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.
Dear Sir/Madam I saw your feed back on a forum that I stumbled across and wanted to contact you about an issue that I am currently encountering. My husband sadly passed away recently and as I have 2 young children I decided to create some office space to enable me to work from home so that I can be here for them as much as possible. I had a large Utility room that I decided to split into two rooms by sub dividing with a stud wall and creating access to the new Office by an entrance doorway from the hallway. I asked several builders as to if I needed permission and as I couldn't get a definitive answer I decided to approach my local building control department for advice. I spoke to several different inspectors each time I called and one of them highlighted to me that the existing Utility room may not have had approval to have been converted from a Garage and that permission should have been sought to convert to habitat use. I explained that I bought the house in 1997 and that I wasn't aware that it had been converted from a garage. He explained that I may have problems when I came to sell it and suggested that I submit a "regulisation application" form and that they would look to approve both the new works and the old works on the same application form, The building inspector that came round was very unhelpful and has informed me that I must provide a full spec of how the building was constructed to cover the A-Z regulations for 1992. I am confused by this as I have read on various forms that building regs can not be enforced if the works were carried out over 10 years ago. I have also read that lenders generally only requires solicitors to investigate possible breaches of building regulations going back 10 years, He is also now telling me that I shouldn't have submitted a regulisation form, but a building notice for the new works and that the 2 should have been dealt with separately., He has also stated that I can now not apply for indeminity insurance as I have submitted a regulisation request , to which I reminded him I only did this on the advice of one of his colleagues. I have asked if I can withdraw the application or change it to a building notice application and he has informed me that I can not do this. I am completely distraught as I tried to do the right thing and I am now left wondering what to do next and if this will result in hundreds of pounds to put right. Please can you help me. Thanks Kim Andrews
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