FAQs - tenants in common - www.tenants-in-common.co.uk

Q 1. What happens after I've submitted my application?

A 1. When we receive your information we create the legal documents necessary to change your Registered Title from Joint to Tenants in Common, creating this document may take up to 14 days (Providing your payment has gone through successfully).

It is then sent to you, with full instructions on where you need to sign and date the document, and we tell you the address of the correct Land Registry office to send it to.

The Land Registry will then process the document and you will receive confirmation from us when the entry has been completed.

A 2. No, the £49 is our fee for producing the documents for your registered property, so all you have to do is sign them and send them to the Land Registry. There is also the option of purchasing a hard copy of the Documents at a charge of £5.

A 3. Yes, The Land Registry allow this as long as you confirm to them that you have informed the other owner(s) that you are doing this. If this is your intention, please contact us separately so that we can explain some of the other issues that effect this process.

A 4. No, the Mortgage company don’t need to know as Severing Joint Tenancy to become Tenants in Common only effects your equity in the property.

A 5. No, we are not Solicitors, so cannot give you legal advice, we are a Legal Services company, so we are able to produce all the forms necessary to change the Registered Title held by the Land Registry from Joint Tenants to Tenants in Common. We are also able to write Wills and EPA’s etc.

A 6. Depending on how busy our business is, we usually return the correct documents to you within 3/4 working days, the Land Registry have a same day turnaround policy.

A 7. No, you can also use our Postal Service on the form that you can download from the Home page or call us on 0871 288 4252 and we’ll take your instruction over the phone, this would mean paying us by Credit Card over the Telephone.