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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Is my new build conveyancing solicitor responsible for ensuring that planning permission requirements were met? And if later found to be that the solicitor missed a planning requirement leading to an enforcement notice being served on us a new owners - is that negligence?
It's never wise to comment on these matters without access to the whole conveyancing file, however it is normal practice when acting on a new build for the conveyancer to obtain evidence that any pre-commencement and pre-occupation planning conditions have been complied with, and also to make sure there is an obligation on the builder in the contract to build the property in accordance with the planning permission. If you think your conveyancer has been negligent she should first raise a complaint, following the firm's internal complaint process. If you're not satisfied after that, you should seek advice from another solicitor, specialising in professional negligence.
Thank you. It certainly wasn"t in the contract and there were 2 planning breaches brought to our attention in a very stern formal letter by the council who say it is my responsibility to comply by appling for retro planning and subsequentky compling with any enforcement and costs...so I will look for a no win no fee solicitor to ask if we have a case.
I should add that we bought the new build as a completed property through a local estate agent as opposed to commissioning the new build. Does my conveyancer still have the responsibility of ensuring all planning conditions were met?
On the face of it yes, but as you suggest you should seek professional advice.