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A few quick questions about the paperwork a buyer's solicitor asks for. See what's already to hand and where to find anything that isn't.
Written for selling in England and Wales. Scotland's Home Report system works differently.
Answer for the home you're selling or thinking of selling. Not sure counts as still to find.
It's the paperwork their questions tend to lean on. Your solicitor or conveyancer sends their own questions about the property and tells you what your sale needs. This check shows what's already to hand before those arrive.
Many can be found again. The schemes that issue window, boiler and electrical certificates keep records, as does the council's building control team. The article linked beside each gap explains where to look.
Paperwork you can't put your hand on can't be sent to anybody. Once you've found it, change the answer to Yes and it counts.
It's written for England and Wales. Scotland's Home Report system works differently, so some of this won't match what a Scottish sale asks for. The paperwork is still worth keeping wherever you live.
No. They're scored on the page you're looking at and aren't saved or linked to you. We don't ask who you are either.
This check is a list to help you gather paperwork, built from what sales in England and Wales commonly ask for. It can't cover everything a particular sale needs: your conveyancer will tell you what yours does.
It isn't legal advice. homehogs isn't a solicitor and nothing here says whether a sale will go ahead.
Most delays in a house sale are not caused by the buyer, the survey or the lender. They are caused by a document nobody can find. This is the full list of what a buyer's solicitor will ask for, what each one actually proves and what to do when one has gone missing.
A receipt proves you paid somebody. It does not prove the work met building regulations, that the guarantee is worth anything, or that the wall you removed was supposed to come out. This is what actually counts as evidence and what to capture while the work is happening.
A car comes with a service history and a house comes with a carrier bag, if you are lucky. Almost all of what is missing can be recovered from registers you are allowed to search yourself, for very little money. This is the order to work through them in.
