Residential property - Procedures for selling and buying a UK house - Check you can get a mortgage and have enough money for a deposit.
- Ensure you have enough money to pay the moving costs which include legal and solicitors fees, valuations, surveys, stamp duty and removal costs.
- Get your property valued by an estate agent, most will provide a free valuation.
- Click here to identify estate agents in your local area.
- Decide which valuation you feel is most appropriate and the estate agents you would prefer to sell your house with.
- Engage your chosen estate agent. Prices cost between 0.5% and 1.5% of the property value for the estate agent to see you house.
- Obtain an initial insurance quote for a residential property.
- Get the residential property ready for selling (link to selling_ a_house)
- Put the property up for sale - a For Sale board provides an additional method of advertising you wish to sell.
- You may also wish to sell via auction.
- Accept an offer on your house
- Find a new home, locate local estate agents or look on the internet (link)
- Arrange a survey either a homebuyers report or a building survey
- Confirm the offer price
- Arrange an exchange date and buy your new home
- Ensure a deposit is accessible
- Book buildings insurance
- Fill out fixtures and fittings form
- Exchange and sign contracts
- Organise and book removals
- Prepare money
- Organise transfer of utilities
- Notify change of address - consider post office redirection
- Moving day - sort out own cleaning in old and new house
- Take meter readings and report to utilities
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