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Selling Your Property

What happens & how long will it take?

Accepting an offer until sale completion depends upon numerous factors. Without complications, the process on average takes 12 to 16 weeks. To discuss conveyancing and your needs please contact Watson Woodhouse Solicitors today.

Usual Sale Stages

  • Taking instruction & initial advice
  • Drafting & agreeing contract documents before sending them to the buyers’ solicitor
  • Discussing & responding to any queries raised by the buyers’ solicitor 
  • Sending you the contract for your signature
  • Agreeing on a completion date
  • Exchanging contracts & confirmation
  • Completion of sale
  • Mortgage repayment arrangements & accounting for any balance

Factors which may increase costs & timescales

We will conduct your house sale quickly. Delays may arise and costs increase however from the following:

  • Title defects 
  • A new lease is required for a leasehold property
  • A large number of enquiries are raised via the buyers’ solicitor
  • Delays occur relating to a chain
  • Issues requiring indemnity policies (costs may be applied)
  • Third-party documentation delays

Purchasing Your Property

What happens & how long will it take?

Similarly to selling, without complications, average timescales are 12 to 16 weeks. Purchase stages are as follows:

  • Instructions & initial advice
  • Required checks for purchase funds
  • Contract document receipt & advice
  • Searches
  • Search queries raised with sellers’ solicitor
  • Documents, information & mortgage offer advice
  • Contract for signature
  • Completion date agreement
  • Contract exchange & confirmation
  • Receipt of monies from you/lender arrangements
  • Completing purchase
  • Stamp duty payments & application for registration at Land Registry

Factors which may increase costs and timescales

The following may delay matters and increase costs:

  • Defects requiring remedy
  • A new lease is required for a leasehold property
  • A large number of enquiries are raised via the sellers’ solicitor
  • Chain related delays
  • Issues requiring indemnity policies (costs may be applied)
  • Third-party documentation delays
  • Correspondence required via additional solicitors instructed by your mortgage company

Your Remortgage

What happens and how long will it take?

Without complications, the remortgage process takes between 12 and 16 weeks. The usual stages are as follows:

  • Taking instruction & initial advice
  • Liaising with both mortgage companies
  • Original mortgage repayment & balance arrangements

Factors which may increase costs and timescales

The following may delay matters and increase costs:

  • Defects requiring remedy
  • Issues requiring indemnity policies (costs may be applied)
  • Third-party documentation delays

Contact Us Today

For more information on any type of conveyancing matter, you can call us on 01642 247 656 alternatively, complete our online contact form, and one of our team will be in touch.

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I would 100% recommend this practice. Andrew was fantastic, very efficient, full of good advice and fully represented my interests. Whenever I contacted the office the staff were very accommodating and professional. I will soon be going back to have a new will made and consider them now to be “my” solicitors. I am also grateful to the estate agent that pointed me in this direction.

Absolutely outstanding performance! If you are buying or selling a house, you need Watson and Woodhouse to do the conveyancing for you. Alisha Stevenson acted on my behalf for the purchase of my home and she completed the work in five weeks! Every other solicitor I approached said it would take twelve to sixteen weeks! I cannot say thank you enough times. Excellent communication. Excellent documentation. Excellent work. I highly recommend Watson and Woodhouse if you are considering buying or selling your house.

I have just used Watson Woodhouse for my conveyancing in my recent house sale. It was a total of 3 months from 1st hitting the market to completion and key handover. The services provided by Katie Gibson and Livvie Pruden were exceptional, keeping me in the loop and updated.

Sarah, Kirsty & Laura have helped me through the hardest time of my life. Their attention to detail, professionalism, empathy and kindness will be something that will stick with me forever.

A big thank you to Richard and the team at Watson Woodhouse. Your professionalism, knowledge and positive attitude made all the difference and ensured my house sale completed. You guided me through some complex issues and your advice was always first class

Watson Woodhouse looked after the sale of one house and the purchase of another. It was an excellent service. Alisha Stevenson made what is normally a stressful situation bearable with her professionalism. She is easy to talk to, She made herself available when she could and always returned a call when she couldn’t. Good value for money.

We used Watson Woodhouse for the sale of our home and purchase of our new bungalow. We would like to thank Katie Gibson, Jackie Howard and Livvie-Mae Pruden for all their help and support during this long process which was delayed by an issue with our vendor’s solicitors. The ladies acted with patience and kindness and were totally professional at all times. Thank you all so much.

This was a very stressful time for me selling and moving house when just getting over illness.Richard kept in touch and constantly gave me reassurance and explained anything I was unsure about.I felt looked after and well informed about everything I feel Richard went above and beyond to ensure I did not receive more stress than needed be.Thank you Richard I would recommend Richard Rutter excellent soliciter.

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