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Top 5 reasons to use our service to assist you choose a local conveyancing solicitor in Choppington

  • 1 Choppington property lawyer are the key to a successful Choppington home move, keeping the process under control. They are on your side throughout, offering dedicated advice for the duration of your transaction
  • 2 Choppington conveyancers are likely to acquainted with the local Land Registry Office, Local Authority and property agents
  • 3 No matter what any other companies may claim it may be important to pop into your conveyancer to sign documents. Too many 3rd parties are already involved in a homemove without needing to include Royal Mail into the mix.
  • 4 The firms shown on our web pages have a mix of conveyancing lawyers, legal executives and support staff handling thousands of conveyancing matters annually.
  • 5 Retaining the services of a local Solicitor on the whole means that you will receive a more bespoke service. Sometimes when dealing with a large conveyancing firm, you tend to be looked after by a team of people who check what is happening on the file by reading from their computer screens.

Examples of recent conveyancing in Choppington since November 2025*

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Disposal

of semi premises, Edinburgh Drive, NE22 6NY completing on 19/12/2025 at a price of £340,000. The legal transfer of property incorporates some of the following tasks: taking formal instructions from and updating the seller client, agreeing completion date with parties, preparing statement detailing charges

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Purchase

of apartment Cherrytree Drive NE22 7LP, at a price of £115,000. Leasehold conveyancing work included: drafting the sale agreement and Transfer, securing official copies of the title, preparing statement detailing charges

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Transfer

of semi premises, Clearwell Place, NE22 6BN completing on 21/11/2025 at a price of £239,950. The conveyancing process incorporates some of the following tasks: sending conveyancing papers to buyers representatives, dealing with appropriate requisitions and enquiries, taking formal instructions from and updating the seller client

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Sale

of terraced property, Durham Close, NE22 6NB completing on 15/12/2025 at a price of £165,000. The conveyancing process included amongst the various tasks: taking formal instructions from and updating the seller client, obtaining official copies of the title, sending title deeds and executed transfer to buyer’s conveyancer

Recently asked questions about conveyancing in Choppington

As someone clueless as to the Choppington conveyancing process what’s the number one tip you can impart for the ownership transfer in Choppington

Not many law firms or advisers will tell you this but conveyancing in Choppington and elsewhere in Northumberland is often a confrontational experience. Put another way, when it comes to conveyancing there is an abundance of opportunity for friction between you and other parties involved in the ownership transfer. For instance, the seller, selling agent and even potentially a lender. Choosing a law firm for your conveyancing in Choppington is a critical decision as your conveyancer is your adviser, and is the SOLE party in the transaction whose interest is to act in your best interests and to keep you safe.

There is a worrying creep in the "blame" culture- someone must be blamed for the process taking so long. You must always trust your lawyer above the other players when it comes to the legal transfer of property.

Do I need to have a meeting at the offices of the solicitor to sign the mortgage deed? If so, I will appoint a lawyer who conducts conveyancing in Choppington so that I can attend their offices if required.

These days approved lawyers for lenders undertake the vast majority of communications via Royal Mail, e-mail or over the phone. This means that they can undertake the conveyancing transaction no matter where you live in England or Wales. However you can see if you can still book an appointment to visit conveyancing lawyer if just in case this is required.

Is it the case that all Choppington solicitor firms on the Lloyds conveyancing panel are regulated by the Solicitors Regulatory Authority?

As solicitors, in order to be on the Lloyds conveyancing panel they would need to be overseen by the SRA. The majority of lenders do list licenced conveyancers on their panel and in that case the organisation would be governed by the Council of Licensed Conveyancers.

We are getting the release of further funds on our mortgage from Virgin Money as we intend to carry out a loft conversion to our house in Choppington. Are we obliged to select a bricks and mortar Choppington solicitor on the Virgin Money conveyancing panel to deal with the legals?

Virgin Money would not normally appoint firms on their approved list of lawyers to deal with such a matter. If they do require any legal work then you would need to ensure that such a lawyer was on the Virgin Money panel.

I have paid off my mortgage with Kent Reliance. I assume I don't need a Choppington lawyer on the Kent Reliance panel to remove the mortgage at the Land Registry. Am I right?

