UK CONVEYANCING LAWYER EXPERTS

All of our conveyancing lawyer experts in England and Wales are accredited by the Law Society as specialists. They will provide detailed and accurate quotes for the purchase or sale of land or property on request. Our team are able to pursue or negotiate sales or purchases of land and property throughout the UK.

Our nationwide network of solicitors are based out of London and can keep overheads low allowing them to give extremely competitive quotes whilst still ensuring that your legal work is carried out by experienced solicitors.

We always try to give comprehensive and fully inclusive quotes for purchases and sales. If you would like to speak to an conveyancing lawyer with no further obligation just call the quotation line or complete and send the contact form and a solicitor will phone to give you free advice.

These frequently asked questions and answers relate principally to England and Wales. If you live in Scotland or Northern Ireland and you want answers to these questions just use the form and a specialist solicitor will speak to you over the telephone.

What does it mean to own property jointly with another person?

There are two ways that land and property can be held jointly :-

1. Joint tenants
   

   This is the most common way to hold land. It is the way that most married and unmarried couples deal with ownership. It means that if one of the joint owners dies the property automatically transfers to the other at the moment of death no matter what is said in the will.

2. Tenants in common
   

   Land that held under this regime does not automatically transfer to the survivor on death of the co-owner and will be disposed of either in the way that a will indicates or if there is no will under the intestacy rules whereby it will pass to the next of kin. It effectively means that each owner has a separate share which need not necessarily be equal and can they dispose of their share as they please. In the event of death if the property is held as tenants in common it will be necessary to obtain a grant of probate or letters of administration to dispose of the deceased's interest whereas if the property was held as joint tenants a death certificate is enough to prove the joint owners entitlement to the property.

What is a restrictive covenant?

This is a condition that is written down in the property deeds that imposes a restriction on how the land can be used. It is possible for an expert conveyancing lawyer to make an application for a variation to the court under certain restricted circumstances or the person who originally imposed the restrictive covenant or the person who benefits from it may be prepared to grant a waiver.

What is stamp duty?

Stamp duty is a government tax that goes into the Chancellors coffers. It is paid by the purchaser of property. It only applies for property priced above a certain threshold and the rate is variable dependant on the price of the property. There are some areas of the country which have been designated as ‘disadvantaged areas’ where the stamp duty threshold has been raised.