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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What tax implications are there, do I do it before planning is granted or after? I donor live in the property, I live with my partner at present. My daughter lives there tempory whilst finding their first home, as she has a young baby. There is room to build in the orchard / garden, for their home. Advice welcome
It doesn't particularly matter whether the transfer takes place before or after planning permission is granted. You do need to make sure that you grant your daughter any rights she needs over the land you are keeping in the transfer and reserve any rights you need over the land you are transferring. Think about any covenants you might like to impose to restrict the way the land is used as well. Approach it as if you were transferring the land to a stranger because of course your daughter may one day sell it and you may one day sell your property, in both cases to strangers. As the land is a gift there are no stamp duty implications. I'm not sure about Capital Gains Tax. The other thing to note is that if you were to die within 7 years of making the gift it would be treated as inheritance and potentially liable for inheritance tax.
Thank you for the reply, appreciate it .