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If you have reached us by Googling ‘Conveyancing in Silsworth’ follow your intuition — you will have a better house move where you instruct a conveyancing solicitor in Silsworth.

Reasons to use our Silsworth conveyancing solicitors

  • 1 Regardless other companies inform you it could be important to attend your solicitor to execute documents. There are enough parties with an interest in a house sale without needing to add the postman into the mix.
  • 2 This site is the first site that enables you the ability to check that your property ownership legalities in Silsworth will be conducted by a solicitor on your lender’s authorised panel.
  • 3 The hallmark of our conveyancing solicitors in Silsworth is quality not quantity. The level of service offered by conveyancing "factories" (sometimes 'recommended' by national chain estate agents) sometimes falls short of the level of professionalism you would hope for.
  • 4 Low cost packages from online conveyancers might be tempting. However, these organisations are often located many kilometers away with little understanding of the factors that impact property transactions in Silsworth
  • 5 The Silsworth conveyancing firms that we work with are dedicated to supplying value for money, efficient and transparent conveyancing service to purchasers, sellers and investors in Silsworth

Examples of recent conveyancing in Silsworth since December 2024*

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Acquisition

of apartment Shalcombe Close SR3 2EP, sold for £159,500. Leasehold conveyancing due diligence included: sending conveyancing papers to buyers representatives, dealing with appropriate requisitions and enquiries, setting up the completion formalities

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Sale

of apartment Merrion Close SR3 2QP, at the agreed price of £148,500. Leasehold conveyancing included: sending the transfer to the vendor for signature in preparation for completion, obtaining official copies of the title, agreeing completion date with parties

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Sale

of house residence, Vicarage Road, SR3 1JL completing on 06/01/2025 at a price of £120,000. The legal transfer of property included amongst the various tasks: drafting the sale agreement and Transfer, dealing with appropriate requisitions and enquiries, taking formal instructions from and updating the seller client

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Disposal

of flat Hinkley Close SR3 2ER, at the agreed amount of £245,000. Leasehold conveyancing included: sending conveyancing papers to buyers representatives, obtaining official copies of the title, agreeing completion date with parties

Recently asked questions about conveyancing in Silsworth

Do banks and building societies provide you with an approved list of Silsworth conveyancing solicitors? How do you know who is on the Skipton conveyancing panel?

Silsworth conveyancing firms themselves provide us confirmation that they are on the Skipton conveyancing panel as opposed to being supplied with a list from Skipton directly.

My conveyancer has informed me that breach of easement insurance is required on my purchase. What is the typical level of cover needed for conveyancing in Silsworth?

The right level of breach of easement indemnity insurance depends on your lender. It would differ for example between Halifax and Chelsea Building Society. Conveyancing practitioners as opposed to borrowers take out such insurances.

I'm the single recipient of my late grandmother’s will with all property in now in my sole name, including the house in Silsworth. The Silsworth property was put into my name in February. I plan to dispose of the property. I do know about the Mortgage Lenders 6 month 'rule', meaning my proprietorship will be regarded the same way as if I'd bought the property in February. Do I have to wait 6 months to sell?

The CML handbook requires conveyancers to: "report to us immediately if the owner or registered proprietor has been registered for less than six months." By the strict wording you could be caught by that. Some banks would take a sensible view as this obligation principally exists to identify subsales or the quick reselling of properties.

I have today made my last payment due on my mortgage with Co-operative. I assume I don't need a Silsworth conveyancing practitioner on the Co-operative panel to discharge the mortgage at the Land Registry. Am I right?

If you have finished paying off your Co-operative 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 Co-operative mortgage from the register. Co-operative, 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 Co-operative has sent the Land Registry the discharge electronically, and
  3. Co-operative has instructed the Land Registry to do so
The Land Registry will send you a letter confirming that your Co-operative mortgage has been paid off.

I used Stirling Law several years ago for my conveyancing in Silsworth. Now, I need my documents however the law firm is no longer operating. What do I do?

Do call the Solicitors Regulatory Authority (SRA) to help locate your conveyancing files. They can be contacted on please contact on 0870 606 2555. Alternatively, you should use their online form to make an enquiry. You will need to provide the SRA with as much information as possible to assist their search, including the name and address in Silsworth of the conveyancing firm of solicitors you previously used, the name of conveyancing solicitor with whom you had dealings, and the date on which you last had dealings with the firm.

Yesterday I discovered that there is a flying freehold issue on a property I put an offer in a fortnight ago in what should have been a simple, no chain conveyancing. Silsworth is where the house is located. Is there any advice you can give?

Flying freeholds in Silsworth are rare but are more likely to exist in relation to terraced houses. Even though you don't necessarily need a conveyancing solicitor in Silsworth you must be sure that your lawyer goes through the deeds very carefully. Your lender may require your conveyancing solicitor to take out an indemnity policy. Some of the more diligent conveyancing solicitors in Silsworth may determine that this is not enough and that the deeds be re-written to give you the most up to date legal protection. If so, the next door neighbour also had to sign up to the revised deeds.It is possible that your lender will not accept the situation so the sooner you find out the better. You should also check with your insurance broker as to whether they will insure a flying freehold residence.

I need to instruct a conveyancing practitioner in Silsworth for my house move. Can I check a firm’s complaints history with the legal regulator?

Members of the public can see published Solicitor Regulator Association (SRA) determinations arising from inquisitions from 2008 onwards. Visit Check a solicitor's record. For information Pre 2008, or to check a firm's history, telephone 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 could monitor call for training requirements.

I have today placed an offer on an apartment in Silsworth and the estate agent that we are using recommended his lawyer. They quoted £1000 excluding VAT and 3rd party costs. Does this sound reasonable?

You should not rely on one estimate. One should obtain like-for-like quotes for your conveyancing in Silsworth. Then pick one that you trust and crucially, is on the approved panel of the bank that you have applied for a mortgage from.

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Sample of conveyancing solicitors in Silsworth regulated by the SRA

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

  • Cullen Hammond Limited, Regus House, 4 Admiral Way, Doxford International Business, Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, SR3 3XW
  • 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
  • Sherwood-smith Tilley & Co, Britannic Chambers, Po Box 4, 92/94 Newbottle Street, Houghton Le Spring, Tyne and Wear, DH4 4AJ

Residential Landlord and Tenant Conveyancing solicitors in Silsworth

The list below is a non-comprehensive list of solicitors in Silsworth practicing in landlord and tenant law and on the regulations governing different types of tenancies. This could include advice on service charge disputes and the right to manage

  • Sweeney Miller Llp, Mowbray Villas, Mowbray Road, Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, SR2 7EA
  • Red Chevron Legal Services Ltd, Mowbray Villas, Mowbray Road, Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, SR2 7EA
  • Hodgson Coulthard & Co, Glendale House, 10 Church Street, Houghton Le Spring, Tyne and Wear, DH4 4DN
  • Ben Hoare Bell Llp, 47 John Street, Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, SR1 1QU
  • Treanors Solicitors Limited, 25 John Street, Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, SR1 1JG

Planning law solicitors in Silsworth regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority

The list below is a non-comprehensive list of solicitors in Silsworth practicing in planning law. The solicitors can give expert legal advice on all aspects of planning, including making sure people do what the planning regulations say
  • Longden Walker And Renney (solicitors) Limited, 14 John Street, Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, SR1 1HZ

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

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