Conveyancing
We provide a full range of residential property services including freehold and leasehold conveyancing, remortgage work, transfers of equity, variations, lease extension.
We aim to work closely with our clients to achieve an understanding of their needs and provide advice in the appropriate context. We appreciate that it is often the aim of all parties to complete the transaction swiftly and accordingly we do not seek to make matters unduly adversarial. We will keep you informed at all stages of the conveyancing process and have a team of approachable & friendly professionals who will guide you through the process with ease and efficiency.
Our conveyancing department has over 30 years experience and a qualified solicitor will undertake the work personally. Many of our staff members are also fluent in various languages including Polish, Urdu, Punjabi & Bengali to further assist you if you are experiencing any difficulties in communicating in English.
Breakdown of process:
Buying your home
- Obtaining contract documentation from your seller's solicitors
- Checking that the seller has good title
- Agreeing the terms of the contract for your purchase
- We will carry out all appropriate searches to ensure that the property is not affected by any issues or any other matters or plans which might deter you from buying it.
- Sending any necessary enquiries to the seller's solicitors, and scrutinising their replies.
- 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 if appropriate 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
- Paying the Stamp Duty Land Tax if appropriate and obtaining a Stamp Duty Land Tax Certificate.
- 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 the contract pack to the buyer's solicitor
- Negotiating a completion date
- Obtaining a redemption figure
- Preparing a completion statement
Completion
- Exchanging contracts
- 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