What Does A Conveyancing Solicitor Do When I’m Selling My Home?

There is a lot involved in the selling of your home. It can also cost a lot of money to sell your home. Understandably, you want to know where that money is going. You can see what the estate agent is doing. They are advertising your property and booking viewings for your home. But what is the conveyancing solicitor doing when you are selling your home? A lot of the work they do is behind the scenes.

In this blog post our conveyancers draw back the curtain to answer the question: what does a conveyancing solicitor do when I’m selling my house?

The main role of your conveyancing solicitor when selling your home is to ensure that all your legal rights are protected, and the legal sale of your property takes place. While this may sound simple, it isn’t. There is a lot that your conveyancing solicitor has to do when helping with selling your home.

Your conveyancing solicitor will handle the title deeds of the property. This includes the examination and verification of ownership, boundaries and any restrictions. They will also provide you with property information forms to complete. These are also known as the TA6. Where appropriate, your conveyancing solicitor will hand the completed form to the solicitor of the buyer.

As your conveyancer, they will also be the main point of contact between you and the solicitor of the buyer. They will ensure the contract of the sale is fair and accurate too. Your conveyancer will coordinate the exchange of contracts while ensuring all conditions are met. They will also ensure any Capital Gains Tax is correctly calculated and the bill is settled.

Our Peterborough conveyancers will manage all financial transactions. This includes the money involved in the transaction. Throughout the process of selling your home, your conveyancing solicitor will be able to provide legal advice and support. As completion rolls round, they will ensure that all conditions of the contracts have been met. They will then receive the money from the buyer.

Now you know what our conveyancing solicitors are doing when you are selling your home, why not call us to see how we can help sell your home?