A Step by Step Guide to Selling your Home
Free Valuation
& Appraisal
Our valuation service is free of charge and is carried out by one of our experienced staff. To request a valuation of your property please call or visit our Town Centre office. Alternatively complete the enquiry form and a member of our staff will contact you.
HIP Ordered
The current law states that a HIP ( Home Information Pack) must be commissioned on all properties from 17th December 2007 before they can be marketed for sale. A HIP includes the following documents
- Index
- Energy performance certificate (EPC)
- Sales statement
- Evidence of legal title
- Local authority search and drainage and water search
If the property is leasehold the HIP should also include a copy of the lease and details as to any maintenance charges paid or anticipated.
Marketing
Once signed confirmation of your instructions and our agency terms have been 
received, we will be ready to start marketing your property.
Our Estate Agent will discuss the best campaign of advertising to maximise the exposure of your property to achieve the best price in a timescale to suit your requirements.
Details of your property will be prepared immediately and, subject to your approval, circulated to our substantial database of prospective purchasers by SMS text, email and post as well as immediately being uploaded onto our website and other leading property websites, including rightmove, thinkproperty, propertyfinder and Vebra.
Appointing a Solicitor
You are required to appoint a solicitor to deal with the legal formalities involved in transferring ownership of your property. It is advisable to appoint your solicitor at the same time your property is placed on the market. This enables the title deeds and other necessary documentation to be obtained at an early sage, which can save considerable delays once a sale has been agreed.
Viewings
First impressions count, and it's important to ensure that your home is presented in its best light before all viewings take place. where possible, we will accompany all prospective purchasers around the property and at times that are convenient to you.
A dedicated member of our staff will be responsible for updating you on all viewings and to report interest expressed from prospective purchasers.
Dealing with Offers
All offers received will be discussed with you. Any offer received will be subject to contract and is not legally binding on you or the prospective purchaser.
Sale Agreed
Once an acceptable offer has been received, the price agreed, together with any
other relevant terms, will be detailed in a memorandum of sale, which will be issued to both parties and your respective solicitors.
It is important to ensure that details of any extras included or excluded from the sale are specified within the memorandum and also advisable to agree target exchange and completion dates.
You should be aware that although this stage is commonly referred to as 'sale agreed' the terms are not legally binding (England and Wales) until contracts have been signed and exchanged.
Draft Contract
Once a sale is agreed, your solicitor will prepare and send to the purchaser's solicitor a draft contract of sale together with a copy of the title deeds and other relevant documentation.
Preliminary Enquiries
Once a draft contract of sale and supporting documentation is received, the purchaser's solicitors will raise enquiries and related matters about the property and also carry out a Land Registry search. A local authority search will also be submitted to reveal details of planning consents and any other material local Issues.
Exchange of Contracts
Subject to all formalities being completed, the contract is signed by the purchaser and the vendor. The deposit, which is normally 10% of the purchase price, is forwarded to your solicitor and contracts can then be formally exchanged. At this stage the transaction becomes binding upon both the vendor and the purchaser.
The completion date will be agreed between both parties prior to exchange of contracts and will normally be approximately four weeks from the date of exchange.
Completion
Shortly before or on the day of completion the balance of purchase monies will be transferred to your solicitors account. Once the property has been vacated the solicitors will confirm that completion has taken place.
Our Sales and administrative team will be able to help you throughout please contact us for further information.
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