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.
My brother and I bought a plot of land for cash some years ago and have now got planning permission to build a house on it .We have set up a company to deal with the build and wish to know if we can sell the land to the company, again for cash ,funded by ourselves,simply by dealing with Land Registry and using forms TR1,AP1,and ID1 without involving a solicitor
I am helping my mother transfer her property to my sister for a market price - my sister knows the property well and it has been in the family for 30 years. I was not intending to use a solicitor and I don't think involving one is required or necessary in these circumstance. However. I would use a solicitor to protect your interests if there is a possibility of dispute between buyer and seller.
However I do have some queries of my own.
Documentation: I was intending to use only the forms you have noted in ur question. I don't believe there's a need for buyer and seller to agree/execute a formal sale and purchase contract as condition of registerting a transfer. However I 'm not sure about that - if anyone knows please advise.
Even if not required, I am now thinking that it may be useful to have the agreement to evidence and document the sale/purchase price. I have a feeling that it may be useful to have such a document for the sole purpose of proving the price and/or that it is an arms length transaction e.g. for stamp duty and/or other tax purposes.
Thank you for your comments .,remember a contract can be verbal as well as written and the price is noted on the land registry form AP1 as it decides what fees you pay .The forms are, like most legal documents,difficult to interpret, but there are videos describing how to fill them in and what is really required .Watch ,watch and watch again and you can save time and money and get great satisfaction from doing it yourself