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.
Is it possible to purchase a property in my company name and then to split the property by way of a deed of partition into the company name of one part and into a director of the company's individual name of the other?...
Sale/PurchaseI am currently purchasing a property and on the formal paperwork the seller has claimed that the property is unoccupied, however we have proof that the sellers brother is living there which has now caused our exchange date to be delayed.
is this legal?...
I wish to buy my first property in the UK but own one abroad (jointly with my husband 50%/50%) - we moved here 3 years ago and have been in rented accommodation ever since. The 50% share in the property abroad is worth less than £40,000. Do I need to pay...
Sale/PurchaseWe put our house up for sale in Jan 2015 with a fixed £800 fee company, our intention was to downsize as we were due to retire, our daughter and granddaughter had to come back home in March 2015 to live due to a domestic situation, we now needed to with ...
Sale/PurchaseI have recently sold a leasehold flat and the buyer's solicitor requested a retention of £500 to be held for 12 months on the basis that there may be a deficit in the service charge accounts relating to my period of ownership. I agreed to this on the bas...
Sale/PurchaseIt is usually a standard condition in a contract that the seller is required to notify the buyer of any change of circumstances or information in respect of the property that they become aware of up until the date of completion, even where the contract ha...
Sale/PurchaseHi guys
Its 4.30am here and cant sleep...
We are so close to exchange its unreal.
But a hiccup appeared yesterday we were not expecting...
Apparently there is a restriction on the property with a finance company....
Now our soictor said that she ...
I am thinking about selling my property but several times reported disputes with a neighbour to the council last year.
How disclosing this can affect my sale and what exactly to disclose and in which terms in order to avoid legal action from new owners w...
Hi, We are buying a property that has an annexe. The annexe is self contained, with a separate accesses. Electricity, Gas and Water is ahead with the.main property. Current owners had rented out the annexe and the annexe is separately registered in the ci...
Sale/PurchaseBackground info: 1 house is split into 2 horizontally, so bottom 2 floors is mine and the top 2 floors belongs to someone else. lease left is 200 years. the freeholder is a small company.
so if i was to sell my flat, what happens if the freeholder is b...