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.
What can I do if my next door neighbours mortgage company NRam, is holding up the sale of my house, by delaying a decision to swop like for like pieces of land with each other....
MortgagesI am due to buy a property which has a restrictive covenant dated 1897 stating that no building is to project beyond the building line shown on the plan which is ten feet. Is this still valid or do i need to obtain an indemnity....
Planning & Building RegsI am buying a house (built in 2002) with no completion certificate for the building after it has been completed (but has NHBC warranty from the developer). Shall I take the risk? Council has no records of it, developer has no records, NHBC has no records ...
Planning & Building RegsMy solicitor has just received our mortgage offer however she has said she can't act for the lender as they always use their own solicitor. she says it will add lots of extra time and paperwork to the case and will delay our completion date by a long way....
Sale/PurchaseI live one side of the garden wall my neighbour lives the other side. The wall needs to be rebuilt or repaired, the quote received by this neighbour is £8000 and he says I own the wall. He will not disclose his T6A form when he bought his house which wou...
Neighbour DisputesI am their 81 year old father/grandfather,donald rigg and four years ago she talked me into signing
over my house as I had just come out of hospital and she said it was the best thing to do to avoid
care home costs , basically so her inheritance would b...
Hi , I live in a 1st floor flat in a converted house, the garden flat has sole use of the garden to the rear, in 2000 the fence to the garden blew over in a storm and my neighbour downstairs replaced the fence without notice or consultation and then asked...
Landlord & LeasesI was given an entry date of June 1st and told to have all funds available by May 31st, which I duly transferred on May 22nd. Now the Senior Legal Executive working on my conveyancing has told me (with 48 hours' notice) that this entry date looks unlikely...
Sale/PurchaseI am joint owners with my girlfriend on a property, IF we transfer it to her name (I am aware of CGT and sdlt payable for the mortgage) and I buy another property, would this break any rules for avoiding second property sdlt?...
Transfers & GiftsHI, there is a plot of land behind my property (any a number of other properties) that the council own and they believe they can sell for development. I put together a case stipulating that due to legislation the purposed houses are too close to my house....
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