9 Crown Row, Bracknell, Berkshire, RG12 0TH
Helen Thring
Marketing & Operations Manager
Helen is Nick’s sister and she successfully set up and established our Lettings Department back in 2013. Having spent much of her career prior to DY working in marketing, Helen now heads up our Marketing & Operations department. This suits her organisational skills, creativity and keen eye for detail perfectly! She loves taking long walks with her Labrador Finn and when time permits, travelling and visiting new places around the globe.
Top of my bucket list is…
To keep travelling, visiting more new countries and ultimately, one day explore Europe in a (very comfortable!) camper van.
My guilty pleasure…
Ben & Jerry’s cookie dough ice cream. Probably best just not to buy it!
When I was younger, I wanted to be…
Less shy/more confident. Still working on it…
If I were a superhero, my superpower would be…
To help find a cure for cancer and dementia. Here’s hoping.
On Sunday morning, you can usually find me…
Up bright and early for a long dog walk in the country.
You might be surprised to know that…
One of my earliest qualifications as a teenager was as a Clarks trained shoe fitter. Ohh, all those back to school shoes!
19 Aug 2021
Conveyancing is the legal part of transferring a property from one owner to another. In the UK, it’s quite a lengthy process.
There are legal differences between a conveyancer and a solicitor but these terms are often used interchangeably during this process.
Choosing a conveyancer
Friends and family may offer recommendations but they are unlikely to have used a firm more than once or even recently. Your estate agent will have a bird’s eye view of the local firms and be able to advise you on who has the staff and specialism to deal with your property.
BONUS TIP: Don’t base your decision on price. There’s no standard way to quote fees, which can be bamboozling. Don’t take the risk.
What do solicitors do?
There’s simply not enough space here to explain the whole legal process but here are some brief details to give you an overview.
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Draft contract and supporting documents received.
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Enquiries raised by the buyers’ side. These are questions about the paperwork. Act quickly with your questions and replies to keep the legal teams motivated to act quickly, too.
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Property searches. These can take quite some time. Local authorities, for example, can have a backed-up workload, particularly due to the pandemic.
Other searches might include:
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Water authority
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Flood risk
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Title register and title plan
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Environmental search
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Mining
These searches will cost extra so be sure to budget for them.
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Sign contracts and transfer deposits. A completion date will be agreed.
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Completion usually happens a few weeks after exchange of contracts so be prepared to continue to be patient.
If you’d like to chat more about the details of this process and how we can help to get you “sale ready” in advance, or you’d simply like a recommendation for a conveyancer, give us a call on 01344 860121.
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