Conveyancing

Sale 

 

The following services are included in Austin & Carnley’s fees as part of the purchase process 

 

• Obtaining title documents from the Land Registry 

 

• Drafting legal documents such as the contract for sale and, in some instances, the transfer deed 

 

• Corresponding with your buyer’s solicitors or licensed conveyancers 

 

• Assisting with responding to additional enquiries where appropriate under the Conveyancing Quality Scheme 

 

• Obtaining certain information that a buyer reasonably requires from a seller such as planning and building control documents. 

 

• Where appropriate, assisting with obtaining information concerning the management of the building (in the case of flats) or the estate where there is an estate management company 

 

• Exchanging contracts with your buyer’s solicitors 

 

• Administering the completion process including the redemption of mortgages on the property 

 

• Verifying your identity as part of the sale 

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There may be other costs that might be payable. These are items payable to third parties who set their own fees.  

 

Purchase  

 

The following services are included in Austin & Carnley’s fees as part of the purchase process 

 

• Corresponding with the seller’s solicitors 

 

• Obtaining searches 

 

• Carrying out due diligence on the title, search results and contract papers 

 

• Acting on behalf of your mortgage lender in carrying out due diligence where the lender permits 

 

• Verifying your identity 

 

• Carrying out source of funds information checks 

 

• Verifying the identity of your seller’s solicitors 

 

• Exchanging contracts with your seller’s solicitors 

 

• Administering the completion process including obtaining mortgage advances 

 

• Registering the transfer of ownership of the property with the Land Registry