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.
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We are in the process of buying a house that has been converted into two flats with neither planning permission nor building approval. This all happened a long time ago, certainly more than 4 years and possibly 10. We are still awaiting details. The works include a loft conversion with ensuite and a staircase that leads into the upstairs kitchen. Pretty sure that wouldn't meet building regs today. I have 2 questions. If we apply for PP to do a back extension (probably permitted development) , we could sort out the stairs and kitchen issue by creating a proper corridor. But would we run the risk that they also attach conditions to the loft itself (raised floor etc) even if not included in the changes proposed and which we seek permission for? Second, if we didn't extend but left as is, can we separate the deeds to sell separately with only indemnity insurance, or would we need to retrospectively seek planning permission and building regs approval?
For the loft it is not planning consent that would be the issue but rather, building regulations approval and it is quite possible that building control would ask for the other issues to be dealt with before granting approval of additional works. If you are buying the property now you would be well advised to insist on the seller obtaining retrospective approval to the work carried out. It will delay the transaction but could save you a lot of problems in future.