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.
I’m looking to buy a new build house. The property is accessed by a private non adopted road with a turning area adjacent. However the conveyance drawing doesn’t show the turning area. The area in question is shown as part of the neighbouring drive. Will I lose the right to use the turning area if the drawing isn’t corrected before completion? Many thanks
It depends on how the transfer/lease is drawn up. If the transfer shows you have rights of way over "land shaded brown" for example and the brown shading is in the right place, then the underlying building lines (usually black lines) are not hugely relevant, though if you have not completed yet it's worth asking for them to be corrected. If they are just from the Land Registry title plan though the seller might not be interested in correcting them - Land Registry records of building locations are not kept up to date and it's the brown shading and red border and other such markings that really matter. If of course the brown shading (or whatever it is) is in the wrong place then yes that should definitely be corrected as you would only have rights over it. Take advice from your conveyancer as this is one of those queries where they will really need to look at the documentation to give you accurate advice particular to your circumstances.