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.
Good morning I am in the process of selling my flat that is a share of freehold. My neighbour upstairs that is the co freeholder is delaying the process by not signing the TR1 and ID1 form. He said he wants to get legal advise on that but I needed to pay for it which I agreed to. He went to try andforce me to create a limited company for my share of freehold saying it would make this easier and no forms will be needed in the future for him if he needs to sign but the solicitors confirmed the same forms will be needed regardless! Then he said my solicitors should represent us both for the sale but we told it needed to be an independent advise to avoid conflict of interest but now he’s telling me that I need to change my solicitors to someone that can represent us both at my cost and after ringing different solicitors they all said independent advise means getting a different solicitor. The survey is booked for my flat next week I’m worried it would fall through because of him no signing those standard documents. What are my options please . I am very distressed as I am a single mother and this flat is my life investment with no family here I need to move as my 11 yo son started school elsewhere that is far for him to commute .
It seems there's a terrible situation occurring here. Have you had any advice? Have you solved it? A friend of mine has been held up from selling her flat because her co-freeholder won't sign the TR1 form. He's doing it for revenge. There seems to be no simple answer to this issue. Basically he could hold up the sale of her property indefinitely. The law needs to be changed. I'm interested talking to anyone that has had similar issues. I think my friends case may be unprecedented. 5 Years is way too long.
My daughter is in the same position. One of the co-freeholders refuses to sign because she has a dispute with them over the setting up of a new maintenance company for the block. There seems nothing they can do. They have a baby on the way and it is affecting her mental health. In fact she has threatened to commit suicide if the sale and subsequent purchase of a house fall through. It is a horrible situation.