The Process
Buying your home
A broad outline of our work is :
- Obtaining Contract documentation from your Seller
- Checking that the seller has good title;
- Agreeing the terms of the contract for your purchase;
- Where appropriate commissioning the relevant searches
- When everyone is ready, and the same moving date has been agreed with
seller and buyer, exchanging contracts on both transactions at once;
this is the stage at which you are committed to the move;
- Making the pre-completion legal arrangements and checks;
- Acting for your lender to make sure that its interests are properly
protected;
- Getting the mortgage money from your new lender and any balance we
will need from you including our costs to enable us to complete;
On moving day :
- Paying for your new property
- Sending any surplus money to you if appropriate
After completion:
- Submitting the Transfer to Inland Revenue and paying the Stamp Duty if
appropriate;
- Registering your ownership with the Land Registry;
- Dealing with any post completion requirements of your lender
- The Deeds to the property will be forwarded to your Lender. If
no Lender is involved we will then take your instructions as to storage.
Selling your home
- Obtaining title documentation
- Drafting contracts and issuing contract pack to the buyer’s solicitor
- Negotiating a completion date
- Obtaining a redemption figure
- Preparing a completion statement
- Exchanging contracts
Completion:
- Receiving funds from buyer’s solicitor
- Authorising release of keys to buyer
Post completion:
- Redeeming existing mortgage(s)
- Paying estate agent
- Transferring any surplus to you
- Sending relevant deeds to buyer’s solicitor
This is a simplified guide to the conveyancing process to help you to know what is happening at each stage.

