OUR SERVICES
Guiding you through house sales and purchases.
Buying or selling your home is often considered the most stressful transaction. But with our dedicated team of solicitors, you don’t have to navigate this journey alone.
We are conveyancing experts. We break down the process for you, addressing any challenges head-on. With us, it’s about clear communication and practical solutions.
Comprehensive support
With a keen eye for detail and a commitment to efficiency, we ensure your transaction proceeds smoothly from start to finish. Whether you’re a first-time homebuyer, a seasoned property investor, or simply looking to make a change, our team is dedicated to delivering results in the following areas:
- House and flat sales and purchases
- Boundary issues
- Buy to let purchases
- Equity release mortgages
- Freehold purchase
- Lease extensions
- Transfers of equity
- Tenancies
You instruct us when your offer is accepted and we send you a Client Care Pack to complete and return. You pay to us £500 to enable us to instruct searches.
You apply for a mortgage and/or a survey.
We obtain and check the contract pack from the seller’s lawyer.
Mortgage offer received by us. We will then send you your mortgage report
and check the lender’s requirements.
We make the appropriate searches.
We raise enquiries with the seller’s lawyer.
We check the seller’s replies to enquiries and searches, and deal with any legal requirements in your mortgage offer and survey.
We report to you on the title and searches. We may need to refer back to the seller’s lawyer the lender to make sure you are happy to proceed.
We request the deposit from you and your buildings insurance policy details in readiness for exchange.
We request the deposit from you.
Contracts are exchanged and completion date is fixed.
We request mortgage advance for completion.
We calculate any balance due from you.
Mortgage money received from lender.
Balance received from you.
Completion.
Moving date when keys are handed over.
On your behalf we pay the Stamp Duty Land Tax/LTT to the HMRC/Welsh Revenue Authority and register you as new owners of the property at the Land Registry.
The Purchase Process is subject to a number of third party actions, but the average transaction length is 8-12 weeks to get to completion. However, the registration of the transfer at the Land Registry may take many months due to their backlogs.
You instruct us either when you put the property on the market or then you accept an offer.
We send you our Client Care Pack, a standard property questionnaire and fittings and contents form to complete and return. You pay us £500 to enable us to get title documents and prepare the contract.
On receipt of your forms we will check all title details and the relevant documents. We will also request repayment figures from your mortgage lender, if applicable.
We will send a contract pack to the buyer’s lawyer. Once agreed with the buyer’s lawyer, a contract and transfer will be sent to you to sign and return to us.
We will deal with enquiries received from your buyer’s lawyer and liaise with you as appropriate.
Your buyer will arrange their finance and their lawyer will undertake searches.
Once your buyer is ready they will contact us with a suggested completion date which we discuss with you.
Contracts are exchanged and completion date is fixed.
We request repayment figures on any mortgages and ensure we have your estate agent’s bill and any other payments to be made from the proceeds of the sale.
We calculate the net sale proceeds payable to you.
Completion.
Moving date when keys are handed over.
From the proceeds of sale, we redeem all mortgages, pay your estate agent and account to you for the balance.
The Sale Process is subject to a number of third party actions, but the average transaction length is 8-12 weeks.
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