Appointing a conveyancer is one of the most important steps on the journey to your new home, and it’s vital to choose well. With Redbridge Law Chambers, the process is smooth and stress-free

If you’ve appointed Redbridge Law Chambers as your conveyancer, congratulations! You’ve made the right choice. We’ll get to work immediately, preparing all the relevant documentation. This will be sent out to you and the solicitor acting for your buyer/seller.

To avoid delays, it’s important that you return documents to us as quickly as possible.

We’ll go through all the paperwork with a fine-toothed comb, and we’ll raise and respond to any queries about the property with the other party’s solicitor. This can be the most time-consuming element of the process as we’re dependent on how quickly the other party’s solicitor responds to us. At this stage, if you’re buying and need a mortgage your mortgage lender will ask you to purchase buildings insurance for your new home before contracts are exchanged, so it’s worth looking at this as early as possible.

Nearly there! You’re now at the point of preparing to exchange the contract, and the end is almost in sight. All enquiries have been returned, the paperwork is in order and the searches are satisfactory. Before exchanging contracts we need to agree a completion date. If you’re buying you’ll need to transfer the deposit so that it clears in time for exchange.

At this stage, you may wish to visit the property to double-check that everything is in order. Once exchange takes place you’ll be required to take the property in the condition it was in at the point contracts were exchanged, so a viewing is a good way to avoid nasty surprises and ensure that all the items on the fixtures and fittings list are there.

We will exchange contracts for you and at this point the completion date agreed by you and your buyer becomes legally binding.

If you are in a chain, everyone else within it will also go through the same process.

The moment you’ve been waiting for! As a seller, you’ll move out of your old property and, as a buyer you’ll collect the keys to your new home (usually from the estate agents).
Moving home needn’t be manic. Planning ahead will help to ensure everything goes smoothly. Moving house takes time, and a lot of effort, that’s why it’s important to choose your completion day wisely beforehand. No matter how well you’ve planned everything, preparing for delays will help to ensure you’re not disappointed if your move doesn’t quite go to schedule.

Once you’ve completed, there are still a few loose ends to tie up at our end. While you’re busy unpacking, we’ll register the property in your name at the Land Registry. We’ll also pay any applicable Stamp Duty from the funds you have provided. You’ll receive your legal documents roughly 3 weeks after completion. Keep all your paperwork together and file it away for future reference. Last but not least, congratulations on your new home!