Receive details of your Buyer from your Estate Agent and contact the Buyer’s Lawyer
Obtain your Title Deeds
Obtain your responses to:
Property Information Form (A General Questionnaire about your property), Inventory of Fixtures, Fittings and Contents (which details the items you propose to leave at the property or sell separately)
Take your instructions on the buyer’s lawyer’s enquiries
The Draft Contract
Prepare and submit draft Contracts to the Buyer’s Lawyer
Reply to the Buyer’s Lawyer’s enquiries
Obtain approval of the draft Contract from Buyer’s Lawyer and send to you for signing in readiness for exchange of Contracts
Agree a completion date with you and your Buyer
Exchange of Contracts
Proceed to exchange of Contracts
Exchange of Contracts will commit the parties (make the transaction legally binding) to the Contract to complete the transaction on the completion date
Preparing for Completion
Receive the Transfer Deed from the Buyer’s Lawyer for you to sign
Obtain confirmation from your Lender of the amount outstanding on your mortgage
Prepare our financial statement and request funds for completion
Completion
An estimate time frame for a freehold sale is 2-3 months from your initial instructions to completion.
This is the date by which you must vacate the property.
