Residential Conveyancing

Prices

Our conveyancing calculator allows you to quickly estimate the cost of buying or selling your property. You can use it here.

Although every effort has been made to ensure all potential fees and expenses have been included, this calculator should be used as a guide – individual properties may need additional searches or require more extensive advice. We will always confirm costs with you before beginning work.

Want to know how much stamp duty you will pay? Here’s a link to the government’s SDLT calculator.

FAQs

  • How long will it take?

    Conveyancing work usually takes between 8 – 12 weeks. However, we can only go as fast as the slowest person in the chain. We will do everything we can to keep things moving as quick as we possibly can for you.

  • What may affect the timescale?

    There are many factors that can affect the timescale of a conveyancing transaction such as:

    • The length of the chain (i.e. how many other properties are involved)
    • How long it takes to get the results of searches
    • Issues with a survey that may need to be rectified before completion
    • How long it takes to get a mortgage offer
  • What are the key stages of a sales transaction?

    The key stages of a sale transaction are:

    • We take initial instruction from you including your personal details and details regarding the property you wish to sell.
    • We will then send you a client care pack to complete and return to us along with copies of the requested identity documents, these identity documents are used to complete the necessary checks to comply with the UK Anti Money Laundering Legislation.
    • Once we receive this information, we can obtain the title information from the Land Registry and prepare the draft contract.
    • There are a number of checks we do regarding the property you wish to sell which may result in us needing to obtain more information, such as:
      • Whether the title deeds of the property are unregistered, if this is the case, we will prepare an Epitome of Title (which is the history of your property).
      • Whether the property is a leasehold; if so, we will need to obtain a Leasehold Information Pack from your landlord/management company.
    • We will communicate with the buyer’s solicitors regarding any queries they may have with the information we have provided.
    • If you have a mortgage on the property, we will contact your lender to obtain a redemption figure to ensure your mortgage is repaid on the day the sale of your property completes
    • Once all the above steps have been completed and we are satisfied that the transaction is ready to proceed we will contact you to arrange to sign the contact and transfer documents.
    • We will discuss and agree on dates for exchanging the contracts and completing the sale.
    • On the day of completion, we will receive the sale price from the buyer’s solicitors and then deal with the redemption of your mortgage, payment of estate agency fees (if any) and credit you with the proceeds of the sale.
    • On completion day you will need to vacate the property and hand over the keys to the buyer.
  • What are the key stages of a purchase transaction?

    The key stages of a purchase transaction are:

    • We take initial instruction from you including your personal details and details regarding the property you wish to purchase.
    • We will then send you a client care pack to complete and return to us along with copies of the requested identity documents, these identity documents are used to complete the necessary checks to comply with the UK Anti Money Laundering Legislation.
    • Once we have the above information, we will expect to receive the draft contract and any supporting title and property information from the seller’s solicitors.
    • We will carry out the searches relevant to your property and report these to you.
    • We will raise any necessary enquiries with the seller’s solicitors in relation to the title of the property and your search results. We will report all the information you need to proceed with your purchase.
    • Once we have received your mortgage offer from your lender (if applicable) we will review the offer and go through the offer with you
    • As soon as we are happy that the property you are buying is good and marketable and we are happy for you to proceed, we will arrange for you to sign the contract, transfer and mortgage deed and any other documents required for the transaction.
    • We will discuss and agree on dates for exchanging the contracts and completing the sale.
    • Prior to the completion date we will arrange for all monies needed for the transaction from both you and your lender to be in our account
    • On the completion date we will send the purchase price to the seller’s solicitors and once this have been received, the keys will be released to you.
    • Following completion, we will deal with the submission if a land transaction return with HMRC and pay any stamp duty land tax that is due. We will also ensure that you are registered with the Land Registry as the new proprietor of the property.
  • What is a disbursement?

    A disbursement is an expense a solicitor has to pay out on behalf of a client, for goods or services provided to the client, or on the client’s behalf. This amount will then be applied to the client’s bill.

  • What disbursements relate to conveyancing?

    The disbursements you will be charged for conveyancing will vary depending on whether you are buying, selling or re-mortgaging your property. For a full list of those disbursements and the cost please use the conveyancing calculator.

  • What exclusions should I be aware of?

    The calculator is only for use for the purchase and sale of residential properties. For commercial or agricultural properties, please contact the Commercial Property team or the Agribusiness team.