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Conveyancing in Whitley Bay : Keep it Local

Logical reasons to let us assist you find a local conveyancing solicitor in Whitley Bay

  • 1 Personal touch together with a wealth of expertise are key benefits that you should seek when choosing conveyancing solicitors. Whitley Bay conveyancing can be made a lot more stressful due to lack of transparency between all the parties. The lawyers we work with endeavour to make sure that the lines of communication are open and act on arising issues and developments instantly.
  • 2 Lawyer conveyancing solicitors have excellent personal connections with Whitley Bay estate agents and work very closely with them and local surveyors so as to ensure transactions proceed expeditiously.
  • 3 The practices shown on our web pages have a mix of conveyancing lawyers, legal executives and support staff handling thousands of conveyancing matters annually.
  • 4 There is a strong possibility the other side’s solicitors are based in Whitley Bay - if so sets of conveyancers will be familiar
  • 5 The mark of a good conveyancing solicitor in Whitley Bay is quality not quantity. The level of service offered by conveyancing "factories" (sometimes 'recommended' by large estate agency chains) sometimes falls short of the high standards of professionalism you will expect.

Examples of recent conveyancing in Whitley Bay since February 2025*

Recently asked questions about conveyancing in Whitley Bay

We are looking to buy a house and need a conveyancing solicitor in Whitley Bay who is on the Santander conveyancing panel. Could you point me in the right direction as regards a conveyancing firm?

Our service is limited to being a directory service for firms who wish to be listed as being on the approved conveyancing panel for Santander . We don't recommend any particular firms conducting conveyancing in Whitley Bay.

I used Arc property Solicitors several years past for my conveyancing in Whitley Bay. Now, I need the files but the law firm has closed. What do I do?

Do contact the Solicitors Regulatory Authority (SRA) to assist in tracing 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 Whitley Bay of the conveyancing firm of solicitors you previously instructed, the name of conveyancing solicitor with whom you had dealings, and the date on which you last had dealings with the firm.

Due to the advice of my in-laws I had a survey completed on a house in Whitley Bay ahead of retaining conveyancers. I have been advised that there is a flying freehold overhang to the house. The surveyor has said that some banks may refuse to grant a loan on a flying freehold home.

It depends who your proposed lender is. Santander has different instructions for example to Halifax. Should you wish to telephone us we can look into this further via the relevant mortgage company. If you lender is happy to lend one our lawyers can help as they are accustomed to dealing with flying freeholds in Whitley Bay. Conveyancing can be more complicated and therefore you should check with your conveyancing solicitor in Whitley Bay to see if the conveyancing will be more expensive.

How easy is it to swap solicitor as I have to find a firm on the Yorkshire Building Society conveyancing panel. I was using a local conveyancing solicitor in Whitley Bay five minutes from me but the firm is not approved by Yorkshire Building Society

We will our best to assist in finding you a conveyancing solicitor in Whitley Bay on the Yorkshire Building Society panel. Please note that the solicitors that we list do not pay us fee if you instruct them and are regulated by the SRA who regulate all conveyancing solicitors in Whitley Bay. In making use of search facility on this page, you can compare and instruct different solicitors and conveyancers both nationally and in Whitley Bay.

Do you have any advice for leasehold conveyancing in Whitley Bay with the purpose of speeding up the sale process?

  • Much of the frustration in leasehold conveyancing in Whitley Bay can be avoided if you appoint lawyers as soon as you market your property and request that they start to collate the leasehold information needed by the purchasers’ conveyancers.
  • If you have had conflict with your landlord or managing agents it is very important that these are resolved before the property is put on the market. The purchasers and their solicitors will be reluctant to purchase a property where a dispute is unresolved. You may need to swallow your pride and discharge any arrears of service charge or settle the dispute prior to completion of the sale. It is therefore preferable to have any dispute settled prior to the contract papers being issued to the buyers’ solicitors. You are still duty bound to disclose particulars of the dispute to the purchasers, but it is clearly preferable to reveal the dispute as historic as opposed to ongoing. A minority of Whitley Bay leases require Licence to Assign from the landlord. If this applies to your lease, it would be prudent to notify your estate agents to make sure that the purchasers obtain bank and professional references. The bank reference will need to confirm that the buyers are able to meet the annual service charge and the actual amount of the service charge should be quoted in the bank’s letter. You will therefore need to provide your estate agents with the actual amount of the service charge so that they can pass this information on to the purchasers or their solicitors. Many landlords or managing agents in Whitley Bay charge for supplying management packs for a leasehold premises. You or your lawyers should enquire as to the fee that they propose to charge. The management pack can be applied for as soon as you have a buyer, thus reducing delays. The typical amount of time it takes to receive management information is three weeks. It is the most common cause of delay in leasehold conveyancing in Whitley Bay.

