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Main reasons to let us help you select a high street conveyancing solicitor in Alnmouth

  • 1 Using a a family Solicitor on the whole results in a more personal touch. Sometimes when dealing with a large conveyancing firm, your transaction is dealt with by a team of people who check what is happening on the file by reading from their computer screens.
  • 2 Notwithstanding what alternative sites tell you it may be important to pop into your lawyer to sign contracts. Too many 3rd parties are already involved in a conveyancing transaction without needing to add Royal Mail into the pot.
  • 3 Alnmouth lawyers work in partnership with Alnmouth estate agents, property finders, surveyors, banks and other professionals to make sure that the highest level of service is offered to home movers every step of the way, never losing sight of the time-critical nature behind your conveyancing transaction
  • 4 Experience means that Alnmouth lawyer have developed excellent links with Alnmouth local estate agents, banks, building societies, landlords and property developers enabling them to liaise at speed with all parties involved in the process of dealing with your house sale or purchase in Alnmouth.
  • 5 We are the UKs most comprehensive domestic conveyancing directory listing mortgage company approved property lawyers carrying out conveyancing in Alnmouth registered with the SRA or CLC.

Examples of recent conveyancing in Alnmouth since January 2025*

Sale

of terraced property, Springfield Park, NE66 2NH completing on 24/01/2025 at a price of £305,000. The legal transfer of property included amongst the various tasks: ordering official copies of the title, preparing statement detailing charges, sending title deeds and executed transfer to buyer’s solicitor

Disposal

of house premises, The Close, NE65 0HZ completing on 24/01/2025 at a price of £275,000. The legal transfer of property included amongst the various tasks: dealing with appropriate requisitions and enquiries, sending the transfer to the vendor for execution in readiness for completion, setting up the completion formalities

Recently asked questions about conveyancing in Alnmouth

I am about to exchange buying a property in Alnmouth but as a result of damage from the recent storms I have was able negotiate compensation from the vendor in the sum of £3k taking the form of a deduction in the price. I had intended this to be addressed as part of the conveyancing process but Leeds Building Society are not allowing this. Why were they approached?

Your solicitor being on the Leeds Building Society conveyancing panel is required to disclose to Leeds Building Society of any variations to the purchase price. If you were to refuse your conveyancing practitioner to notify the reduction to Leeds Building Society then they would have to discontinue acting for you. In addition, Leeds Building Society and you would have to appoint a new conveyancer for your conveyancing in Alnmouth.

It is is a decade since I bought my house in Alnmouth. Conveyancing solicitors have recently been appointed on the sale but I am unable to find my deeds. Is this a problem?

Don’t worry too much. First there is a possibility that the deeds will be with your lender or they could stored with the conveyancers who handled your purchase. Secondly the chances are that the title will be registered at the land registry and you will be able to prove you are the registered owner by your conveyancing lawyers acquiring current official copies of the land registers. Nearly all conveyancing in Alnmouth involves registered property but in the unlikely event that your home is unregistered it adds to the complexity but is not insurmountable.

Our mortgage company has recommended solicitors on their panel based in Alnmouth but I would rather instruct a conveyancing lawyer in Alnmouth or nearer to where I live. Can you help?

The minority of Alnmouth conveyancing practices are on all lender’s conveyancing panel. Use our find an approved solicitor tool to locate a Alnmouth conveyancing conveyancer on the on the lender panel.

Do commercial conveyancing searches reveal planned roadworks that may affect a commercial property in Alnmouth?

Many commercial conveyancing solicitors in Alnmouth will carry out a SiteSolutions Highways report as it dramatically cuts the time that conveyancers expend in researching accurate data on highways that impact buildings and development assets in Alnmouth. The report provides definitive information on the adoption status of roads, footpaths and verges, as well as the implication of traffic schemes and the rights of way surrounding a commercial development sites in Alnmouth.

For each commercial conveyancing transaction in Alnmouth it is crucial to investigate the adoption status of roads surrounding a site. The absence of identifying developments where adoption procedures have not been dealt with adequately can result in delays to Alnmouth commercial conveyancing deals as well as present a risk to future intentions for the site. These searches are not conducted for residential conveyancing in Alnmouth.

four months have gone by following my purchase conveyancing in Alnmouth completed. I have checked the Land Registry website which shows that I paid £150,000 when infact I paid £180,000. Why the discrepancy?

The price paid figure is taken from the application to register the purchase. It is the figure included in the Transfer (the legal deed which transfers the property from one person to the other) and referred to as the 'consideration' or purchase price. You can report an error in the price paid figure using the LR online form. In most cases errors result from typos so at first glance the figure. Do report it so they can double check and advise.

I am purchasing my first flat in Alnmouth benefiting from help to buy. The builders would not reduce the amount so I negotiated 6k of additionals instead. The sale representative told me not reveal to my conveyancer about the side-deal as it could impact my loan with the lender. Should I keep quiet?.

All lenders require a Disclosure of Incentives Form from the builder of any new build, converted or renovated property, It is available online from the Lenders’ Handbook page on the CML website. CML form is completed and handed to the lender's surveyor when the inspection is done.

Lenders have different policies on incentives. Some accept none at all, cash or physical, while others will accept cash incentives up to 5%.

Hard to understand why the representative of a builder would be suggesting you withold information from a solicitor when all this will be clearly visible on forms the builder has to supply to its solicitor, the buyer's solicitor and the surveyor.

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Sample of conveyancing solicitors in Alnmouth regulated by the SRA

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

  • Warcup Law Firm Limited, Lloyds Bank Chambers, 24 Bondgate Within, Alnwick, Northumberland, NE66 1TD
  • Claire Skene Ltd, Market Place, Alnwick, Northumberland, NE66 1HP
  • Sarah Sinclair Limited, Market Place, Alnwick, Northumberland, NE66 1HP
  • Adam Douglas Legal Llp, Market Place, Alnwick, Northumberland, NE66 1HP

Commercial Conveyancing solicitors in Alnmouth regulated by the SRA

The list below is a non-comprehensive list of solicitors in Alnmouth practicing in commercial conveyancing in Alnmouth. This will likely include advice on buying or selling a shop, pub, restaurant, office, retail unit
  • Warcup Law Firm Limited, Lloyds Bank Chambers, 24 Bondgate Within, Alnwick, Northumberland, NE66 1TD
  • Adam Douglas Legal Llp, Market Place, Alnwick, Northumberland, NE66 1HP

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

  • Obtaining instructions from parties involved
  • Collating the documents evidencing the title to the property
  • Following instructions from the mortgage company (where applicable)
  • Agreeing the terms of the transaction
  • Drawing up Transfer or approving draft Transfer
  • Agreeing amendments to the draft Transfer
  • Communicating with parties with regards to the Transfer
  • Agreeing and preparing for completion
  • Receiving and transferring monies to the appropriate parties
  • Completing and submitting to HM Revenue and Customs the correct Land Tax forms and payment
  • Registering the buyer and the mortgage (where relevant) at the Land Registry.

Neighboring Locations

Chathill
Alnwick
Alnmouth
Warkworth
Widdrington
Amble

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

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