England & Wales · First registration specialists

Own an unregistered property? Let’s get it on the register.

Around 13–15% of land in England and Wales still isn’t registered with HM Land Registry. We connect you with an SRA-regulated solicitor to register it voluntarily — protecting your ownership, defining your boundaries and cutting the Land Registry fee by 25%.

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Title RegisterEngland & Wales
StatusUnregistered
RouteVoluntary first registration
ApplicationForm FR1
Land Registry fee25% reduced
You receiveTitle number & plan
What first registration secures: a title number, a title plan of your boundaries, and proof of ownership held by HM Land Registry.

Why it matters

Unregistered doesn’t mean unimportant.
It means unprotected.

Until a title is registered, your ownership rests on paper deeds alone. That leaves three real exposures.

01

Harder to sell or remortgage

A sale or mortgage makes registration compulsory anyway — at the higher fee and on someone else’s timetable. Doing it now keeps you in control.

Selling soon?
02

Vulnerable to fraud

Unregistered property can’t use HM Land Registry’s free Property Alert service, so you get no warning of suspicious activity against your title.

Fraud protection
03

Deeds can be lost

If your only proof of ownership is a bundle of paper in a drawer or a solicitor’s store, losing it is costly and stressful. Registration removes that single point of failure.

Lost your deeds?

How we help

Whatever the situation, there’s a route to registration

Tell us your circumstances and we’ll match you to a solicitor who deals with it regularly.

Voluntary first registration

The core service: registering your unregistered title at HM Land Registry, at the reduced voluntary fee.

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Missing or lost deeds

Deeds gone missing? Never had them? There’s an evidenced route to registration without them.

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Inherited property

Registering unregistered property you’ve inherited — handled the correct way, through the estate.

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Title defects

Gaps in the ownership history, missing links or boundary questions — resolved before they become a problem.

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Selling or remortgaging

Register before a sale or mortgage to avoid delay and the higher compulsory fee.

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Form LL fraud restriction

Add an extra layer of protection against property fraud, via our partner FormLL.co.uk.

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How it works

Four steps from paper deeds to a registered title

You stay in control the whole way. We handle the matching; a regulated solicitor handles the law.

Make an enquiry

Tell us the address and what you know. We confirm the right route for your situation and answer your questions — no obligation.

Matched to a specialist

We introduce you to an SRA-regulated solicitor who handles first registration regularly, with a fixed-fee quote.

Deeds reviewed & FR1 prepared

Your solicitor reviews the deeds (or evidences ownership where they’re missing) and prepares the application to HM Land Registry.

Registered & protected

HM Land Registry issues a title number and title plan. Your ownership is recorded, your boundaries defined, your deeds no longer a liability.

Why start here

A specialist front door, not another law firm

Most solicitors offer first registration as one line on a long conveyancing menu. We do one thing: match owners of unregistered property with a solicitor who handles voluntary first registration every week — and we tell you honestly whether you need one at all.

  • A plain-English view of your options before you commit anything
  • Matched to a solicitor who handles first registration every week
  • Fixed-fee quotes — typically from around £500 + VAT for a straightforward case
  • No payment taken on this site — you pay your solicitor directly
  • No obligation, and you deal with the solicitor directly

Why it matters

Registration turns a box of old paper into a permanent, government-backed record of ownership.

A title number. A title plan showing your boundaries. Proof of ownership held electronically by HM Land Registry — and a 25% saving on the fee for doing it now, voluntarily, rather than later under compulsion.

Questions

Common questions

How do I know if my property is unregistered?
If you’ve owned your home since before around 1990 and haven’t sold, mortgaged or remortgaged it since, it may well be unregistered. The reliable way to confirm is a search of HM Land Registry, which a specialist can carry out when you enquire.
Do I have to register if I’m not selling?
No — voluntary first registration is a choice, not a legal requirement. But it protects you against fraud and lost deeds, defines your boundaries, and means registration is already done (at the lower fee) when you eventually sell, gift or remortgage.
Are you solicitors?
No. We are a specialist introduction service. We are not a law firm and we don’t give legal advice. All the legal work is carried out by independent solicitors regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority. We may receive a fee for the introduction.
What does it cost?
You’ll pay the solicitor’s legal fee (typically a fixed fee from around £500 + VAT for a straightforward case) plus HM Land Registry’s registration fee — which is reduced by 25% because you’re registering voluntarily. Your solicitor gives you a clear quote before you commit.

Next step

Find out where you stand

Send us the address and what you know about the deeds, and we’ll set out your options and the right route — no obligation.

No obligation. We respond within 2 hours during business hours and confirm a specialist solicitor within 24 hours.