Property: residential

Buying and selling property can be one of the most stressful periods in your life. We carry out all the work required in order to fulfill our aim which is to make the process run as smoothly and easily as possible.

The main services we provide for you during a standard conveyancing process:

• Check that the seller owns the property (if it’s owned by a company, we check they haven’t gone into liquidation)
• Check the title deeds for matters that may affect you
• Approve the contract (to make sure there are no conditions or liabilities you should not take on)
• Carry out all the necessary searches to make sure that you have all the relevant information before you buy, such as Local Authority environmental and water searches, Commons Registration search etc.
• Ask the sellers (via their solicitors) about the use and occupation of the property and any planning history, to seek clarity on all points
• Pull all the replies, results and information together and prepare a written report on the property for you.  Our aim is to process and complete the transaction so you can have confidence and peace of mind for the future for exchange of contracts.
• Check that the terms of your mortgage offer have been complied with and that any other relevant finance is in place
• Confirm to you the amount of disbursements payable on the transaction you, such as Stamp Duty Land Tax (SDLT), and collect this amount from you
• Transfer the completion money and complete your purchase
• Pay SDLT, if relevant
• Register your ownership together with the new Mortgage with the Land Registry
• Our aim is to process and complete the transaction so you can have confidence and peace of mind for the future

Some of the stages we undertake in this process include:

• On receipt of written instructions from the estate agent, we apply to the Land Registry and mortgage lenders for the title deeds 
• Send you the Property Information forms to complete 
• Draft the contract and send documentation to the buyers (via their solicitors) 
• Answer the buyers’ enquiries (received via their solicitors), making sure you don’t over-commit yourself 
• Complete the sale of your property and repay your mortgage 
• Send you the sale proceeds 
• Our aim is to process and complete the transaction so you can have confidence and peace of mind for the future