Many of our clients simply prefer to mail us a plan and address with their requirements.
Alternatively our online Search Order Platform provides Conveyancers with a choice of over 100 property related products at great value. We provide full training to all people in your practice involved in the ordering process.
Official Local Council Search (LLC1 and CON29r) or Personal Search.
We work closely with each Local Authority so that we can provide the most efficient and most suitable Search for our clients.
Local water company reports (CON29DW) or searches compiled by personal visit to the water companies both provide important information needed in the property purchase.
They are a search of the water company’s maps and records to ascertain many things such as if a property is connected to mains water, mains drainage, whether there are any public sewers located within the boundary, surface water, proposed adoption of sewers and the basis of charging.
Under Part 2A of the environmental protection Act (EPA) 1990 it is possible to inherit environmental liability for a property, even where the owner has not actually caused the original pollution.
With the increasing likelihood of properties being built on Brown Field sites the importance of the Environmental report is growing. We will help ensure that the most appropriate types of Environmental Report are ordered for our client’s needs.
Chancel repair liability is the liability of the owner of land to pay for the repair of the chancel of a parish church and can apply to properties falling within a Church of England parish.
The suite of reports ascertains the potential liability and Insurance against it.
Fracking and HS2. Over time many new types of search become relevant. We check to ensure that the area in which the property being searched falls is not subject to the above or any other type of search.
Many areas of the country have been the subject of mining. Past and present mining activity may cause the risk of unstable ground. The range of reports available covers all types of mining and inform of any potential risk.
Solicitors involved in property transactions are at particular risk.
Many of the day-to-day transactions could potentially bring a solicitor within the scope of the legislation. The reports available help to reduce uncertainty in identifying the legitimacy of the various parties involved in the transaction.
The Land Registry provides organisations and individuals with a range of documents relating to those titles as well as providing registrations of unregistered land, interests such as a mortgage, lease or right of way.