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Top 5 reasons to use our service to help you select a local conveyancing solicitor in Houghton Le Spring

  • 1 Houghton Le Spring conveyancers work in partnership with Houghton Le Spring estate agents, house builders, surveyors, mortgage companies and other professionals to make sure that a quality service is provided to clients every step of the way, ensuring the smoothest, most stress-free process possible
  • 2 The firms listed on our directory have a mix of conveyancing practitioners, legal executives and support staff handling over one hundred thousand cases annually.
  • 3 You can rest easier when choose the very best, most recommended conveyancing solicitors. Houghton Le Spring has a number to select from, but for a truly dependable and reliable service many local people have been use the endorsement of this site.
  • 4 Our site is the only site offering you the facility to check that your property ownership legalities in Houghton Le Spring will be carried out by a conveyancer on your lender’s member panel.
  • 5 Solicitor conveyancing lawyers have extremely good personal connections with Houghton Le Spring selling agents and work very closely with them and local surveyors so as to ensure transactions proceed expeditiously.

Examples of recent conveyancing in Houghton Le Spring since December 2024*

Transfer

of house residence, Bernard Shaw Street, DH4 5AY completing on 17/01/2025 at a price of £113,000. The legal transfer of property incorporates some of the following tasks: drafting the sale agreement and Transfer, dealing with appropriate requisitions and enquiries, agreeing completion date with parties

Disposal

of terraced premises, Dunelm Drive, DH4 5QG completing on 16/01/2025 at a price of £120,000. The legal transfer of property included amongst the various tasks: sending conveyancing papers to buyers representatives, taking formal instructions from and updating the seller client, sending title deeds and signed transfer to purchaser’s lawyers

Sale

of semi premises, Hetton Road, DH5 8JW completing on 17/01/2025 at a price of £230,000. The conveyancing process incorporates some of the following tasks: dealing with appropriate requisitions and enquiries, agreeing completion date with parties, setting up the completion formalities

Transfer

of semi-detached premises, Gertrude Street, DH4 4EA completing on 24/01/2025 at a price of £77,500. The legal transfer of property incorporates some of the following tasks: dealing with appropriate requisitions and enquiries, taking formal instructions from and updating the seller client, setting up the completion formalities

Recently asked questions about conveyancing in Houghton Le Spring

My partner and I are planning to purchase a house in Houghton Le Spring and are in fact using a Houghton Le Spring conveyancing practice. Within the last couple of days our conveyancer has sent a preliminary report and documents to look through in anticipation of exchanging contracts shortly. The Mortgage Works have this morning contacted us to inform me that they have now hit a problem as our Houghton Le Spring solicitor is not on their conveyancing panel. What do we do from here?

If you are buying a property with the assistance of a mortgage it is normal for the purchasers' solicitors to also act for the purchaser's lender. In order to act for a bank or building society a law firm has to be on that lender's conveyancing panel. An application has to be made by the law firm to the lender to become a member of the lender's panel and there are increasingly strict criteria which the firm has to satisfy and indeed some lenders now require their panel members to be part of the Law Society’s Conveyancing Quality Scheme. Your solicitor should contact your lender and see if they can apply for membership of their conveyancing panel, but if that is not viable they will instruct their own lawyers to represent them. You are not legally obliged to appoint a law firm on the lender’s conveyancing panel as you are at liberty to use your preferred Houghton Le Spring lawyers, in which case your legal fees may increase, and it may delay matters as you have another set of people involved.

Can you explain why leasehold purchase conveyancing in Houghton Le Spring is more expensive?

Houghton Le Spring leasehold properties involve far more paperwork than a freehold purchase, and therefore takes more time to examine and advise upon.Conveyancing will involve the lease having to be checked which is usually a lengthy document, queries raised to ensure that the covenants and conditions have been observed. If it is a flat there will be a management company in existence and the accounts of this will need to be checked and enquiries raised to ensure it is operating efficiently and that all monies due have been paid by the Seller to the company and if not ensuring that money is paid up to date or the appropriate undertakings obtained.

Just had an offer accepted on a new build flat in Houghton Le Spring. Conveyancing is a frightening process at the best of times but I have never purchased a new build flat before. What sort of enquires would be asked in new build legal work.

