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Reasons to use our Birtley conveyancing solicitors

  • 1 Our site offers most comprehensive residential conveyancing directory service identifying lender approved property lawyers carrying out conveyancing in Birtley regulated by the SRA or CLC.
  • 2 The hallmark of our conveyancing solicitors in Birtley is quality not quantity. The level of service offered by conveyancing "factories" (sometimes 'recommended' by large estate agency chains) sometimes falls short of the level of professionalism you will expect.
  • 3 Regardless alternative lawyers may claim it could be necessary to visit your conveyancer to execute documents. There are various parties with engaged in a homemove without needing to include Royal Mail into the pot.
  • 4 Solicitor conveyancing firms have valuable personal connections with Birtley estate agents and work very closely with them and local surveyors so as to ensure transactions proceed expeditiously.
  • 5 The Birtley conveyancing practitioners that are listed are committed to supplying value for money, efficient and accessible conveyancing service to borrowers, sellers and remortgagors in Birtley

Examples of recent conveyancing in Birtley since September 2025*

Recently asked questions about conveyancing in Birtley

Why would I use a Birtley conveyancing practice given that internet based conveyancers are less overpriced?

To take your time to find get 2 or 3 like-for-like quotes for conveyancing costs in Birtley and you should seek a competitive fee calculation but don’t become consumed with scouring the internet for the lowest priced Birtley conveyancer. Finding the right conveyancer can be the distinction between a seamless and a stressful house move. It is important that you ensure that you have expert guidance from a trusted conveyancer. Emails can't be as helpful as a telephone conversation and can never replicate a face to face appointment. Our partner firms will find you a qualified and trusted conveyancing solicitor that will deal with your conveyancing from beginning to end, giving the sort of personalised service that you will never get with an web based conveyancer. He or She will contact you regularly to update you on headway and keep you informed. Should you need to contact the office you will know who you need to speak to and we'll ensure you're not left wondering what's going on.

Our solicitor has discovered a a legal deficiency with the lease for the property we are purchasing in Birtley. The other side have offered title insurance as a workaround. We are happy with insurance and will pay for it. Our conveyancer has advised that he must ensure that the mortgage company is content with this solution. Who is the client here, us or the lender?

Even though you have a mortgage offer from the bank does not mean to say that the property will meet their specifications for the purposes of a mortgage. Your lawyer has to ensure that the lease has to comply with the UK Finance Lenders’ Handbook provisions. You and the mortgage company are the client. The appropriate lender requirements have to be complied with.

Should commercial conveyancing searches disclose impending roadworks that may affect a commercial premises in Birtley?

Many commercial conveyancing solicitors in Birtley will execute a SiteSolutions Highways report as it reduces the time that conveyancers invest in sourcing accurate data on highways that impact buildings and development assets in Birtley. The search result sets out definitive data on the adoption status of roads, footpaths and verges, as well as the implication of traffic schemes and the rights of way surrounding a commercial development sites in Birtley.

For each commercial conveyancing transaction in Birtley it is critical to investigate the adoption status of roads surrounding a site. The absence of identifying developments where adoption procedures have not been dealt with adequately could result in delays to Birtley commercial conveyancing transactions as well as present a risk to future intentions for the site. These searches are not ordered for residential conveyancing in Birtley.

I purchased a renovated Victorian property in Birtley. Conveyancing lawyer represented me and Alliance & Leicester . I happened to do a free search for it on the Land Registry database and I saw two entries: one for freehold, the second leasehold under the matching address. If a house is not a freehold shouldn't I have been informed?

You should assess the Freehold register you have again and check the Charges Register as there may be mention of a lease. The best way to be sure that you are also the registered owner of the leasehold and freehold title as well is to check (£3). It is not completely unheard of in Birtley and other areas of the country and poses no real issues for owners other than when they mortgage they have to account for both freehold and leasehold interests when dealing with buyers. You can also question the position with the conveyancing solicitor who conducted the purchase.

I've recently found out that there is a flying freehold element on a house I put an offer in two weeks back in what should have been a quick, chain free conveyancing. Birtley is where the house is located. What do you suggest?

Flying freeholds in Birtley are not the norm but are more likely to exist in relation to terraced houses. Even where you use a solicitor outside Birtley you must be sure that your lawyer goes through the deeds very carefully. Your bank may require your conveyancing solicitor to take out an indemnity policy. Some of the more diligent conveyancing solicitors in Birtley may ascertain that this is not enough and that the deeds be re-written to give you the most up to date legal protection. If so, the next door neighbour also had to sign up to the revised deeds.It is possible that your lender will not accept the situation so the sooner you find out the better. You should also check with your insurance broker as to whether they will insure a flying freehold premises.

My nephew is embarking on her first house purchase, the home loan was agreed last week in principle. One the seller agreed the offer on the apartment we contacted the mortgage institution to progress the mortgage application. I was disappointed to discover that mortgage companies do not accept all conveyancer, they have to be on a list, is this correct?

Banks ordinarily imposes restrictions either the type or the number of conveyancing practices on their approved list of lawyers. Typical examples 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 Birtley 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? Unlikely.

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Sample of conveyancing solicitors in Birtley regulated by the SRA

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

  • John Bayles & Co, 26 Harraton Terrace, Durham Road, Birtley, Chester Le Street, County Durham, DH3 2QG
  • K Boswell & Co, 15/16 Arndale House, Concord, Washington, Tyne and Wear, NE37 2SW
  • Hutharts Law Firm, Durham Road Chambers, 431 Durham Road, Low Fell, Gateshead, Tyne and Wear, NE9 5AN
  • Richmond Anderson Goudie Part Of The Richmond Partnership, Flake Cottages, Cone Terrace, Chester Le Street, County Durham, DH3 3TA
  • Nigel J Humes & Co, 3-5 High Chare, Chester Le Street, County Durham, DH3 3PX

Residential Landlord and Tenant Conveyancing solicitors in Birtley

The firms listed below are a non-comprehensive list of solicitors in Birtley specialising in landlord and tenant law and on the regulations governing different types of tenancies. This should include advice on Leasehold Valuation Tribunal proceedings

  • Richmond Anderson Goudie Part Of The Richmond Partnership, Flake Cottages, Cone Terrace, Chester Le Street, County Durham, DH3 3TA
  • Gordon Brown Law Firm Llp, Mains House, 143 Front Street, Chester Le Street, County Durham, DH3 3AU
  • John Donkin Solicitors Limited, Unit 9 Concept 2000, Sunderland Road, Gateshead, Tyne and Wear, NE10 9LQ
  • Hathaways The Law Firm Limited, 18/19 Regent Terrace, Gateshead, Tyne and Wear, NE8 1LU
  • Tait Farrier Graham, 16-17 Regent Terrace, Gateshead, Tyne and Wear, NE8 1LU

Planning law solicitors in Birtley regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority

The list below is a small selection of solicitors in Birtley specialising in planning law. The solicitors can give expert legal advice on all aspects of planning, including making sure people do what the planning regulations say
  • Ward Hadaway, Sandgate House, 102 Quayside, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, NE1 3DX
  • Muckle Llp, Time Central, 32 Gallowgate, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, NE1 4BF
  • Sintons Llp, The Cube, Barrack Road, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, NE4 6DB
  • Freemans, 7 St. Marys Place, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, NE1 7PG

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

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