment. Please note that if your son were to inherit and the mortgage in favour of RBS had not been discharged, he would be liable to take over the loan or pay it off, but other than that, there is nothing stopping him from keeping the property in accordance with your will or the rules of intestacy.

We wanted to use a conveyancing solicitor in Shipley for our house purchase. Our financial adviser informed us that our mortgage company Nationwide Building Society won't deal with them. Why is this not regarded as unduly restrictive?

Mortgage Companies ordinarily imposes restrictions either the category or the number of conveyancing practices on their member panel. A common example of such restriction(s) being that a law practice must have two or more partners. In addition to restricting the profile of firm, a few banks have limited the number of solicitor practices they use to act for them. Be aware that Nationwide Building Society have no responsibility for the quality of advice provided by any member of Nationwide Building Society Conveyancer Panel. Mortgage fraud was a primary driver in the reduction of solicitor panels a few years ago even though there remains mixed opinions about the extent of solicitor engagement in some of that fraud. Statistics from the Land Registry reveal that hundreds of law firms, including some in or near Shipley only execute one or two conveyances per annum.

What will a local search tell me concerning the property I am purchasing in Shipley?

Shipley conveyancing often commences with the applying for local authority searches directly from your local Authority or through a personal search organisations such as PSG The local search is essential in every Shipley conveyancing purchase; as long as you don’t want any unpleasant once you have moved into your property. The search should reveal data on, amongst other things, details on planning applications relevant to the property (whether granted or refused), building control history, any enforcement action, restrictions on permitted development, nearby road schemes, contaminated land and radon gas; in all a total of 13 subject sections.

Are there restrictive covenants that are commonly picked up during conveyancing in Shipley?

Restrictive covenants can be picked up when reviewing land registry title as part of the process of conveyancing in Shipley. 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…’

We had our home loan approved on Monday with our lender. We appointed a reputable conveyancer in Shipley yesterday. This morning, our financial adviser phoned to advise us that the mortgage company said that we cannot use our solicitor as they aren't on their 'approved list'. As FTB's, we did not have a clue that the bank had a say Is this usual?

You are permitted to instruct any conveyancing solicitor you prefer to select including the said conveyancer in Shipley nevertheless if your lender aren't happy with them you would have to incur an extra fee so the mortgage company can appoint their own conveyancer too. sometimes it is conceivable that your preferred conveyancing firm to get included on to the lender panel. You can use online tools such as lenderpanel.com to find a conveyancing solcitor in Shipley on the lender panel. You can go into your local bank branch in Shipley. They will know some good conveyancing solicitors in Shipley on the panel for your mortgage company.

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Sample of conveyancing solicitors in Shipley regulated by the SRA

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

  • Brooks, 30 Kirkgate, Shipley, West Yorkshire, BD18 3QN
  • Atkinson Firth, Fenix House, New Kirkgate, Shipley, West Yorkshire, BD18 3QY
  • Bird & Daniels, 34 Westgate, Shipley, West Yorkshire, BD18 3QX
  • Ashwells Law Llp, 109-113 Carlisle Road, Bradford, West Yorkshire, BD8 8BY
  • Reiss Solicitors, 243 Manningham Lane, Bradford, West Yorkshire, BD8 7ER

Residential Licensed Conveyancers in Shipley regulated by the CLC

Please note that the listed conveyancers do not limit their work for conveyancing in Shipley but also conveyancing across England and Wales.
  • Stephen Cox , 4th Floor Auburn House, BD1 3NU
  • Kathleen A Turner, 1 Market Street, BD16 2HP
  • Rhodes & Walker, City Hub, BD1 5BD
  • Hewitts Ingham, 2 New Road Side, LS19 6HN
  • Deborah J Hoban, 233 High Street, BD6 1QR

Planning law solicitors in Shipley regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority

The firms listed below are a small selection of solicitors in Shipley with expertise in planning law. This could include advice on compulsory purchases in Shipley
  • Gordons Llp, Forward House, 8 Duke Street, Bradford, West Yorkshire, BD1 3QX
  • Schofield Sweeney Llp, Church Bank House, Church Bank, Bradford, West Yorkshire, BD1 4DY
  • Lcf Law Limited, One St. James Business Park, New Augustus Street, Bradford, West Yorkshire, BD1 5LL
  • Newstead & Walker, Mercury House, Mercury Row, Otley, West Yorkshire, LS21 3HQ

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

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