Who we work with
We work together with trusted suppliers and membership bodies who enable us to provide a full searches service.
Source for Searches
"Bournemouth Water Searches were merged with Source for Searches after Pennon Group, South West Waters parent company purchased Bournemouth Water in April 2015. Source for Searches is a South West Water company which was originally known as South West Water Conveyancing Services and was rebranded in 2011. Source for Searches are the producer of the Official CON29DW search in the South West Water region."
Bristol Water
"Every day, 1.2 million people in the city of Bristol and surrounding areas rely on us for clean, fresh drinking water, but we go so much further, improving our community and the environment. We were founded over 175 years ago on the principle of being for everyone, not just the wealthy few. To this day, we continue to run our business in this way, whether that be campaigning against plastic pollution or providing excellent facilities such as Chew Valley Lake for everyone to enjoy."
Wessex Water
Wessex Water is a regional water and sewerage company serving 2.8 million customers across the south west of England. We are recognised by regulators as one of the leading water and sewerage companies in England and Wales. Our main purpose is to provide customers and communities with excellent service and value for money, while also protecting and improving the environment.
Drainage and Water Searches Network
Wessex Searches are members of the Drainage and Water Searches Network (DWSN), which is the industry body for those who are responsible for producing full and complete responses to the CON29DW Residential and CON29DW Commercial searches. DWSN provides a forum for the industry, promotes good practice in this specialist area and sets out standards that ensure DWSN members maintain high standards of product quality, consumer protection and customer service in the supply of responses to both CON29DW reports for the benefit of end-users and their professional advisers.
Thames Water Property Searches
"Thames Water Property Searches are proud to work alongside Wessex Searches offering a wide range of conveyancing searches nationally, including the official drainage and water searches, aka the CON29DW and the Commercial CON29DW. As part of the Drainage and Water Search Network, DWSN, with Wessex Searches we stand behind quality and accuracy with our years of experience and knowledge."
Severn Trent Searches
Severn Trent Searches is the official CON29DW provider for the Midlands region. Established in 2000, they provide both residential and commercial CON29DWs throughout the Severn Trent area. With a reputation for fast turnaround times and outstanding customer service, Severn Trent Searches is one of the most trusted search providers around.
Bristol Law Society
Founded in 1770, they are the country’s longest established law society. Their mission is to support and represent the interests of the Bristol and Bath legal profession both regionally and nationally. Membership includes solicitors, barristers, legal executives, trainee solicitors, paralegals, notaries, licensed conveyancers, law students, legal educationalists and all non-legal support staff (with corporate membership only). They are also a member of two local law society associations representing over 15,000 solicitors across the regions
Devon and Somerset Law Society
The Devon and Somerset Law Society exists to work for the benefit of its members. Formed in 1808 it covers all of Devon and Somerset (except Plymouth) and is a professional forum for lawyers. They are a local law society and a member of the County Societies Group, The Federation of European Bars and the Association of South-Western Law Societies.
Groundsure
Groundsure are a leading UK environmental search authority. They give professionals, businesses and homebuyers expert information on risks including land contamination, flooding and ground stability. They provide high value, property-specific opinions, and analysis of land use based on the quality data that we collect and curate. They turn data into practical, actionable insight.
Landmark Information Group
Landmark provides environmental and other location-based risk information to the residential and commercial property sectors in England, Wales and Scotland. Our dedicated, personal approach supports legal and conveyancing professionals in their property due diligence in line with the Law Society and SRA requirements, providing a wide range of property searches.
Dye & Durham UK, Insight & Data
Our award-winning Insight and Data team brings together the UK’s leading experts in environmental reports, ground hazards, conveyancing risk and fraud protection. Combining the foresight of Terrafirma, the data expertise of Future Climate Info, and the operational confidence of Lawyer Checker into a complete insight and data solution for the UK’s property professionals.
The Coal Authority
Established in 1997 following the 1994 Coal Industry Act, the Coal Authority has a mission to protect people and the environment from the impact of historic coal mining in England, Scotland and Wales. The Coal Authority store and share information about coal mines, spread awareness about the hazards and risks, remediate the land around coal mines, where needed, and clean the water that flows through them (reusing by-products safely where possible). In recent years, we have taken this one step further, sharing our knowledge about disused coal mines as a potential source and store of low carbon heat. Water which naturally flows into mines after mining has ended holds the key to unlocking a new low carbon heat source to heat homes and businesses on the coalfields. The Coal Authority now facilitate and support the delivery of mine water heat projects and work with property owners and local authorities to make these projects happen. Our role includes honouring our industrial past whilst managing its impact today and looking at future possibilities to repurpose our mining infrastructure to supply low carbon heating.
DevAssist
The DevAssist management team are senior professionals with decades of experience in the property, planning and development industries. Most have had experience at board level with large corporate developers. Their range of complementary skills ensures that DevAssist delivers unique and valuable insight into development risks and opportunities. Every time a developer proposes land for development it will receive passionate and deep objection from locals. In almost every case the residents never saw it coming. That’s why we pre-advise where the risks are and how likely they are to be developed. We focus on creating clear readable reports that deliver clarity and enable decision making, safe in the knowledge that the whole picture is understood.