Unsurprisingly enough, we talk a lot about property transactions around here. From joint ownership to leasehold reform, to septic tanks and radon searches… you may be of the opinion that we’re always banging on about it. Of course, we’d argue there’s good reason for this. Buying a property – whether...

There’s a bit of good news today for those in the process of buying a new property or those who are thinking of doing so in the next nine months. Chancellor Rishi Sunak has announced that the government will be temporarily scrapping Stamp Duty Land Tax payments on all purchases up to the value of [&...

At first glance, buying or selling a house might not seem all that complicated. After all, surely it’s just a case of checking you know where the stopcock is, transferring some money between mortgage companies and handing over the keys? Well… no. We’re afraid the reality is rather more long-winded t...

Fraudsters everywhere become more sophisticated over time because they have to.  Successful fraudsters never say “this is the way we have always done it”.  Times change, technology changes, loopholes are closed, but opportunities continue to develop, and the unscrupulous will take advantage of these...

Cladding was once simply viewed as an aesthetically pleasing way to brighten up a building. It was particularly popular for modernising the look of high-rise apartment buildings using timber, aluminium composites or paper/resin composites. Other than it perhaps marginally improving our view from tim...

I do sometimes wonder whether, outside the conveyancing world, anyone has ever heard of radon gas.   It raises its head during the house buying process, with both the local search and the environmental search referencing the background radon level and something called the “action” level. Radon is a ...

Calling all landlords! You may well be busy at the moment preparing for possible lockdown… but we’d like to interrupt the general hoarding of hand sanitiser, pasta and toilet paper to bring you an important – if boring – piece of information. If you’re the landlord of a residential dwelling, you’ll ...

Ridiculous observations about Peroni Virus aside, there are some things we all need to consider in relation to Covid-19 and whether it will impact your conveyancing transaction. You may well be worried about whether the WHO-declared pandemic will impact on your sale or purchase, and I’m afraid it’s ...