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.
As part of a debt resolution, I was granted a legal charge over someone's property until they could repay the debt to me. I never registered the charge at the land registry. The debt is now paid, and the debtor's solicitor says that they need to complete ...
Land RegistryWe are investigating any possible access rights (we may have), to a piece of land which would give us access to the rear of our property. On the title register SK211189 (Section C), there is reference to a paragraph stating:- "Subject to the rights of wa...
SearchesThe builder changed the plan TP1 document without the the purchasers consent that was filed with HM Land Registry, the conveyancing solicitor denies liability, as does the builder. The plan that was approved had the purchasers signature upon it, where as ...
Sale/PurchaseI have been left a 25% share in my deceased mothers property. I realise this 25% only when my sister, who lives in the property, either moves or passes on. We no longer communicate. How do I register my entitlement to the property?...
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In the process of purchasing a property, when a brand new lease is drawn up (flat within converted house). In this process, are approvals of the lease or drafts of the lease to be consulted with the buyer (me) prior to stating approval to the sellers ...
Who will get the money if somone dies in service and there no beneficairy...
SearchesHow do we change the use and ownership of an unused old toilet block shared with neighbours...
Transfers & GiftsMy flat has been given notice that the landlord wishes to sell the leasehold. I was hoping to understand the potential benefits of buying the leasehold as well as the costs involved.
The valuation of the lease is £849,000 and there are 124 flats. At t...
Hi there, I recently purchases a property and noticed after completion that one of the windows is broken. This is not something we picked up during viewings or in the buildings survey. My question is whether the seller has a responsibility to disclose t...
Sale/PurchaseI am buying a house for £290k and selling my house for £250k. I am porting my existing mortgage and borrowing the extra with an extra small mortgage. My solicitor has said I need to pay a deposit on exchange of contracts to my purchaser, because my buye...
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