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 want to buy an SPIF pdf document. I'm happy to pay £4.99. Will I be able to print this form without paying any other fee, in particular a registration fee to Adobe Acrobat to allow printing pdf documents?...
Sale/PurchaseProperty Information Form, Freeholder owns the whole property consisting of 1st floor flat, ground floor flat and office. PIF for 1st floor flat says 1 parking space for parking details. Does this means the 1st floor flat lease should come with that parki...
Sale/PurchaseEnvironmental search on a property I want to buy doesn't pass. Sellers have proposed to but indemnity insurance. I am concerned that when I want to sell, prospective buyers will have same issue and it may take longer for me to sell or i will have to sell ...
Sale/PurchaseI am purchasing a garage freehold from a neighbour who has no mortgage on the property . I believe this is a suitable case for DIY conveyancing please advise...
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I hav e a query on the new stamp duty rules. I currently have a residential mortgage and 2 buy to lets all of which I have had for over 10 years. I am thinking of moving, thereby selling the house on residential mortgage and buying a new one. Does ha...
My girlfriend currently owns a 35% share of a property which we have been living in for the past 3 years, I am not currently on the mortgage. We are looking to purchase the rest of the property and take out a joint mortgage. I also own another property wh...
Sale/PurchaseWe are close to completion but the vendor will not let us check the gas system and there are broken gas appliances left there as rubbish and stated in the property info as "sold as seen"
What are my legal rights to this?...
Why is my solicitor asking for a fee on top of the Stamp Duty actual cost?...
Sale/PurchaseWe are in the process of buying a shared ownership new build, the solicitor has all our signed documents and is ready to exchange but is advising us not to as the housing association don't yet own the property. She is advising that we wait until ownership...
Sale/PurchaseHi there, I am currently in the process of buying a house and feel we are close to exchanging. However, I am now having a very bad time with my solicitors and feel they are the cause of undue delay. I am curious as to whether it is possible and indeed adv...
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