Selling
Selling your home? Here's what happens on your side of the transaction.
Buying gets most of the attention, but a sale has its own paperwork, its own deadlines, and its own most common cause of delay. Here's what your conveyancer needs from you, and when.
Get your selling quote →The Paperwork
The forms that describe your property, in your own words.
Early in the sale, your conveyancer sends you two standard questionnaires. The Property Information Form (commonly known by its Law Society reference, TA6) asks about boundaries, disputes with neighbours, planning permissions and building regulations, guarantees on work you've had done, and how utilities are connected. The Fittings and Contents Form (TA10) sets out precisely what is, and isn't, included in the sale — from fitted kitchen appliances and light fittings to sheds and curtain poles.
Both forms are legal disclosures, not formalities. The buyer's solicitor relies on your answers, and an inaccurate or incomplete answer can create a genuine legal problem after completion rather than a quick fix. Taking the time to answer both forms properly, with paperwork like planning consents and guarantees to hand, is one of the simplest ways to keep your sale on schedule.
Enquiries
Answering enquiries quickly is the single biggest thing you control.
Once the buyer's solicitor has reviewed your title, searches and the two forms above, they'll raise a list of enquiries — follow-up questions about anything unclear, missing, or worth confirming. This is completely normal, and most sales generate several rounds of them.
In practice, this is also where a sale most often stalls on the seller's side. Enquiries sitting unanswered for days, while everyone waits for a document to be found or a question to be checked, is one of the most common hold-ups we see — far more often than anything to do with the legal work itself. Replying promptly, and gathering the likely paperwork (guarantees, planning consents, lease information if applicable) before you even list, keeps momentum on your side of the chain.
Redeeming Your Mortgage
Paying off your mortgage, and selling through a company.
Redeeming an existing mortgage
If there's a mortgage on your property, your conveyancer requests a redemption statement from your lender confirming the exact sum needed to clear it as at your completion date. That amount is paid straight out of your sale proceeds on completion, before anything is released to you, so the mortgage is formally discharged and removed from the title.
Selling via a limited company
If the property is owned by a limited company rather than by you personally, additional company checks apply on top of the usual sale work. Our calculator asks this as a separate question and prices it accordingly, using the same limited-company fee that applies on the purchase side.
Completion Day
Your proceeds, and your keys.
On completion day, the buyer's solicitor sends the full purchase price to your conveyancer, usually by CHAPS bank transfer so the funds clear the same day — a same-day transfer fee of £30 applies for sending money this securely. Your conveyancer redeems your mortgage first (if there is one), deducts any agreed fees, and sends the balance on to you.
Only once your solicitor has confirmed the funds have arrived is your estate agent given the go-ahead to release your keys to the buyer. That confirmation is also your cue, if you're buying onward at the same time, that your own purchase can complete straight after.
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A few quick questions get you a complete, itemised quote for your sale: legal fees, disbursements and government fees, each shown separately.
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Your Quote
Professional fees, incl. VAT
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Disbursements
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Government fees
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Total: — Disbursements and government fees are estimates and will be finalised before exchange; for leasehold properties the landlord's own Lessor's Registration Fee is not included, as it is set at the landlord's discretion.
Important information
This quote is based on the information you have given us. If something material changes or additional information comes to light during the transaction, we will tell you and agree any change with you before it applies. To comply with Money Laundering Regulations we verify the identity of all clients, including through an online ID verification service.
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The TA6 Property Information Form is a standard questionnaire your conveyancer sends you at the start of the sale. It asks about boundaries, disputes, alterations, guarantees, utilities and more. Your answers are relied on by the buyer, so they need to be accurate and complete rather than rushed.
Yes. The TA10 Fittings and Contents Form sets out exactly what is included in the sale — fitted appliances, light fixtures, sheds, curtains and so on — so there is no dispute with the buyer after exchange about what was supposed to stay.
Your conveyancer contacts your lender for a redemption statement showing the exact sum needed to repay your mortgage on the day of completion, then pays that amount directly out of the sale proceeds before releasing the balance to you.
Yes. Selling through a limited company involves some additional company-specific checks, which is why our quote calculator asks the question separately and prices it accordingly rather than folding it into a standard individual sale.
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