• Personal Local Authority Search

Often returned faster than official searches, our personal searches clearly highlight the most important information for easy reference before you dive into the detail.

Our local authority conveyancing reports give you high-quality, up-to-date local authority information. An easy-to-read format and intelligent data have been combined to make interpretation faster and easier.

Whether your client is buying a house or land, getting the local authority information back is simply routine. However, this essential search can often be the most time-consuming. The layout and format differ with each council and with over 300 local authorities in England and Wales, you and your staff will need to learn the layout of all of them to find and check the information you want efficiently.

You can quickly and easily order a full regulated search through our customer platform. Often, the regulated report is cheaper and back sooner than the official report. Our searches can help keep both your timescales and overheads down.

• Private Drainage & Water Search

• A drainage and water search is made to obtain information about sewer connections and water supply to a property. 

  These searches are usually made with the company which is responsible for providing water and drainage services in the area where the property is located. Although a seller may be able to confirm that a house is connected to mains supplies, it is better to obtain information from the relevant supply company as they can confirm the details officially and provide a variety of information, including:

  • how the property is charged for water and wastewater services - either measured (metered) or unmeasured ( charged on rateable value)
  • whether the property is connected to a public water supply
  • whether the property is connected to a public sewer 
  • whether the property is affected by water mains or public sewers running through it or nearby. If this is the case, the water company can (with reasonable notice) require entry to the land for inspection, repair, or replacement and can also restrict any development or extension being built over or near the pipes
  • The search result will include plans showing the location of the sewers and water mains which are owned by the drainage and water companies, which can be helpful (but the plans do not show pipes that are not publicly maintained.)

  If a search shows that the property does not have mains drainage there should be a sealed tank, septic tank or other private disposal facilities for which discharge consent may be needed. Normally the property owner will be responsible for the maintenance of these.

• Groundsure Homescreen Environmental Search

•  Moving searches forward - intuitive design, due diligence support, risk assessment and expert advice
• Homescreen now includes a full flood search and comply with the requirements of the Law Society guidance on contaminated land and flood risk.
• Homescreen is a simple risk-rating screening report for residential property transactions focusing on contaminated land, ground stability and radon. It's user friendly layout and design provide clear navigation for conveyancers.

  Key features

  • NEW - Now includes full flood search - as standard
  • NEW - Flood search includes 5m groundwater data
  • Powered by the Groundsure IQ - our unique tool combining in-depth data, algorithms, AI, and expert analysis
  • The report uses Groundsure's National Brownfield Risk Model (NBRM) - for more information visit https://www.groundsure.com/NBRM/
  • Satisfies Law Society Practice Notes on Contaminated Land
  • Comprehensive contaminated land assessment utilising the most comprehensive data available including Groundsure’s Historic Land Use Database, environmental permits, active and historic landfill, and waste sites, and current industrial sites
  • Natural and non-natural ground stability assessment including natural ground subsidence, cavities and non-coal mining
  • Coal mining screening
  • Detailed radon potential data
  • River, coastal, surface water, and groundwater flood screening
  • Enhanced energy screening covering existing and proposed oil and gas sites, including fracking, wind installations, solar farms, power stations, and major energy infrastructure
  • Comprehensive transportation screening provides detail on major rail projects including HS2, Crossrail 1 & 2, active and historic railways and tunnels, and underground systems, including the London Underground
  • Enhanced screening on planning applications

• Land Registry Plan

• Provide the general public and property professionals with quick and easy-to-use online access to Land Registry Title Registers and Title Plans, as well as many other conveyancing deeds and searches. Land Registry Title Registers and Title Plans are the main source of property and land information and reveal ownership data (including the name and address of the registered owners), mortgages, charges, boundaries, covenants, easements, and maintenance liabilities, house prices, and much more.

With nearly every property you will want and need a search, Your Solicitor will request one later in the process, be ready faster! 

Move quicker, get into your home faster 

Order your comprehensive Property Search Pack.....that will be used by your solicitor today! 

Time is one of the most important aspects of buying a house.  You will get time pressure from estate agents, vendors, brokers & lenders, everybody wants to move quickly.

Get ahead of the game and save yourself up to 16 weeks when buying your next house, by ordering your searches upfront through us.

In the normal process of buying a property, the searches will not be ordered by your law firm until the draft contracts have been received from the vendor's solicitors. This process can take upwards of 4 weeks plus, which is lost time. By using our upfront search pack that goes above and beyond the requirements for both lenders and conveyancers, you will shorten your buying process dramatically getting you into your dream home quicker.

Our comprehensive search pack that all lenders and solicitors can use includes:

• Personal Local Authority Search
• Private Drainage & Water search
• Groundsure Homescreen Environmental Search
• Land Registry Plan

Once completed the searches will be sent to your nominated conveyancer, if you do not have a conveyancer yet, click here to obtain a great quote from carefully selected solicitors and conveyancers, who are all waiting to help you obtain your new property faster!

Search return time frames vary between the local authorities, however, on receipt of your order, we can give you an accurate arrival time for them.

Additional Product

• Order Property Searches Coal Search (There is an additional cost for this product - it is not included in the Order Property Searches - Search Pack)

Based on the postcode supplied you may be required to order an additional product called a “Order Property Searches Coal Search” this will be used to check the position of your property in relation to coal Mining records for your area. This will let you know if there are, or have ever been, any mines/mineshafts in the vicinity of your property. 

Order additional Products:

Digital Identity, AML & Proof of Funds

Order Property Searches Search Pack

Order Property Searches Coal Search

Order Property Searches Flood Risk

Radon Risk Searches Report

Order Property Searches Chancel Repair