Property Searches – What are they?

Buying a home is an investment in your future.
You need to find out as much as you can about the property you are buying before you decide to go ahead.

Our lawyers will help to make sure you have the correct searches carried out on the property and that all potential issues are identified, highlighted and resolved where possible to you so you have peace of mind.

You can do some of the local and visual investigations yourself; you would be sensible to get a surveyor to look at the structure and the functioning of the house and its services.

As part of the legal due diligence process, your lawyer will carry out various searches on the property.

The decision as to what searches are needed will depend on where the property is located and your mortgage lender requirements.

Common searches include:

• Local Authority Search
• Environmental searches
• Drainage & Water searches
• Local planning application searches
• Searches that investigate mining in the area
• Searches that reveal infrastructure projects

Our lawyers will help to make sure you have the correct searches carried out on the property and that all potential issues are identified, highlighted and resolved where possible to you so you have peace of mind.

Don’t leave the biggest investment of your life up to chance!

Contact our Residential Conveyancing experts

Our residential conveyancing solicitors provide professional legal advice on all aspects of buying and selling property. We are always happy to speak to you about the progress of your sale/purchase on the telephone at any time. For more information or advice from our residential conveyancing solicitors call us today on 01494 790013 or 01494 790071 or email conveyancing@ibblaw.co.uk