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.
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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.
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Is it possible to carry out a Mining search without the land owners consent. And is it possible to build a temporary structure on land that has unfavorable mining search. Regards Paul Pibworth...
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SearchesWe are investigating any possible access rights (we may have), to a piece of land which would give us access to the rear of our property. On the title register SK211189 (Section C), there is reference to a paragraph stating:- "Subject to the rights of wa...
SearchesWho will get the money if somone dies in service and there no beneficairy...
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Searchesi have been asked by the lender for a Clear Desktop Environmental Report ...
SearchesWhere can I locate the 'Seller’s Property Information' for my property?...
SearchesI have signed up for a 3 month membership but do not ant to renew after this period. How can I cancel my membership?...
SearchesWhat searches to I need to undertake on unregistered land...
SearchesLooking to acquire environmental search, chancel repair liability search and highway searches. ...
SearchesWe have been offered the search details from another plot for a fee of roughly £30 with indemnity insurance or a full search on our specific plot for the sum of £250 plus vat. We are unsure of the best route being first time buyers and it being a new b...
SearchesIf a single plot is subdivided into several houses all next to each other with the same postcode, does each purchase need to get separate searches if a single solicitor/conveyancer is working on the purchases (although for different end clients)? Can they...
Searchesmy original conveyancing document confirmed 2 allocated parking spaces at time of purchase how do i prove this...
SearchesI own a 50% share of a property along with 50% owned by a housing association. How can I find out if I have a 'tenants in common' agreement with them, please? My lease doesn't seem to detail anything about this and when asking the housing association, th...
SearchesI know nothing about it, I have not agreed or signed anything> There is a house builder building a new road about 1/4 mile away. ...
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SearchesHow long to remove a restriction??...
SearchesHow long does an OS1 and OS2 search take to complete?...
SearchesBuying a new build house and the searches expire before we will compete so solicitor is asking us to take out indemnity insurance at cost of £200+. What does this mean? Should the builder be paying for the indemnity not us?...
SearchesHow long does it take to get local searches back for house sale?...
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SearchesIs a coal mining search different to an environmental search?...
Searchescan i sue my daughter for non-payment of a loan i secured to stop foreclosure on her property?...
SearchesDo property searches flag up a house fire (attended by the fire brigade) at a property?...
SearchesI have been asked by buyers solicitors to provide an indemnity policy for a search on unadopted area to the side and rear of my property. Am I legally liable for this....
SearchesI have completed an IVA 2 months ago however I am still on the insolvency register for 1 more month. All CRA's agency are clear and I have a mortgage offer but will the IVA show on a bankruptcy search? I was never bankrupt. ...
SearchesI would like to know exactly what the standard is for search companies to comply with when carrying out a search as part of the conveyance process. i.e should they make contact with the local council, or just do it electronically using grid references on ...
SearchesI need to know about potential covenants on a property I would like to buy,
There is nothing on the land registry title deeds, where else can I look...
We have sold our property but the purchasers solicitor has brought up the title rent charges in the title deeds. This hasn't been collected for over 97 years - as quoted in the title deeds: The land in this title is with other land unknown subject to a ...
Searchesdo i need building regulations if i want to fit in a door between the garage and the conservatory?...
Searcheshi how do i cancel my membership...
SearchesTime for results for search ...
SearchesI have submitted a request for an Environmental Search but PayPal is playing up. Can I pay by phone or submit my card details by email...
SearchesPlease advise the standard UK radius or geographical area a solicitor should search when carrying out searches in a new house purchase. It transpire the property bordering my brand new house has had outline planning permission to build another property i...
SearchesWe have a Zurich Building regulations final certificate but have been advised it's not listed with local council but they have seen the doc and said yes was a private inspection and not all private ones are listed yet their solicitor will not exchange unt...
SearchesI would like to cancel my subscritpion...
Searcheswhat steps would i follow to draft a contract for a freehold property sale that has an existing mortgage?...
SearchesI am having an environmental search - do i need these separate searches as they are quoting an extra £100 for flood search and £150 for water and drainage searches ?...
SearchesHi we had mining searhes done prior to our purchase in 2014 and on their guidance has visual inspection and visual survey, which stated reassurance for Purchase, insurance and mortgage. We are now trying to sell the property and the buyers have stated tha...
SearchesYou mention several environmental searches. You use Landmark as an example but only provide Groundsure searches?...
Searchesi wish to purchase private searches can you give me an indication of how long it takes to get them back as it is urgent...
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Searchesi am a buyer and My Lender does not require an Environmental Search report and there isn't anything in the area i know of to suggest one needs to be carried out, so why would my Conveyancer carry one out? ...
Searchesincorrect data relied on in search...
