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Buying or remortgaging with Santander? Check the lender instruction, legal work and fees with our conveyancing team.
Remortgage
Understand the free-legals option before choosing
Santander publishes a remortgage free-legals option covering specified standard work. If your offer includes that route, establish what is included before separately instructing a conveyancer. Ownership changes, leasehold fees or additional legal tasks may need separate attention. We can discuss an independently instructed matter once the scope and any incentive conditions are clear.
The legal work
Changing lender, changing owners or changing your deal?
A new mortgage secured on the title, an ownership transfer and a rate switch are different matters. Tell us what will change and provide the lender’s instruction. We can then explain the work involved in repayment, a new charge and any additional title arrangements.
Useful information for your first enquiry
- The new offer and the existing account reference
- Any second mortgage or other registered charge
- Any ownership change or additional legal work
Use our agreed secure document route for personal information. Our first enquiry can simply describe the transaction.
From first enquiry to the next legal step.
- 01
Confirm the scope
We identify the lender and proposed transaction, check representation and explain the work and fees.
- 02
Review the documents
The team considers the title and finance documents, raises the relevant enquiries and explains the points that need resolving.
- 03
Plan completion
Once the requirements are satisfied, the legal and funding arrangements can be coordinated. A target date remains subject to the outstanding work.
Clear answers
Santander: common conveyancing questions.
Can Gardner Champion help with a Santander mortgage?
Santander is covered by our lender directory. Send us the full offer or current account correspondence so we can check the lender, product, office and proposed legal work before confirming our appointment. An entry on the directory is not a guarantee of acceptance for every transaction.
Does every new mortgage deal need conveyancing?
A rate change with the same lender can differ from replacing the registered charge with a new lender. Adding or removing an owner may introduce separate title work. Tell us precisely what is changing before instructing a firm.
What will the Santander conveyancing cost?
We agree the fee scope after reviewing the transaction. The quote should identify legal fees, VAT, applicable third-party costs and any additional work such as a company, leasehold title or ownership change. If your mortgage includes a legal-service incentive, check its terms before separately instructing a firm.
Useful next steps.
Lender and identity references
Source notes checked 10 November 2026. Your lender’s current offer and instructions govern the individual transaction.
Make your next legal step clearer.
Tell us about the property, the lender and what you need to do. We’ll explain the next step and the legal fee scope.