Property
A Guide to Buying Your Property
The thirteen steps of a purchase, from booking deposit to keys, plus stamp duty, BER and what a purchase costs.
Practice area
Property & Conveyancing
We try to ensure that the sale, purchase or re-mortgage of your property runs as smoothly as possible, and without unnecessary delay. Our aim is a reliable, accurate and affordable service, for private individuals and commercial concerns alike.
How we can help
- Conveyancing: the purchase, sale and mortgaging (and re-financing) of residential property
- The purchase, sale and mortgaging of commercial property
- Letting of residential property
- Lease and short-term business letting of commercial property
- Co-ownership agreements
- Acquisition of sites
- New builds, apartments and multi-unit developments
- Planning compliance and building control questions on title
- Tax implications of property transactions
Selling, buying or switching
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Detailed guides
Buying or selling a property is often the largest financial transaction you will make, so we have set out the whole process step by step. Our guides cover what happens at each stage, what it costs, and what to bring to your first meeting with us.
Planning and building control
The value of a property can be enhanced or diminished by its development. When you are buying or selling, the property and any development carried out on it must comply with the planning laws; certificates of compliance with planning permission and building regulations are essential documents of title. We advise on planning exemptions and on the Building Control Management System.
Guides on this area
- Property
A Guide to Selling Your Property
The ten steps of a sale, the BER certificate, capital gains tax, local property tax, and what a sale costs.
- Property
Sources of Planning Exemption
Which works count as exempt development, where the exemptions come from, and why it matters on a sale or purchase.
- Property
Building Control: What BCMS Means for You
Commencement notices, certificates of compliance on completion, and the statutory register introduced in 2014.
- Property
Residential Tenancies: A Tenant's Obligations
A plain-English summary of the obligations section 16 of the Residential Tenancies Act 2004 places on tenants.
Get in touch
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