I am purchasing property in Bickley. My Solicitor is not on the mortgage company solicitor panel. Can I still continue with my Bickley conveyancing solicitor notwithstanding that they are not on the mortgage company panel of approved conveyancing solicitors?

Various options include

• Carry on with your existing Bickley conveyancer but your mortgage company will need to use a conveyancing practitioner on their approved panel. The net result is additional cost together with probable delay.
• Appoint a new lawyer to act in the purchase, obviously checking they are on the lender conveyancing panel.
• Convince your conveyancer to do everything within their powers to join the mortgage company panel of solicitors

I require conveyancing for a flat in a fairly new development (five years built) in Bickley. The vast majority the appartments are already sold. Do I need carry out the conveyancing searches for my conveyancing in Bickley?

If you getting a loan, your bank will insist on some (many) of the searches so you'll have no choice. If not, then Bickley conveyancing searches are optional. No doubt your conveyancer, will ’encourage’, perhaps in the strongest possible terms, that you should not go ahead without searches, but he or she has a professional duty to do this. One thing to bear in mind; if you are likely to sell the house one day, it may be of interest to your future buyer what the searches contain. Sometimes houses with no practical issues can still throw up adverse search results. But if you insist that your lawyer to proceed without searches then your lawyer will have to follow your instructions or you will need to change to an alternative solicitor for your conveyancing in Bickley.

We are planning to acquire a house and need a conveyancing solicitor in Bickley who is on the Nottingham approved panel. Could you point me in the right direction as regards a conveyancing firm?

Our service is limited to being a directory service for firms who wish to be listed as being on the approved conveyancing panel for Nottingham . We don't recommend any particular firms conducting conveyancing in Bickley.

I am told that my conveyancing solicitors will need to check that the building insurance when buying a house in Bickley. My lender is Virgin

Virgin have specific requirements as set out in the UK Finance Lenders’ Handbook. As of 22/1/2026, the requirements read as follows :

Am I best advised to instruct a Bickley conveyancing lawyer based in the vicinity that I am hoping to buy? We have a good friend who can execute the conveyancing however her office is 400miles away.

The primary upside of using a high street Bickley conveyancing firm is that you can visit the firm to sign paperwork, deliver your identification documents and pester them where appropriate. They will also have local knowledge which is a bonus. However it's more important to get someone that will pull out all the stops for you. If you know people who instructed your friend and in the main were happy that should outweigh using an unknown Bickley conveyancing lawyer just because they are round the corner.