Selling

Step 1 – Property Information

Sellers Information Pack (SIFs)
When selling your property, you must provide a signed Client Care Letter and ID. You also need to complete two Law Society forms: the Sellers Information Form and the Fittings, Fixtures, and Contents Form.

The Property Information Form covers boundaries, alterations, and property services, while the Fittings, Fixtures & Contents Form details internal fittings and what will remain at the property.

We require these forms to include them in the Contract Pack for the buyer’s solicitors.

Step 2 – Title

What a Title Is and Why We Need to Check It

Along with the forms, we must provide the buyer’s solicitor with proof of ownership (known as the Title). If the property is registered with the Land Registry, we will download and review the Land Registry Official Copies, which include the Register and Title Plan.

These documents show the property address, the owner (proprietor), any mortgages, and any restrictive covenants—rules that limit certain changes to the property. They also include other Land Registry records, such as previous conveyances or transfers that have affected the property, like a past sale of part of the land. The Land Registry usually keeps copies of the referenced documents on file.

If the title is not registered with the Land Registry, you must bring the title deeds to us so we can prepare an Epitome of Title.

Step 3 – Contracts

Having seen the Official Copies (or Epitome of Title if unregistered land) we can draft the contract. This will set out the full names of all parties involved in the sale, including middle names.

It will have the price on, the address and also the title number (or Root of Title if unregistered land). We send this over to the buyers solicitors for their approval.

Once it is approved it will come to you to sign, and returned to us. We will then be in a position to talk about exchanging. We never ask you to date documentation, so please send it back undated.

Step 4 – Exchange

From a legal stand point, it is a legal responsibility to sell the property on the completion date, which would have been previously agreed.

Step 5 – Pre-completion

Mortgage redemption. Seller will be doing more than us at this stage – organising moving van, moving utilities etc It is also at this stage that if you are purchasing another property at the same time, we will exchange contracts on the purchase also.

At this stage won’t be doing half as much as you. Whilst you are busy packing we will get a mortgage redemption statement from the bank, and the estate agents account if you’re selling using an agent.

You will the receive a completion statement and on approval of this from you, we will then set up our file to transfer the money out to redeem any mortgage and send the rest on to you. If you are buying another property we will arrange to send the money on to your purchase.

Step 6 – Moving

Get money transferred from buyer, house is no longer yours, completion call, send keys, move out! On completion, we will receive the funds from the buyers solicitors. We then send out any funds required to redeem your mortgage and if you are buying another property we transfer the money to your purchase.

We will arrange for payment to the estate agent (if any) and send the remainder to yourself. We will let the estate agents know when funds have been received, and they will then release the keys to the buyers once you have taken them in to them.

Please note: you do need to move out of your house on the day of completion.