TA6 Property Information Form Explained

The TA6 property information form is the document your conveyancing solicitor gives you within days of accepting an offer on your home. It asks you, the seller, more than a hundred detailed questions about the property, from boundary disputes and building work to flood risk and utility connections. The buyer's solicitor relies on your answers to decide whether to proceed, what searches to order, and what additional enquiries to raise. From 30 March 2026, the 6th edition of the form becomes mandatory for firms registered with the Law Society's Conveyancing Quality Scheme, replacing the older 25-section version with a streamlined 15-section format. This guide walks through every section in plain English, explains what changed in the 6th edition, and covers the mistakes that most often cause delays or disputes later in the sale.

What the form actually is

The TA6 is a standard form published by the Law Society and used across England and Wales. Completing it is not a legal requirement in the way that providing an Energy Performance Certificate is, but in practice almost every residential sale that goes through a solicitor or licensed conveyancer will include one. It has become the accepted way for a seller to disclose material facts about a property before contracts are exchanged, and most conveyancers will not proceed to exchange without a completed and signed copy on file.

• Who completes it: The seller, with input from their conveyancing solicitor if any question is unclear.
• When it's completed: Early in the sale, usually within one to two weeks of an offer being accepted.
• How many sections: 15 in the 6th edition, down from 25 in the 5th edition.
• Current edition: The 6th edition, mandatory for Conveyancing Quality Scheme firms from 30 March 2026.

Your conveyancer will send you the TA6 as one of the first tasks after your conveyancing process begins, typically alongside the fittings and contents form and a request for proof of identity. There's no fixed legal deadline for returning it, but delaying it holds up everything downstream. The buyer's solicitor cannot finalise their searches and enquiries until they have seen your answers, and mortgage lenders won't release funds until all pre-contract enquiries are resolved.

Most sellers take between a few days and two weeks to complete the form properly, longer if they need to dig out planning permissions, guarantees, or paperwork for extensions and alterations. Given that the average transaction now takes several months from offer to completion, as covered in our guide to how long conveyancing takes, getting the TA6 back to your solicitor promptly and accurately is one of the few things within your control that can genuinely speed up the sale.

The 6th edition TA6 form is split into 15 numbered sections, each covering a different aspect of the property and your experience of living there. You don't need to be a conveyancer to complete it, but you do need to be thorough. An incomplete or inaccurate answer in any section can resurface as a problem after completion. Here's what each section actually asks.

1. Boundaries

Confirms who owns and maintains each boundary fence, wall or hedge, and whether any boundary has ever been moved or disputed. If you're not sure who owns a boundary, check your title plan rather than guessing.

2. Disputes and complaints

Asks whether you've had any disputes or complaints involving neighbours, the local authority, or anyone else about the property, and whether you're aware of anything that could lead to one, including noise complaints you've made or received.

3. Notices and proposals

Covers any notices you've received or sent relating to the property, such as planning applications on neighbouring land, compulsory purchase notices, or proposals for road schemes nearby.

4. Alterations, planning and building control

Requires details of any structural changes, extensions, or conversions, along with the planning permission and building regulations certificates that cover them. Missing paperwork here is one of the most common causes of delay.

5. Guarantees and warranties

Lists any guarantees still in force, such as damp proofing, timber treatment, replacement windows, or a new build warranty, and whether the paperwork can be passed to the buyer.

6. Insurance

Asks about the property's insurance history, including whether cover has ever been refused, cancelled, or subject to unusual conditions, which can signal a hidden risk such as subsidence or previous flooding.

7. Environmental matters

Covers flooding, Japanese knotweed, radon gas, and land contamination. Sellers must disclose known flooding history even if a subsequent search doesn't flag the same risk.

8. Rights and informal arrangements

Asks about rights of way, easements, or informal agreements with neighbours, such as a shared driveway or an understanding about access that was never put in writing.

9. Parking

Confirms how parking works at the property, whether it's off-street, on a permit scheme, allocated, or shared, and whether any charges apply.

10. Services

Details which utilities are connected and how they're supplied, including water, drainage, electricity, and gas, and whether any shared or private systems are involved.

11. Connection to utilities and services

New in the 6th edition, this section specifically asks about electric vehicle charging points and heat pumps, reflecting the growing number of homes fitted with this equipment.

12. Occupiers

Lists everyone aged 17 or over living at the property, since anyone with an interest in the home may need to consent to the sale or sign a waiver.

13. Transaction information

Covers practical details such as whether the sale is linked to a related purchase, your position in the chain, and expected timescales.

