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.
Are you looking for the documents you'll need for your conveyancing transaction? Or official copies of the title or other documents from Land Registry. We can help you. Follow the links below.
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Land RegistryWe have just learnt that half our garden is actually agricultural land. Is it possible for the conveyancing solicitor to have checked this and advised us. It makes a huge difference to us that we cannot turn this portion of our garden to flower beds ...
Sale/PurchaseAll local residents in a former Council estate in West Ewell, Surrey were told by estate agents and the Council that the homes they were now buying from the Council were a really good deal. That partly to do with the cost of purchase offset by how many ye...
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Sale/PurchaseI had a dropped kerb installed by a council accredited builder who said he would undertake all the council permissions. I trusted him and it turns out he did the work without it.I spoke to other ground work and accredited people and most said the council ...
Legal Indemnity InsuranceMy solicitor who I gained probate with hold my late mother's deeds, I am sole beneficiary and executor, they will not release the deeds to me, is this correct?...
Land RegistryHello. I bought a house a year ago and the surveyor did not notice the encroachment of next door;s extension. No Party Wall Act agreement is in force and the Council Planning Dept washes its hands under the Town & Country Planning Act saying the extensi...
Neighbour DisputesHiya, we are in the process of buying a house and there has been a dormer extension that was completed pre-2002 (the seller doesn't know when). There are no building regs for this. Is it worth getting indemnity insurance or not? If we do what will it act...
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recently completed on a 3 bedroom house with an annex in the back garden. this is a stand alone and has bathroon/shower and cooking facilities. At the time our solicitor just out this transaction through 'normal' stamp duty - we paid 16k on...
my parents separated in 2005 and my father stayed in the house and my mother purchased another. She was left a house by her parents which I am in the process of buying and her solicitor has said that before she sells the house her name needs removing from...
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