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Helping Home Sellers get better prepared

Writer's picture: Daniel Hamilton-CharltonDaniel Hamilton-Charlton


Brace yourselves!


You could be in for a tough ride if you are not getting prepared.


Selling a property is NOT as straightforward as an Estate Agent might tell you.


They have the relatively easy part of finding you a buyer, but that's just one small part of the journey.


The best thing that you can do, WAY ahead of finding a buyer or instructing an Estate Agent, is to engage with a decent conveyancer or solicitor.


They will provide you with various documents to get them instructed. These will include a set of 'Standard Protocol Forms'. These forms can take a while to complete however,

once you have completed them and found all of the supporting paperwork to go with them, you will be able to put your conveyancer in a position to get you 'contract ready'.


Contract ready means that as soon as you do have a buyer in place, a contract will be able to go from your conveyancer to theirs in a matter of days, not only saving a significant amount of time, but enabling your buyers conveyancer to get on with the purchase transaction straight away.


As Estate Agents are now required to meet with 'Material Information Regulations' as imposed by Trading Standards, you will have a number of questions to answer.


We have put a fair amount of information about the subject on our "selling a property" page, however, sellers will need to obtain some documentary evidence for marketing purposes.


These will include an environmental report, a local authority search and a copy of your title deeds. We have put these together in our "Sellers Pack" that you can find on our Selling a Property Page.


Copies of the reports will be sent to you, your conveyancer and estate agent as they complete, so that information contained can be disclosed to meet with the regulations.


The great news is that although these documents may not be able to be used by your buyer, the information contained will help your conveyancer to answer any enquiries raised faster, and (if sent to your buyers conveyancer) enable them to progress their side of things faster too.


If at any point you have any questions that you would like to ask us, please get in touch by email, web chat or phone as we'd be delighted to help.

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