Residential Property

We provide a reliable, efficient residential property service with a personal touch to a wide range of clients across the Cotswolds, Oxfordshire and Gloucestershire, as well as in London and throughout the UK. We can confidently guide you through every aspect of residential property law, making it as fast, straightforward and stress-free as possible to see your plans become a reality.

With links to many local chartered surveyors, estate agents and financial advisors, we can ensure you have access to all the expertise you need to make the right decisions for you and your property. Our focus is on creating happy long-term relationships with our clients, so whatever help you need, we will be happy to go out of our way to provide it.

• Buying and selling your home
• Remortgaging
• Buy-to-let property
• New build property
• Help to Buy property
• Lease extensions and leasehold enfranchisement
• Transfer of equity & equity release
• Shared ownership
• Residential property development
• Voluntary land registration

With every transaction there are key milestones, which may vary according to individual circumstances. 

On a purchase, the important steps are as follows:

• Taking your instructions and giving initial advice based on the information you have provided
• Checking finances are in place for the buyer to fund the purchase
• Receiving a draft contract package from the sellers with title documents and other practical information and reviewing these with you
• Submitting your searches and investigating the title
• Providing advice on all legal documents and information received
• Finalising the contract and drafting the legal transfer deed and sending to you for signature
• Agreeing a completion date (the date from which the buyer will legally own the property)
• Exchanging contracts and notifying you that this has happened
• Completing the purchase
• Submitting the SDLT return and paying any duty due
• Applying for registration at the Land Registry

On a sale, the important steps are as follows:

• Taking your instructions and giving initial advice based on the information you have provided.
• Preparing information forms for you to complete and advising you on the contents and your replies
• Preparing and submitting a draft contract package with legal title documents and other practical information to your buyers
• Receiving enquiries from your buyers and preparing responses.  Advising you on the replies to be provided.
• Finalising the contact and approving the legal transfer deed and sending to you for signature.
• Agreeing a completion date (the date from which your buyer will legally own the property)
• Exchanging contracts and notifying you that this has happened
• Completing the sale
• Repaying  any secured mortgages/charges and facilitating a release of the charge(s) at the Land Registry  

For any transaction, the timescales are subject to change depending on when your offer is accepted and other factors involved, such as:

• Number of parties in the chain
• Whether the buyer has a mortgage in place
• Whether the buyer requests a lease extension for a leasehold property
• Whether the searches reveal any issues
• Whether the buyer’s survey shows up any issues
• The number of buyer’s enquiries to be investigated and answered

A typical transaction will take between 8-14 weeks. However, if any of the above apply or there are other factors we need to take into consideration, it may increase the time by a further 4-6 weeks and additional charges may occur. We will discuss this with you at the earliest opportunity, so you always have a clear picture of how long things are likely to take.