My wife and I are looking to buy a house in Tetbury and are in fact using a Tetbury conveyancing firm. Within the last couple of days our solicitor has sent a preliminary report and documents to look through with a view to exchanging next week. Coventry Building Society have this evening contacted us to inform me that they have now hit a problem as our Tetbury solicitor is not on their conveyancing panel. What do we do from here?
If you are buying a property needing a mortgage it is standard for the purchasers' lawyers 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 Accreditation 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 lender’s conveyancing panel and you may continue to use your own Tetbury solicitors, in which case it will likely add costs, and it may delay matters as you are adding another lawyer into the mix.
I have 71 years left on my lease and require a lease extension for my flat in Tetbury. Conveyancing solicitors on the Chelsea Building Society panel can deal with such extensions right?
Most leasehold conveyancing experts should be able to deal with a lease extension. if you are getting a mortgage then your lender may insist that the lease be extended before competition. Chelsea Building Society have specific requirements as set out in the UK Finance Lenders’ Handbook in relation to minimum unexpired lease terms. As of 17/5/2026 the requirements read as follows :
I am assisting my niece sell her house in Tetbury. Will the conveyancer order an energy performance certificate or do I organise this?
After the abolition of HIPs, energy performance certificates was kept a required component of selling a property. An energy assessment must be to hand in advance of the property being put on the market. This is not as aspect of the sale process that solicitors ordinarily arrange. Where you are using a Tetbury conveyancing lawyer they may be willing to arrange EPC’s due to their relationships with long established local accredited person
A colleague advised me that in purchasing a property in Tetbury there could be various restrictions as to what one can do in terms of external changes to the property. Is this right?
There are a number of properties in Tetbury which have some sort of restriction or requirement of consent to carry out external alterations. Part of the conveyancing in Tetbury should determine what restrictions are applicable and advising you as part of a ROT that should be sent to you.
I have finally had an offer on an apartment in Tetbury accepted, but there is a chain. The sellers have put an offer on a property, however it’s not yet agreed to, and have viewings of other flats booked. I have selected a nearby conveyancing solicitor in Tetbury. What do I do now? At what point should I apply for the mortgage with Leeds Building Society?
It is usual to have concerns where there is a chain as you are unlikely to want to incur expenses prematurely (mortgage application is in the region of £1k, then survey, Tetbury conveyancing search charges, etc). First, you should ensure that your property lawyer is on the Leeds Building Society approved list. Regarding the subsequent phase this very much dictated by the circumstances of your transaction, attraction to this property and on the state of the market. During a hot market many home buyers would apply for the mortgage with Leeds Building Society and arrange for the valuation and only if it comes back ok would they pay their conveyancer to press on with the conveyancing in Tetbury.
Do commercial conveyancing searches reveal planned roadworks that could affect a commercial estate in Tetbury?
Many commercial conveyancing solicitors in Tetbury will conduct a SiteSolutions Highways report as it reduces the time that conveyancers spend in looking into accurate data on highways that impact buildings and development assets in Tetbury. The search result sets out definitive information on the adoption status of roads, footpaths and verges, as well as the implication of traffic schemes and the rights of way surrounding a commercial development sites in Tetbury.
For each commercial conveyancing transaction in Tetbury it is critical to investigate the adoption status of roads surrounding a site. The absence of identifying developments where adoption procedures have not been dealt with adequately may cause delays to Tetbury commercial conveyancing deals as well as present a risk to future intentions for the site. These searches are not ordered for residential conveyancing in Tetbury.
Is it possible to transfer to a new conveyancer as I have to instruct a firm on the The Mortgage Works conveyancing panel. I was using a local conveyancing solicitor in Tetbury round the corner but the firm is not approved by The Mortgage Works
It would be our pleasure to help you select a conveyancing solicitor in Tetbury on the The Mortgage Works panel. Please note that the property lawyers that we on the directory do not pay us a referral fee if you instruct them and are fully regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority who regulate all conveyancing solicitors in Tetbury. In making use of the find a conveyancing solicitor tool on this page, you can contrast charges for conveyancing solicitors in Tetbury and throughout England and Wales.
Me and my wife are FTB’s just having agreed a price on a property in Tetbury, and are now looking to get solicitors appointed. We have utilised the various rating tools and the results are from all over the England and Wales. Is it critical to have a Tetbury property lawyer local to your prospective house? I am fine to do all the communicating electronically, but I am thinking at some point we will be required to attend the solicitor's office to sign documents?
There is no need to attend the office of your lawyer, they can send any relevant papers to you, which you can sign and send back. Many buyers and sellers prefer to use a locally based solicitor, but it is not essential for conveyancing in Tetbury.