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Cheap conveyancing in Spennymoor does not necessarily mean low quality - but the odds are stacked against you

Top reasons to let us help you select a high street conveyancing solicitor in Spennymoor

  • 1 Low cost packages from online conveyancers might seem attractive. However, these companies are often based hundreds of miles away with little understanding of the factors that impact property transactions in Spennymoor
  • 2 There is a better than average chance that the other side’s solicitors are located in Spennymoor - if so both parties are likely to be familiar
  • 3 Retaining the services of a high street Solicitor generally results in a more bespoke service. 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’.
  • 4 Spennymoor conveyancing lawyers are likely to acquainted with the local Land Registry Office, Local Authority and selling agents
  • 5 Spennymoor lawyers work in conjunction with Spennymoor estate agents, property finders, surveyors, banks and other professionals to make sure that a quality service is offered to buyers and sellers every step of the way, offering all the advice and help you require

Examples of recent conveyancing in Spennymoor since January 2025*

Sale

of terraced property, Byron Road, DL17 0HX completing on 24/01/2025 at a price of £73,000. The conveyancing process included amongst the various tasks: drafting the sale agreement and Transfer, sending the transfer to the vendor for execution in preparation for completion, preparing statement detailing charges

Sale

of semi-detached premises, Lansdowne Crescent, DH6 5BL completing on 24/01/2025 at a price of £130,750. The legal transfer of property included amongst the various tasks: taking formal instructions from and updating the seller client, securing official copies of the title, setting up the completion formalities

Sale

of semi-detached premises, Bedale Hunt, DL5 7LT completing on 24/01/2025 at a price of £222,000. The legal transfer of property incorporates some of the following tasks: sending conveyancing papers to buyers representatives, sending the transfer to the seller for signature in readiness for completion, setting up the completion formalities

Disposal

of terraced residence, Dale Road, DL4 2LA completing on 24/01/2025 at a price of £72,500. The legal transfer of property incorporates some of the following tasks: taking formal instructions from and updating the seller client, obtaining official copies of the title, sending title deeds and signed transfer to buyer’s lawyers

Recently asked questions about conveyancing in Spennymoor

We are buying a newly constructed apartment in Spennymoor and my conveyancer is informing me that she has to the bank to disclose incentives from the builder. I am on a tight deadline to sign contracts and my preference is not to prolong matters. is my lawyer playing by the book?

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

Completed the sale of my flat in Spennymoor last November yet the purchaser is e-mailing me complaining that his solicitor is waiting to hear from mylawyer. What are the post completion sale legalities now that I have sold?

Following your disposal your solicitor should forward the transfer documentation and all of the paperwork to the purchaser's lawyers. Depending on the transaction, your solicitor should also confirm that the legal charge in favour of the lender has been redeemed to the purchasers conveyancers. There are no post completion procedures unique to conveyancing in Spennymoor.

We wanted to use a property lawyer in Spennymoor for our house move. Our financial adviser informed us that our mortgage company Barclays won't deal with them. Surely this is unfair competition?

A lender may require a panel solicitor act for it. You would be expected to meet the cost of this. Do use our directory service to locate a solicitor to conduct conveyancing in Spennymoor on the Barclays member panel.

A friend advised me that where I am purchasing in Spennymoor I should ask my conveyancer to perform a Neighbourhood, Planning and Local Amenity Search. What does it cover?

This is a search is usually included in the estimate for your Spennymoor conveyancing searches. It is not a small document of more than thirty pages, listing and setting out significant information about Spennymoor around the property and the people living there. It incorporates an Aerial Photograph, Planning Applications, Land Use, Mobile Phone Masts, Rights of Way, the local Housing Market, Council Tax Banding, the demographics of People living in the area, the dominant type of Housing, the Average Property Price, Crime details, Spennymoor Education with maps and statistics, Local Amenities and other useful information about Spennymoor.

The estate agent has sent us the confirmation of our purchase of a new build apartment in Spennymoor. Conveyancing is necessary evil 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 is a sample of a selection of leasehold new build enquiries that you can expect your new-build leasehold conveyancing in Spennymoor

    Will control of the Management Company (if any) be handed over to purchasers on completion of the last sale or earlier? Please confirm the Lease plans are architect prepared. Please supply a car parking plan. Please supply evidence that the form of Lease proposed has been approved by the Land Registry. Has the Lease plan been approved by the Land Registry and if not when will they be lodged for this purpose?

Some months ago I was told by my bank that their approved conveyancers work on no completion no fee basis for conveyancing in Spennymoor. Our purchase aborted and now the solicitors want search fees! They say the fees are nothing to do with their fees!

Spennymoor conveyancing search charges are separate expenses not legal fees as these are due to independent parties.

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Sample of conveyancing solicitors in Spennymoor regulated by the SRA

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

  • Evans & Co, 33 Cheapside, Spennymoor, County Durham, DL16 6QF
  • Meikles Solicitors Llp, 2 Clyde Terrace, Spennymoor, County Durham, DL16 7SE
  • Riley Langdon Solicitors, Suite4 City West Business Park, St. Johns Road, Meadowfield, Durham, County Durham, DH7 8ER
  • The Barrington Law Partnership, Barrington Chambers, Victoria Avenue, Bishop Auckland, County Durham, DL14 7JH
  • Smith Roddam, 56 North Bondgate, Bishop Auckland, County Durham, DL14 7PG

Residential Landlord and Tenant Conveyancing solicitors in Spennymoor

The firms listed below are a small selection of solicitors in Spennymoor with expertise in landlord and tenant law and on the regulations governing different types of tenancies. This could include advice on Terms and conditions of tenancy agreements

  • Evans & Co, 33 Cheapside, Spennymoor, County Durham, DL16 6QF
  • Meikles Solicitors Llp, 2 Clyde Terrace, Spennymoor, County Durham, DL16 7SE
  • The Barrington Law Partnership, Barrington Chambers, Victoria Avenue, Bishop Auckland, County Durham, DL14 7JH
  • Smith Roddam, 56 North Bondgate, Bishop Auckland, County Durham, DL14 7PG
  • Hewitts, 207 Newgate Street, Bishop Auckland, County Durham, DL14 7EL

Whether you are going through a divorce or separation or simply wish to transfer your property to someone else, transfer of equity conveyancing in Spennymoor has some of the following tasks:

  • Taking instructions from parties involved
  • Collating the documents evidencing the title to the property
  • Acting on behalf of the mortgage company (where applicable)
  • Agreeing the terms of the transaction
  • Drawing up Transfer or approving the Transfer deed
  • Agreeing adjustments to the the Transfer deed
  • Communicating with parties with regards to the Transfer
  • Agreeing and preparing for completion
  • Receiving and releasing funds to the appropriate parties
  • Preparing and submitting to HM Revenue and Customs the appropriate stamp duty forms and payment
  • Dealing with the registration procedures for the new ownership and the home loan (where applicable) at the HMLR.

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

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