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.
Hi, we are about to exchange on our home which we bought as a new build six years ago and it has just come to light that there is a small section of our garden that is still owned by the builders. When we purchased the house it was not highlighted to us by our solicitor and the section in question is not accessible unless the builder actually came through our house. Our current solicitor thinks this is just a clerical error and thinks we should take an indemnity out to cover any future issues thus enabling us to still exchange on the property. Please could you let me know how this would work and what the cost implications would be. We are selling the house for £480,000 and there are houses either side of our property, plus the section of garden is only around 3 metres square so nothing could be built on there. I would really appreciate your prompt response so we can put this in place as a matter of urgency. I look forward to hearing from you. Kind regards Sue Hall
Just listen to your solicitor and take a indemnity insurance for a few hundred pounds. In the unlikely event that future owners raise a complaint and ask for damages the insurance will pay and you have nothing to worry about. Indemnity insurance is a specialist's subject and your solicitor should able to arrange everything for you.