Home and Property Legal Services

Selling Your Property

Selling your property usually commences with putting the property on the market for sale with a local Estate Agent who will advertise your property in the hope of finding a buyer.

Estate Agents

It is important to choose the right Estate Agent who can put your property in the best position for a timely sale and achieve the best achievable price.  It is worth checking out several Estate Agents in your area to get a feel of who can do a good job.

Once you have chosen an Estate Agent you will be asked to sign the Estate Agent’s terms and conditions.

The Estate Agent’s duty to a seller of property is similar to the common law duties which exist between an agent and agent’s principal.  Estate Agents do not need to be licensed and can practice without any professional qualifications.  The Estate Agents Act 1979 sets out the duties owed by Estate Agents to their clients.  Estate Agents also need to comply with the Consumer Protection From Unfair Trading Regulations 2008 and the Consumers, Estate Agents and Redress Act 2007.

You should not have to pay an Estate Agent for introducing a buyer and you should only have to pay the Estate Agent’s commission on completion of the sale of the property.  The Estate Agent’s Terms and Conditions of contract should state this in clear unequivocal language.

We can check the Estate Agent’s particulars for a fee of £200 plus vat and deduct this amount from our fee if you instruct us to act for you on the sale of your property.

It is important that you can terminate the agreement with the Estate Agents if the property is not selling and you wish to appoint another Estate Agent.  The written agreement should clearly state the duration of the Estate Agent’s retainer.

EPC

Before marketing your property, you or your Estate Agent will need or at least have commissioned an order for an Energy Performance Certificate (“EPC”).  It is a legal requirement.  If you sell or let a property without an EPC you can be fined up to £5,000.  The EPC sets out the energy efficiency rating for a property and is valid for 10 years. The rating, from A to G, tells you about the energy-efficiency of a property and how you can improve the energy efficiency rating.

Even before you instruct an Estate Agent to put the property on the open market for sale, we can advise you of any issues which might put off a prospective buyer or cause a potential buyer to put in a low offer on the sale price.  This enables you to remedy any problems before your property goes on the open market for sale.  We can check the title to your property to ensure that there are no obstacles and if there are, then how to deal with them efficiently and in a cost-effective way.  We will explain the step-by-step process of how the sale will proceed so you can plan your home move and synchronize your sale and the purchase or rental of a replacement property.  This will require everything to be done to a high standard especially if you are in a conveyancing chain. 

Estate Agents

It is important to choose the right Estate Agent who can put your property in the best position for a timely sale and achieve the best achievable price.  It is worth checking out several Estate Agents in your area to get a feel of who can do a good job.

Once you have chosen an Estate Agent you will be asked to sign the Estate Agent’s terms and conditions.

The Estate Agent’s duty to a seller of property is similar to the common law duties which exist between an agent and agent’s principal.  Estate Agents do not need to be licensed and can practice without any professional qualifications.  The Estate Agents Act 1979 sets out the duties owed by Estate Agents to their clients.  Estate Agents also need to comply with the Consumer Protection From Unfair Trading Regulations 2008 and the Consumers, Estate Agents and Redress Act 2007.

You should not have to pay an Estate Agent for introducing a buyer and you should only have to pay the Estate Agent’s commission on completion of the sale of the property.  The Estate Agent’s Terms and Conditions of contract should state this in clear unequivocal language.

We can check the Estate Agent’s particulars for a fee of £200 plus vat and deduct this amount from our fee if you instruct us to act for you on the sale of your property.

It is important that you can terminate the agreement with the Estate Agents if the property is not selling and you wish to appoint another Estate Agent.  The written agreement should clearly state the duration of the Estate Agent’s retainer.

 

EPC

Before marketing your property, you or your Estate Agent will need or at least have commissioned an order for an Energy Performance Certificate (“EPC”).  It is a legal requirement.  If you sell or let a property without an EPC you can be fined up to £5,000.  The EPC sets out the energy efficiency rating for a property and is valid for 10 years. The rating, from A to G, tells you about the energy-efficiency of a property and how you can improve the energy efficiency rating.

Even before you instruct an Estate Agent to put the property on the open market for sale, we can advise you of any issues which might put off a prospective buyer or cause a potential buyer to put in a low offer on the sale price.  This enables you to remedy any problems before your property goes on the open market for sale.  We can check the title to your property to ensure that there are no obstacles and if there are, then how to deal with them efficiently and in a cost-effective way.  We will explain the step-by-step process of how the sale will proceed so you can plan your home move and synchronize your sale and the purchase or rental of a replacement property.  This will require everything to be done to a high standard especially if you are in a conveyancing chain.