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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We are looking to purchase a property, but there are two separate title deeds. Apparently part of the house was previously an attached coach house that at some point was fullly integrated into the main house. The coach house is on one title deed (No. 3) and the main house (No. 5). The seller is listed as the proprietor on both title deeds. What are the implications of this? Are there any risks? I assume the contract will need to state both 'properties' and title numbers, but is there anything more? The current owner has owned the property for more than 20 years and the works to amalgamate were apparently completed before the previous owners to that bought the property.
That's exactly correct - no risks/implications - it's just how it is set out at HM Land Registry.
I've acted on a single property bisected by the two titles before.
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Did you get this sorted? We are having a similar issue trying to find a lender who will mortgage against two title deeds (property plus land).
Who did you go with?
We did. It was resolved as described. Both title deeds cross-reference each other and both were detailed in the contract. We discussed with the solicitor the idea of merging them but didn’t do that in the end. We secured a mortgage, via a broker, with NatWest. NatWest is noted as having an interest in both deeds via the mortgage. No issues that the solicitor flagged to us, so all good!
Great, thanks for your help! I've given NatWest a shout and although they were a little awkward it seems they should be able to sort us out!!
Thanks again :)
Great news - fingers crossed for you!