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Average time to organise*
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Step 1: Preparing to buy and sell a home
- Budget for your move
- Value your current property
- Get a mortgage agreement in principle
- Get an initial insurance quote
- Organise your legals for the house you are selling
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1 - 2 weeks |
Step 2: Finding a buyer
- Prepare your property for sale
- Put your property on the market
- Accept an offer on your property
- Appoint a solicitor
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4 - 10 weeks |
Step 3: Finding a property
- Find property through an estate agent
- Arrange a survey
- Confirm your offer price
- Appoint a solicitor
- Arrange an exchange date
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4 - 10 weeks |
Step 4: Exchanging Contracts
- Organise your deposit
- Book your buildings insurance
- Fill out your fixtures and fittings form
- Sign the contracts
(This is normally "the point of no return", when both parties become legally committed and neither can back out thereafter. You will normally have to pay a 10% deposit of the purchase price on exchange of contracts. You can expect to have to find this from your own savings as the mortgage advance is not released until completion.)
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4 - 16 weeks |
Step 5: Completing Contracts
(usually 2 weeks from exchange)
- Organise and book your removals
- Prepare final monies
- Organise utilities (incl meter readings)
 Requires 10 days notice
- Consider Post Office redirection Requires 10 days notice
- Notify of change of address
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6 - 20 weeks |
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Step 6: Moving in Day
- Sort out cleaning for both properties
- Put kids and animals with friends
- Take meter readings and report to utility companies
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1 - 2 days |
| * Everyone’s move is different so these time periods are for guidance only |
