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 need to know whether my house is connected to mains sewerage and what type it is, however I have no idea. Are you able to help? thank you ...
Sale/PurchaseI have been sent a contract(5th ed) to sign but it has my name typed with my middle name added in pen and the purchase price was incorrect so has been crossed out and re-typed. Should I sign it or ask for a new one to be sent with the correct information ...
Sale/PurchaseI am looking to buy a house with my husband. I will be paying the deposit (let’s say it equates to 20% of the purchase price). We will then both pay equal shares of the mortgage and other costs. If we came to sell, how would you advise us to split the p...
Sale/PurchaseGiven that I am selling land without an existing mortgage, freehold and in my sole name is there any good reason why I should not just download the relevant form and do the conveyancing myself?...
Sale/PurchaseEveryone in our chain has suceessfully exchanged. However, there is a discepancy in our buyer's financials, meaning that their mortgage is for 535k instead of the agreed 533k. As exchange has happened, are we able to amend the contracts to reflect the hig...
Sale/Purchasewhen we purchased d a new build property from the builder on our title deeds under "protected strip" - means that strip of land (if any) shown on Plan 1 and thereon hatched green and being 6 metres wide and unless the contrary shall be stipulated or be c...
Sale/PurchaseHad a loft conversion done in 2004 to building regs at the time but did not get final certification - now selling house and getting a retrospective cert but should it be done to the regs at the time of the build (early 2004) or to current regs?...
Sale/PurchaseI have agreed the sale of my freehold and mortgage free house to a third party. I am acting for myself in the sale and am not yet seeking to buy another property. Do I need to have in place an ID1 signed by a Solicitor to verify who I am ?...
Sale/PurchaseMy husband and I are divorcing and selling our property, but his parents now want to move in as their rental property has fallen through and they cant find anything suitable. If they move in will this affect the sale and will they have a claim on the pro...
Sale/Purchasegood afternoon, I am looking to purchase a plot of land but have found out that someone has applied to register it using adverse possession. There is also a caution against first registration placed on by the same party. The land is currently unregistered...
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