Completed the sale of my flat in East Boldon last February yet the purchaser is e-mailing daily to moan that his conveyancer is waiting to hear from myconveyancer. What should my lawyer have done following completion?
Following your sale your conveyancer should deliver the transfer documentation and all supplemental paperwork to the purchaser's conveyancer. Where relevant, your conveyancer should also confirm that the mortgage has been repaid to the purchasers lawyers. There is unlikely to be post completion tasks just for conveyancing in East Boldon.
I am told that my conveyancing solicitors will need to check that the building insurance for my purchase of a house in East Boldon. My lender is Tesco Bank
Tesco Bank have specific requirements as set out in the UK Finance Lenders’ Handbook. As of 18/10/2025, the requirements read as follows :
A friend suggested that if I am purchasing in East Boldon I should carry out a Neighbourhood, Planning and Local Amenity Search. What does it cover?
This is a search is occasionally quoted for as part of the standard East Boldon conveyancing searches. It is not a small document of about 40 pages, listing and detailing important information about East Boldon around the property and the people living there. It incorporates an Aerial Photograph, Planning Applications, Land Use, Mobile Phone Masts, Rights of Way, the East Boldon Housing Market, Council Tax Banding, the type of People living in the area, the dominant type of Housing, the Average Property Price, Crime details, Local Education with plans and statistics, Local Amenities and other useful data concerning East Boldon.
Despite weeks of looking the Title Certificate and documents to my house can not be found. The conveyancers who conducted the conveyancing in East Boldon 10 years ago are no longer around. What are my next steps?
Nowadays there are copies made of almost everything, and your lawyer should know precisely where to look for all the suitable paperwork so you may purchase or sell your house without any difficulty. If copies can’t be found, your solicitor can put in place insurance or indemnities protecting you against possible claims on the property.
I purchased a property in East Boldon last 19/7/2024 and to date it is still not recorded with HM Land Registry. It was part of a development site and my property lawyer told me that it can take one year to register. I have called HM Land Registry directly and they say that the initial application was cancelled due to failure to reply to requisitions. Should I be concerned?
Contact your solicitor - if you are not getting sensible responses, look up their internal complaints process and escalate your concerns to a Partner. Registrations for East Boldon conveyancing are not known to be especially complex.