SALE

• We will request your ID and proof of address

• We will ask you to complete initial ‘Protocol’ forms giving information about the property

• We will ask for details of your current mortgage (if any) and will request an interim redemption statement from the Lender

• We will need a re-sale pack from the management company/freeholder if the property is leasehold

• We will issue contracts to the buyer’s conveyancer

• The buyer’s conveyancer will raise enquiries and we will liaise with you to reply to these and also with the freeholder/management company if leasehold

• The buyer’s conveyancer will provide a draft Transfer deed for approval

• We will send you Contract and Transfer deed in the post for signing and return

• Once the buyer’s conveyancer is happy with replies and has their funding and searches we can discuss dates for completion

• EXCHANGE: Once a completion date is agreed we can exchange contracts making the sale legally binding on the completion date agreed

• COMPLETION is usually one week after exchange of contracts

PURCHASE

• We will request your ID and proof of address

• We will ask you how you are funding the purchase and will request source of funds information if you are paying cash towards the purchase

• We will ask you to let us have search fees on account so that we can order searches once the contract pack is issued by the seller’s conveyancer

• We will receive contracts from the seller’s conveyancer

• We will order searches, raise enquiries and report to you on the property.  At this point we will also send you Contract and Transfer for signing and return

• If you are getting a mortgage we will report to you on the mortgage offer when it is received, with documents for signing and return

• We will report to you on searches as they come back

• We will report to you on replies to enquiries we have raised and any that you have raised via us with the seller’s conveyancer

• Once we are happy with replies to enquiries and we have funding in place and searches results we can discuss dates for completion

• EXCHANGE: Once a completion date is agreed we can exchange contracts making the purchase legally binding on the completion date agreed

• COMPLETION is usually one week after exchange of contracts