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’m looking to buy a house (built 2004) where the current owner removed the only downstairs toilet to make the kitchen larger. They didn’t realise this would need building regs approval and therefore didn’t get it - and from research I don’t think...
Planning & Building RegsHi, My mother recently died and the property has been left to me and I have probate, but there is an equity release charge on the property. I have a mortgage offer to pay this back, but the equity release say they won't allow the charge in my name until ...
Land RegistryGiven that I am selling land without an existing mortgage, freehold and in my sole name is there any good reason why I should not just download the relevant form and do the conveyancing myself?...
Sale/PurchaseMy property was first registered in 1995. My title register contains nothing other than basic details/property address & mortgage.
From sarching the Register of Deeds, the previous owners deeds states:
ALL that messuage or dwellinghouse and garden wi...
Survey sheet showing house looks like it has a tiny box beside house might mean garage...
Land RegistryWe are selling a property which we carried out works on ourselves 5 years ago to knock through two load bearing walls. The buyers Solicitors have asked do we have building regs for the works, I advised no. They have now asked if the works included walls w...
Legal Indemnity InsuranceEveryone in our chain has suceessfully exchanged. However, there is a discepancy in our buyer's financials, meaning that their mortgage is for 535k instead of the agreed 533k. As exchange has happened, are we able to amend the contracts to reflect the hig...
Sale/PurchaseMy house was built in 1931 and is a midterrace consisting of four houses and there are four of these mid terrace blocks next to each other. The original conveyance has a picture of an alleyway running along the back of all the houses leading to a road eit...
DIY ConveyancingWhat are the legal implications in regards his right to stay in property? Or will I have to sell and give him a proportion back?...
Transfers & GiftsASSIGNOR OF A LEAVE SAID THE LEASE WAS UNAVAILABLE...
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