So, you’re thinking of selling your house, but you don’t know anything about conveyancing. Well, here are some simple steps to understanding the process of conveyancing in selling a property…
Firstly, you’ll need a conveyancing solicitor. These are fully trained legal professionals who specialise in conveyancing. This means they can provide a wide range of services if you require them at any point during the process.
The first thing a conveyancing solicitor will do is send you an initial letter outlining all of the terms and conditions between you both. This will be accompanied by a questionnaire and various documents for you to complete and return with a set of terms of business for both parties to keep. Your solicitor will then start explaining how the home-selling process works, organising your documents, providing expert advice, resolving any legal issues, and handling everything for you. You can then unwind and let go of some of the stress and uncertainty you may have had before!
Once the completed paperwork is received and sorted, your contract pack will be prepared for the buyers solicitors. This contract pack will include a sale contract and title documentation, guarantees, a fittings and content form, property information form, copies of planning consents, and any other relevant and important documentation. If the buyer’s solicitor has any questions about the contract or the various documentation provided, they will raise some enquiries. Once all the enquiries have been satisfactorily answered, your solicitor will send to you all the necessary documents for signing.
And you’re almost there! The exchange of contracts is when the sellers and buyer’s solicitors date the sale contracts, making the transaction legally binding. At this stage, you should confirm your removal arrangements and notify the local authority, water/drainage company, telephone provider of your ownership of the property from the agreed completion date.
On the completion day, you will move and pick up the keys to your new home. So, it’s easy… right? Don’t worry, it seems overwhelming at first but that’s why we’re here to do it for you. All you need to do is make sure you’re putting this responsibility into the right hands.
At Amicus Law, we have a team of expert property solicitors on hand to make the conveyancing process run perfectly. We appreciate this process can be stressful, so we’ll be there to guide you every step of the way. Get yourself a conveyancing solicitor that’s on your side.