OT House Registry Searches

[thescullster]

Hi all

A colleague of mine is buying a house and I happened to mention Part 1 and Part 2 solicitor searches. This was certainly a "thing" when I have bought property in the past.

He wasn't aware of this, so I set about Googling. To my surprise, nothing appeared, despite various re-words of the search string.

I remember a friend of mine successfully sueing (suing?) a solicitor for failing to carry out Part 2.

Does this terminology still exist in the conveyancing process, or has it or the process itself been superseded?

Thanks

Phil

[spuorgelgoog]

I think the terminology has been superseded, it's still considered prudent to do a second LR search immediately before exchange/completion just in cas e anything's changed since the searches earlier in the conveyancing process , especially if it's been protracted.

Owain

[Brian Gaff]

By now I'm very surprised google has not been commissioned to run the land registry, it looks right up their street (view!)

Brian

[thescullster]

My recollection was that the Part 2 search went into the more obscure detail. My friend's property was discovered to have a footpath running across the land (when he came to sell), an issue that wasn't picked up on the Part 1 search carried out by the solicitor when he purchased the property.

Phil