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You can try and find the cheapest conveyancing solicitors in North Shields but be careful as you may get what you pay for.

Reasons to use our North Shields conveyancing solicitors

  • 1 Cut price packages from online conveyancers might seem attractive. However, these firms are often located many kilometers away with limited understanding of the factors that impact property transactions in North Shields
  • 2 Retaining the services of a high street Solicitor in the main means that you will receive a more personalised service. Sometimes when dealing with a large conveyancing firm, your matter is dealt with by a team of people who who update you by reading from their computer screens.
  • 3 The practices listed on our directory have a mix of conveyancing lawyers, legal executives and support staff handling thousands of conveyancing matters annually.
  • 4 North Shields conveyancers have a significant edge when it comes to North Shields conveyancing as they have important local knowledge of local authority requirements, planning policies and other matters that can affect your conveyancing
  • 5 The hallmark of our conveyancing solicitors in North Shields 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 would hope for.

Examples of recent conveyancing in North Shields since November 2025*

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of apartment Angus Crescent NE29 6UE, at a price of £140,000. Leasehold conveyancing legalities included: drafting the sale agreement and Transfer, sending conveyancing papers to buyers representatives, ordering official copies of the title

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Purchase

of flat Gardner Park NE29 0EZ, purchased for £167,000. Leasehold conveyancing legalities included: dealing with appropriate requisitions and enquiries, preparing statement detailing charges, setting up the completion formalities

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Disposal

of house premises, Chirton Lane, NE29 0SB completing on 11/12/2025 at a price of £105,000. 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

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Transfer

of detached residence property, Verne Road, NE29 7LP completing on 28/11/2025 at a price of £250,000. The conveyancing process included amongst the various tasks: dealing with appropriate requisitions and enquiries, preparing statement detailing charges, sending title deeds and signed transfer to purchaser’s conveyancer

Recently asked questions about conveyancing in North Shields

My husband and I are hoping to purchase a 1 bedroom flat in North Shields with a mortgage. We would like to retain our North Shields lawyer, but the lender says she’s not on their "panel". We have to appoint one of the mortgage company panel firms or keep our North Shields conveyancing practitioner and pay for one of their panel firms to act for them. We regard this is inequitable; is there anything we can do?

Unfortunately,no. Your mortgage offer is subject to its terms and conditions, one of which will be that lawyers will on the lender’s conveyancing panel. Until recently, most lenders had large numbers of law firms on their panels: a borrower could choose one for themselves, as long as it was on the lender's panel. The lender would then simply instruct the borrower's lawyers to act for the lender, too. You can use your lender's panel lawyers or you could borrow from another lender which does not restrict your choice. Another option that might be available is for your North Shields conveyancing lawyer to apply to be on the conveyancing panel.

Our nephew is purchasing a newly built flat in North Shields with a home loan from Leeds Building Society. His conveyancer has advised him of a delay in completing the ‘Disclosure of Incentive Form’. What is this document - I have never come across this before?

The document is intended to provide information to the main parties engaged in the purchase. Therefore, it will be provided to your son’s lawyer who should be on the Leeds Building Society conveyancing panel as a standard part of the process, and to the valuer when requested. The developer will be required to start the process by downloading the form and completing it. The form will therefore need to be available for the valuer at the time of his or her site visit. The form should be sent to the Leeds Building Society conveyancing panel solicitor as early as possible, in order to avoid any last minute delays, and no later than at exchange of contracts.

We see that you have a post code search directory identifying solicitors on the Leeds Building Society conveyancing panel. Do companies pay you a commission if I appoint them for our conveyancing in North Shields?

We are a listing service only for law firms wishing to communicate if they are on the Leeds Building Society conveyancing panel or other lender panels. We do not charge referral fees to any conveyancer that you subsequently appoint for your conveyancing in North Shields.

is it true that all North Shields conveyancing solicitors on the TSB conveyancing panel are regulated by the SRA?

As a firm of solicitors, in order to be on the TSB conveyancing panel they would need to be regulated by the SRA. Many banks do list licenced conveyancers on their panel and in that case the firms would be governed by the CLC.

