Translation for Buying Property in the UK - Papers Ready for Your Solicitor
Buying a home in the UK with money, income or papers from abroad? Your solicitor and lender need to read them in English first. We provide certified translation for buying property in the UK, covering bank records, sale papers, payslips and ID, so your purchase stays on track.
Each certified property document translation shows every page and every payment, just like your original. It also has a signed note from the translator saying it is correct. Send your papers as soon as your offer is accepted, and we will help you stay on track for exchange.
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Who Checks Your Papers When You Buy UK Property?
When you buy a home, a few different people check your papers. Each one looks for something different. With our certified legal translation in the UK, every detail they need is easy to find. Just tell us who is asking.
Not sure who needs what? Send us the email from your solicitor or lender, and we will check it for you.
Money From Abroad? When Your Home Purchase Needs Translation
By law, your solicitor must check where your money comes from. If any part of it started outside the UK, the papers usually need to be in English. These are the most common reasons buyers come to us.
Using Money From a Home You Sold Abroad
Your solicitor will want to see the sale papers from the notary and the bank record showing the money arrived.
Using Savings in a Foreign Bank
Is your deposit in a bank abroad? Your solicitor will want to see where the money came from. For this, you will need a foreign bank statement translation.
Getting a Gift From Family Abroad
If parents or relatives help with your deposit, their bank papers and gift letter often need translating too.
Earning Your Income Overseas
Lenders need to see your pay in English before they will agree a mortgage.
Using an Inheritance From Abroad
Money left to you by a family member abroad needs papers that show where it came from.
Buying While Living Outside the UK
You can buy from anywhere, but your ID and money papers still need to be in English.
Proving Who You Are
Foreign passports, ID cards and proof of address are checked before your solicitor can start.
Buying Through a Company
If a company is buying the home, its papers from abroad need translating for the solicitor.
Buying With a Partner
A marriage certificate or name change papers may be needed if your names differ on your documents.
Property Purchase Documents We Translate for UK Buyers
Most buyers send us a mix of papers at once. We translate them all together, so your solicitor gets one tidy set in the same style.
Bank Statements
Every page and every payment, so your solicitor can follow the money from start to finish.
Sale Contracts & Notary Deeds
Papers from selling a home abroad, showing the price and the date of sale.
Gift Letters & Donor Papers
Letters from family giving you money, plus their bank papers to show where it came from.
Payslips & Tax Returns
Proof of what you earn, for lenders deciding how much you can borrow.
Job Letters & Contracts
Letters from your employer showing your role, your pay and how long you have worked there.
Business Accounts
If you run your own business abroad, your accounts show lenders what you earn.
Title Deeds
Proof of a home you own abroad. Our property deed translation shows who owns it and where it is.
Passports & ID Cards
Your ID papers, translated so names and numbers match everything else you send.
Marriage & Name Change Papers
Needed when the names on your documents are not all the same.
Common Hold-Ups When Solicitors Check Translated Purchase Papers
Most delays do not come from bad translation. They come from missing pages or unclear details. Here is what slows buyers down the most, and how to avoid it.
Only a Few Pages Sent
Solicitors often want every page for several months. A few pages can lead to a request for more.
Payments Not Translated
Each payment line needs to be in English, not just the page headings and totals.
Names Do Not Match
Your name must be spelt the same on your passport, statements and gift letter.
Amounts Hard to Read
Money must be shown exactly as on the original, with the right currency next to it.
No Signed Translator Note
Without a signed note saying the translation is correct, a solicitor may not accept it.
Papers Sent Too Late
Waiting until the last week can push back your exchange or completion date.
Why a Delay Hurts
If your solicitor cannot check your money, they cannot move to exchange. A short delay can risk your mortgage offer or even the house itself.
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What We Check for You
We check that every page is there, every payment is in English, every name matches your passport, and every amount shows the right currency. Then we add the signed translator note.
Offer just accepted?
Send your papers now and have them ready before your solicitor asks for them.
Why Home Buyers Choose Us for Conveyancing Translation
Moving house is stressful enough. Our legal document translation for property buyers makes the paperwork simple, clear and quick.
Every Page · Every Payment
Your translation looks like your original, page by page, so your solicitor can put them side by side and check them fast. Each one comes with the translator's signed note, ready to email straight on.
Every Payment Shown
Each line on your statements is translated, not just the totals.
Names Kept the Same
Your name is spelt the same way on every paper we translate for you.
Amounts Left as They Are
We show the money exactly as it appears, with the right currency.
Signed Translator Note
Every translation says who translated it and that it is correct.
Kept Private
Your money papers are only seen by the people working on them.
Free Fixes
If we make a mistake, we fix it for free straight away.
Need Other Papers Translated?
We can help with more than property. From birth certificates to court papers, just add them to the same order.
Home Buyers' Papers Translated From French, Spanish and More
Lots of our buyers have money or papers in France, Spain, Italy, Portugal or China. Whatever country yours come from, we can translate them into English.
We also work with 30+ other languages, from Arabic to Vietnamese. Pick "Other" in the form if yours is not here.
Four Easy Steps From Upload to Solicitor-Ready Translation
You do not need to post anything. It all happens online, from your phone or computer.
Send Your Papers
Upload photos or scans of every page. Tell us your exchange date if you have one.
Get Your Price
We send you one clear price and a time. We only start when you say yes.
We Translate & Check
A translator does the work, then a second person checks names, dates and amounts.
Forward to Your Solicitor
You get a signed PDF by email, ready to send to your solicitor or lender.
Home Buyers Tell Us How the Process Went
What buyers said after using our translations to get their UK home purchase over the line.
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"Satisfying the lender's standard identity and relationship verification checks before approval meant our joint UK mortgage required a certified translation of our original Polish marriage certificate. The mortgage lender accepted..."
"Adopting a child in the UK required submitting a translated Polish police report as part of the mandatory background checks required before approval could be granted. The adoption panel accepted..."
"Registering as a qualified nurse in the UK required my original Bulgarian nursing diploma translated to meet the professional body's very specific documentation standards for overseas applicants. The registration body..."
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Guide Prices for Translating Your House Purchase Papers
These are starting prices to give you an idea of cost. They are not fixed. Send us your papers and we will give you one exact price before we start. That price will not change.
2–3 Days
24 Hours
Within hours
For example, one passport on standard delivery costs about the starting price. Six months of Chinese statements needed tomorrow will cost more. Your quote always includes VAT.
Worried About Buying a UK Home? Quick Answers Here
The things buyers often ask us before they send their papers.
Yes. There is no rule stopping people from other countries buying here. If you do not live in the UK, you may pay extra Stamp Duty in England and Northern Ireland. Your solicitor can tell you what applies to you.
It depends on your solicitor, but it is often several months, and sometimes more to show how your savings grew. Ask them for the exact dates before you order, so you only pay for what you need.
Usually not. Most solicitors and lenders are happy with a certified translation. Only get a notary stamp if your solicitor asks for one.
Yes. You can give someone the right to sign for you with a power of attorney. If yours is not in English, our power of attorney translation makes it ready for your solicitor.
No. We show the amounts exactly as they are on your original, in the same currency. Your solicitor or lender will work out the pounds themselves.
That happens a lot. Just send the new papers and we will translate them in the same style, so your set still matches.
As soon as your offer is accepted or your solicitor asks for them. Starting early gives you time if anything else is needed.
Keep Your Property Purchase on Track: Send Papers Today
Upload your statements, sale papers or ID now. We will send you one clear price and a time that fits your exchange date.