The Sales Process

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Valuation

• We will come to your property and conduct a free valuation.
• You can request a free valuation online.

Instruct Jeremy Leaf & Co

• You need to prepare your property for sale.
• Once we have been instructed, we can begin marketing your property.
• We'll put up a For Sale board, and take photographs and full details of the property.

Choose A Solicitor

• You will need either a solicitor or a licenced conveyancer to help with the legal parts of the sales process.
• It can be useful to choose someone with local knowledge and contacts.
• Call a few different solicitors and compare quotes.
• Choose someone that answers the phone to you! You need to feel happy that they will be around when you need them most.
• Choose someone that you get on with when you speak to them.
• Ask family and friends for recommendations.

On the Market

• We almost always accompany potential purchasers during viewings.
• We'll keep you up to date with feedback from viewers.

Under Offer

• We'll be in touch as soon as your property receives an offer.
• We'll negotiate on your behalf throughout the sales process.

Sale Agreed

• Once a sale is agreed, we send out confirmation in writing.
• This letter also clarifies any other amounts that have been agreed, e.g. for fixtures & fittings, or a parking space.

Draft contract

• Your solicitor will send out a draft contract to the purchaser's solicitor.
• Their solicitor can then make all the relevant enquiries about the property.

Exchange contracts

• This is the point at which the sale becomes legally binding.
• If a deposit is being paid, it will be transferred between the solicitors.
• A date can be set for completion.

Completion

• This is the final point of the sales process.
• Your solicitor will receive the balance for the sale.
• You need to release your keys, and move out!