The precise stages involved in the purchase of a residential property vary according to the circumstances.

• Take your instructions and provide you with initial advice
• Meet with you to obtain details of your ID and request money on account of initial disbursements
• Check finances are in place to fund the purchase and contact the Lender’s Solicitors if required
• Receive and advise on Contract documents
• Provide you with a Property Report
• Carry out Searches
• Obtain further Planning documentation if required
• Provide you with a Report on the Search results
• Make any necessary enquiries of the Seller’s Solicitor
• Provide you with advice on all documents and information received
• Report to you on the terms of the Mortgage Offer where applicable
• Send the documentation to you for signature or request you to arrange a mutually convenient appointment to call to see us to sign the documentation in readiness for an exchange of Contracts once all parties are in a position to do so
• Agree the completion date (date from which you own the property) with the sellers’ solicitor
• Exchange contracts (the point at which the transaction becomes legally binding) and notify you that this has happened
• Arrange for all monies needed to be received from the Lender and you
• Complete the purchase
• Deal with payment of Stamp Duty Land Tax
• Deal with the Application for Registration at HM Land Registry
• Provide you with a copy of the Title showing you as the new owner of the property