Your solicitor will handle the transferring of your property to the new owner. This process is called ‘Conveyancing’. Once the transaction has been agreed, your solicitor will send out a draft contract to the purchaser’s solicitor, who in turn carries out preliminary enquires and orders a Land Registry search. They will also organise all the supporting paperwork (where applicable), i.e. Title deeds, copy of the Lease, fixtures and fittings list, seller’s questionnaire, planning consent, guarantees, copy of building regulations and share of freehold certificate.
If you are selling a Leasehold property (not usually applicable to Freehold properties), it is recommended that you forward copies of your service change accounts over the last three years, estimates for the forthcoming year and also building insurance certificates to your solicitor as soon as possible, after accepting an offer. In the case of apartment blocks, you can ask your solicitor to collect these documents from the Managing Agent.
During this period a survey of the property will be carried out. We will supply the valuer with comparable evidence to confirm that the agreed contract price is met at valuation.
Throughout the conveyancing process, we will keep you informed of the situation and help the sale proceed smoothly wherever possible.
