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Reasons to use our Ashington conveyancing solicitors

  • 1 The practices listed on our directory have a mix of conveyancing lawyers, legal executives and support staff handling thousands of conveyancing matters each year.
  • 2 The Ashington conveyancing firms that we work with are dedicated to providing the most cost, efficient and transparent conveyancing service to purchasers, sellers and remortgagors in Ashington
  • 3 You can rest easier when select the very best, most recommended conveyancing solicitors. Ashington has a number to choose from, but for a truly dependable and dependable service many local people have been use the recommendation of this site.
  • 4 Over the years Ashington solicitor have developed valuable connections with Ashington local estate agents, banks, building societies, landlords and property developers enabling them to liaise at speed with all parties involved in the process of dealing with your conveyancing in Ashington.
  • 5 The mark of a good conveyancing solicitor in Ashington is quality not quantity. The level of service offered by conveyancing "factories" (sometimes 'recommended' by national chain estate agents) sometimes falls short of the level of professionalism you will expect.

Examples of recent conveyancing in Ashington since October 2025*

Recently asked questions about conveyancing in Ashington

Do the conveyancing lawyers highlighted through your search app carry out right to buy conveyancing in Ashington?

We work with a number of conveyancing experts who can conduct right to buy transactions Do call the lawyers listed in order to get a costs illustration.

In what way does my ID and proof of funds have anything to do with my conveyancing in Ashington? What am I being asked for?

It is indeed that case that the requirement set out by your lawyer has nothing to do with conveyancing in Ashington. However these days you can not complete any conveyancing deal if you have not handing over evidence of your identity. This usually takes the form of a either your passport or driving licence as well as a utility bill. Remember if you are providing your driving licence as evidence of ID it must be both the paper element and photo card part, one is not satisfactory in the absence of the other.

Proof of your source of money is mandated in accordance with the Money Laundering Regulations. You should not be offended when you are asked to produce this as your lawyer must have this information on record. Your Ashington conveyancing practitioner will need to see evidence of proof of funds before they are able to accept any funds from you into their client account and they should also ask further questions concerning the source of funds.

Are there restrictive covenants that are commonly picked up during conveyancing in Ashington?

Restrictive covenants can be picked up when reviewing land registry title as part of the legal transfer of property in Ashington. An 1874 stipulation that was seen was ‘The houses to be erected on the estate are each to be of a uniform elevation in accordance with the drawings to be prepared or approved by the vendor’s surveyor…’

What does commercial conveyancing in Ashington cover?

Non domestic conveyancing in Ashington incorporates a broad array of services, given by regulated solicitors, relating to business premises. By way of example, this type of conveyancing can cover the sale or purchase of freehold business premises or, more commonly, the assignment of existing leases or the drafting of new leasing arrangements. Commercial conveyancing solicitors can also offer advice on the sale of business assets, commercial loans and the termination of tenancies.

I own a leasehold house in Ashington. Conveyancing and Coventry Building Society mortgage went though with no issue. I have received a letter from someone claiming to own the reversionary interest in the property. It included a ground rent demand for rent dating back to 1995. The conveyancing practitioner in Ashington who acted for me is not around. Do I pay?

The first thing you should do is contact HMLR to be sure that the individual purporting to own the freehold is indeed the registered owner of the freehold reversion. You do not need to instruct a Ashington conveyancing firm to do this as you can do this on the Land Registry website for a few pound. Rest assured that regardless, even if this is the rightful freeholder, under the Limitation Act 1980 no more than 6 years of rent can be collected.

Ashington Leasehold Conveyancing - Examples of Queries Prior to buying

    How many of the leaseholders are in arrears for their maintenance charge payments? Who are the managing agents? You should be aware if it is no more than eighty years it will affect the marketability of the flat. It is worth checking with your lender that they are content with remaining years on the lease. Leases with less than 80 years remaining means that you will almost definitely need a lease extension sooner rather than later and it is worth discovering how much this would cost. For most Ashingtonlease extensions you will be be obliged to have owned the property for two years before you are entitled to extend the lease.

My son is just in the process of moving home, he had his mortgage in principle. One the seller agreed the offer on the flat we rang the building society to issue the formal offer. I was very surprised to discover that mortgage lenders do not accept all property lawyer, they need to be on their approved list, is this legal?

Lenders ordinarily imposes restrictions either the type or the number of conveyancing firms on their approved list of lawyers. A common example of such restriction(s) being that a firm must have two or more partners. In addition to restricting the type of firm, some have decided to limit the number of firms they use to represent them. You should note that lenders have no responsibility for the quality of advice provided by any Ashington conveyancing practitioner on their panel. Mortgage fraud was a key driver in the rationalisation of conveyancing panels a few years ago and whilst there are differing views about the extent of solicitor involvement in some of that fraud. Statistics from the Land Registry reveal that thousands of law firms only carry out one or two conveyances a year. Those supporting conveyancing panel cuts ask why law firms should have the right to be on a Lender panel when clearly, conveyancing is not their speciality. To put it another way; would you want a conveyancing solicitor to represent you if you were charged with a crime? Probably not.

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Sample of conveyancing solicitors in Ashington regulated by the SRA

It is important to note that the listed firms do not limit their work for conveyancing in Ashington but also conveyancing throughout England and Wales.

  • Adams Hetherington, 15 Laburnum Terrace, Ashington, Northumberland, NE63 0XX
  • Hellawell & Co, 32 Front Street, Newbiggin-by-the-Sea, Northumberland, NE64 6PT
  • Whitehead & Low Solicitors Llp, 3 Market Place, Bedlington, Northumberland, NE22 5TN
  • Hedley Solicitors, 11a Regent Street, Blyth, Northumberland, NE24 1LQ
  • Lawson & Thompson Solicitors Llp, 3 Regent Street, Blyth, Northumberland, NE24 1LQ

Residential Landlord and Tenant Conveyancing solicitors in Ashington

The list below is a small selection of solicitors in Ashington specialising in landlord and tenant law and on the regulations governing different types of tenancies. This should include advice on Leasehold Valuation Tribunal proceedings

  • Adams Hetherington, 15 Laburnum Terrace, Ashington, Northumberland, NE63 0XX
  • Hellawell & Co, 32 Front Street, Newbiggin-by-the-Sea, Northumberland, NE64 6PT
  • Whitehead & Low Solicitors Llp, 3 Market Place, Bedlington, Northumberland, NE22 5TN
  • Cuthbertsons, 3 Stanley Street, Blyth, Northumberland, NE24 2BS
  • Yarwood & Stubley, 15 Stanley Street, Blyth, Northumberland, NE24 2BT

Residential conveyancing in Ashington normally comprises the following:

  • Lawyer instructed by the purchaser on acceptance of the offer
  • Examining the title unregistered or registered
  • Conducting Ashington property searches for the property
  • Considering the draft sale agreement and other documentation received from the seller’s lawyer
  • Submitting queries with the vendor’s lawyer
  • Negotiating the purchase agreement
  • Going through replies prepared by the vendor to pre-contract enquiries
  • Negotiating the Transfer document
  • Advising the buyer in respect of the mortgage offer: (if relevant)
  • Drafting and sending the buyer a report on title (that is; a breakdown of all findings on the property)
  • Proceeding to exchange of contracts and then completion of the purchase
  • Preparing and submitting to HMRC the appropriate stamp duty forms and payment
  • Dealing with the registration formalities for the buyer and the home loan (if appropriate) at the HM Land Registry.

*Source acknowledgement: House price data produced by Land Registry as well data supplied by Lexsure Ltd.

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