During a property transaction, the buyer’s conveyancer/solicitor will make various enquiries with the relevant authorities about the property. These are known as searches and are an essential part of the conveyancing process to help the buyer find out as much as possible about the property they are purchasing.
Generally, the main searches that are undertaken are searches to the relevant Local Authority, drainage and water searches, environmental searches and mining searches. However, there are many other searches that can be carried out.