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.
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I'm in the process of selling, my solicitor informs me a small part of my garden is unregistered, it's enclosed by a wall and is exactly how I purchased it 11 years ago; as did previous buyers without any garden issue.
I'm aware a possessory title can be raised after 12 years of it being used as such, which it has but we're unable to locate the previous owner. I've owned it 11 years since 2005.
How long does it take to put an indemnity in place? And what happens next in the sale. I really shouldn't need to ask but my solicitor appears to be delaying the sale process and I'm concerned my buyer will pull out due to the delay.
A bespoke indemnity policy might be required (possessory title indemnity insurance is for when possessory title has already been granted). You could ask a neighbour who has owned their property for more than 12 years to provide a declaration, it doesn't have to be the property owner who swears the declaration. I would tend to takea pragmatic approach though - how much is the land worth? What would be the practical consequence if you lost it to the legal owner? Usually in these cases it wouldn't make any difference at all, in which case my advice to the buyer would be, if you are not really bothered if you lose the land in future, accept the 11 year stat dec then after a year make an application for posessory title so as to avoid delays when you sell