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[Closed] Has anyone done their own conveyancing?

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Crazy idea or money saving genius? Its [i]just[/i] a garage. Buying it with cash. Adding an extra £500 to the purchase price to pay a solicitor seems excessive. Has anyone done it? I've found a few online guides but they are also filled with warnings. Just filing out a few forms or a legal minefield.


 
Posted : 01/10/2015 2:34 pm
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I did it when I bought a bit of garden from my neighbour. Not much more than a bit of form filling, plus watching out for the other party's solicitor 'adding value'. In my case they added in a clause forbidding anything over 6 feet high because they thought they should. When I asked what I was supposed to do with the shed/fence/tree already on the land they removed the clause straight away.


 
Posted : 01/10/2015 3:07 pm
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Mum did our house about thirty years ago - i think she just got a book from the library and followed what it said.


 
Posted : 01/10/2015 4:19 pm
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Thanks. Have done a bit more reading and it [i]seems[/i] straight forward. Its an auction property so a lot of the first stages with searches etc are done. I think I'll be giving it a go.


 
Posted : 02/10/2015 8:28 am

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