Conveyancing

Selling or Buying a House or Flat

Transfers of Part of a Title

Mortgages or Re-mortgages

Equity Release or Lifetime Mortgage 

Transfer of Equity

Grant of New Leases or Lease Variations and Extensions

First Land Registration of Property

Our estimate for your sale is provided to cover the following work:

Assist you with completing the Property Information Forms, and gather any relevant paperwork for the property.

 
Receive sales memorandum from Estate Agents and liaise with the parties’ solicitors.

Prepare and submit a draft Contract to your buyers’ conveyancers, along with all the supporting documentation for the property.

 
Deal with any enquiries that your buyers or conveyancers may have about the property.

 
Request a redemption statement from your lender, if you have a mortgage, and confirming with you that this is as expected.

Provide you with the contract and transfer document for execution to enable exchange of contracts.

Exchange the contract with your buyers’ conveyancer, and deal with the deposit that is required from your buyer upon exchange.

Prepare a Completion Statement and account for you which itemises the fees and disbursements of your transaction, and obtain an up to date redemption figure to repay your mortgage upon completion.

Legal Completion of your transaction, processing the redemption of your mortgage, settling the Estate Agents’ account, before sending the net sale proceeds to you.

Our estimate for your purchase is provided to cover the following work:

Assist you with completing the Property Information Forms, and gather any relevant paperwork for the property.

Receive sales memorandum from Estate Agents and liaise with the parties’ solicitors.

Prepare and submit a draft Contract to your buyers’ conveyancers, along with all the supporting documentation for the property.

Deal with any enquiries that your buyers or conveyancers may have about the property.

Request a redemption statement from your lender, if you have a mortgage, and confirming with you that this is as expected.

Provide you with the contract and transfer document for execution to enable exchange of contracts.

Exchange the contract with your buyers’ conveyancer, and deal with the deposit that is required from your buyer upon exchange.

Prepare a Completion Statement and account for you which itemises the fees and disbursements of your transaction, and obtain an up to date redemption figure to repay your mortgage upon completion.

Legal Completion of your transaction, processing the redemption of your mortgage, settling the Estate Agents’ account, before sending the net sale proceeds to you.

In addition to our fees there will be disbursements in relation to your sale or purchase, which could include:

• Land Registration Fees
• Stamp Duty Land Tax
• Land Registry Office Copy documents
• Land Registry Official Searches
• Notice Fees to Managing Agents or Landlords (for Leasehold property or Shared Maintenance for an Estate) 
• Bankruptcy Searches
• Conveyancing Searches (Local Authority Search, Environment Search, Drainage and Water Search and Chancel Search or Insurance)
• Landlords’ Fees or Managing Agents Fees for providing management information (for Leasehold property or an Estate)

It may be that during the course of the transaction there are additional disbursements (other than those set out above), which you will be told of as soon as we have been notified of them.

Some disbursements are subject to VAT at a rate of 20% and some disbursement do not attract VAT. Our bespoke estimate will specify what VAT is payable and there are example estimates available to download below.

An average and straightforward sale or purchase transaction usually takes between 8 to 12 weeks from the receipt of the Estate Agents’ Memorandum to Completion. However, each transaction is unique and dependant on the parties involved, any chain of transactions, and any special requirements.

Should you have any questions or queries about your transaction or the likely costs, please do not hesitate to contact us.

We will ensure that your transaction is dealt with by an appropriately experienced and qualified member of the conveyancing team. We have expertise in all areas, so you can be confident that you are always in safe hands. 

Sarah Brain is a solicitor and our Head of Conveyancing. 

Jonathan Barry is a solicitor and our Senior Reporting Officer who supervises also Sarah Brain.