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.
Are you looking for the documents you'll need for your conveyancing transaction? Or official copies of the title or other documents from Land Registry. We can help you. Follow the links below.
I have obtained tite to some land thru Adverse Possession. I am told I cannot have Indemnity Insurance because I did not pay anything for it and, therefore, have nothing to lose However I am told that my executor would need such insurance to sell the land, which is now part of my garden, to complete the sale. The land has, and is, costing me money to fence in properly and convert to garden. In the unlikely event of the worst case scenario occurring, can I not have a policy covering my "expenses"?
If you have been registered at Land Registry as owner of the property with possessory title then the land cannot be taken away from you even if the paper title owner is able to produce deeds showing that he or she would, but for your adverse possession, have been entitled to the land. The purpose of indemnity insurance in these circumstances is to compensate you for any loss you might suffer as a result of any adverse interest which affects the such as a right of way, covenant or even a financial charge as these are all potentially still valid if they exist. So if, in reliance on you having title to the land you expend money which you then lose because, say, you do something in breach of a covenant or you obstruct a right of way, you should be able to insure against the loss. If you are not registered as the owner then you have no interest in the land, only a potential interest, therefore you have nothing to insure.