Transfer of ownership

Ian - AP1, TR1 and ID1/ID3 as appropriate. No deed of gift as the TR1 by your Father to you is the legal deed needed to transfer the whole of the legal ownership
Dad living in Australia is not material but please refer to PG 67 for guidance on how to verify his identity

Ian - that's correct. You can only ever transfer the whole of the legal ownership, which is what we register. 
The % shares/tenants in common you refer to relates to the beneficial ownerships and that's something different.
Easiest way to explain it is that the legal ownership is the land plus bricks & mortar. You can't split them in half and have half a kitchen, half a bathroom etc so it's always dealt with as a whole
The beneficial ownership is the value of the land plus bricks & mortar, so the £s and pence essentially. That can of course be split so £100K each on a £200K property. Hence you can leave half the value to someone else in your will or sever your joint tenancy to gift that half share to someone else etc. 
So if you have joint owners and one has died then the legal ownership, as it's a whole, passes to the surviving owner to transfer. So Dad transfers the whole using form TR1 and that can be to himself plus the beneficiary or to the beneficiary alone or whoever as required.
Hope that helps but please do seek legal advice to confirm/clarify especially with regards what might happen next and the impact of future events etc

I inherited my mother’s house when she died 8 years ago. I gave half this house to my daughter and registered it in both our names as joint owners.  I am now wishing to transfer my half of the house into her name so that she becomes the full owner of an inherited house.  How do I go about doing this?  (I do not live in this house, she does.)

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Eve - the two of you will need to transfer the whole of the legal title to just your daughter - Registering land or property with HM Land Registry: Change the registered owner name - GOV.UK

 Hi Adam
Many thanks for your prompt reply.  Reading through the two links you kindly provided, I have 2 additional questions I would like to ask, as I will be completing these forms myself.
1.  As a joint owner wishing to transfer my part of the property to the other joint owner, do I complete a TR1 or TP1 form?
2.  As regards the scale 2 fees I will have to pay, should I reference the value of the half I own or for the value of the whole house?
Kind regards.
Eve

Hi Eve - the legal title is transferred as a whole in such cases so you need a TR1. Form TP1 is used if you were both transferring say part of the garden.
Complete panel 4 of form AP1 to refer to the Full market value £X and pay the fee on half that value

Thank you very much for all your help Adam.

Dear Adam

Sorry for asking this ‘silly’ question, but it is a very important one for me.  Are teachers allowed to verify ID3 forms or is it solely the people on the current list?  The current list seems pretty short and it can be difficult to find an MP who has known you for longer than a year and who is willing to do this for you.  Also, not everyone has access to a dentist, and my doctor’s surgery for instance, will not do this for you.  What can be done in this case?

Regards

Eve

Dear Eve - only the people listed in PG 67 are acceptable re form ID3. The list is indeed short and that is deliberate as we have to carry out wider checks to confirm the verification has been done and rely on those checks to help prevent property fraud.
If you can't use form ID3 then you will need to find a conveyancer and have your identity verified by them using form ID1

Good evening Adam

Following the death of her mother, my friend inherited the house and submitted the relevant paperwork and cheque to the land registry to have the house put in her name.  The forms were sent off in late June and she received an email from land registry informing her that paperwork would be completed by 29 October and that they would contact her should they need any additional information.  To date, she has not heard anything from land registry; the deadline of 29 October is well overdue and most importantly, the cheque for land registry has not been cashed.  Do you know what may be happening here Adam, as there appears to be no telephone number or email she can contact anyone on.  Perhaps you could let me know how she can get in touch with them because she is really worried that perhaps someone has lost or binned her application.

Thanking you in advance.

Kind regards Eve

 

Good Morning Eve - the deadline you refer to was an estimate only so not a target date or promise it would be processed by that date. And applications are not binned 
Once processing starts the casework team will contact the person(s) named as submitting the application. Please be reassured that will happen and to wait for that contact as appropriate 

Thank you Adam for your prompt reply.  I shall pass this on to my friend.

I have two houses and want to give my one of them, maybe even both. 
I've been looking online and it seems I have to fill in form TR1.
Is this all I need to do?
Many thanks.

Paul - see the linked guidance for details of what forms and more are needed - Registering land or property with HM Land Registry: Change the registered owner name - GOV.UK

Thank you Adam for your message.