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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I am in the final stages of buying a grade 2 timber framed house. My Conveyancing Solicitor is insisting on a indemnity insurance to be paid for by the seller as no one can produce any document regarding rights of access across my small garden. This access was granted back in the forties when there was a house next door which was demolished. There has been no problems or rights of access being requested. All back gardens have walls and are small cottages as is mine in a conservation area. This is holding up the sale . There is no mortgage involved and this has been going on since October with no chains for me or the seller.
Is the issue that the deeds reveal a right of way of the garden of the property you are buying which has effectively been blocked by a wall but which in reality is no longer exercised? If so then it doesn't seem like this should really be much of an issue and if you are buying cash you can instruct your lawyer to proceed without indemnity insurance (or instruct that you would like to pay for it). I would add the caveat that of course I am not in possession of all the facts and there may be issues that affect the situation that I am not aware of
You are correct . From the information and documents this was back in 1940-1. I have actually done as you have suggested
as I am a cash buyer with no mortgage. This sale has lingered on for almost 5months no chain either way.......there has to be a better system for buying and selling of houses. Either the Scottish way of Irish......! I appreciate your help, Employment Law is my speciality not property!