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Buying a Home: How to Handle the Legal Documents

Writer: Helena PufuleteHelena Pufulete

Updated: Jun 18, 2020

Shopping for a home can be a little more complicated than finding the property and the money to pay for it. Between you and the night you sip champagne on the porch of your newly acquired house lie mounds of paperwork, with very small print, and jargon that you probably have neither the time nor inclination to wade through.



That’s what conveyancers are for. Quickly Convey can handle all the documents and make sure that you are fully protected by the law.


If you’re selling your home, Quickly Convey will prepare the contracts and the property deeds. If you’re buying one, we will coordinate with your mortgage lender and handle all the necessary searches to ensure you are buying a property with good title. These include a local authority search (to check if your property is sitting on what will later be converted into a highway), a drainage search, a land registry search (so you know you’re talking to the real owner of the property), and a land charges search (to assure the mortgage lender that you can afford the payments).


Some counties have an even longer list of required searches, making a conveyancer even more important. For example, Cheshire county residents need a brine search, to detect if the levels of minerals present in the ground can affect your house or your health.


Quickly Convey will also be the one to deal with the solicitor of your house’s seller (or buyer, whatever the case may be). Once the sale has actually been made, we will also take care of the deeds and make sure that the necessary documents are given to your mortgage lender.

With the large amount of money involved in purchasing or selling a home, and the paperwork required by the institutions that will lend that money to you, the fees of a conveyancer are well worth the investment.


Some conveyancers charge a fixed rate, others set the amount according to a value of the property. However, fees should not be the sole determining factor behind your decision to hire someone as your legal representative. Choose someone that you’re comfortable with, who offers excellent customer service, and will update you between the long stretches when documents are being processed. At Quickly Convey we specialise in conveyancing and provide this kind of dedicated service. You are guaranteed that you are talking to someone who knows the ins and outs of conveyancing, and will not have to worry that the person assigned to you isn’t too busy in the courts to work on your documents.


For more helpful guides and useful information, please visit our website www.quicklyconvey.co.uk


If you are looking for a Solicitor to handle any of your property matters, please contact us on 020 3963 7310 or email us on info@quicklyconvey.co.uk


Please note that these guides are for informational purposes only, and do not constitute legal advice.


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