Products and services

Personal Searches


Personal Local Authority Searches are the bedrock on which Hantswight Searches are founded. With a combined total of over 30 years experience in the industry, we are sure that you will not find better expertise and knowledge, combined with unparalleled local knowledge.

Local Searches are a legal requirement of all Conveyancing transactions and include a whole host of information with regards the legal and planning aspects of the property being purchased. Anything from the FENSA certificate for the new double glazing to Tree Preservation Orders, compulsory purchase orders or planning histories indicating what may be allowed or not, are all revealed amongst many other issues.

Of course, personal searches are only a part of the story over recent years, as conveyancers are constantly being challenged to provide new products in even the most standard transaction. This is where our expansion over the last few years can help. We have researched personally with our clients as to what they want and have reacted accordingly. This means that we can truly provide everything to our clients in one place via one web site or one email order.

We cut no corners while carrying out Personal Searches. We pay the Local Authority, where required, for ALL the information necessary, thereby ensuring all the data is as accurate as possible, in order to produce a fully compliant search. The information is thorough, covers not just the property but its surroundings where planning policy is concerned, and is presented in a professional document. To order a personal search either on its own or with other searches, please login to our secure client area

Drainage & Water Searches


As part of our philosophy of offering our clients a one-stop-shop, we are happy to order official residential or commercial Drainage CON29DW searches for any area of the country. Local Drainage reports usually have a speedy turnaround of 2-3 days; those from more distant areas may occasionally take a little longer.

The report allows the purchaser to know the location and depth of all sewers or drains serving the property should they be planning an extension. It also confirms whether the property is connected to the mains water supply (not always evident in rural areas). It also lets the purchaser know which of the sewers are private (to be maintained by the owner) or public (by the Water Authority). To order a drainage report, please login to our secure client area

Environmental, planning & flood reports


We offer the full suite of GroundSure reports, both residential and commercial, these include:

  • Groundsure Envirosearch Residential
  • Groundsure Homecheck Professional
  • HGroundsure Flood Report
  • Groundsure Plansearch Plus
  • Groundsure Ground Stability Report

The commercial reports available are:

  • Commercial environmental report with professional opinion
  • Commercial environmental with a full manual review
  • Groundsure commercial flood report
  • Groundsure commercial planning report
To order a report, please login to our secure client area

Anti Money Laundering


Our Anti money laundering platform offers real time due diligence screening for individuals and organisations. Here is some more information on our "personal and non personal search":

Personal search

  • Real-time Personal Customer Due Diligence screening
  • Wide range of independent data sources
  • Wide range of alert data sources
  • Full electronic audit trail
  • Customised Risk based approach profiles
  • Real-time Pass or Refer result
Non personal search

  • Real-time Organisational Customer Due Diligence screening
  • Wide range of independent data sources, Public, Limited and un-incorporated companies, partnerships and charities
  • Includes alert data sources
  • Full electronic audit trail
  • Personal screening of officers and shareholders in real-time
  • To order an AML search, please login and go to our secure client area

Chancel Searches


ChancelCheck®

  • Is a unique, instant, low cost chancel repair liability screening report designed for the conveyancing profession
  • Is the only service which combines historical parish boundary data, modern Geographical Information System (GIS) mapping techniques and information derived from the relevant Inland Revenue Index held by the National Archive.
  • Accurately establishes whether or not a property is within a parish that still retains the potential to charge for the cost of repairs to the church chancel as recorded within the relevant Inland Revenue Indexes held by the National Archive and in accordance with their Guidance Notes. It identifies potential chancel repair liaiblity for property owners and should be considered in every transaction.
  • To order a Chancel report, please login and go to our secure client area

Commercial Energy


Our new platform has a number of great features that makes the ordering of commercial energy reports a simple process. To get a quote for a report the user has to input some basic information on the location and the gross area of the building. We will then supply 3 instant quotations from assessors that are qualified, accredited and in the locality of the property.

The system is unique in that it also checks current legislation and will advise if the report is actually required. To order a commercial energy report, please login and go to our secure client area