My husband and I are planning to acquire a home in Tadcaster and are in fact using a Tadcaster conveyancing practice. Within the past 48 hours our conveyancer has sent a preliminary report and documents to look through in anticipation of exchanging contracts shortly. Nottingham Building Society have this afternoon contacted us to advise us that they have now hit a problem as our Tadcaster conveyancer is not on their approved list of lawyers. Please explain?
Where you are buying a property requiring a mortgage it is normal for the purchasers' solicitors to also act for 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 property lawyer 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 lawyers to represent them. You are not legally obliged to appoint a law firm on the lender’s conveyancing panel as you are at liberty to use your preferred Tadcaster lawyers, in which case your legal fees may increase, and it may delay matters as you have another set of people involved.
We are purchasing our first house. The conveyancing practitioner has e-mailedto see if we want to order additional conveyancing searches. Unfortunately we in the dark as to what's needed for conveyancing in Tadcaster
The extent of Tadcaster conveyancing searches depends primarily on the property, the location, the possibility of any of these risks, your familiarity of the area and risks, your general appetite to risk. What matters is that you adequately comprehend what information each search could provide. You may then decide if you personally think you need that information. If unclear, ask your conveyancing practitioner to guide you.
We note that you have a post code search directory identifying law firms on the Barclays conveyancing panel. Do firms pay you a referral fee if I instruct them for our conveyancing in Tadcaster?
We are a listing service only for law firms wishing to communicate if they are on the Barclays conveyancing panel or other lender panels. We do not charge referral fees to any conveyancer that you subsequently appoint for your conveyancing in Tadcaster.
Due to the input of my in-laws I had a survey completed on a house in Tadcaster before appointing conveyancers. I have been advised that there is a flying freehold overhang to the property. Our surveyor has said that some lenders may not issue a loan on a flying freehold premises.
It depends who your proposed lender is. HSBC has different instructions for example to Halifax. If you call us we can check via the appropriate bank. If you lender is happy to lend one our lawyers can assist as they are used to dealing with flying freeholds in Tadcaster. Conveyancing may be slightly more expensive based on your lender's requirements.
I am using a search engine for the term cheap conveyancing in Tadcaster it shows results of many property lawyersin the vicinity. How do I determine which is the right conveyancing solicitor for the sale of my house?
The preferential way of seeking a suitable conveyancer is via personal recommendation, so ask friends and those you trust who have acquired a property in Tadcaster or a respected estate agent or financial adviser. Fees for conveyancing in Tadcaster differ, so it's a good idea to obtain at least four fee estimates from different solicitors. Dont forget to clarify what costs in the quote includes.
I have just found out that one of the directors of the solicitors acting on the purchase conveyancing in Tadcaster is is the sister of the seller. Is this acceptable?
As long as no conflict arises this should be fine. Where you are requiring a mortgage then the lender may have a say as many lenders have specific instructions on this. For example for Royal Bank of Scotland as of 12/9/2025, the requirements read as follows :