Buying or Selling Your Home
A local
authority search is required in connection with the
sale, purchase and/or remortgaging of any land or
property.
Requests for searches usually come from solicitors acting for
their clients but we also want to help you understand our part of
the conveyancing process; what a local authority search is, what
we offer and most importantly what options are available to
you.
Please use the options below to find out more.
Confused about Property Searches?
Click on the picture to link to a useful leaflet produced by
Land Data.
Land Data Property Searches Guide
CONTENTS:
Foreword by The Law
Society
How do searches fit in with
Home Information Packs
Find out exactly what is included in a
HIP
What are property
searches?
Buying? Did you know.........
When purchasing a property, some lenders/conveyancers will
only use an Official Search provided by the Local Authority.
We explain who provides searches and
why you need them
The different types of
searches
We explain the different searches
available
What to ask your Solicitor or
Licensed Conveyancer
Get up to speed on the right questions
to ask
Who to contact if your search
highlights a problem
What to watch out for in your searches and who to contact if
your searches unearth a potential problem Contact
us land.charges@ashford.gov.uk
This webpage was updated on
8/16/2010