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.
My property was sold to the previous owner on a right to buy from the council. The neighbouring land is still council owned. My neighbour uses a part of my property to access in and out of her property.. which they claim is a path and I claim it's not and just a part of my driveway. This 'path' is not in the middle of the properties as such it falls entirely onto my side - so she comes onto my land and then side steps on to hers. She could easily have similar access on her property of they cut down the hedge or part of the hedge. She has a frontage.. the only thing that is locking her down is the hedge. But the council will not do the work as it's not as part of their budget.. I offered to pay for it as she is an elderly lady - but then they argue back saying that - who will be responsible for the maintenance. I said well we can have the deeds changed so that the responsibility can fall on my land and the next owner in the future. They keep sticking to the same rule abt schedule one - abt me having to give access as it's on my title - and not understanding that yes I have aknowledged that and now it is time to do something regarding that easement. I imagine that all their properties are actually covered by the same law.. Everyone else seems to have been able to build a wall and separate their properties. BUT because my neighbour has a hedge and she doesn't want to cut it down and the council won't they are fobbing me off. Servient land should be able to enjoy their property too - BUT here I am stressed all the time.. This is very unfair considering my paperwork and the surveyors report did not mention this - My title plan showed no right of way. We have identical frontages.. and she can have the hedge removed. Once I build a wall she will not be able to access out of her premises unless she has the hedge cut down and removed. I feel like just putting the wall up considering that the council are sending me in circles.
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