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 a Cash Buyer - buying a property under a ltd business name. the Vendors Solicitor says that it is an offence to do ones own conveyancing under section 22 of the Solicitors Act 1974. i have been assured from many guides such as the 'Which guide to doing your own conveyancing' and 'Bradshaws Guide' that i am completely in my rights. i have been told that i am exempt due to not receiving a fee for the work under Schedule 3 paragraph 3(10) of the UKPGA 2007 act. Can i reply to solicitor with this cite and continue?
Hi,
First of all, s22 of the Solicitors Act has been repealed and replaced by s14 of the Legal Services Act, which essentially says the same thing, i.e. that a non-lawyer can't carry out certain legal work (in conveyancing terms, drafting a contract or transfer deed or making an application to Land Registry) in expectation of payment in money or money's worth. There is nothing to prevent a person doing his own conveyancing or indeed from doing someone else's for free. So even if it is a case of you doing the work as an individual on behalf of your company, provided you don't charge you are not doing anything wrong.
You cannot however compel the solicitors to deal with you - they can refuse to act in the transaction if they think that to do so would place them or their client at undue risk and many will refuse to act in these circumstances. Your seller could instruct a different solicitor who is happy to act in these circumstances but is not obliged to.
Regards thankyou for your reply.
I too have been quoted that act to try to scare me into employing a solicitor! They try to look after themselves.