Will my conveyancing lawyers need to check that the building insurance for my purchase of a house in Shenstone. My lender is Bank of Ireland

Bank of Ireland have specific requirements as set out in the UK Finance Lenders’ Handbook. As of 25/1/2026, the requirements read as follows :

We had instructed conveyancing lawyers based in Shenstone on the Aldermore solicitor approved list. They are now charging me an additional sum for the legal aspects of the Aldermore mortgage. Is this a supplemental conveyancing fee specified by Aldermore?

Unfortunately, as long as it is in their Terms and Conditions or estimate then yes your lawyer may charge a fee for this. The charge is not set by Aldermore but by your Shenstone property lawyer. Numerous firms on the Aldermore panel will levy ’dealing with mortgage’ fee and others do not.

I'm spending time viewing houses in Shenstone and I am now considering a potential offer. Is it advisable to have my conveyancer on ‘stand by’? I am planning to take a mortgage with Clydesdale.

You should start requesting conveyancing estimates from solicitors ASAP. Once you decide who you want to use and once your offer is accepted you can instruct them to work for you and forward their contact information on to the EA. As you are getting a mortgage with Clydesdale, ask your prospective lawyers if they are on the Clydesdale conveyancing panel otherwise they can't do the mortgage legal work.

My offer was accepted on a house in Shenstone on 1/12/2025, valuation was booked 2 days later, received a clean bill of health. Conveyancer instructed, so all that was missing was my mortgage offer. Having made daily calls to Clydesdale and chasing them on my offer, I have now been told that my offer will not be issued unless the lawyer is on the Clydesdale conveyancing panel. Are Clydesdale entitled to hold back the Mortgage pending the lawyer being on the approved list?

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

Just had an offer accepted on a new build flat in Shenstone. Conveyancing is daunting at the best of times but I have never purchased a new build flat before. What sort of enquires would be asked in new build legal work.

Set out below is a sample of a selection of leasehold new build questions that you may expect your new-build leasehold conveyancing in Shenstone

Please supply evidence that the form of Lease proposed has been approved by the Land Registry. The Lease must contain a provision on behalf of the Vendor to pay the service charges in respect of unoccupied units in order to ensure that all services can be provided. Has the Lease plan been approved by the Land Registry and if not when will they be lodged for this purpose? The Vendor must covenant to keep unsold units in good repair until long leases are granted therefore. If there are lifts in the building, please confirm that the owners of flats on the ground and basement floors will not be required to contribute towards the cost of maintenance and renewal.

I am a sole trader looking to take an assignment of a lease of an office on a shopping parade. Can you recommend conveyancers offering no-sale-no costs for non-domestic conveyancing in Shenstone for below 1500k?

We can recommend firms who host a wealth of experience of commercial conveyancing in Shenstone, including the disposal and purchase of businesses as well as simply premises. If you are looking to buy or sell a shop, pub, restaurant, office, retail premises or a complete business we can put you in touch with the right solicitor. As for the costs these will vary based on the structure and heads of terms of the deal. Please provide us with your details or telephone us so that we may supply you with a fixed commercial conveyancing quote.

Is it true that a Shenstone conveyancing company got sued by clients for failing to conduct the right conveyancing investigations?

We are not aware of such a Shenstone conveyancing matter but it has been reported that, a couple acquiring a property in Cumbria successfully won a claim against their property lawyer as a consequence of development permission to build a wind farm not being identified in conveyancing searches.

If you are thinking of buying a home in Shenstone It is important that your property lawyer purchase all Shenstone conveyancing searches needed to ensure you have accurate and current information ahead of acquiring a home in Shenstone.