| Buying and selling your home is likely to be the biggest transaction you ever make. Hadens
has a specialist residential conveyancing team which has helped many people over many
years buy and sell their homes successfully with the minimum fuss and the maximum peace
of mind. With the right team working with you it does not need to be stressful. |
Conveyancing - What does it mean?
Conveyancing is the process of transferring ownership or certain rights in property from one owner to
another together with the associated financial arrangements by way of mortgage with your bank or
building society. Our responsibility it to ensure that you get what you pay for and that you will not discover
any problems about the property you are buying or selling when it is too late.
Your conveyancer will make enquiries about the property. He or she will check exactly what is and is not
included in the purchase or sale price, that the people you are buying from actually own the property in the
first place and carry out local and other searches to see if there are any local and environmental issues
that might affect the present or future use and enjoyment of the property.
How long will it take?
It is difficult to be specific as no two transactions are identical and where there is a mortgage involved we
have to work with your lender to comply with its requirements. On average, however, it is likely to take
between six to eight weeks. Our aim is to meet any deadlines that are important to you, providing this does
not compromise the quality of the work and your long term interests.
What expenses do I need to budget for?
Although all transactions involve different costs and disbursements, we appreciate that clients want to
budget for their expenses. We offer a no obligation estimate service, which will set out what we shall
charge and what disbursements you will have to pay. Our costs are very competitive, but we like to think
that we offer a quality service that you will not find with other solicitors. Some additional costs are outside
our control. These are called disbursements and include search fees, stamp duty land tax, land
registration fees and other fees which may be applicable if the property is leasehold. We will calculate
these disbursements for you and include them on the estimate which we will give to you.
We see our role as supporting and guiding you at a stressful time, by sorting out and dealing with all the
problems and procedures associated with buying and selling, allowing you to concentrate on the other
important issues such as arranging removals, new schools for your children and time off work when the
removal day has been arranged. You will be able to rest assured that we will deal with all post completion
work including discharging existing mortgages on a sale and arranging for the payment of stamp duty land
tax on a purchase and registering your purchase at H M Land Registry. We will keep you informed of
progress throughout the transaction and we will be happy to deal with any queries which you may have
at any stage throughout the transaction. The object is to enable you to enjoy your new home as quickly as
possible and with the minimum of fuss and to enable you to enjoy the proceeds of sale if you are not
buying another property. |
