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.
Built an extension under permitted development, signed off 1 month ago, selling house and solicitor want a lawful development certificate which we don't have. Can we get indemnity insurance for this
If it was permitted development you do not need a lawful development certificate.
If the buyer insists then (assuming you don't want to call his bluff) you can either obtain a lawful development certificate or indemnity policy (if the buyer will accept this). Most indemnities require a period of 3-12 months to have passed since the development though, so check with an insurance broker such as Express Insure on 03333 122 221 to see if you would be able to obtain a Planning Permission indemnity for works completed 1 month ago.
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Thanks for the information, I will try them. It is permitted development the plans were drawn to ensure we stayed within those limits.The buyers solicitor is telling the buyers that we must produce the certificate and now has told our solicitor that when he tells the lender we don't have a lawful development certificate they will almost certainly not accept this and there is a possibility the lender will instruct them not to lend.