What is the ideal way of identifying a commercial conveyancing in Shildon?

First ask relatives who they experienced using in the past and if they were happy with the service.

Second, look on the web for conveyancing in Shildon. Telephone two or three listed and invite them to send you their conveyancing estimate and discuss your needs with the solicitor who will oversee your legal process prior tomaking your choice.

Third is to use our search tool to assist you in finding the right solicitors for you based on your own requirements including location,timings, complexity and who the proposed mortgage company is. Avoid the trap of appointing low cost conveyancing in Shildon

When does exchange of contracts take place for residential conveyancing in Shildon and am I required to attend the solicitors branch?

Where you are round the corner to our conveyancing solicitors in Shildon you are invited in to sign documents. However, the firms we recommend supply countrywide coverage for conveyancing and give as equally comprehensive and professional a job for you when dealing with you digitally. The signing of the contract is not the important part. Signing on the dotted line simply enables the firm to officially exchange at the suitable time, which is ordinarily shortly after signing. The procedure is nowadays normally dealt with by telephone and can be very rapid, although where a lengthy "chain" is involved, since the process requires the relevant party's solicitor (not necessarily a conveyancing solicitor in Shildon)to be in the office available at the end of the phone to exchange contracts.

I am told that my conveyancing solicitors will need to check that the building insurance when buying a house in Shildon. My lender is Nationwide Building Society

Nationwide Building Society have specific requirements as set out in the UK Finance Lenders’ Handbook. As of 11/9/2025, the requirements read as follows :

My wife and I have a 4 bedroom Victorian house in Shildon. Conveyancing lawyer represented me and Skipton Building Society. I happened to do a free search for it on the Land Registry database and I saw a couple of entries: one for freehold, the second leasehold under the matching address. If a house is not a freehold shouldn't I have been informed?

You need to assess the Freehold register you have again and check the Charges Register for mention of a lease. The best way to be sure that you are also the registered proprietor of the leasehold and freehold title as well is to check (£3). It is not completely unheard of in Shildon and other areas of the country and poses no real issues for owners other than when they mortgage they have to account for both freehold and leasehold interests when dealing with lenders. You can also question the situation with the conveyancing solicitor who conducted the conveyancing.

I've recently found out that there is a flying freehold element on a property I have offered on a fortnight ago in what was supposed to be a straight forward, chain free conveyancing. Shildon is the location of the property. Can you shed any light on this issue?

Flying freeholds in Shildon are not the norm but are more likely to exist in relation to terraced houses. Even where you use a solicitor outside Shildon you must be sure that your lawyer goes through the deeds thoroughly. Your lender may require your conveyancing solicitor to take out an indemnity policy. Some of the more diligent conveyancing solicitors in Shildon may decide that this is not enough and that the deeds be re-written to give you the most up to date legal protection. If so, the next door neighbour also had to sign up to the revised deeds.It is possible that your lender will not accept the situation so the sooner you find out the better. You should also check with your insurance broker as to whether they will insure a flying freehold residence.