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What is a property pack?

Most house sales start with a listing and end with a scramble for documents. A property pack flips that order: the information a buyer will eventually demand is gathered before anyone makes an offer.

The idea in one paragraph

A property pack (also called upfront information or material information) is a bundle of the documents and facts about a property that every buyer's conveyancer and lender will ask for sooner or later. In a traditional sale they are collected after an offer is accepted, one request at a time, while everyone waits. In a pack-led sale the seller collects them before listing, so a serious buyer can see the full picture on day one.

What goes in a property pack

Title register and title plan

The official HM Land Registry record of ownership, boundaries, and anything attached to the title: mortgages, restrictions, rights of way, covenants. Pulling it early surfaces problems while there is still time to fix them calmly.

Property searches

Enquiries made to public bodies: the local authority search (planning, building control, road schemes), the drainage and water search, and the environmental search (flood risk, contaminated land, ground stability). Searches typically cost around £250–£350 as a set, paid directly to the search provider.

Seller's property information (TA6 and material information)

The TA6 is the Law Society's property information form: disputes, alterations and consents, guarantees, boundaries, flooding, parking. Alongside it sits the industry push for material information in listings, so facts that affect a buyer's decision are disclosed at the point of marketing. The blueprint for this is the BASPI form — see BASPI explained.

Energy Performance Certificate (EPC)

A legal requirement when marketing a property in England and Wales, valid for ten years.

The supporting cast

  • Fittings and contents form (TA10): what stays and what goes.
  • Guarantees and certificates: FENSA, gas and electrical safety, building regulations sign-off.
  • Leasehold information where relevant: the lease, ground rent and service charges, and the management pack.

Nothing in a property pack is extra work invented for the seller: every item is something the buyer's side will require anyway. The pack just moves the effort to the start of the sale.

Why upfront information sells houses faster

  • Fewer surprises, fewer fall-throughs. Sales most often collapse when something unexpected surfaces late. A pack surfaces it on day one, while it is a discussion rather than a crisis.
  • Serious offers from informed buyers. A buyer who has read the title, searches and TA6 before offering is far less likely to renegotiate or walk away after the survey.
  • Conveyancers start with answers. The legal work begins from a complete file, which shortens the enquiry stage that eats most of the calendar — see how long conveyancing takes.

How PropXchain assembles your pack

Add your address and PropXchain pulls your HM Land Registry title automatically. Guided, plain-English TA6 and TA10 forms auto-save as you go. You order searches from the provider you choose and pay them direct at their published rate. Everything lives in one shared transaction view with an on-chain audit trail, so your buyer and conveyancer see the same pack you do.

All of that is on the free Starter tier — no platform fee. The optional £75 AI co-pilot reads your title and search results in plain English, flags the issues that matter, and tailors your conveyancer quote request. See pricing or how to sell your house online.

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