How DIY Conveyancing works

If you’re adding someone to the deeds, taking someone off, gifting a property or transferring a share, you can deal with the Land Registry application yourself. The hard part has always been the forms — knowing which ones you need, how to complete them and what has to be sent.

That’s the part we do for you. Answer our guided questions about the property and the people involved, and we produce the completed forms and tailored guidance for your transfer. Download them, sign where shown, complete any required identity checks and send the application to HM Land Registry yourself — for £69 instead of paying conventional conveyancing fees.

The three steps

Step 1
Tell us about the property
About 2 minutes
- Postcode and address lookup
- HM Land Registry title looked up and checked against the address
- Freehold or leasehold detected; unregistered property switches to first-registration forms
Step 2
Tell us who is involved and what is changing
About 5–8 minutes
- Current owners and new owners, with the details the identity forms need
- Gift, payment, share or buy-out, and how joint owners will hold the property
- HM Land Registry fee and any Stamp Duty / Land Transaction Tax return worked out for you
Step 3
Receive your completed pack
Immediately after payment
- TR1 and AP1 — or FR1 and DL for a first registration
- Draft ID1 and ID3 forms for each person who needs them
- Guidance notes written for your transfer, with your figures filled in
- Every document as a PDF and an editable Word file, downloaded and emailed

Your answers are saved as you go, so you can stop and come back. Nothing is charged until you have finished the questions and chosen to pay.

What you get

Nothing is a blank template. Your answers decide which forms are produced and the wording inside them.

TR1
The transfer deed. The declaration-of-trust wording matches how the new owners will hold the property; the consideration wording matches what is being paid.
AP1, or FR1 + DL
The application that registers the change — AP1 for a registered property, FR1 with its document list for a first registration. The HM Land Registry fee is calculated and filled in.
ID1 and ID3
One draft of each for every person who needs one — the forms your identity verifier signs off.
Guidance notes
Who signs where, who witnesses, what to enclose, the exact fee, and the address to send it to — for your transaction, not a generic checklist.

Generated as soon as you have paid — usually within a couple of minutes — available to download and emailed to you.

Start your application

What happens after you download

1
Check the pack
Read it through. Every document is a PDF and an editable Word file, so a typo is a two-minute edit and a reprint.
2
Sign and witness the TR1
Each person signs above their printed name. Every signature must be witnessed by an independent adult — not a party to the deed and not a close relative — who signs and adds their own name and address. A neighbour, friend or colleague is ideal; it does not need to be a solicitor.
3
Identity verification
We'll prepare your draft ID1/ID3 forms as part of your £69 pack. You can then have your identity verified by a local solicitor or other suitably qualified professional, or book an online identity check for £79 per person. Identity verification is a separate service and is not included in the £69 fee.
4
Post the application
Print the pack, enclose a cheque or postal order for the exact HM Land Registry fee shown on your AP1 (a wrong amount and the Registry returns the whole pack), and send it by Royal Mail Tracked 24 to HM Land Registry, Citizen Centre, PO Box 7806, Bilston, WV1 9QR. Your guidance notes repeat all of this with your figures filled in.
5
HM Land Registry registers the change
The Registry acknowledges your application with an estimated timescale. Straightforward transfers currently take months rather than weeks; if anything is missing the Registry usually writes to ask for it (a “requisition”) rather than rejecting. When it is complete, the register shows the new owners. How long does it take to process a TR1 form?

What it costs, all in

Our fee, then the costs that apply to any transfer however you prepare it — paid to third parties, not to us.

Our fee: £69, one-off, including VAT. Nothing else is payable to us.
HM Land Registry's fee: Paid to the Registry with your application: from £45 and typically £45–£195, depending on the property's value and whether money changes hands. Your AP1 states the exact amount.
Identity verification: £79 per person online, or whatever a local solicitor or other qualified professional charges.
Stamp Duty / Land Transaction Tax: Not payable on a genuine gift. Where money changes hands a return may be due; your guidance tells you whether one is needed and links to HMRC's calculator. We prepare paperwork; we do not give tax advice.
Printed pack by post (optional): £14.99 by Royal Mail Tracked 24, chosen at checkout. Email delivery is included.

Our acceptance guarantee

If HM Land Registry rejects your application because of the way we completed a form, we refund your £69 in full. If they raise a query about a form we prepared, we correct and reissue it free of charge.

It covers the forms as we completed them; details you enter, identity verification and fees are yours. Full terms in our refund policy.

Is the service right for you?

Works well for

Adding or removing a family member, partner, friend or neighbour from the title
Gifting all or part of a property
Transferring the whole property or a share of it — 50/50, 70/30, any split
Agreed transfers following separation
Registered or unregistered property, where no mortgage lender has to approve or fund anything

You’ll need professional help if

Any property with a mortgage on it — the lender must consent, and we cannot deal with lenders
Buying someone out with money raised on a new mortgage
Splitting off a physical piece of land, such as part of a garden or a plot (form TP1) — transferring a share of the whole property is fine, and we handle that
Open-market sales or purchases
Transfers ordered by a court on divorce (coming September 2026)
Transfers from the estate of someone who has died (coming September 2026)
Property in Scotland or Northern Ireland — England and Wales only

England and Wales only. Our service is not suitable where a mortgage lender needs to consent to, approve or fund the transfer. We would rather say so now than take your money. Not sure? Call 0330 043 0355 before you start.

Ready to start your application?

About 10 minutes. £69 once. You can stop and come back at any point.

Start your application

Or call us on 0330 043 0355

Comparing your options? See how £69 compares with a conveyancer.

DIY Conveyancing is a self-service document-generation platform operated by DIY Conveyancing Ltd. It is not a law firm. We do not act for you or provide personalised legal advice.