Frequently asked questions relating to the Chesham Building Society Conveyancing Panel from members of the public
My Conveyancer is not on the Chesham Building Society Solicitor Panel. Can I still continue with my preferred solicitor notwithstanding that they are not on the Chesham Building Society approved list?
You have a number of options available to you here:
- Complete the purchase with your existing solicitors but Chesham Building Society will need to instruct a lawyer on the Chesham Building Society conveyancing panel. This will result in additional cost and potential delay.
- Get a new solicitor to act in the purchase, obviously checking they are on the Chesham Building Society conveyancing panel.
- Convince your lawyer to do everything within their powers to join the Chesham Building Society conveyancing panel
Please help. My lawyer is informing me me that he has to conduct a Local Authority search as the firm are on the Chesham Building Society approved lawyer panel. Is this really necessary?
Unfortunately both you and your lawyer have little choice here. Given that you are taking out a loan with Chesham Building Society your lawyer has to comply with their conditions as set out in their version of the CML Conveyancing Handbook. Your lawyer would have previously signed the Terms and Conditions of Chesham Building Society’s conveyancing panel appointment which obliges them to follow the CML Handbook requirements last updated Chesham Building Society. even if you were a cash buyer you would be ill advised not to carry out a local authority search.
I see that you have a search directory identifying law firms on the Chesham Building Society conveyancing panel. Do firms pay you a referral fee if I appoint them for my own house purchase?
We are a listing service only for law firms wishing to communicate if they are on the Chesham Building Society conveyancing panel or other lender panels. We do not charge referral fees to the any conveyancer that you subsequently appoint.
The solicitors that I recently instructed on my house acquisition in Brighton has suddenly shut down. I chose them because I needed a firm on the Chesham Building Society conveyancing panel and my previous lawyer was not. I paid them £200 on account. What are my options?
If you have an estate agent involved then inform them immediately so that they can let the sellers know that there may be a slight delay due to the problems encountered. Hopefully they will be sympathetic and urge their lawyer to send a new set of papers to your new solicitors. You will need to appoint new lawyers that are on the Chesham Building Society conveyancing panel and notify the lender. If you have paid over any money it will hopefully be held by the SRA as money in an intervened firm's bank accounts is transferred to the SRA. Then, the SRA or the intervention agent looks at the intervened firm's accounts to work out who the money belongs to. To claim your money you will need to contact the SRA. If the SRA cannot return money you are owed from the firm's bank accounts, or if they can only return part of the money, you can apply to the Compensation Fund for a grant. Your new solicitors should be in a position to help
I am currently in the process of buying my council flat. I have a mortgage offer with Chesham Building Society. Conveyancing is new to me. Can I proceed without a solicitor easily? I think we can but we keep being told I should use one. Any advice?
It is not advisable proceed with a house purchase without a solicitor. The council's solicitor are not acting for you. You need a solicitor for a number reasons. One of which is to verify what plans the Council have for repairs and refurbishment for the next five years. Many leaseholders have been stung for contributions of thousands of pounds. In any event if you are getting a mortgage with Chesham Building Society you will need to appoint a solicitor on the Chesham Building Society conveyancing panel.
I had an offer accepted on a property on the 6th March 2014, valuation was booked 3 days after, received a clean bill of health. Solicitor instructed, so all that was missing was my mortgage offer. Having made daily calls to Chesham Building Society and chasing them on my offer I have now been told that my offer will not be issued unless the lawyer is on the Chesham Building Society conveyancing panel. Can the lender hold off the offer?
A lender would not issue a mortgage until they have details of a lawyer on their panel. It can take a few weeks for Chesham Building Society to deal with your lawyers application to be on the Chesham Building Society conveyancing panel. There's no guarantee that your solicitors will be accepted.
My brother and I are remortgaging a penthouse in Hendon. Conveyancing solicitors in Hendon are about to beretained. My agentsuggested that we double-check that the conveyancing practitioner in Hendon is on the Chesham Building Society approved list of lawyers. Aren't all lawyers on the Chesham Building Society panel?
Far from all Hendon conveyancing firms are on the Chesham Building Society conveyancing panel. Click here to search for a Hendon conveyancing firm on the on the Chesham Building Society solicitors pane.