LM Logo

Find a Lender-Approved Local Conveyancer in Cullercoats

Ready to buy a new home? Find a law firm approved by your lender.

Selecting the right solicitor is the most important decision when it comes to your Cullercoats conveyancing

5 reasons to use our service to help you select a local conveyancing solicitor in Cullercoats

  • 1 Solicitors accustomed to conveyancing in Cullercoats have a grasp oflocal issues peculiar to Cullercoats and therefore you may benefit from better guidance and expeditious conveyancing.
  • 2 Using a a family Solicitor on the whole means that you will receive a more personal touch. Sometimes when dealing with a an online conveyancing factory, you tend to be looked after by a team of people who who update you by determining whether the ‘computers says no’.
  • 3 Cullercoats property lawyers will be familiar with the local Land Registry Office, Local Authority and selling agents
  • 4 Cullercoats property lawyer are the key to a successful Cullercoats conveyancing experience, keeping the process under control. They are on your side throughout, offering dedicated advice for the duration of your move
  • 5 Excellent communication and pure property expertise are key benefits that you should look for when choosing conveyancing solicitors. Cullercoats home moves can be made a lot more complicated because of lack of transparency between all the parties. The lawyers listed strive to make sure that communication channels are open and act on arising issues and developments expeditiously.

Examples of recent conveyancing in Cullercoats since August 2025*

Recently asked questions about conveyancing in Cullercoats

It is 10 years ago since I purchased my home in Cullercoats. Conveyancing solicitors have recently been instructed on the sale but I can't track down the deeds. Will this cause complications?

Don’t worry too much. Firstly there is a chance that the deeds will be with your mortgage company or they could still be with the conveyancers who acted in the purchase. Secondly in all probability the land will be registered at the land registry and you will be able to prove you are the registered owner by your conveyancing solicitors obtaining current official copies of the land registers. Almost all conveyancing in Cullercoats involves registered property but in the unlikely event that your home is unregistered it adds to the complexity but is resolvable.

Our bank has suggested solicitors on their panel based in Cullercoats but I would rather instruct a conveyancing lawyer in Cullercoats round the corner to me. Can you assist?

Far from all Cullercoats conveyancing firms are listed all lender’s conveyancing panel. Please make use of our find an approved solicitor tool to identify a Cullercoats conveyancing conveyancer on the on the lender panel.

A colleague advised me that in purchasing a property in Cullercoats there may be various restrictions prohibiting external changes to the property. Is this right?

There are anumerous of properties in Cullercoats which have some sort of restriction or requirement of consent to external changes. Part of the conveyancing in Cullercoats should determine what restrictions are applicable and advising you as part of a ROT that should be sent to you.

We previously instructed solicitors locally in Cullercoats on the Barclays solicitor approved list. They have just billed me a further amount for dealing with the Barclays mortgage. Is this an additional conveyancing fee specified by Barclays?

Unfortunately, so long as it is in their Terms of Engagement or estimate then yes your lawyer can levy a fee for this. This charge is not set by Barclays but by your Cullercoats lawyer. Some firms on the Barclays panel will charge ’dealing with mortgage’ fee and others do not.

Clydesdale have agreed my home loan in principle, my offer on a flat in Cullercoats has been agreed to, what are the next steps?

Your estate agent will wish to know who your solicitors are (ensure that the solicitors are on the lender’s panel). Call up Clydesdale or the broker and complete any relevant documentation. Clydesdale will instruct a valuer who will get in contact with the selling agent or seller to arrange a time for the valuation to take place. Once carried out (assuming no problems) it takes on average a week for the mortgage offer to be issued. Clydesdale will issue the offer to you and your conveyancing practitioners. The transaction will then take it’s course according the nature and complexity of the conveyancing in Cullercoats.

I have been told that property searches are a common cause of delay in Cullercoats conveyancing transactions. Is that correct?

The Council of Property Search Organisations (CoPSO) released findings of research by MoveWithUs that conveyancing searches do not figure within the top 10 causes of delays in the conveyancing process. Searches are unlikely to feature in any slowing down conveyancing in Cullercoats.

I have recentlybeen informed that Arc property Solicitors have closed. They conducted my conveyancing in Cullercoats for a purchase of a leasehold apartment 9 months ago. How can I establish that my home is registered correctly in the name of the previous owner?

The easiest method to see if the property is registered to you, you can carry out a search of the land registry (£3.00). You can either do this yourself or ask a law firm to do this for you. If you are not registered you can seek help from one of a number of Cullercoats conveyancing specialists.

Are there any apps to help locate a Cullercoats law firm on the Barclays Direct conveyancing panel? I drive a motor bike and am prepared to travel upto 25kilometers to meet the solicitor.

Feel free to make use of the facility on this page. Please select a bank and your location and you will see a number of Cullercoats conveyancing lawyers locally. We have detailed some Cullercoats conveyancing firms at the bottom of this page and you can call them to see whether they are on the Barclays Direct member panel

Last updated

Residential Landlord and Tenant Conveyancing solicitors in Cullercoats

The firms listed below are a small selection of solicitors in Cullercoats with expertise in landlord and tenant law and on the regulations governing different types of tenancies. This should include advice on Rent Act Protected, Assured and Assured Shorthold tenancies

  • Kidd & Spoor Solicitors Limited, 7 Marden Road, Whitley Bay, Tyne and Wear, NE26 2JN
  • Stanley M Calvert, 7-8 Upper Norfolk Street, North Shields, Tyne and Wear, NE30 1PT
  • Reed Ryder & Meikle, 19 Northumberland Square, North Shields, Tyne and Wear, NE30 1QD
  • Kyles Legal Practice Ltd, 20 Northumberland Square, North Tyneside, North Shields, Tyne and Wear, NE30 1PX
  • Hadaway & Hadaway, 58 Howard Street, North Shields, Tyne and Wear, NE30 1AL

Commercial Conveyancing solicitors in Cullercoats regulated by the SRA

The list below is a small selection of solicitors in Cullercoats specialising in commercial conveyancing in Cullercoats. This will likely include advice on complex issues under the Landlord and Tenant Act of 1954
  • Kidd & Spoor Solicitors Limited, 7 Marden Road, Whitley Bay, Tyne and Wear, NE26 2JN
  • Yarwood Stimpson Ltd, 5 Marden Road, Whitley Bay, Tyne and Wear, NE26 2JL
  • Mitchell Dodds & Co, 208-210 Park View, Whitley Bay, Tyne and Wear, NE26 3QR
  • Stanley M Calvert, 7-8 Upper Norfolk Street, North Shields, Tyne and Wear, NE30 1PT
  • Reed Ryder & Meikle, 19 Northumberland Square, North Shields, Tyne and Wear, NE30 1QD

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

  • Obtaining instructions from the appropriate parties
  • Collating the documents evidencing the title to the property
  • Preparing contract and associated documents
  • Submitting draft papers to the conveyancing practitioner representing the purchaser
  • Finalising the wording for contracts and answering additional enquires from the purchaser’s conveyancing practitioner
  • Agreeing the transfer document
  • Replying to requisitions raised by the buyer’s conveyancing practitioner
  • Proceeding to exchange of contracts and then completion of the sale
  • Receiving sale proceeds and wiring funds to the vendor, the estate agent and other relevant parties (if appropriate)

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

© Crown copyright material is reproduced with the permission of Land Registry under delegated authority from the Controller of HMSO.