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Reasons to use our Seaham conveyancing solicitors

  • 1 No matter what any other sites inform you it could be important to visit your conveyancer to sign documents. There are enough parties with an interest in a homemove without needing to add Royal Mail into the equation.
  • 2 Property lawyer conveyancing lawyers have excellent personal connections with Seaham estate agents and work very closely with them and local surveyors so as to ensure transactions proceed expeditiously.
  • 3 Seaham solicitors work in partnership with Seaham estate agents, property finders, surveyors, banks and other professionals to ensure that the highest level of service is offered to buyers and sellers every step of the way, to ensure you’re kept informed as to progress all the way along
  • 4 Experience means that Seaham lawyer have established very good links with Seaham local estate agents, banks, building societies, landlords and house builders enabling them to liaise at speed with all concerned in the process of dealing with your home move in Seaham.
  • 5 Our site offers most comprehensive residential conveyancing directory listing bank approved law firms carrying out conveyancing in Seaham who are regulated by the SRA or Council of Licensed Conveyancers.

Examples of recent conveyancing in Seaham since December 2024*

Disposal

of detached residence property, Theresa Street, SR7 7NE completing on 10/01/2025 at a price of £80,000. The conveyancing process included amongst the various tasks: agreeing completion date with parties, preparing statement detailing charges, setting up the completion formalities

Disposal

of detached residence premises, Linthorpe Avenue, SR7 7JW completing on 13/01/2025 at a price of £162,000. The conveyancing process incorporates some of the following tasks: sending conveyancing papers to buyers representatives, sending the transfer to the seller for signature in readiness for completion, sending title deeds and executed transfer to purchaser’s conveyancer

Transfer

of detached residence residence, Roseberry Close, SR7 7FA completing on 06/01/2025 at a price of £130,000. The conveyancing process included amongst the various tasks: sending conveyancing papers to buyers representatives, dealing with appropriate requisitions and enquiries, taking formal instructions from and updating the seller client

Acquisition

of apartment Marquess Point SR7 7EA, at a price of £190,000. Leasehold conveyancing due diligence included: drafting the sale agreement and Transfer, sending conveyancing papers to buyers representatives, dealing with appropriate requisitions and enquiries

Recently asked questions about conveyancing in Seaham

I am acquiring a newly built flat in Seaham and my lawyer is informing me that she is duty bound to the bank to reveal incentives from the seller. I am nearing the developer’s deadline to sign contracts and I don't want to delay matters. Is my lawyer right?

You should not exchange unless you have been advised to do so by your conveyancing practitioner. A precondition to being on a mortgage company panel is to comply with the UK Finance Lenders’ Handbook provisions. The CML Conveyancing Handbook requires that your lawyer have the appropriate Disclosure of Incentive form completed by the developer and accepted by your lender.

Having sold my house in Seaham last July but the buyer keeps SMS messaging every few hours to say their lawyer is waiting to hear from mine. What should my lawyer have done now that I have sold?

Post completion of your house sale your solicitor is committed to forward the transfer deeds and all of the paperwork to the purchaser's lawyers. Depending on the transaction, your solicitor must also confirm that the legal charge in favour of the lender has been discharged to the purchasers lawyers. There are no post completion procedures unique to conveyancing in Seaham.

Can you clarify what the consequences are if my lawyer’s firm is expelled from the Nationwide Solicitor panel ahead of completing my conveyancing in Seaham?

The first thing to point out is that, this is very unlikely to happen. In most cases even where a law firm is removed off of a panel the lender would allow the completion to go ahead as the lender would appreciate the difficulties that they would place you in if you have to instruct a new solicitor days before completion. In a worst case scenario where the lender insists that you instruct a new firm then it is possible for a very good lawyer to expedite the conveyancing albeit that you may pay a significant premium for this. The analogous situation is where a buyer instructs a lawyer, exchanges contracts and the law firm is shut down by a regulator such as the SRA. Again, in this situation you can find lawyers who can troubleshoot their way to bring the conveyancing to a satisfactory conclusion - albeit for a fee.

About to purchase a new build apartment in Seaham. 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 Seaham

    Please confirm the Lease plans are surveyor prepared. The Vendor must covenant to keep unoccupied units in good repair until long leases are granted therefore. Please supply a car parking plan. There must be mutual enforceability of lessee’s covenants. Has the Lease plan been approved by the Land Registry and if not when will they be lodged for this purpose?

