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.
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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.
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It was recently identified by my current solicitor processing the sale of my flat (and allocated parking space) that the original conveyancer who processed my purchase six years ago of that property, failed to register the transfer of the parking space with the property. So on the land registry it shows that the parking space is still registered under the name of the deceased previous owner of the property. I'm trying to sell my property but the sale fell through as the buyer pulled out at the exchange stage. What can I do and how to put this right? Is the original conveyancer responsible and liable for my losses incurred because the recent buyer pulled out buying my property due to the parking space being registered under the previous owner's name?
It may depend whether he was made aware that there was a parking space to be transferred. I would advise in the first instance approaching him with a request that he assist you pro bono (for free) to correct the issue. If not, consult a litigation solicitor to see if you have a case against the conveyancer. The executor of the estate will presumably have no interest in the parking space so hopefully they will be cooperative in transferring that over to you. Unless it is leasehold or has restrictions over it then in most cases they just need to execute a form TR1 to transfer it (which your conveyancer would then register at HM Land Registry)
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What would be the situation if the flat is leasehold? How would it be different?