Set out below are examples of a few leasehold new build questions that you can expect your new-build leasehold conveyancing in Houghton Le Spring

    The Lease must contain a provision on behalf of the Vendor to pay the service charges in respect of unoccupied units in order to ensure that all services can be provided. Investor purchasers must be able to freely grant unsecured tenancies at market rents without requiring any consents. If there are lifts in the building, please confirm that the owners of flats on the ground and basement floors will not be required to contribute towards the cost of maintenance and renewal. Please supply a car parking plan. Has the Lease plan been approved by the Land Registry and if not when will they be lodged for this purpose?

Due to the advice of my in-laws I had a survey completed on a property in Houghton Le Spring in advance of instructing lawyers. I have been told that there is a flying freehold aspect to the house. Our surveyor advised that some lenders will not issue a loan on this type of home.

It depends who your proposed lender is. Santander has different requirements for example to Nationwide. If you call us we can look into this further with the relevant bank. If you lender is happy to lend one our lawyers can assist as they are used to dealing with flying freeholds in Houghton Le Spring. Conveyancing will be smoother if you use a solicitor in Houghton Le Spring especially if they are acquainted with such properties in Houghton Le Spring.

Given that I am about to part with 450k on a two bedroom apartment in Houghton Le Spring I would like to talk to a conveyancer regarding thehouse move ahead of instructing the firm. Can this be arranged?

This is something that we encourage - we would be pleased to talk to you we do not take any clients on without you liaising with the solicitor due to be carrying out your property ownership legalities in Houghton Le Spring.There is no ‘factory style conveyancing’ - each client is unique person, not a file number. The practices that we put you in touch with believe that the fees you are calculated and presented to you for residential conveyancing in Houghton Le Spring should be the figure that you end up paying.

What is the best way of identifying a leasehold conveyancing in Houghton Le Spring?

First ask your friends and family who they would recommend. Second, look on the web for conveyancing in Houghton Le Spring. Phone two or three from the list and ask them to send you their conveyancing charges and discuss your needs with the solicitor who will conduct your conveyancing before you make your decision. Option 3 is to make use of this site to help you find the right solicitors for you based on your unique factors including location,speed, complexity and who the proposed lender is.Avoid the trap of appointing £99 conveyancing solicitors in Houghton Le Spring

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Residential Landlord and Tenant Conveyancing solicitors in Houghton Le Spring

The firms listed below are a small selection of solicitors in Houghton Le Spring practicing in landlord and tenant law and on the regulations governing different types of tenancies. This should include advice on wrongful eviction

  • Hodgson Coulthard & Co, Glendale House, 10 Church Street, Houghton Le Spring, Tyne and Wear, DH4 4DN
  • Gordon Brown Law Firm Llp, Mains House, 143 Front Street, Chester Le Street, County Durham, DH3 3AU
  • Richmond Anderson Goudie Part Of The Richmond Partnership, Flake Cottages, Cone Terrace, Chester Le Street, County Durham, DH3 3TA
  • Red Chevron Legal Services Ltd, Mowbray Villas, Mowbray Road, Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, SR2 7EA
  • Sweeney Miller Llp, Mowbray Villas, Mowbray Road, Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, SR2 7EA

Domestic Licensed Conveyancers in Houghton Le Spring regulated by the CLC

Please be aware that the listed conveyancers do not limit their work for conveyancing in Houghton Le Spring but also conveyancing across England and Wales.
  • Hastie Conveyancing, 33 Frederick Street, SR1 1LN

Planning law solicitors in Houghton Le Spring regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority

The practices listed below are a non-comprehensive list of solicitors in Houghton Le Spring specialising in planning law. This should include advice on planning applications and appeals
  • Longden Walker And Renney (solicitors) Limited, 14 John Street, Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, SR1 1HZ
  • Swinburne Maddison Llp, Venture House, Aykley Heads Business Centre, Durham, County Durham, DH1 5TS

Neighboring Locations

Penshaw
Washington
South Hylton
Silsworth
Sunderland
Houghton Le Spring
Murton
Hetton Le Hole

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

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