Conveyancing Solicitor Glasgow

This process explains step by step how we complete your transaction:

• Firstly, when you have identified your ideal home, get in touch with our enquiries team at Simplicity Legal. It is important for us to make enquiries as to whether there is a closing date. At this point, we will discuss your options for financing the purchase- for example, a mortgage.
• Next, we will get in touch with you regarding our fees and to get some proof of ID for yourself, a requirement under money laundering regulations as per the Law Society of Scotland.
• Once this is complete, we will send the offer to the parties selling the property. At this stage, we will send what is known as a ‘qualified acceptance’. This includes your offer with some conditions attached to be negotiated.
• Following this, we will obtain documents from the seller’s solicitors. We will ensure the seller has what is known as ‘Title to the Property’, ie. They can legally sell the property. We will also contact the seller’s agents and make enquiries as to any alterations or works carried out on the property.
• What is known as Property Enquiry Reports will determine various matters in relation to the area where the property is situated, including information on roads, drainage, warrants etc.
• Next, we will work with the seller’s solicitor to settle things as quickly as possible. We will then obtain all the relevant forms for your mortgage and finalise this with your lender.
• Following on from Land and Buildings Transaction Tax, when we reach an agreement with the seller’s solicitors we will arrange for the conclusion of the contract. Once the necessary funds are transferred, you will obtain the keys to your new home.