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Buying / Selling a house
You might be selling or buying a home, but either way, you’ll need an expert in residential conveyancing to complete the process. Our qualified team of experts has over 50 years of experience and can ensure the house-buying or selling process moves smoothly and swiftly while attending to your legal needs. We take a proactive approach to conveyancing and understand the importance of clear and honest communication during important transactions involving property.
House moves are one of the most anxious experiences in our lives and we understand how our clients feel we make this process as stress-free as possible by giving you a fixed fee quote at the start of the process, so there are no hidden surprises.
Take a look at our client reviews to see just how well we do this.
What Our Clients Say
Residential Conveyancing
When you are buying and/or selling a home, you need an experienced solicitor you can trust who will look after your interests, minimise your stress and communicate with you in plain English. Our experienced conveyancing solicitors will look after your legal needs throughout the process, ensuring progress is swift and efficient.
We pride ourselves in giving open and honest advice, and being pro-active in dealing with your case. We know clients want to complete as soon as possible and we work with them to achieve this goal.
At Blain Boland there are no hidden fees. Our experienced solicitors will discuss the transaction with you so we can provide you with a fixed fee conveyancing quote, and you will know exactly what you will be paying and what services you will receive. Whether you are a first-time buyer, or you are an experienced buyer or seller, Blain Boland offers a personal service tailored to meet your individual needs.
The conveyancing process
There is no set time, as each matter is different in its own right. Typically the timescale of buying or selling a house can take 6-8 weeks from when contracts are issued, click the link for our sale and purchase timelines.
How much will it cost?
Each case will be individually priced as it is based on many items, generally speaking, the selling of a house is cheaper than the purchase of a house.
There is also Stamp Duty which may be included, which we will include on the quotation, here is the link to the rates Stamp Duty Calculator – New Updated Stamp Duty Calculations
What types of matters do we deal with:
- Freehold property
- Leasehold property
- Transfer of Equity
- Shared ownership
- New build
Looking for a quote?
Please complete our Sale Quote form or contact us for a fixed fee quote for dealing with your Sale matter. We pride ourself in knowing all the information to give you an accurate quote, so that fees will not increase as the transactions progresses.
If you wish to discuss the quote you have received, or compare this to others please contact our offices and we would be happy to discuss further.
If you require assistance with any other matter such as a Transfer of Equity, Equity Release or Deed of Gift please visit the page on the link below for more information and a contact form.
Purchasing a Property too?
Please select one of the options below to request a quote. We will then be able to provide a fixed fee, fully transparent quote for dealing with your property transaction, providing a complete breakdown of all costs involved. Alternatively should you wish to discuss your matter or to obtain a quote over the phone please call our offices on 01606 834 824 or 0151 355 2645.
Get a Sale Quote
Have Questions? Read our FAQs
We also have an FAQ page to help answer any questions you may have, please contact us if you have a question and we will add this to the page for the future.
If you require assistance with any other matter such as a Transfer of Equity, Equity Release or Deed of Gift please use the contact us page to provide more information, and a member of our team will be in touch.
The legal process of selling a property only begins once the Solicitor sends the ‘draft contract pack’ to your Buyer’s Solicitor. This usually takes between 10-14 weeks, and varies depending on the complexity of the matter, type of property (leasehold or freehold) and length of chain. If you are in a chain unfortunately the matter will only move as quickly as the slowest person in the chain.
Whilst your mortgage lender will do a valuation, they may also carry out a survey. This will not be as detailed as you may want, so you may instruct your own surveyor to give an open assessment of the propety, which may also include their valuation.
A more detailed survey may be required if the property is very old, listed, or has been subject to extensive structural alterations. Your solicitor can recommend a local surveyor.
If you are using a mortgage to purchase a property you will need searches as part of the legal process. We carry out a local search, which reveals information relating to work at the property that require building regulations or planning consent, or nearby projects which have need planning permission and large infrastructure projects.
We also carry out a drainage search, which reveals the extent of the sewerage and fresh water pipework at the property, and an environmental search which reveals information such as risk of flooding, land contamination, or landfill etc.
If you are selling you need to budget for estate agent’s fees and legal fees and office copy documents. If the property is leasehold the management company may charge their own fees for information and services. You may wish to contact them at the outset to confirm these.
If you are buying you need to budget for legal fees and disbursements. Disbursements are payments made by your solicitor to other parties, such as stamp duty to HMRC, land registry fees to register the property and search fees. You also need to budget for lender’s valuation fees, and your own survey.
Contracts are exchanged once yourself and the Solicitor are ready to proceed. This also sets the date for completion. Ideally exchange happens at least 1 week before completion to give everyone time to make suitable arrangements.
Completion date is the date on which you move into your new property and vacate the old one.
The contract requires for you to insure on exchange of contracts. At this point it is said that you have a beneficial interest in the property. It pays to shop round for buildings and contents insurance and your solicitor can recommend a local insurance broker.
Our final report will request the deposit to enable us to exchange contracts, and provide our Client Account bank details to send the funds to. Please contact your bank to arrange a bank transfer for the deposit, as well as any balance to complete.
Payment can be made by cheque, allowing 7 working days to these funds to be cleared. We cannot accept payment of balance to complete or deposit by credit or debit card.
Property registration information is now held electronically by the Land Registry. This means that electronic versions of the deeds are stored, rather than the paper versions which if lost can cause problems with selling the property. Following completion of your sale, it is unlikely there will be any paper deeds for the property.