We see that you have a search directory identifying firms on the Bank of Ireland conveyancing panel. Do companies pay you a commission if I appoint them for our conveyancing in Tynemouth?

We are a listing service only for law firms wishing to communicate if they are on the Bank of Ireland conveyancing panel or other lender panels. We do not charge referral fees to any conveyancer that you subsequently appoint for your conveyancing in Tynemouth.

A colleague advised me that in purchasing a property in Tynemouth there may be a number of restrictions prohibiting external changes to a property. Is this right?

We are aware of anumerous of properties in Tynemouth which have some sort of restriction or requirement of consent to execute external changes. Part of the conveyancing in Tynemouth should determine what restrictions are applicable and advising you as part of a ROT that should be sent to you.

My wife and I are at the point of viewing apartments in Tynemouth and I am now considering a potential offer. Is it too early to have a solicitor in place? I am planning to take a mortgage with TSB.

It would be wise to instigate your search sooner rather than later. Once you decide who you want to use and once your offer is accepted you can instruct them to work for you and forward their contact information on to the estate agent. Given that you are taking out a mortgage with TSB, make sure you remember to check that your lawyer is on the TSB conveyancing panel.

My offer was accepted on a house in Tynemouth on 5/11/2024, valuation was booked 2 days later, all came back fine. Conveyancer appointed, so all that was missing was my mortgage offer. Having made daily calls to Barclays and chasing them on my offer, I have now been told that my offer will not be issued unless the lawyer is on the Barclays conveyancing panel. Are Barclays entitled to hold back the Mortgage pending the lawyer being on the approved list?

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

I used Action Conveyancing a few years past for my conveyancing in Tynemouth. Now, I need my documents however cannot find the solicitor. What do I do?

Do contact the Solicitors Regulatory Authority (SRA) to help locate 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 Tynemouth of the conveyancing firm of solicitors you previously retained, the name of conveyancing solicitor with whom you had dealings, and the date on which you last had dealings with the firm.

My husband and I are novice buyers - agreed a price, yet the estate agent advised that the seller will only go ahead if we instruct the agent's chosen conveyancers as they need a ‘quick sale’. My instinct tells me that we should use a local conveyancer accustomed to conveyancing in Tynemouth

We suspect that the seller is not behind this requirement. Should the seller desire ‘a quick sale', turning down a genuine purchaser is is going to put the whole deal at risk. Contact the vendors directly and explain that (a)you are keen to buy (b)you are ready to go, with mortgage lined up © you are unencumbered (d) you wish to move quickly (e)however you are going to instruct your own,trusted Tynemouth conveyancing solicitors - not the ones that will provide the estate agent a introducer fee or hit his conveyancing figures pre-set by senior management.

My dad completed his conveyancing in Tynemouth 7 years ago. He has been wed, widowed and is now married again. He will be selling the flat this May. I think he will simply be asked to provide a copy of his marriage certificates to the property lawyer however he is worried it will hold up the sale of the apartment. Is it worth updating the Land Registry documents for the property?

You are not required to update the title for the property as long as you have the proof required to show how the change of name resulted.

Any purchaser’s property lawyer will examine the land registry details and need evidence by way of proof of the name change e.g. marriage documentation.