Residential Conveyancing

Buying a property is likely to be one of the biggest transactions you will ever make whether you are a 1st-time buyer or a season property investor. Our experts who include qualified solicitors with minimum 10-years post qualified experience working full time at Minahan Hirst & Co are there to offer sound legal advice and help you through the sometimes stressful process of selling, gifting, releasing equity, re-mortgaging and buying a home. We are able to provide you with an individual no obligation estimate, with no hidden costs based on the Residential Conveyancing costs examples referred to below. Please call us today on 0161 485 8131 or email solicitors@minahan-hirst.co.uk.

We at Minahan Hirst & Co will do our best to see that everything proceeds as smoothly as possible and we aim to provide you with high standards of service at all times. We will:-

  • Act in your best interests at all times;

  • Review your matter regularly;

  • Keep your business confidential;

  • Keep you regularly informed by letter, telephone or email with regard to progress with your matter;

  • Explain to you in writing the legal work which is required as your matter progresses; and

  • Keep you advised of the likely timescales for each stage of your matter and any material changes to either the timescales or the estimated costs.

The work involved in the purchase of a residential property includes:-

  • Taking your instructions and advising you.

  • Receive draft contract and accompanying documentation.

  • Undertake searches on your behalf.

  • Check the title of the property and raise any pertinent enquiries with the sellers solicitors.

  • Report to you on the contract and accompanying documentation.

  • Obtain your signature to the contract, transfer deed and mortgage deed (if applicable).

  • Agree a completion date.

  • Exchange contracts on your behalf.

  • Apply for mortgage funds (if applicable)

  • Obtain all monies required from you.

  • Complete your purchase on your behalf.

  • Working towards completing your transaction as soon as possible, usually within 5 to 7 weeks of receiving your instruction.

  • Dealing with all post-completion matters on your behalf.

The work involved in the sale of a residential property includes:-

  • Taking your instructions and advising you.

  • Checking the title of the property.

  • Preparing Contract Pack.

  • Receiving and responding to enquiries from the buyers solicitors.

  • Approving draft documentation provided by the buyers solicitors.

  • Obtain your signature to the Contract, Transfer Deed and any other relevant documentation

  • Exchanging contracts on your behalf.

  • Redeeming any outstanding mortgages on the property.

  • Completing the matter and accounting to you.

  • Dealing with all post-completion matters on your behalf.

  • Working towards completing your transaction as soon as possible, usually within 5 to 7 weeks of receiving your instruction.

The work involved in the re-mortgage of a residential property includes:-

  • Taking your instructions and advising you.

  • Obtaining your title deeds.

  • Checking the title of your property.

  • Carrying out a Local Authority search if required by your lender.

  • Acting on your mortgage lender's instructions.

  • Explaining the terms of your mortgage to you.

  • Preparing the mortgage and other documents and obtaining your signature to them (where appropriate).

  • Obtaining the mortgage advance.

  • Completing the re-mortgage.

  • Registering the transaction at the Land Registry.

  • Working towards completing your transaction within 3 to 4 weeks of your instruction*

    *based on the firm’s current average conveyancing time scales.


RESIDENTIAL CONVEYANCING COSTS

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