Owning your own home

You are being asked to take on an interest in property which will come with obligations* as well as rights. IMHO you should take legal advice from a solicitor who is acting for you and you alone, and not for the other party in the transaction.

• which could, unlikely but could, be massive and expensive.
  
  

edit - apologies for the fact that this post is not that helpful, but I advocate being pretty damn cautious when it comes to property.

I appreciate your input and this is also my fear. We initially wanted to have our own solicitor deal with our half but everyone we spoke to said that it is much easier to do a transfer of freehold using the same solicitor.

I am reluctant to spend a load of money on an independent solicitor but am aware that we could live to regret it. The current sol assures me that it is standard but I'm wary of the fact that we're signing something without knowing any actual detail of what we're entering into ie. whose responsible for what when/if something goes wrong.