What Will Your

Conveyancing Solicitor

Do for You?

Conveyancing is the work that is done to enable the legal transfer of property, as well as all the work done in the run-up to the completion of the sale.

The process is complicated and includes drawing up contracts, understanding and carrying out searches, and looking after all post-completion paperwork.

Most buyers and sellers choose to hire a solicitor or licensed conveyancer to do the legal work. He or she will advise you if anything unexpected happens during the sale process, and will handle any negotiations over price or what fixtures and fittings are to be left in the property.

Buying and conveyancing

A conveyancer will act on your behalf once you have found your new home, and will contact the seller's conveyancer. He or she will also make any pre-contract enquiries on issues such as alterations to the property.

Once everything is considered to be satisfactory, contracts and deeds are prepared and a date for completion is set.

The conveyancer will also arrange for you to pay stamp duty on the property. He or she will let you know how much you owe and make sure you fill in the correct forms for HM Revenue & Customs.

Selling and conveyancing

In England and Wales, any offer to buy that you receive will have been made subject to survey and contract. This means neither you or the buyer are legally bound to go through with the transaction, and each may withdraw without incurring a penalty up to the point of exchange of contracts.

Once you have agreed to sell your property you should instruct a conveyancer. Their first step will be to obtain your title deeds and land registry copies. You will be required to complete forms detailing information about your property and its fixtures and fittings. If the property is a leasehold you will be asked to provide a copy of the lease.

Your conveyancer will prepare draft documentation that should include a draft contract of sale and a copy of the lease if the property is a leasehold.

They will also arrange for the buyer to pay a deposit - usually at least 5% of the total sale price - on the day the contracts are exchanged.

On completion of the sale your conveyancer will receive the balance of the sale price and, in return, hand over the title deeds to the buyer's conveyancer.

At Brendan Fleming Solicitors, we pride ourselves in our expertise in this area. Based in Birmingham, our practice extends over the entire Midlands area: Wolverhampton, Coventry; even so far afield as Derby and Nottingham.

Go to our conveyancing page now to find out more and get an online conveyancing quote in seconds.

Our conveyancing team is lead by Brian McGeown, an Associate Legal Executive having more than 35 years experience. An expert in his field, he is considered friendly, approachable and very knowledgeable.

His good advice extends to ensuring clients are fully aware of all the costs and expenses throughout their dealings with Brendan Fleming Solicitors. He has, through his hard work and expertise, earned himself some not-inconsiderable repute in the Midlands’ property world and is proud that, in over three decades of working in the legal profession, he has never had a single negligence claim against him.

Brian's swelling ranks of satisfied clients is a tribute to his professionalism and his conveyancing expertise.

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