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Sellers Pack query
jenz
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We are going to sell our house later this year and were wondering whether we will have to pay for someone to do the complete pack or will there a kind of DIY version of it.
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Most estate agents are able to offer a free sellers pack which will enable you to market your house from June 1st providing that the conveyancing is carried out through the pack provider. The energy certificate will have to be carried out by a qualified professional; however, and this is likely to cost £1500
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providing that the conveyancing is carried out through the pack provider.
Will you want to be forced to use the pack provider's conveyancer (in an industrial unit somewhere a long way away) to do the conveyancing and pay £50-£100 more because the conveyancer involved has paid the agent a kick-back?
Better to get your solicitor to arrange the pack then you change agents more easily if you need to!
As a conveyancing solicitor I believe the information given in the post to be useful but I accept no liability except to fee-paying clients.RICHARD WEBSTER
As a retired conveyancing solicitor I believe the information given in the post to be useful assuming any properties concerned are in England/Wales but I accept no liability for it.0 -
I have been advised that if your house is on the market prior to the home buyers pack becoming legal, there will be a further period before the provision of this is necessary. I am unsure if this is correct. Would also be interested to know whether this will actually assist the housing market?0
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Have a look here - as far as I can see if your market is on the market before 1 June, as it stands at the moment you don't have to have a pack until 1 November, but the final regulations haven't been made yet, so the date may change
http://www.aboutproperty.co.uk/news/buying-and-selling-property/home-information-packs/top-10-facts-about-hips-$466524.htm0 -
I agree with Richard, in my experience local solicitors/conveyancers offer a far more flexible service than the supermarket style conveyancing companies.
If you market your property before June 1st 07 and it remains on the market you wont legally require a sellers pack until 31st March 08.0
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