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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Sale/PurchaseI've been waiting and chasing my horrible freeholder since March to provide the answers to LPE1 to move forward with flat sale and an onward purchase. They won't send it on despite paying their excessive fees and had promised my solicitors it would be don...
Landlord & LeasesWe have a restrictive covenant in our deeds. We knew nothing of this. It says we are not allowed to change the appearance of the property. We have had replacement windows and the buyer solicitor is saying that thisis a breach of that covenant. The deed is...
Sale/PurchaseWhat is the process to remove a caution on a strip of land I own with my wife what was placed in 2001 when I was made bankrupt of which was duly discharged from in 2004 when this caution should have been removed,This was entered by the official receiver ...
Land RegistryI have a 999 year lease who's name appears on the land registry mine or the freeholder?...
Landlord & LeasesThe vendor has a leasehold with 15yrs left on it and the Freehold is held by HSBC. The vendor says the leasehold will be cancelled on completion and I would get the Full Freehold. Says it is an Islamic Mortgage. Is this correct? ...
Sale/Purchase....but don't understand how to fill in Q4 and Q5 on the ST5 form. Can you help?...
Land RegistryMy sister and I are looking to remove her name off the second home we own together (deeds and mortgage). We have another mortgage each with our respective partners so would like to know whether I would be liable to pay the second home tax. Any advice woul...
Transfers & GiftsMy flat is leasehold. I have inadvertently broken the covenant that says I cannot have laminate flooring. The Management Company say I have to take the flooring up as it breaks the covenant. Bu they are not the landlord. They say now they know about it, I...
Legal Indemnity InsuranceIf in 1925 a right of way charge was placed on part of my drive by a building society on the 3 times previous owner and the B/soc has been taken over/merged five times what action can be taken to obtain title absolute if adverse possession is not possible...
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