My previous solicitor has quoted £1700 for no move no fee conveyancing in Consett. I’m looking to sell a modern house for £200,000. Is this expensive? Is it above the average fee for conveyancing in Consett?
The quote is slightly on the expensive side. If you shop around you might decrease the fees marginally by say £100 plus VAT. On the other hand, you maycome to regret opting for an an unknown conveyancer. Remember to ensure that the solicitor can represent your mortgage company. Do employ our comparison tool to select a Consett conveyancing practice on the lender’s member panel which can often include conveyancing solicitors in Consett.
I have 71 years unexpired on my lease and require a lease extension for my apartment in Consett. Conveyancing solicitors on the Accord Mortgages panel can deal with such extensions right?
Most leasehold conveyancing experts should be able to deal with a lease extension. if you are securing a mortgage then your lender may insist that the lease be extended before competition. Accord Mortgages have specific requirements as set out in the UK Finance Lenders’ Handbook in relation to minimum unexpired lease terms. As of 19/2/2026 the requirements read as follows :
My aunt informed me that in purchasing a property in Consett there could be a number of restrictions as to what one can do in terms of external changes to the property. Is this right?
There are a number of properties in Consett which have some sort of restriction or requirement of consent to execute external variations. Part of the conveyancing in Consett should determine what restrictions are applicable and advising you as part of a ROT that should be sent to you.
I recently had an offer agreed on a house in Consett. My financial adviser recommended their conveyancers. I paid an advanced payment of £200. Soon after, the lawyer called me sheepishly admitting that they were not on the Leeds Building Society 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 Leeds Building Society 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 am selling my house. I had a double glazing fitted in October 2007, but did not receive a FENSA certificate or Building Regulation Certificate. My buyer's mortgage company, Kent Reliance are being pedantic. The Consett solicitor who is on the Kent Reliance conveyancing panel is recommending indemnity insurance as a solution but Kent Reliance are insisting on a building regulation certificate. Why do Kent Reliance have a conveyancing panel if they don't accept advice from them?
It is probably the case that Kent Reliance have referred the matter to their valuer. The reason why Kent Reliance may not want to accept indemnity insurance is because it does not give them any reassurance that the double glazing was correctly and safely installed. The indemnity insurance merely protects against enforcement action which is very unlikely anyway.
A relative recommended that if I am purchasing in Consett I should ask my conveyancer to execute a Neighbourhood, Planning and Local Amenity Search. Can you explain what the purpose of this search is?
This is a search is occasionally quoted for as part of the standard Consett conveyancing searches. It is a large report of more than thirty pages, listing and setting out important information about Consett 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 type of People living in the area, the dominant type of Housing, the Average House Prices, Crime details, Local Education with maps and statistics, Local Amenities and other useful data about Consett.
It has been five months since my purchase conveyancing in Consett took place. I have checked the Land Registry website which shows that I paid £200,000 when infact I paid £160,000. 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 asset 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.
Due to the advice of my in-laws I had a survey completed on a house in Consett before instructing lawyers. I have been advised that there is a flying freehold element to the property. Our surveyor has said that some banks will refuse to issue a loan on a flying freehold property.
It varies from the lender to lender. HSBC has different instructions for example to Birmingham Midshires. Should you wish to call us we can investigate further via the relevant lender. If you lender is happy to lend one our lawyers can help as they are accustomed to dealing with flying freeholds in Consett. Conveyancing will be smoother if you use a solicitor in Consett especially if they are familiar with such properties in Consett.