Important steps for selling your home part 2

 

Instruct a solicitor

As you get nearer to putting the house on the market it would be good to start lining up a good conveyancer, if you have a relative or friend who has used a good solicitor going with a recommendation is advisable, if not then it is a good idea to do some research by looking on review sites like Trust pilot or other sites the discuss conveyancer’s that is not biased. This is due to the fact that so many conveyancers’s have a very poor track record and could ruin the sale or not get it completed correctly as a lot of work goes on after the sale is completed like changing records and land registry and errors here can cause ongoing issues months or years after the sale completes . Also as its one of the most important that you can do financially for most people so getting stressed by a poor conveyancer only adds to the grief. It’s worth balancing service with price as you usually get what you pay for and trying to find the cheapest conveyancer could end up costing your more money than what you save in errors with the sale.

Prepare early for the move

Packing the house up is a big task especially if your work is busy and the sale could happen a lot quicker than expected so it’s advisable to start boxing up anything that isn’t needed on a day to day basis so that you get packed away as much as possible before the day of the move, it will be worth it as the time it will save nearer the move will be welcomed. Some people rent storage and get as much of their possession into storage a month or 2 before the Move this can work but is more costly and at some point you will have to get the stuff out of storage so in fact you are just delaying the pain of moving boxes. You also need to shop around for a removal company that is reliable and can move you at relatively short notice as some times the sale might happen very quick and you need to be able to give a removal company relatively short notice . Alternatively you can do the move yourself by renting a van or small truck and buying boxes online, this means you can usually do this on a far shorter notice period as renting a vehicle can be done the same day.