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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We are in the process of purchasing a property with an annexe. The main house will have vacant possession, but the annexe will have sitting tenants. We have not yet exchanged but expect to do so shortly with completion taking place in later January. The tenants are on a AST which runs until April 2015. We are happy for the tenants to stay in the annexe but wondered what needs to happen with the tenancy agreement as it is between the sellers and tenants, but we will become the owners of the property part way through.
First things first, are you buying with a mortgage? If so you may have a problem. If it is a residential mortgage then it will be a breach of the terms to allow any part of the property to be let for even a day and if it is a buy to let mortgage your lender will probably require the whole of the property to be let under a single tenancy. Putting this aside, the seller will need to send a Rent Authority Letter to the tenants on completion instructing the tenants to pay rent to you in future. You should be provided with a copy. If completion takes place part way through the rent month the seller should make an apportionment in your favour to cover the rent he has received that relates to a period from the completion date to the date the rent is next due to be paid. You will need to serve (or ask the seller to serve) a notice to quit on the tenants at least 2 months before the expiry date of the tenancy which must expire no earlier than the tenancy end date.
First things first, are you buying with a mortgage? If so you may have a problem. If it is a residential mortgage then it will be a breach of the terms to allow any part of the property to be let for even a day and if it is a buy to let mortgage your lender will probably require the whole of the property to be let under a single tenancy. Putting this aside, the seller will need to send a Rent Authority Letter to the tenants on completion instructing the tenants to pay rent to you in future. You should be provided with a copy. If completion takes place part way through the rent month the seller should make an apportionment in your favour to cover the rent he has received that relates to a period from the completion date to the date the rent is next due to be paid. You will need to serve (or ask the seller to serve) a notice to quit on the tenants at least 2 months before the expiry date of the tenancy which must expire no earlier than the tenancy end date.