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.
Our mother left her house to my brother and me. He and his partner were already living there. I want to do my own conveyancing in selling my half to her but she claims she is struggling to find a conveyancer who will deal with me directly. Can they refuse on those grounds? What advice can I give her to find one that will?
No conveyancer acting for a buyer will deal with a seller who does the conveyancing himself. The reason is simple: would you transfer your property to the buyer before you have his money into your bank? The answer is NO. In which case the purchaser's solicitor has no guarantees and no way of ensuring that you will transfer your property to the buyer once you have got your money into your account.
Going through solicitors on the other hand, the transaction is guaranteed by indemnity.
Thanks for your response. The problem doesn't seem insurmountable e.g. the buyer's solicitor holds the money while the transfer is made, but, more importantly, why is this website offering support and advice on doing one's own conveyancing when selling a house when it is not possible?
It is possible. I have done it 7 years ago. You need to agree workarounds as suggested above.
In practice it is getting very hard to self represent. I am buying and seller's soicitor has refused to deal with me as "our insurance will not cover us". That is a new excuse. The monoploy is now near perfect aided by anti money laundering issues.
In my current situation I managed to agree for a conveyancer to "front" the process, with me doing much of the work AND taking the risk, for a reduced fee. They will do the exchange and conduit the funds via their account to keep the other party happy.