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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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Thinking of purchasing a property which has a Title Absolute however there are some covenants on the charges register
A Conveyance of the land in this title and other land dated 29 April
1932 made between (1) xxxxxxxx (Company) and (2)
yyyyyyyyy and zzzzzzzzzz (Trustees) contains covenants of
which the following are particulars:
THE Purchaser thereby for himself and his successors and assigns
covenants with the Company and their successors and assigns that the
Purchaser would at all times thereafter observe and perform the
stipulations and restrictions thereinafter mentioned
(a) Not to erect or build any erections or buildings on the strips of
land measuring in width
(i) 20 feet fronting xxxxxxxx Road aforesaid and 10 feet on the easterly
and westerly sides respectively of the plot first thereinbefore
described
(ii) 16 feet fronting xxxxxxx Road aforesaid and 10 feet and 16 feet on
the easterly and westerly sides of the plot secondly thereinbefore
described,
2
The land in this title is subject to a perpetual yearly rentcharge of
£5 created by a Conveyance dated 8 September 1932 made between (1) aaaaaaaaa and (2) bbbbbbbbb.
The said Deed also contains covenants.
The plot these covenants apply to are not clear. The plot the house is built on is quite tight to the boundaries to the side and the road. I would want to be able to extend to the side (where there is already a garage) and add a loft room with a dormer window to the rear
Whilst you shouldn't completely ignore these covenants, you shouldn't worry too much about them either. In order to enforce them a person first has to prove that the right to do so has passed to him and second that the objection to your breach is objectively justifiable and not merely malicious. Both these points are often difficult to prove given that the character of the estate will have altered a great deal in the intervening years and the land sub divided and sold off many times.
You can purchase indemnity insurance against an intended future breach of covenant if you want some added comfort.