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.
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My brother purchased a property with his girlfriend approx 17 years ago. They both contributed the same deposit and owned it 50/50.In 2011 they sold the flat to buy a house.They purchased the house in tenancy in common. The equity from the flat was transferred directly to the house purchase but his girlfriend got him to sign a deed of trust stating he would only have 25% of the new property.She now wants to separate and is offering 25% share less other costs which totals less than the deposit he initially contributed from the equity from the flat sale in 2011. The house has increased in value by in excess of £100k. We don't believe he was warned by the solicitor who drafted the deed this would happen. Although the deed doesn't clearly state it, if the solicitor knowingly transferred the equity from the sale of the flat to the house purchase, wouldn't this money be protected and the new 25% share only apply to the portion of value after deducting the initial first contribution? His girlfriend advises he took advice from me at the time but he didn't and I would never have let him sign.His girlfriend could not have bought the house without his portion of the deposit. Its left him in an extremely vulnerable position.
Possibly, depending on how it was drafted and the exact circumstances since - I suggest taking advice from a specialist dispute resolution solicitor. You may wish to contact Spire Solicitors on 01603 677 077 for further advice.
Hi. Thanks for your response. Ive called Spire who are located in Norwich and will not accept the matter unless i go to see them but its miles away. Can you recommend anything else?