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.
The house was bought in the 1970's and has been rented as two flats for at least 20 years. It is freehold. Should it be converted back to a house to sell? Or can we sell one as freehold i.e. the bottom flat and the upper flat as leasehold with the ground ...
Planning & Building RegsWe are buying a property and are at the point of Exchange. We were informed quite late in proceedings that there was no completion certificate supplied for works that were carried out in 1998/99. This work did have planning permission and building regulat...
Planning & Building RegsWill the lack of a completion certificate for replacement glazing prevent exchange?...
Planning & Building RegsWhen dividing a property into two separate leasehold apartments, is it necessary for all the utilities (gas, electric and water) to be separated to pass Building Control regulations?
If separation of the utilities is necessary to ensure both apartments co...
I moved in to my current property when it was new in April 2005. It was given planning permission in 2002 , and was registered with NHBC in 2003. The NHBC registration was completed in 2005 , just after we moved in . I have recently found out that the wid...
Planning & Building Regsdo i need planning approval to build canopy and if is not attched to the building and what hight is maximum...
Planning & Building RegsMy neighbours flat has an extensions that was built without planning permission about six years ago. Does it count as a single dwelling house with an enforcement time limit of four years or does it fall outside of that definition (as it would for permitte...
Planning & Building RegsWe are a share of freehold property owning the ground floor flat. We have asked all the other freeholders to sign off plans before we submit planning as per the requirements of our lease. They have signed our plans subject to structural survey/planning bu...
Planning & Building RegsI purchased a house in Dec 2014. The house was built as a single dwelling by a local builder between 2002 and 2004. The original plans were deposited under Section 1(3) of the Building Act 1984 on 12 Sept 2000. The completion date was 17 March 2004. Th...
Planning & Building Regsour purchasers solicitors are saying that we need to provide building regulations for our property which is more than 20 years old as the purchaser who are paying cash for the property will not be able to sell it at a later date to someone who requires a ...
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