Selling Your Home
Selling a home is usually one of the larger transactions you will handle, and most of the stress comes from not knowing what happens next. Our role is to keep the legal side moving and to tell you plainly where matters stand.
We act on sales of freehold and leasehold property. Whether you are moving on, downsizing, selling an inherited property or dealing with a sale alongside a separation, we will explain the steps involved and what will be needed from you.
What we deal with on a sale
Once you have accepted an offer, we prepare the contract pack and take the sale through to completion. The work usually involves:
- Obtaining the title from HM Land Registry and preparing the draft contract
- Preparing the property information and fittings and contents forms with you
- Replying to enquiries raised by the buyer's solicitors
- Agreeing the completion date and exchanging contracts
- Obtaining a redemption figure and repaying any existing mortgage on completion
- Accounting to you for the sale proceeds
Leasehold sales
If you are selling a leasehold property, there are extra steps. The buyer's solicitors will want information from the landlord or managing agent about service charges, ground rent and any planned works, and that pack usually has to be requested early because it can take time to arrive.
We will tell you at the outset if your sale is leasehold, what information is likely to be needed and where any additional charges may arise, so there are no surprises later.
Sales that need a little more care
Some sales carry a feature that benefits from being identified early rather than at the point of exchange. We will raise these with you at the start and explain how each is usually resolved.
- Selling a property you inherited, where a grant of probate is needed first
- Sales where the title is unregistered or the paperwork is incomplete
- Properties affected by a restrictive covenant, easement or boundary question
- Sales alongside a separation or divorce, or a transfer of equity
- Sales where a tenant is in occupation
Where a matter falls outside our conveyancing work, we will tell you and, where we can, point you in the right direction.
What it costs
We publish worked fixed-fee examples for residential sales and purchases, including the disbursements that sit alongside our fee, on our price transparency page. The right figure for your sale depends on the property, the title and whether it is freehold or leasehold, so we will confirm a quote once we know the details.
Frequently asked questions
Speak to a solicitor
Tell us about the property and we will confirm what your sale involves and what it will cost.
Please do not include highly sensitive details at this stage. We will contact you to discuss the appropriate next steps. We may need to carry out a conflict check before confirming whether we can act.