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Examples of recent conveyancing in Billingham since January 2025*

Sale

of house property, Nightingale Drive, TS19 8PG completing on 31/01/2025 at a price of £135,000. The conveyancing process incorporates some of the following tasks: taking formal instructions from and updating the seller client, agreeing completion date with parties, sending title deeds and executed transfer to buyer’s lawyers

Disposal

of detached residence property, Westbourne Road, TS5 5BN completing on 27/01/2025 at a price of £142,500. The conveyancing process included amongst the various tasks: dealing with appropriate requisitions and enquiries, sending the transfer to the vendor for signature in preparation for completion, sending title deeds and signed transfer to buyer’s solicitor

Transfer

of semi-detached premises, Ravendale Road, TS3 0JL completing on 27/01/2025 at a price of £105,000. The legal transfer of property included amongst the various tasks: sending the transfer to the vendor for signature in preparation for completion, obtaining official copies of the title, sending title deeds and executed transfer to purchaser’s conveyancer

Recently asked questions about conveyancing in Billingham

At what point does exchange of contracts occur in domestic conveyancing in Billingham and do I need to attend the conveyancers branch?

If you are round the corner to our conveyancing solicitors in Billingham you are invited in to sign contracts. That being said, the firms we work with supply a nationwide conveyancing service and give just as comprehensive and professional a job for you when dealing with you digitally. The executing of the purchase agreement is not when everything is set in stone. A signed contract simply enables the solicitor to officially exchange at the suitable time, which will usually be very shortly after signing. The exchange process is is usually a five minute process, although where a lengthy "chain" is in play, since the process requires the relevant party's solicitor (not necessarily a conveyancing solicitor in Billingham)to be in the office at the appropriate time.

We have a mortgage agreed in principle with TSB. Billingham conveyancing lawyers have been instructed. How long does it take for TSB to send the offer to the conveyancer?

Some lenders take longer than others. Have TSB conducted the survey? Have you advised TSB as to your lawyers' details and checked that your lawyers are on the TSB conveyancing panel? Sometimes it can take as long as six weeks for a mortgage offer to be issued.

We have agreed to purchase a house in Billingham. A rare aspect is that the roof has a solar panel. Solicitors conducting should look into this right? Will my lender TSB be concerned?

Given that you are obtaining a mortgage with TSB your lawyer must check the formal requirements set out in Section 2 of UK Finance Lenders’ Handbook for TSB. The Council of Mortgage Lenders’ Handbook includes minimum requirements for solar panel roof-space leases, and solicitors are required to report to TSB where a lease fails to satisfy these requirements. The specifications relate to the installation of panels on properties countrywide and is not isolated to Billingham.

I was told three weeks ago that my mortgage has been agreed to by Coventry BS. Is it usual for Coventry BS to only issue the offer once my solicitor in Billingham is approved on their conveyancing panel? Coventry BS have asked my solicitor to see a copy of their Professional Indemnity Insurance Schedule.

Mortgage companies tend not to not issue a mortgage until they have details of a lawyer on their panel. It can take a few weeks for Coventry BS to deal with your lawyer's application to be on the Coventry BS conveyancing panel. There's no guarantee that your solicitor will be accepted.

I used Wolstenholmes a few years past for my conveyancing in Billingham. Now, I need the documents but the law firm is no longer operating. What do I do?

Do call the Solicitors Regulatory Authority (SRA) to assist in tracking down 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 Billingham 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.

About to purchase a new build flat in Billingham. 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 is a sample of a few leasehold new build questions that you can expect your new-build leasehold conveyancing in Billingham

    Please supply a car parking plan. Will control of the Management Company (if any) be handed over to purchasers on completion of the last sale or earlier? Where service of notices and proceedings can be at the property demised please confirm that this can be amended to include simultaneous services at the Lessees’ solicitors’ offices where the Lessee from time to time is not resident in the UK - such solicitors may be varied by notice in writing to the Landlord from time to time but otherwise will be as previously specified. The Lease must contain a provision on behalf of the Vendor to pay the service charges in respect of unoccupied units in order to ensure that all services can be provided.

What does commercial conveyancing in Billingham cover?

Billingham conveyancing for business premises incorporates a wide range of guidance, offered by regulated solicitors, relating to business property. By way of example, this area of conveyancing can cover the sale or purchase of freehold business premises or, more commonly, the assignment of existing leases or the drafting of new leasing arrangements. Commercial conveyancing solicitors can also offer advice on the sale of business assets, commercial mortgages and the termination of leases.

I am thinking of appointing a conveyancing solicitor in Billingham for my home move. Can I review a solicitor's complaints history with the legal regulator?

You can find documented Solicitor Regulator Association (SRA) determinations arising from investigations from 2008 onwards. Go to Check a solicitor's record. For information about the period before 1 January 2008, or to check a firm's history, call 0870 606 2555, 08.00 - 18.00 Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and 09.30 - 18.00 Tuesday. For non-uk callers, call +44 (0)121 329 6800. The regulator sometimes monitor telephone calls for training purposes.

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Sample of conveyancing solicitors in Billingham regulated by the SRA

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

  • Cochranes Law Firm Limited, 67 Queensway, Billingham, Cleveland, TS23 2LU
  • Punch Robson, 35 Albert Road, Middlesbrough, Cleveland, TS1 1NU
  • Vickers Chisman & Wishlade, 32-33 Silver Street, Stockton-on-Tees, Cleveland, TS18 1SX
  • Wren Martin, 8 Nelson Terrace, Stockton-on-Tees, Cleveland, TS18 1NH
  • Newbys, 10 Finkle Street, Stockton-on-Tees, Cleveland, TS18 1AS

Commercial Conveyancing solicitors in Billingham regulated by the SRA

The firms listed below are a non-comprehensive list of solicitors in Billingham practicing in commercial conveyancing in Billingham. This could include advice on taking a commercial lease as a tenant
  • Cochranes Law Firm Limited, 67 Queensway, Billingham, Cleveland, TS23 2LU
  • Punch Robson, 35 Albert Road, Middlesbrough, Cleveland, TS1 1NU
  • Vickers Chisman & Wishlade, 32-33 Silver Street, Stockton-on-Tees, Cleveland, TS18 1SX
  • Wren Martin, 8 Nelson Terrace, Stockton-on-Tees, Cleveland, TS18 1NH
  • Newbys, 10 Finkle Street, Stockton-on-Tees, Cleveland, TS18 1AS

Planning law solicitors in Billingham regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority

The firms listed below are a non-comprehensive list of solicitors in Billingham with expertise in planning law. The solicitors can give expert legal advice on all aspects of planning, including planning applications and appeals
  • The Endeavour Partnership Llp, Tobias House, St. Marks Court, Teesdale Business Park, Stockton-on-Tees, Cleveland, TS17 6QW
  • Jacksons Commercial & Private Law Llp, Innovation House, Yarm Road, Stockton-on-Tees, Cleveland, TS18 3TN

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

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