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.
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My husband has had numerous affairs and we are now separating. His mother owns an office and to reduce inheritance tax after his father died gave us the lease to rent the rooms to the occupants - this has been both my husbands and my income. We are noted as joint proprietors and both our names are on the title deeds - I'm not sure what that means? I am unwell and have our children to look after - do you know my rights? Can they take my name off the title deeds and stop my part of the income? Do I own anything? The lease was for 20 years I think and we probably have 13 years left? His mum is 86. I am obviously worried for my future income and that of my children - I have no pension as we have been together for 20 years and he is due to inherit another massive office block and 2 other houses totalling at the very least 6-million pounds! He says he wants 50% of the house I live in with the children yet never sees them - i'd just like to secure what I can for our future as it seems so unfair to be left with nothing when I've done nothing but dedicate my life to him and our children - please advise, thank you!
If you jointly own the lease then you cannot be removed from the title unless you consent or unless your husband obtains a court order, which would only be granted if it appeared you were obstructing a planned sale of the lease (and on sale you would in the absence of any pre-existing trust arrangement be entitled to 50%) or if in reality you were not entitled to any of the equity.
As his wife you are presumably entitled to some of his assets as part of the divorce. You need to instruct a family lawyer to ensure you get what you're entitled to.