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.
Previous freeholder forgot to include 2 months electricity bill in final completion statement when she sold freehold. 8 months later she is demanding we (new freeholders who own the 6 flats) pay this for her. Are we legally obliged to?...
CompletionI have been renting a property on an historical estate owned by the same family since 1500. The property is now going through solicitors and the sellers solicitor realised (after 8 weeks) that there is a small section of land that they are selling, that i...
Sale/PurchaseGood evening, we own a flat which we originally bought as 50percent shared ownership, a few years later we then bought the remaining shares so now own 100percent of the leasehold. We are in the process of selling and our buyers solicitor is refusing to pr...
Land RegistryOur deeds still show lenders as our parents whom borrowed us money to buy the house with the mortgage company, the mortgage is now paid & removed as charges but the parents remain as charges but have since died. How can we remove them as charges?...
Land RegistryLong story short: I tried to purchase a house, in freehold, and the garage was a peppercorn rent. My solicitors went on a crusade asking for a deed of variation about the garage, which for whatever reason the sellers didn't want to go through. Indeminty i...
Legal Indemnity InsuranceHi, I currently own 5 properties, 3 are let out, one is my main residence and the other is a second home. I am thinking of selling my main home and my second home and replacing with one new main home. I know I will have to pay CGT on the second home but w...
Sale/PurchaseOur vendors onward purchase is a leasehold property and we were informed that their solicitors were reviewing a management pack.. we have been told that additional enquiries may/may not need to be raised. How likely is it that additional enquiries will be...
Sale/PurchaseI have had a dormer built mid terrace when the guttering is fitted it hangs over the centre line where the house s join my neighbor is arguing that it cannot be fitted is this a problem....
Neighbour DisputesNeed 2nd advice on the register of title as the covenants are quite onerous. And what is the consequences in case I go ahead with this property purchase ? Local authority / council will not remove all the covenants. I can provide the full documents for re...
Land RegistryWe have just inherited a rental property due for change over in the next 2 weeks .I will inherit this along with my 2 sisters we are thinking of continuing to rent but transfer this to a limited company .Will we incur capital gains and stamp duty on this ...
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