I purchased a garden flat in Whitley Bay, conveyancing was carried out October 2012. Can you let me have an estimated range of the fair premium for a lease extension? Equivalent flats in Whitley Bay with over 90 years remaining are worth £186,000. The average or mid-range amount of ground rent is £55 per annum. The lease comes to an end on 21st October 2078

You have 53 years remaining on your lease we estimate the price of your lease extension to be between £27,600 and £31,800 plus legals.

The suggested premium range above a general guide to costs for extending a lease, but we cannot give you a more accurate figure without more detailed due diligence. Do not use this information in a Notice of Claim or as an informal offer. There may be other concerns that need to be considered and you obviously want to be as accurate as possible in your negotiations. Neither should you move forward based on this information before getting professional advice.

My lender have just issued us with a mortgage offer. We instructed a local conveyancer in Whitley Bay yesterday. Today, our broker phoned to advise us that the lender said that we cannot use our solicitor as they aren't on their panel. As novices, we had no idea that the bank had some control over our choice Is this permitted?

You are permitted to appoint any lawyer you prefer to choose including the said conveyancer in Whitley Bay however if your bank aren't happy with them you must fork out an extra fee so the mortgage company can retain their own solicitors as well to protect their interest. sometimes it is possible your preferred conveyancing firm to get included on to the mortgage company panel. Do make the most of online search facilities such as lenderpanel.com to find a conveyancing solcitor in Whitley Bay on the lender panel. You can go into your high street mortgage company branch in Whitley Bay. They will know some good conveyancing solicitors in Whitley Bay on the approved list.

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Commercial Conveyancing solicitors in Whitley Bay regulated by the SRA

The firms listed below are a non-comprehensive list of solicitors in Whitley Bay practicing in commercial conveyancing in Whitley Bay. This should include advice on buying and selling small and large scale commercial property and agricultural land
  • Mitchell Dodds & Co, 208-210 Park View, Whitley Bay, Tyne and Wear, NE26 3QR
  • Yarwood Stimpson Ltd, 5 Marden Road, Whitley Bay, Tyne and Wear, NE26 2JL
  • Kidd & Spoor Solicitors Limited, 7 Marden Road, Whitley Bay, Tyne and Wear, NE26 2JN
  • Stanley M Calvert, 7-8 Upper Norfolk Street, North Shields, Tyne and Wear, NE30 1PT
  • Reed Ryder & Meikle, 19 Northumberland Square, North Shields, Tyne and Wear, NE30 1QD

What to expect from a Licensed Conveyancer for conveyancing in Whitley Bay?

Licensed Conveyancers specialise in the legalities surrounding purchasing and selling property and cover conveyancing throughout England and Wales not just Whitley Bay. If appointed a Licensed Conveyancer regulated by the CLC, you should:
  • Be supplied with an honest and lawful conveyancing.
  • Have a high standard of legal services.
  • Receive your transaction dealt with using care, skill and legal know-how.
  • Be supplied with a high standard of service due to your conveyancer’s arrangements, resources, procedures, skills and commitment.
  • Receive a service which is accessible and responsive to your specific requirements.
  • Not feel discriminated against, victimised or harassed.
  • Not receive a service which is below the level you could expect, however, if you do your lawyer accepts responsibility for this and provides you with any appropriate redress.
  • Ensure your specific needs taken into account should you make a complaint.
  • Have a swift, independent and comprehensive service when making a complaint about your conveyancing in Whitley Bay about your conveyancing in Whitley Bay.

Whitley Bay commercial property solicitors provide expert offering advice on a number of issues across all aspects of commercial property law

    Buying, selling and leasing land for registered charities Property realisations and advice for insolvency practitioners Negotiating, completing and terminating commercial leases Comprehensive advice on planning issues Development, including options, overage agreements, JCT building contracts

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

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