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.
Land Registry cannot locate any deeds registered for our neighbours property including through a SIM search. We'd like to know where we stand with regards to deeds and any restrictions imposed by convenants but how can we do that when there is no history? Sadly, our neighbours have fallen out with residents who objected to a planning application which has recently passed but with several restrictions to take account of our concerns so despite asking for sight of deeds we have not been given any response. We'd like to erect a fence in our land under permitted development rights which planning have approved. The intent is to shield the change of use of two downstairs windows - from former commercial (shop storage) to bathroom windows - in our neighbours wall which is our boundary. We wanted to ensure there were no restrictions to us proceeding. How could we go about finding out given the neighbours are not talking and there is a no trace with LR?
If your land was subject to covenants in favour of your neighbour these covenants would be noted on your title, not your neighbour's deeds. If your land is registered with Land Registry check the Charges Register of the Official Copy of Register of Title