Finally the sale completed on my house in Jarrow last September yet the purchaser is calling me complaining that his conveyancer is waiting to hear from mine. What should have happened now that I have sold?

Post completion of your disposal your conveyancer is committed to send the transfer deeds and all of the paperwork to the purchaser's solicitors. If applicable, your solicitor should also confirm that the legal charge in favour of the lender has been paid off to the buyers solicitors. There are no post completion tasks unique to conveyancing in Jarrow.

I have todaydiscovered that Stirling Law have closed. They carried out my conveyancing in Jarrow for a purchase of a leasehold flat 12 months ago. How can I establish that the property is not still registered in the name of the previous owner?

The quickest method to see if the property is registered to you, you can carry out 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 Jarrow conveyancing specialists.

Just had an offer accepted on a new build apartment in Jarrow. Conveyancing is necessary evil at the best of times but I have never purchased a new build flat before. Can you give me some examples of some of the questions asked in new build legal work.

Set out below is a sample of a selection of leasehold new build enquiries that you can expect your new-build leasehold conveyancing in Jarrow

The Vendor must covenant to keep unsold units in good repair until long leases are granted therefore. Has the Lease plan been approved by the Land Registry and if not when will they be lodged for this purpose? 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. Please supply a car parking plan. There must be mutual enforceability of lessee’s covenants.

I decided to have a survey carried out on a property in Jarrow before instructing solicitors. I have been advised that there is a flying freehold overhang to the property. The surveyor has said that some lenders tend not issue a mortgage on such a premises.

It depends who your proposed lender is. Bank of Scotland has different instructions for example to Halifax. If you contact us we can investigate further with the appropriate mortgage company. If you lender is happy to lend one our lawyers can assist as they are accustomed to dealing with flying freeholds in Jarrow. Conveyancing will be smoother if you use a solicitor in Jarrow especially if they are accustomed to such properties in Jarrow.

What tools are available to locate a Jarrow solicitor on the Norwich and Peterborough Building Society conveyancing panel? I drive a motor bike and am happy to travel upto 25miles to meet the lawyer.

Feel free to make use of the tool on this page. Please pick a mortgage company and your location and you will see a number of Jarrow conveyancing lawyers based on proximity. We have detailed some Jarrow conveyancing firms at the bottom of this page and you can call them to see whether they are on the Norwich and Peterborough Building Society member panel