SearchesHOW LONG DOES IT TAKE TO TO A LOCAL ENVIRONMENTAL AND DRAINAGE SEARCH ON A RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY I AM PURCHASING ... AND HOW MUCH ...
SearchesDo you need searches on a 10 year old property...
SearchesIs a conveyancing covenant of year 1918 still valid in respect of any restictions with regard to building on land....
SearchesI have previously asked if an LA Search is compulsory to which you replied that it is not, although strongly advised.
I now read in your Purchase Conveyancing Guide that an OS1 (valid for 6 weeks) must be valid when the application for registration is su...
I see on this site that the church had to register for chancel liabilities by 2012. Does this mean that if I buy a property that has not been registered with the Land registry as yet that I don't need to worry about chancel claims , ie that I don't need t...
SearchesHow do you measure the limit of indemnity if your client is acquiring a lease?...
SearchesI asked a question about LA searches several days ago. How long should I expect to wait for an answer?...
SearchesIf buying a house with cash (no mortgage) is a local authority search compulsory? If so, what other searches are compulsory rather than advisory?...
SearchesWhen a solicitor does a CCJ and bankruptcy search how far back do they go and how do they do the search?...
SearchesIam about the buy a studio flat on the third floor of a block of flats. The searches are working out nearly £300. Is it even worth purchasing them, as I imagine the freeholder would have responsibility of the environment issues around the block....
SearchesI wish to do a search on a single property. Can I do this without a subscription, please?...
SearchesPlease can someone explain what this means in leymans terms please. Does it mean I have to allow the neighbour access if they want to build?
That the purchasers shall not by virtue of this Deed be or become entitled to any right of light or air or other...
we are an agent trying to get a property exchanged. The local search was due back last week but apparently there is a delay due to building regs. The lender is the Halifax. ...
SearchesWe believe this is because we took a will out earlier this year which leaves the property in trust for our son. The restriction which appears on our title deed appeared at the same time as the will was completed. The remortgage solicitor states that the...
SearchesI am buying a new apartment in a converted mill. All the purchasers have agreed to use the same solicitors to save time and money however having received the quote they are charging each of us seperately for the conveyancy searches. I assume for the same ...
SearchesI would like to know what sort of searches are done between Exchange and completion date when buying a property....
SearchesMy immediate next door neighbour has informed me the Coal Authority has contacted her to advise a mine shaft is present in her back garden. The shaft is close to our perimeter fence and within 6 metres of our property. When we purchase our property 22 y...
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My environmental report has come back, all looks ok apart from the proposed HS2 link is going to pass within 250m of the property, will this cause problems if I wish to the sell the property in the future or cause any major problems while I am there? ...
I am selling a house which I have inherited from my uncle who, in turn, inherited from his parents (my grandparents). My grandparents bought the house in 1933 when it was built and my grandfather died in 1935.
My purchasers solicitors have discovered a Ch...
If I buy and resell would the next buyer be told someone had been murdered in this house?...
Searchescan I re use the searches on a house I tried to buy last year but the sale fell through...
SearchesI was a tenant until February of this year.My landlord, who wants to demolish the property and build a four bedroom house,discovered that part of the property has unregistered land.They now ask me to apply for adverse possession.I had a lease since 1987 b...
SearchesI need to conduct an envirosearch on the following farm property;
Felton Butler Manor
Montford Brdige
Shrewsbury
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It is 270 acres. I have had a quote of £672.00 inc VAT from L&A Agency Services and was just wondering if this is a standard price ...
What would be the cost of a Commons Registration please?...
Searchesi need a competent person to carry out a cmra report from a mining search ...
SearchesHow long are conveyancing searches valid for ...
SearchesI am in the process of buying a new property, I have a coal mining search from my solicitor but I would like some advice about how to interpret the search results but do not know who I should contact? Thank you....
Searcheswhich type of local Authority search is most commonly used in a conveyance. Is it an "Official search" or a "personal Search". What are conveyancing lawyers mostly using in the conveyancing search process.
Many thanks in advance. ...
When should a pre-completion search be made in relation to the actual completion? I.E. Should this be done before the day of exchange / completion and what guidance in terms of timings to request this search should be adhered to by the solicitor in order ...
SearchesCan you please advise the price for a gypsum search...
SearchesI bought a house in September 2013 which was flooded last week. I since have found out from the neighbours that the house has been flooded before and the Fire Services have been there for a " flooding incidents" 4 times since January 2008. Have I got any ...
Searcheswhat does a pathway shaded brown mean?...
Searchescan I apply online for a local search on my property...
SearchesPlease could you tell me when a bankruptcy search is done on a buyer which source do you check for bankruptcy, ie land registry, insolvency register etc, many thanks ...
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SearchesI am buying a property and would like to know if there are any pending planning applications for the field at the back. How can I do this?...
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