Find a Lender-Approved Local Conveyancer in Chester le Street

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You can try and find the cheapest conveyancing solicitors in Chester le Street but be careful as you may get what you pay for.

Reasons to use our Chester le Street conveyancing solicitors

  • 1 Solicitor conveyancing firms have very good personal connections with Chester le Street estate agents and work very closely with them and local surveyors so as to ensure transactions proceed expeditiously.
  • 2 Experience means that Chester le Street lawyer have established excellent links with Chester le Street local estate agents, banks, building societies, landlords and property developers enabling them to liaise at speed with all concerned in the process of dealing with your house sale or purchase in Chester le Street.
  • 3 Notwithstanding what alternative companies tell you it may be necessary to attend your lawyer to sign documents. Too many 3rd parties are already with an interest in a conveyancing transaction without having to include the postman into the pot.
  • 4 Peace of mind comes when you select the very best, most recommended conveyancing solicitors. Chester le Street has a number to pick from, but for a truly dependable and dependable service many local people have been use the endorsement of this site.
  • 5 Chester le Street lawyer are the key to a successful Chester le Street home move, keeping the process under control. They are on your side throughout, offering dedicated advice for the duration of your conveyancing

Examples of recent conveyancing in Chester le Street since January 2025*

Recently asked questions about conveyancing in Chester le Street

My partner and I are planning to buy a house in Chester le Street and have appointed a Chester le Street conveyancing practice. Within the past 48 hours our property lawyer has sent a preliminary report and documents to look through with the expectation that exchange is imminent. Yorkshire Building Society have this morning contacted us to inform me that they have now hit a problem as our Chester le Street solicitor is not on their approved list of lawyers. Please explain?

If you are buying a property with the assistance of a mortgage it is standard for the purchasers' lawyers to also act for the mortgage company. In order to act for a bank or building society a law firm has to be on that lender's conveyancing panel. An application has to be made by the law firm to the lender to become a member of the lender's panel and there are increasingly strict criteria which the firm has to satisfy and indeed some lenders now require their panel members to be part of the Law Society’s Conveyancing Quality Scheme. Your solicitor should contact your bank and see if they can apply for membership of their conveyancing panel, but if that is not viable they will instruct their own lawyers to represent them. You don't have to instruct a firm on the lender’s conveyancing panel and you may continue to use your own Chester le Street solicitors, in which case it will likely add costs, and it will likely delay the transaction as you are adding another lawyer into the mix.

Is there a reason why leasehold purchase conveyancing in Chester le Street costs more?

Chester le Street leasehold conveyancing transactions usually involve additional investigations than freeholds including investigating the Lease, liaising with the Landlord such as serving relevant notices on the Landlord or managing agent, obtaining up-to-date service charge and management information, obtaining Landlord’s consents and reviewing management accounts and formation documents.

I am purchasing a right to buy a flat in Chester le Street. How practical is it for me to do the conveyancing?

Leaving aside the complexities and merits of DIY conveyancing in Chester le Street you will have to appoint a solicitor on your bank's conveyancing panel to look after their interests. Most people therefore find it easier to let the solicitor act for them and the lender. Furthermore there is minimal cost savings to be made in you doing conveyancing for yourself and another lawyer conducting the conveyancing for the lender. Please feel free to use the search tool to find a lawyer on your lender panel in Chester le Street.

Are all Chester le Street Conveyancing Quality Solicitors on the Aldermore conveyancing panel?

Some major lenders now utilise CQS as the kick off point for Panel approval such as HSBC and Santander. CQS accreditation however is no guarantee to lender panel acceptance. That being said,the Council of Mortgage Lenders have indicated that it is likely to become a pre-requisite for firms wishing to join their approved list of firms.

We are getting the release of further funds on our home loan from Lloyds as we want to conduct renovations to our home in Chester le Street. Do we need to select a nearby Chester le Street solicitor on the Lloyds conveyancing panel to deal with the paperwork?

Lloyds do not ordinarily instruct a member of their conveyancing panel to deal with such a matter. If they do require any legal work then you would need to ensure that such a lawyer was on the Lloyds conveyancing panel.

After much negotiation I have agreed a price on an apartment in Chester le Street. My mortgage broker recommended their conveyancers. I paid an upfront payment of £225. A few days later, the conveyancing practitioner contacted me embarrassingly acknowledging that they were not on the Nationwide conveyancing panel. Am I right in thinking that I should be due a refund?

You should be able to recover this from the law firm if they were not on the Nationwide panel. They should have asked at the outset which lender you were obtaining a mortgage with. An important lesson to readers of this site is to check that the lawyers are on the appropriate lender panel.

I have todaybecome aware that Stirling Law have been shut down. They conducted my conveyancing in Chester le Street for a purchase of a freehold house 18 months ago. How can I establish that the property is not still registered in the name of the former proprietor?

The easiest method to see if the property is registered to you, you can make a search of the land registry (£3.00). You can either do this yourself or ask a law firm to do this for you. If you are not registered you can seek help from one of a number of Chester le Street conveyancing specialists.

I opted to have a survey done on a property in Chester le Street ahead of instructing conveyancers. I have been informed that there is a flying freehold aspect to the property. Our surveyor has said that some mortgage companies may refuse to issue a loan on such a property.

It depends who your proposed lender is. Lloyds has different requirements for example to Birmingham Midshires. Should you wish to call us we can look into this further with the relevant lender. If you lender is happy to lend one our lawyers can assist as they are accustomed to dealing with flying freeholds in Chester le Street. Conveyancing can be more complicated and therefore you should check with your conveyancing solicitor in Chester le Street to see if the conveyancing will be more expensive.

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Residential Landlord and Tenant Conveyancing solicitors in Chester le Street

The firms listed below are a non-comprehensive list of solicitors in Chester le Street specialising in landlord and tenant law and on the regulations governing different types of tenancies. This may include advice on service charge disputes and the right to manage

  • Richmond Anderson Goudie Part Of The Richmond Partnership, Flake Cottages, Cone Terrace, Chester Le Street, County Durham, DH3 3TA
  • Gordon Brown Law Firm Llp, Mains House, 143 Front Street, Chester Le Street, County Durham, DH3 3AU
  • Hodgson Coulthard & Co, Glendale House, 10 Church Street, Houghton Le Spring, Tyne and Wear, DH4 4DN
  • Swinburne Maddison Llp, Venture House, Aykley Heads Business Centre, Durham, County Durham, DH1 5TS
  • Emg Solicitors Limited, The Rivergreen Centre, Aykley Heads, Durham, County Durham, DH1 5TS

Residential Licensed Conveyancers in Chester le Street regulated by the CLC

Please be aware that the listed conveyancers do not limit their work for conveyancing in Chester le Street but also conveyancing throughout England and Wales.
  • Robert Woods Conveyancing Services , 576a Durham Road, NE9 6HX

Planning law solicitors in Chester le Street regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority

The firms listed below are a small selection of solicitors in Chester le Street practicing in planning law. This should include advice on applications about listed buildings and conservation areas
  • Swinburne Maddison Llp, Venture House, Aykley Heads Business Centre, Durham, County Durham, DH1 5TS

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

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