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.
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Currently going through the legal route in settling an estate following the death of a family number. It was assumed that the house was divided between family members years ago however no documentation can be found to support this. The land registry doesn't show this... surely if its not registered with the land registry (states the family member who died and her late husband are the owners) then these family members don't have a right to what they claim they own?
The land registry does show a restriction saying that one sole proprietor cannot sell the property. It does not list the fqmily nemvers who claim they own a portion of the house. Am I correct in assuming that this restriction refers to both family members who are listed on the registry (ie a tenants in common)
If the Land Registry shows the deceased as legal owner then the deceased (and now the estate) are the legal owner.
If there is a historic transfer deed (e.g. a TR1) which was never registered then it could show the transfer took place (essentially you'd have a split between legal owner and equitable ownership) but was not registered. That could be registered historically but it sounds like there is no paperwork to support this.
If it was just a verbal agreement that the house was split then that is unlikely to be enforceable. If the deceased did not divest themselves of the estate before death then the will takes precedence and however the property is divided in the will.
You might benefit from using a probate lawyer to do the work professionally as a third party rather than risk infighting between family members. You are welcome to call us for a quote on 03333 122 221
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