Category: Property Conveyancing
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Things that go bump in the night – our top 10 post Halloween, property moving tips.
With Halloween just just gone, and people rushing to complete on their new properties and move in before the Christmas holidays, here is a salient reminder of the things that can go wrong with your new purchase as well as the steps you can take to make sure that your dream property doesn’t turn into…
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Home sweet home – but who else has a say in your home?
You might think that when you buy your first property you will be in control of everything. That instead of having your parents or flat mates complaining about the mess you have made, or landlords complaining about the damage to the carpets, you can make as much mess and damage as you like, and no…
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Our 12 Step Guide To Get Your Conveyancing Right When Selling Your Property.
If you’ve made the decision that it’s time to put your property on the market and move on, you may focus on the obvious things like picking the estate agent, deciding on the price, and thinking about where you’re going to move to. Picking your conveyancing solicitor is obviously an important decision as well, and…
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Express Conveyancing’s Property Guide
There are lots of different ways in which you can own property, so we thought it might be useful if we set out some of the most common property ownership terms, which might help you understand the process. Residential Property A residential property is usually either freehold or leasehold. If it’s a flat, it’s…
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11 Tips On How To Be A Good Landlord
Landlords don’t always get a good press. You only have to type the word “Rachman” into Google to see the number of complaints there are about landlords. The word has become synonymous with high rents and low service, and they are not alone in this category. Being as Express Conveyancing acts for hundreds of Landlords…
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Possession is 9 tenths of the law
When a client comes in wanting to sell a property (and naturally wanting us to do the Conveyancing), it’s reasonable for us to assume that they own that property. You, as the seller, may assume that too. However sometimes it’s not that straightforward. There are a number of situations that can arise that can make…
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Survey or not survey. That is the question
Whether you are buying a flat or a house, a shop or an office, one of the first questions we are often asked is whether you should get a survey, and if so what kind and how much will it cost. Ultimately, this is a commercial decision for you. We can never tell you what…
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A Conveyancer’s 9 Top Tips for Landlords
Many of our clients buy properties as an investment with the intention of renting them out. Often this can be very successful and profitable, particularly in a rising market, but there are still things you need to be aware of to make sure you maximise your investment. Here is a list of our top tips…
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Moving Day! – What Happens On the Day of Legal Completion
Woo Hoo – after all the planning, organising and waiting, the day is finally here. Today we are going to complete on your transaction and you’re off to the house of your dreams. So what is actually going to happen? Here’s a step by step guide to all the things that are likely to happen…
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Questions Questions Questions! – Property Sale Conveyancing Process Explained
If we are instructed on the sale of your property, we’re going to be asking you a lot of questions about it. We’re going to need to have a great deal of information about the property, what’s in it, under it and around it. This is because the solicitor acting for the people buying your…
