If you are searching for ‘buy house solicitors’, chances are you are planning to purchase a house and need expert legal support and guidance in navigating the process. At Simper Law, our residential conveyancing team are perfectly placed to assist. Whether you are a first-time buyer, moving house, or a seasoned property developer, we have the expertise and experience required to ensure your purchase runs seamlessly.
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Do You Need Solicitors To Buy A House?
Buying a house is likely one of the most significant financial transactions you will make in your lifetime. The process is legally complex and involves numerous stages that must be handled meticulously to ensure a smooth transfer of property ownership. This is where solicitors for buying a house come in.
A conveyancing solicitor specialises in the legal aspects of buying and selling property. When acting for the buyer, our primary responsibility is to protect our client’s interests throughout the transaction and ensure that the purchase proceeds as smoothly as possible.
What Do Solicitors For Buying A House Do?
Our solicitors for buying a house will handle the entire process of purchasing the property for you, from start to finish. Our years of experience enable us to progress transactions swiftly and make sure our clients’ interests are fully protected at every stage.
Examples of some of the tasks we will undertake during your purchase include the following:
• Receiving And Reviewing The Draft Contract Pack
The seller’s solicitor is responsible for preparing the draft contract pack, which they will send to us for review and approval. This pack includes:
- Draft contract of sale
- Official copy of the title (from HM Land Registry)
- Property information form (TA6)
- Fittings and contents form (TA10)
- Leasehold information (if applicable)
- Planning permissions or guarantees (if any)
Our solicitors for buying a house will carefully review all of this documentation to ensure everything is in order and to identify any legal issues or potential concerns. We will compare the details provided against your expectations, raise any relevant queries or problems with the seller’s solicitor, and renegotiate terms where necessary.
• Carrying Out Searches
Identifying the types of property searches required for your proposed purchase and carrying them out is one of the most crucial roles of a solicitor for buying a house.
Property searches are essential for uncovering any issues that may not be apparent from looking at the property itself, and their results can make or break a transaction. The most common searches include the following:
- Local authority search – reveals planning permissions, building regulations, road schemes, and enforcement actions affecting the property.
- Drainage and water search – checks how the property is connected to public water and sewer systems.
- Environmental search – assesses risks such as flooding, land contamination, or subsidence.
Depending on the location and property type, other searches may be required, such as coal mining or chancel repair liability searches. The results of these searches may lead us to raise further enquiries with the seller’s solicitor.
• Arranging For Exchange Of Contracts
Once our client is satisfied with the results of the searches and the proposed contract, we will arrange for the necessary documentation to be signed before agreeing on a date for exchange of contracts with the seller’s solicitor.
Following exchange, the parties become contractually bound to complete the transaction. At this stage, the following events occur:
- The buyer pays the agreed deposit
- The completion date is confirmed
- The solicitors exchange the signed contracts
- Preparing for Completion
Between exchange and completion, our solicitors for buying a house will handle several tasks, including the following:
- Requesting mortgage funds from the lender in time for completion if our client is purchasing the house with the help of a mortgage
- Finalising the completion statement
- Conducting pre-completion searches
• Completion Day
On completion day, our solicitors for buying a house will arrange for the purchase funds to be sent to the seller’s solicitor. Once the seller’s solicitor confirms receipt of the money, the following events occur:
- The sale is finalised, and the buyer now owns the house
- The seller vacates the property
- The buyer receives the keys to the house and can move in
- Post-Completion Formalities
Our solicitors’ role is not over once the transaction has completed. Following completion, we have several further important tasks to undertake, including the following:
- File the Stamp Duty Land Tax return and pay any tax due to HMRC
- Register the buyer as the new owner of the property with HM Land Registry
- Provide our client with a copy of the updated title showing them as the legal owner
If you would like to find out more about how we can help with purchasing a house, Please call us now on 01603 672222 for a no-obligation conversation today or Click Here To Make An Online Enquiry.
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