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.
I am purchasing a leasehold flat in the UK. I want to go abroad for the duration of the legal process, can I be out of the UK while this purchase goes ahead...
Sale/PurchaseThe flat I'm purchasing has incomplete title deeds - pages missing - how do I remedy this? Is the onus on the seller to provide a complete copy? ...
Land RegistryAs first time buyers we have just made an offer on an Ex Council property in Dorset that has an s157 Local Living Restriction on it. We have lived in the county for 2.5yrs and plan to make it our principle home so this alone should not be a problem - fixe...
Sale/PurchaseMy property has a 60 yr old covenant saying it can not be used for business purposes other that a Vet, Doctor, Accountant or Dentist. We have a small extension which we would like to let in the Summer months to supplement my OA Pension. Will I be in breac...
Land RegistryI am acting for myself in respect of my house sale but have an interdependent purchase being handled by a solicitor. In order to protect my interests I need to careful to undertake the process of exchange in the correct order i.e.: receive my purchasers�...
Sale/PurchaseIs it a legal requirement for solicitors to submit a general lease enquiry too management companies on the purchase of leasehold properties...
Sale/Purchasecan I re use the searches on a house I tried to buy last year but the sale fell through...
SearchesOur house is sstc, but we have found there is a restriction against the land..which was made in 2007. We know nothing about this, what can we do to remove it?...
Sale/PurchaseI'm in the process of selling my home that I bought in August 2013. My solicitors has now told me that there is a problem with my garage when it was built and it is encroaching onto my neighbours land by 6 inches. Will this cause the sale to fall through?...
Planning & Building RegsIs it possible to complete two transfers of Equity in a short space of time? Removing my girlfriends ex-partner from the Title Deeds with her cousin and after a small amount of time following that remove her cousin from the deeds and replace him with me? ...
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