Whether you're a layman looking to understand your own transaction or a lawyer needing assistance with a client's conveyancing our step by step sale and purchase guides will lead you through the process while our mini guides will break the whole thing into manageable chunks and give a deep insight into the key issues and stages. Leasehold, freehold, unregistered, registered – we've got it all covered.
Need help with a remortgage or transfer of equity / deed of gift? Our guides will walk you through the process and highlight some of the common pitfalls. Mortgages and transfers can be very simple procedures but complex issues can sometimes arise and mistakes are easily made. These guides will help you deal with them.
So you want to have a go at your own conveyancing? First you should read about the risks, then if you're still happy to proceed, our guides will take you through each stage of the process telling you what to look out for and helping you avoid falling into expensive traps. Our subscription service will give you access to all of the documents you should need for your conveyancing and we can even supply you with the Land Registry Official Copies you'll need. Our general guides will cover all the obstacles you are likely to face and offer a practical solution. Have a look at our sale and purchase guides too.
A big part of the conveyancing process is the conveyancing searches. This section tells you all about them. What they are, how and when to order them and how to interpret the results. Each search has its own guide and you'll see they are separated into Standard (should be done in every case), Regional (area specific) and Optional (not essential but often useful tools for the would be purchaser). All buyers should beware that when you buy a property, the law assumes that you have seen the information that would have been revealed by searches whether or not you have actually carried them out, so you buy the property subject to the results.
Using a conveyancer to handle your conveyancing will greatly reduce the risk to you and sometimes, particularly if you are taking out a new mortgage, you will have no choice but to instruct a conveyancer. The good news is it doesn't have to break the bank. Get a free, instant quote here. We can also help with quick easy quotes for other moving related services.
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I am trying to have broadband in my ground floor flat that was converted from a house to two, two bed flats. But as they are not on the land registry I can't get a phoneline. It also means I get the flats upstairs post which I have said may lead them to be high risk of identity theft as all their post comes through my door. Should my landlord filled out a form or something to update the land registry that it is now flats? He is refusing to do this I think it's down to money. He is breaking the law? I'd appreciate a response as this has upset me a lot and very frustrating. It shouldn't matter why I asked this to be done.
I assume he transferring the property to you by way of long lease at the time? As long as your lease is over 7 years your conveyancer should have registered it at HM Land Registry at the time, which would effectively split the titles on the Land Registry. Otherwise if it's just a short lease you have, the landlord does not need to update HM Land Registry from a conveyancing perspective and I would advise you seek assistant from a landlord & tenant dispute resolution solicitor. On a separate note the council maintains a separate database and the landlord might have to inform the council if he has not done so; again, seek assistance from a landlord & tenant dispute resolution solicitor.
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