If you have finished paying off your Kent Reliance mortgage, they may send you evidence showing that you have paid it off. Alternatively they may notify the Land Registry directly. The Land Registry need to see this evidence before they will remove the Kent Reliance mortgage from the register. Kent Reliance, and any evidence they send you, will determine the action you need to take. In cases where no conveyancer is acting for you and you have paid off your mortgage:

  1. but are not moving to another property
  2. where Kent Reliance has sent the Land Registry the discharge electronically, and
  3. Kent Reliance has instructed the Land Registry to do so
The Land Registry will send you a letter confirming that your Kent Reliance mortgage has been paid off.

Are there restrictive covenants that are commonly picked up as part of conveyancing in Choppington?

Covenants that are restrictive in nature can be picked up when reviewing land registry title as part of the process of conveyancing in Choppington. 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…’

I am thinking of appointing a conveyancing practitioner in Choppington for my home move. Can I review a firm’s complaints history with the legal regulator?

One may review documented Solicitor Regulator Association (SRA) decisions arising from investigations commenced on or after Jan 2008. Go to Check a solicitor's record. To find information Pre 2008, or to check a solicitors record, ring 0870 606 2555, 08.00 - 18.00 any week day save for Tuesday when lines open at 9.30am. For callers outside the UK, dial +44 (0)121 329 6800. The SRA may monitor telephone calls for training purposes.

My plan is to acquire a ground floor apartment in Choppington. Conveyancing lawyer is waiting for, from the vendor, building insurance schedule. Earlier today I was advised that the seller needs to forward the insurance schedule for the flat above also. Why does my solicitor need to check the insurance for the other flat? Is it strictly necessary? We have been waiting for the previous month…

It is not impossible in leasehold conveyancing in Choppington to discover Conveyancing in Choppington in a minority of cases reveals that the lease requires the tenant's to insure their individual flats rather than the landlord insuring the entire building - which is definitely preferable. Do check with your conveyancer but it would seem that your conveyancing practitioner is seeking to verify that the entire building is insured. Insuring a ground floor apartment is no help when it comes to rebuilding after a fire if the other flat cannot be reconstructed for lack of insurance.

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Commercial Conveyancing solicitors in Choppington regulated by the SRA

The firms listed below are a small selection of solicitors in Choppington with expertise in commercial conveyancing in Choppington. This may include advice on taking a commercial lease as a tenant
  • Whitehead & Low Solicitors Llp, 3 Market Place, Bedlington, Northumberland, NE22 5TN
  • Alderson Law Llp, Pethgate House, Castle Square, Morpeth, Northumberland, NE61 1YL
  • Brumell & Sample, 15 Bridge Street, Morpeth, Northumberland, NE61 1NX
  • Yarwood & Stubley, 15 Stanley Street, Blyth, Northumberland, NE24 2BT
  • David Auld & Co, 22a Newgate Street, Morpeth, Northumberland, NE61 1BA

What to expect from a Licensed Conveyancer for conveyancing in Choppington?

Licensed Conveyancers deal with the transfer of the legal title of a property from one person to another and cover conveyancing nationwide not just Choppington. If using a Licensed Conveyancer governed by the CLC, you can expect:
  • Receive an honest and lawful service.
  • Have a high standard of legal services.
  • Enjoy the benefit of your transaction dealt with using care, skill and legal know-how.
  • Be supplied with a high quality of service due to your conveyancer’s arrangements, resources, procedures, skills and commitment.
  • Receive a service which is accessible and responsive to your individual needs.
  • You should not consider yourself discriminated against, victimised or harassed.
  • To receive the level you could expect, however, if you do your lawyer accepts responsibility for this and provides you with any appropriate redress.
  • Have your specific needs taken into account should you make a complaint.
  • Enjoy the benefit of a timeous, objective and comprehensive service where making a complaint about your conveyancing in Choppington about your conveyancing in Choppington.

Typically, Choppington conveyancing for a sale has some of the following tasks

  • Conveyancing practitioner instructed by the seller once the offer has been accepted
  • Investigating the title to the property
  • Preparing contract and related documents
  • Submitting draft papers to the conveyancer retained by the buyer
  • Finalising the wording for contracts and answering additional enquires from the buyer’s conveyancer
  • Negotiating the transfer deed
  • Replying to requisitions raised by the purchaser’s conveyancer
  • Proceeding to exchange of contracts and then preparing for completion
  • Receiving sale proceeds and wiring funds to the seller, the estate agent and redeeming the home loan (if appropriate)

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

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