We are purchasing a house and require a conveyancing solicitor in Pendlebury who is on the Bank of Ireland solicitor panel. Can you recommend a local 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 Bank of Ireland . We don't recommend any particular firms conducting conveyancing in Pendlebury.

This question may be naive but I am unseasoned as FTB of a garden flat in Pendlebury. Do I receive the keys to the house on the completion date from my solicitor? If this is the case, I will instruct a local conveyancing solicitor in Pendlebury?

On the day of completion you will not be required to go to the conveyancers office in Pendlebury. Conveyancing lawyers for you will electronically transfer the purchase money to the seller's conveyancers, and shortly after the monies have arrived, you will be invited to pick up the keys from the property Agents and move into your new home. Usually this occurs early afternoon.

My wife and I purchasing a detached bungalow in Pendlebury. Our aim is to carry out an extension to the side at the property.Will the conveyancing process include enquiries to determine if these alterations were previously refused?

Your solicitor should review the deeds as conveyancing in Pendlebury can occasionally reveal restrictions in the title deeds which prevent categories of alterations or necessitated the consent of a 3rd party. Many works require local authority planning consent and approval in compliance with building regulations. Some areas are designated conservation areas and special planning restrictions apply which often prevent or affect extensions. It would be sensible to check these issues with a surveyor before you commit yourself to a purchase.

Bank of Ireland have agreed my mortgage in principle, my offer on a apartment in Pendlebury has been agreed to, what are the next steps?

The estate agent will need to be informed of your property lawyer's details (be sure the conveyancers are on the bank’s approved list). Telephone Bank of Ireland or your financial adviser and complete any appropriate forms. Bank of Ireland will sellect a valuer who will get in touch with the selling agent or seller to book an appointment. Once conducted (assuming no problems) it takes approximately a fortnight to get a mortgage offer. Bank of Ireland will send the offer to you and your conveyancers. The transaction will then take it’s course according the nature and complexity of the conveyancing in Pendlebury.

I used Wolstenholmes a few years ago for my conveyancing in Pendlebury. I now require my file however the law firm has closed. What do I do?

Do contact the Solicitors Regulatory Authority (SRA) to assist in tracing your conveyancing files. They can be contacted on please contact on 0870 606 2555. Alternatively, you should use their online form to make an enquiry. You will need to provide the SRA with as much information as possible to assist their search, including the name and address in Pendlebury of the conveyancing firm of solicitors you previously used, the name of conveyancing solicitor with whom you had dealings, and the date on which you last had dealings with the firm.

Is it possible to transfer to a new firm as I have to appoint one who is on the Halifax conveyancing list. I hired a local conveyancing solicitor in Pendlebury five minutes from me but he is not accepted by Halifax

We will our best to assist in finding you a conveyancing solicitor in Pendlebury on the Halifax panel. Please note that the conveyancers that we work with do not pay us a referral fee if you instruct them and are regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority who regulate all conveyancing solicitors in Pendlebury. In utilising search facility on this page, you can contrast costs for conveyancing solicitors in Pendlebury and beyond.

I see that you have a post code search directory identifying solicitors on the lender conveyancing panel. Do Pendlebury conveyancing firms pay you a referral fee if I appoint them for my house purchase?

We are a listing service only for law firms wishing to communicate if they are on the lender conveyancing panel or other lender panels. We do not charge referral fees to the any conveyancer that you subsequently appoint for your conveyancing in Pendlebury.