Information the buyers’ solicitor will require (where relevant):
- Land Registry documents
- EPC
- Compliance sign off for septic tank
- Wood burning stoves and fires – HETAS certificates
- Electrical certificate
- Agreements relating to shared drives or other shared space
- Planning permission and building control sign off documents where building work has been undertaken
- Existence and details of any covenants
- Building and content insurance documents
- Who owns boundary fences/walls
- Any easements, rights of way, access issues
- Leasehold documentation
- Often solicitors ask for FENSA certificate if any windows have been replaced
- Any other warranties / guarantees relating to the property along with electric / boiler checks documentation
Not required but good to have:
- Details of external and internal work that’s been undertaken, dates, suppliers / tradespeople
- Copies of recent utility bills
- Copies of insurance documentation
- Contact details for local tradespeople used for repairs / maintenance / supply of logs
- Broadband provider and speed
- Paint colours used throughout the property
