Initial Stages:
- After instruction, we will send you a Client Care Pack which sets out our terms of engagement, confirms the charges within our illustration, and has some paperwork for you to complete and return
- We may require a payment on account to cover the cost of any searches and details of how to pay this will be included within the Client Care Pack. This figure is included within the total cost in the illustration, and is not an extra fee
Legal Work – Transfer from joint names to sole name:
- We will obtain an office copy of the title
- The Transfer Deed will be drawn up and signed by all owners to the property in the presence of an independent witness
- If there is a mortgage on the property, permission to remove a name from it will have to be given by the lender
- We will establish whether Stamp Duty is likely to be accrued as part of the transfer of ownership
- The transfer will be registered at the Land Registry
- A copy of the Transfer will be provided to you, and the original to your lender (if applicable)
Legal Work – Transfer from sole name to joint names:
- We will obtain an office copy of the title
- The Transfer Deed will be drawn up and signed by all owners to the property, and prospective owners, in the presence of an independent witness
- If there is a mortgage on the property, permission to add a name to it will have to be given by the lender, and an offer letter issued
- If there is a mortgage, the new owner will be liable for it as well as the existing owner, and a clause will be included within the Transfer Deed acknowledging this liability
- We will establish whether Stamp Duty is likely to be accrued as part of the transfer of ownership
- The transfer will be registered at the Land Registry
- A copy of the Transfer will be provided to you, and the original to your lender (if applicable)