We are looking to buy a house and require a conveyancing solicitor in Easton who is on the TSB conveyancing panel. Can you recommend a local 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 TSB . We don't recommend any particular firms conducting conveyancing in Easton.

I recently had an offer agreed on an apartment in Easton. My mortgage broker recommended their conveyancers. I paid an upfront payment of £175. A few days later, the property lawyer called me embarrassingly acknowledging that they were not on the Nationwide conveyancing panel. Am I right in thinking that I should be due a refund?

You should be able to recover this from the law firm if they were not on the Nationwide panel. They should have asked at the outset which lender you were obtaining a mortgage with. An important lesson to readers of this site is to check that the lawyers are on the appropriate lender panel.

Planning on purchasing a house in Easton. I have received an online quote from a licenced conveyancer, which states: "There will be no charge for dealing with the Building Society if you are obtaining a mortgage". I take this to mean that there will be no additional fee if the solicitor is on the Lloyds conveyancing panel. I wanted to make sure it means there will be no additional fees for dealing with the mortgage.

They are simply saying that the cost for acting for the lender is included in the fee being quoted. It is worth you checking that the Easton property lawyer is on the Lloyds conveyancing panel.

My offer was accepted on a property in Easton on 15/12/2025, valuation was booked five days after, received a clean bill of health. Conveyancer appointed, so the only thing outstanding was my mortgage offer. Having made daily calls to Skipton and chasing them on my offer, I have now been told that my offer will not be issued unless the lawyer is on the Skipton conveyancing panel. Are Skipton entitled to hold back the Mortgage pending the lawyer being on the approved list?

A lender would not issue a mortgage until they have details of a lawyer on their panel. It can take a few weeks for Skipton to deal with your lawyer's application to be on the Skipton conveyancing panel. There's no guarantee that your solicitor will be accepted.

My business partner and I are wishing to take over a lease of a shop on a shopping parade. Can you recommend lawyers offering no-move-no fees for commercial conveyancing in Easton for under 1500k?

We are happy to recommend firms who have an in-depth of experience of commercial conveyancing in Easton, including the sale and purchase of businesses as well as simply premises. If you are intending to acquire or lease a shop, pub, restaurant, office, retail unit or a whole business we can find you the right solicitor. Regarding the costs this will depend on the structure and heads of terms of the proposed transaction. Please provide us with your details or call us so that we can supply you with a detailed commercial conveyancing calculation.

I’m about to sell my ground floor apartment in Easton. Conveyancing solicitors are to be appointed soon, but I have recently received a yearly maintenance charge demand – should I leave it to the buyer to sort out?

It best that you clear the service charge as normal as all rents and maintenance invoices should be apportioned on completion, so you should recover the relevant percentage by the purchaser for the period running from after the completion date to the subsequent invoice date. Most managing agents will not acknowledge the buyer until the service charges have been paid and are up to date, so it is important for both buyer and seller for the seller to show that they are up to date. Having a clear account will assist your cause and will leave you no worse off financially.

Leasehold Conveyancing in Easton - Examples of Questions you should ask before buying

Most Easton leasehold apartments will have a service charge for maintenance of the block set on behalf of the landlord. Should you purchase the flat you will have to pay this amount, normally periodically during the year. This may differ from a few hundred pounds to thousands of pounds for buildings with lifts and large common areas. In all probability there will be a ground rent for you to pay annual, this is usually not a exorbitant sum, say about £25-£75 but you need to check it because sometimes it can be many hundreds of pounds. Are any of leasehold owners in dispute over their service charge payments? Please inform me if there are any major works anticipated that will likely increase the service fees?

My conveyancer in Easton has requested from me ID documents asserting that this is part of his legal duty as a conveyancer on the lender Conveyancing panel. Am I being spun a yarn?

Due to Money Laundering Regulations your conveyancing lawyer is duty bound to confirm positively your identification when entering into a business relationship with you. It is a criminal offence if your lawyer not do this. If you do not provide ID early in the transaction the solicitor must refuse to act for you. It’s unlikely a lawyer will turn you away if you come to the first meeting without relevant ID but you will have to produce it at some point so you might as well bring it with you to the initial meeting so the lawyer can tick the ID verification box and start sorting out the conveyancing straight away. If you are getting a mortgage, your lawyer also has to check ID documents to satisfy the lender. This is not unique to conveyancing in Easton