14. Additional information

A catch-all section for anything not covered elsewhere that a buyer would reasonably want to know before committing to the purchase.

15. Completion

The declaration section, where you confirm the answers are accurate to the best of your knowledge and sign and date the form.

The Law Society overhauled the TA6 form in its 6th edition, and the changes are more than cosmetic. The form has been cut from 25 sections down to 15, with several overlapping questions consolidated and outdated wording removed. The aim was to make the form quicker to complete and easier for buyers to interpret, after years of feedback that the older version was repetitive and confusing.

The most talked-about addition is the new section on electric vehicle charging points and heat pumps, reflecting how common this equipment has become in ordinary homes rather than only new builds. Sellers must now confirm whether an EV charger or heat pump is installed, who owns it, and whether it's covered by any guarantee that can transfer to the buyer.

The 6th edition also widens where you can legitimately answer "Not Known" instead of guessing or leaving a section blank. This matters because a false or careless answer carries far more legal risk than an honest "I don't know", provided you've made reasonable efforts to check first. The 6th edition became mandatory for firms registered with the Law Society's Conveyancing Quality Scheme from 30 March 2026, and most solicitors and licensed conveyancers switched to it well ahead of that date.

Most problems with the TA6 come from rushing it or treating it as a formality rather than a legal document. The mistakes below account for the majority of delays and disputes that come back to the form later in a sale.

1. Leaving sections blank: An empty box looks evasive and invites further enquiries. If you genuinely don't know the answer, use "Not Known" rather than skipping the question entirely.
2. Failing to disclose neighbour disputes: Even a minor, unresolved disagreement about a fence or noise should be declared. Buyers who discover an undisclosed dispute after completion have grounds for a claim.
3. Forgetting supporting documents: Planning permissions, building regulations certificates, and guarantees for work like damp proofing or double glazing need to be attached, not just mentioned.
4. Not updating the form before exchange: If circumstances change after you first complete the form, such as a new dispute arising or a guarantee lapsing, tell your conveyancer so the form can be updated before exchange of contracts.
5. Guessing instead of checking: Confirming boundary ownership or utility connections from memory rather than checking title deeds or paperwork often leads to answers that later prove wrong.

Getting an answer wrong on the TA6, whether through carelessness or a deliberate attempt to hide a problem, carries real legal consequences that can follow you well after completion. The form isn't just paperwork, it's a formal representation the buyer relies on to decide whether to proceed and at what price.

If a buyer later discovers that an answer was false or misleading, they may bring a claim for misrepresentation. Depending on when the issue comes to light, this can mean the buyer rescinding the contract before completion, or pursuing compensation for their losses after completion, which might include the cost of repairing an undisclosed defect or the difference in value the property would have commanded had the truth been known.

Innocent mistakes are treated more leniently than deliberate concealment, but "I forgot" rarely holds up if the information was something you clearly knew and chose not to mention. The safer approach, even when an answer is unflattering, is always to disclose it and let your conveyancer advise on how to present it. If you're not yet working with a solicitor, you can compare conveyancing quotes from regulated firms who can guide you through the form properly before you sign.

If you're buying rather than selling, the TA6 is one of the most useful documents you'll receive, provided you actually read it rather than skimming to the signature page. Cross-check every answer against what you've seen on viewings and what your searches later confirm.

• Compare answers with your searches: If the seller says there's no flood history but your conveyancing searches flag a flood risk, raise it as an additional enquiry before exchange.
• Check for vague or missing answers: Repeated "Not Known" answers on questions that should be easy to answer, like recent alterations, are worth pushing back on.
• Ask for supporting paperwork: Planning permissions and guarantees mentioned in the form should be provided, not just referenced.
• Raise enquiries early: The earlier you flag a concern with the seller's answers, the more time there is to resolve it before exchange without jeopardising your position in the chain.

The TA6 rarely arrives on its own. It's usually completed alongside a small family of related Law Society forms, each covering a different part of the disclosure picture, and buyers' solicitors expect to see all of them before recommending exchange.

• TA10 (fittings and contents): Confirms exactly what's included in the sale, from carpets and curtains to garden sheds and light fittings. See our guide to the TA10 fittings and contents form.
• TA7 (leasehold information): Required if the property is leasehold, covering service charges, ground rent, and the freeholder's details. Read more in our guide to leasehold conveyancing.
• TA13 (completion information): Completed much later, closer to completion day, confirming practical arrangements like key collection and final meter readings.