I am tempted by the attractive purchase price for a two flats in Seaham which have in the region of forty five years unexpired on the leases. Should I regard a short lease as a deal breaker?

There is no doubt about it. A leasehold apartment in Seaham is a wasting asset as a result of the reducing lease term. The closer the lease gets to zero years unexpired, the more it adversely affects the salability of the premises. For most buyers and mortgage companies, leases with less than 75 years become less and less attractive. On a more positive note, leaseholders can extend their leases by serving a Section 42 Notice. One stipulation is that they must have owned the premises for two years (unlike a Section 13 notice for purchasing the freehold, when leaseholders can participate from day one of ownership). When successful, they will have the right to an extension of 90 years to the current term and ground rent is effectively reduced to zero. Before moving forward with a purchase of a residence with a short lease term remaining you should talk to a solicitor specialising in lease extensions and leasehold enfranchisement. We are are happy to put you in touch with Seaham conveyancing experts who will explain the options available to you during an initial telephone conversation free of charge. A more straightforward and quicker method of extending would be to contact your landlord directly and sound him out on the prospect of extending the lease. You may find he or she is happy to negotiate informally and willing to consider your offer straight off, without having to involve anyone else. This will save you time and money and it could help you reach a lower price on the lease. You need to ensure that any new terms represent good long-term value compared with the standard benefits of the Section 42 Notice and that onerous clauses are not inserted into any redrafting of the lease.

I invested in buying a split level flat in Seaham, conveyancing having been completed in 2000. Can you work out an approximate cost of a lease extension? Similar flats in Seaham with an extended lease are worth £180,000. The ground rent is £65 invoiced annually. The lease ceases on 21st October 2084

With 59 years unexpired we estimate the price of your lease extension to span between £20,900 and £24,200 as well as legals.

The figure that we have given is a general guide to costs for renewing a lease, but we are not able to provide the actual costs without more detailed due diligence. Do not use the figures in a Notice of Claim or as an informal offer. There may be other issues that need to be considered and you obviously want to be as accurate as possible in your negotiations. Neither should you take any other action placing reliance on this information before getting professional advice.

I am purchasing a garden flat in Seaham. Conveyancing lawyer has been awaiting, from the seller, building insurance documents. I was told today I was advised that the seller must send the insurance paperwork for the flat above as well. Why would my lawyer need to check the insurance for the flat above? Is it strictly necessary? We have been stalled for the previous 2 weeks…

It is not unheard of in leasehold conveyancing in Seaham to find Conveyancing in Seaham in a minority of cases reveals that the lease provides for the tenant's to insure their individual flats rather than the freeholder insuring the whole premises - which is clearly preferable. Do clarify with your conveyancer but it would appear that your solicitor is looking to verify that the whole building is insured. Insuring your apartment is no help when it comes to rebuilding after a fire if the other flat cannot be reinstated due to lack of insurance cover.

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Sample of conveyancing solicitors in Seaham regulated by the SRA

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

  • Kenneth M Barrow & Co Limited, 15-16 Adelaide Row, Seaham, County Durham, SR7 7EF
  • Kirkup Lascelles & Creed, 25 Yoden Way, Peterlee, County Durham, SR8 1BP
  • Cullen Hammond Limited, Regus House, 4 Admiral Way, Doxford International Business, Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, SR3 3XW
  • Sweeney Miller Llp, Mowbray Villas, Mowbray Road, Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, SR2 7EA
  • Clear View Law Limited, Mowbray Villas, Mowbray Road, Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, SR2 7EA

Commercial Conveyancing solicitors in Seaham regulated by the SRA

The firms listed below are a small selection of solicitors in Seaham specialising in commercial conveyancing in Seaham. This will likely include advice on buying or selling a shop, pub, restaurant, office, retail unit
  • Naughtons Solicitors Llp, 1-2 Adelaide Row, Seaham, County Durham, SR7 7EF
  • Kirkup Lascelles & Creed, 25 Yoden Way, Peterlee, County Durham, SR8 1BP
  • 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
  • Clear View Law Limited, Mowbray Villas, Mowbray Road, Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, SR2 7EA

Residential Licensed Conveyancers in Seaham regulated by the CLC

Please note that the listed conveyancers do not limit their work for conveyancing in Seaham but also conveyancing throughout England and Wales.
  • Hastie Conveyancing, 33 Frederick Street, SR1 1LN

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

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