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.
We have been trying to sell our leasehold flat for 10 months but cannot complete due to the freeholder and their solicitor refusing to answer the seller's conveyancer's leasehold questions. Is there anything we can do or do we have an unsalable property?
Why are they refusing to answer the questions? They are obliged to provide you with certain information according to statute. There are remedies but they are not easy I'm afraid. You could take the landlord to the Leasehold Valuation Tribunal or you could potentially force the landlord to sell you the freehold (a process known as enfranchisement). First though you need to find out what questions are being asked and why they won't answer.
Leasehold Advisory Service has informed us the freeholder is not obliged to answer the questions unless our lease states they have to. They provided the leasehold information pack which was chargeable but there were several other questions about the building's conversion, service charges, offer of freehold, accounts information etc. Their solicitor states he is unable to help. We owe service charges which our conveyancer has informed could be settled on completion.
Understandably we have now lost our buyer and will have to rent the property ongoing to cover our costs until we can resolve the issue.
I imagine we will have to seek legal help but am obviously very concerned about the cost especially if we are not guaranteed to have a satisfactory outcome.