Residential Conveyancing
Selling or buying a house is one of the most stressful and time consuming things you can do. It is a major life event and one in which we usually invest the majority of our savings in to.Please download the Government Guides for further information about the conveyancing process:
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We estimate that a freehold transaction will take 6-10 weeks to complete, whereas a leasehold transaction will take between 12-16 weeks to complete. A leasehold transaction will generally take longer because there is significantly more work involved, including contacting management companies and potential building safety issues to assess.
We appreciate that time is of the essence and we do offer an accelerated service for an additional fee. Please contact us for more information.
Your fees will depend on the nature of your transaction, for example if the property is freehold or leasehold or whether you are purchasing with the aid of a mortgage.
You can use our online system to generate a quote at any time or you can contact our office to receive a no obligations quote.
For a breakdown of our charges, please visit our fees page.
- Review of contracts and title documentation.
- Replying to enquiries (questions) raised by the buyer's solicitors about the property.
- Arranging exchange of contracts which makes the sale legally binding on all parties.
- Completion of your sale.
- After completion, we will assist the buyer's solicitors to change the legal ownership at Land Registry.
- Drafting the property contract and reviewing the title documents.
- Ordering searches against the property, for example with the water authority and local council.
- Drafting enquiries (questions) about the property which will be answered by the seller.
- Preparing a full legal report about the property.
- Arranging exchange of contracts which makes the purchase legally binding on all parties.
- Completion of your purchase.
- After completion, we will pay any Stamp Duty Land Tax and register your purchase with Land Registry.
You will have a dedicated file handler and paralegal assigned to your case from the very start to completion who are on hand to guide you.
We believe that it is important to know your main point of contact at all times and we aim for this not to change throughout your case.
We are proud members of the Law Society's Conveyancing Quality Scheme accreditation which means that our team is trained to deliver the best service and specialist advice.