I was told four weeks ago that my mortgage has been agreed to by Nottingham. Is it usual for Nottingham to only issue the offer once my solicitor in North Shields is approved on their conveyancing panel? Nottingham have asked my solicitor to see a copy of their Professional Indemnity Insurance Schedule.

Mortgage companies tend not to not issue a mortgage until they have details of a lawyer on their panel. It can take a few weeks for Nottingham to deal with your lawyer's application to be on the Nottingham conveyancing panel. There's no guarantee that your solicitor will be accepted.

After shopping around on the internet I have found a North Shields solicitor having checked that they are on the Barclays conveyancing panel. Does my lawyer arrange the survey of the property?

Barclays will need an independent valuation of the property. Your lawyer will not arrange this. Usually Barclays will appoint their own surveyor to do this, and you will have to pay for it. Remember that this is a valuation for mortgage purposes and not a survey. You may wish to consider appointing your own North Shields surveyor to carry out a survey or prepare a home buyers report on the property. It is up to you to satisfy yourself that the property is structurally sound before you buy it. If the survey or report reveals that building work is needed, you should tell your solicitor. You may wish to renegotiate with the seller.

I have recentlybecome aware that Action Conveyancing have closed. They carried out my conveyancing in North Shields for a purchase of a freehold house 18 months ago. How can I be sure that the property is not still registered in the name of the former proprietor?

The easiest way to see if the property is registered to you, you can make 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 North Shields conveyancing specialists.

I am buying a new build flat in North Shields. Conveyancing is necessary evil at the best of times but I have never purchased a new build flat before. Can you give me some examples of some of the questions asked in new build conveyancing.

Set out below is a sample of a selection of leasehold new build questions that you should expect your new-build leasehold conveyancing in North Shields

    The Vendor must covenant to keep unsold units in good repair until long leases are granted therefore. Where there is an Undertaking being granted there is the risk of forfeiture of the Headlease subject to relief if one or more of the Underlessees are willing to accept the original Head Lessee’s obligations as otherwise relief will be denied to the Underlessees. The only alternatives are the Head Lessor agreeing not to forfeit the Headlease or the Head Lessee guaranteeing to the Underlessees that it will not be in breach of the Headlease. 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? Investor purchasers must be able to freely grant unsecured tenancies at market rents without requiring any consents.

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Sample of conveyancing solicitors in North Shields regulated by the SRA

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

  • Hc Law Llp, 8 Northumberland Square, North Shields, Tyne and Wear, NE30 1QQ
  • Stockdale & Reid Limited, 51/52 Howard Street, North Shields, Tyne and Wear, NE30 1AP
  • Brown Holliday & Clements, 50 Howard Street, North Shields, Tyne and Wear, NE30 1PD
  • Reed Ryder & Meikle, 19 Northumberland Square, North Shields, Tyne and Wear, NE30 1QD
  • Hadaway & Hadaway, 58 Howard Street, North Shields, Tyne and Wear, NE30 1AL

Residential Landlord and Tenant Conveyancing solicitors in North Shields

The firms listed below are a small selection of solicitors in North Shields specialising in landlord and tenant law and on the regulations governing different types of tenancies. This will likely include advice on Court proceedings for possession

  • Hc Law Llp, 8 Northumberland Square, North Shields, Tyne and Wear, NE30 1QQ
  • Kyles Legal Practice Ltd, 20 Northumberland Square, North Tyneside, North Shields, Tyne and Wear, NE30 1PX
  • Stockdale & Reid Limited, 51/52 Howard Street, North Shields, Tyne and Wear, NE30 1AP
  • Brown Holliday & Clements, 50 Howard Street, North Shields, Tyne and Wear, NE30 1PD
  • Reed Ryder & Meikle, 19 Northumberland Square, North Shields, Tyne and Wear, NE30 1QD

Planning law solicitors in North Shields regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority

The list below is a non-comprehensive list of solicitors in North Shields specialising in planning law. The solicitors can give expert legal advice on all aspects of planning, including tree preservation orders
  • Ward Hadaway, Sandgate House, 102 Quayside, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, NE1 3DX
  • Freemans, 7 St. Marys Place, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, NE1 7PG
  • Muckle Llp, Time Central, 32 Gallowgate, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, NE1 4BF

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

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