Product Description

This Lawpack Guide is intended for those who wish to cut out the solicitor and estate agent middlemen when buying and selling a house. The original author, Joseph Bradshaw, tells you how straightforward it is, in a witty, down-to-earth style. Revised and expanded, by barrister Georgia Bedworth, this is the 5th edition of the best-selling "Bradshaw Guide" which earned the author the description 'the guru of layperson conveyancing' in "The Times". This "Lawpack Guide" covers: how to be an insider; the moneylenders; contracts; gazumping and gazoffing; conveyancing for beginners; registered and unregistered properties; matrimonial homes; tricks of the trade for layperson conveyancers; home information packs; and commonhold.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #91056 in Books
• Published on: 2006-09-15
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 256 pages

The Observer
‘An excellent book - easy to read, clear, with different passages
for buyers and sellers.’
The Observer

The Times
Joseph Bradshaw is the guru of layperson conveyancing

The Observer
An excellent book - easy to read, clear, with different passages
for buyers and sellers.

Customer Reviews

Jargon-free, clearly explained, easy to use, practical guide
This guide is written for lay people and will safely take you through a step by step process to buy and/or sell your house without using a solicitor. We have used it on 3 occasions saving both time and money and most important of all - it gives you control of the situation... no more waiting for people to come off the golf course and no more wondering if you are at the bottom of someone's in-tray. Examples of any forms you will need are included in the book, and it is easy to obtain what you need when you need it. The first house we sold was in 1982, using Joseph Bradshaw's original version. We recently obtained an updated copy (Lawpack publishing) and found it to be even easier to use. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!

An invaluable tutorial & reference book for DIY conveyancing
Bradshaw's "Buying & Selling (Conveyancing for All)" covers all of the major areas and issues which are involved when buying and selling your own home, with the single objective of minimising the cost of middlemen. To Bradshaw, middlemen include anybody who is neither the buyer nor the seller, including all known lawyers, estate agents and even surveyors.

The book illustrates beautifully that conveyancing is dead simple. There is no need to study rocket science: all that is required is the patience to fill in a few forms. Oh, and the confidence to talk to your vendor/buyer. You have to do these things whether or not you appoint a solicitor. So what are you paying a solicitor for?

With websites, such as ,.., offering "private sale" facilities, it is becoming easier to remove the cost of useless agents and greedy lawyers, to the benefit of anybody involved in conveyancing.

I wholeheartedly recommend this book. I shall certainly be following it!

(This review is based upon the 1989 edition of the book. The topic will change over time, due to changes in regulation, hence the need to be up to date.)

Just what you need to save solicitors costs
I have just completed my first purchase with the assistance of this book. It's not the easiest thing to follow, but everything you need to know is in here. Avoid other books pretending to help, I also bought Frances James "The process of conveyancing" and the Alan Stewart "Guide to conveyancing residential property". In both cases the sleeve notes describe the book as a solution for those wishing to DIY conveyancing then open with warnings that the book is not a replacement for solicitors.