The Library
Moving home or remortgaging can be overwhelming with all the forms and documents involved. Don’t worry, our library has got you covered with the most important things you need to know. Take a read and remember to return the books once you’re done!
The Welcome Pack
Usell Bolt
The Welcome Pack Includes:
- Personal information about all purchasers/sellers in the transaction.
- Detailed information about the properties being bought and sold.
- Information about any mortgage.
- Terms and Conditions.
- Recommendations
How Usell Bolt can Help you
“Usell Bolt here, I recommend getting some information and documents together before you start, it’ll speed things up.”
- NI Number
- Green Deals used
- Mortgage account number
- Any structural changes
- Documentation if you have changed your name (i.e. marriage certificate)
- Right to buy or any help to buy purchase schemes
- Bank account details
- The Deeds (if you have them)
- Leasehold and/or Management Company recent bill
Searches
Alicia NewKeys
The Searches Include:
- Information about the area the property is in
- In depth knowledge of future developments
- Highlights and addresses any concerns
- Peace of mind you are buying a good investment
Chancel
If the property sits in a parish that is liable to contribute to repairs to the church.
Environmental
Highlights risk of subsidence, contaminated land, flood risk and landslips
Drainage & Water
A report into who owns and maintains the sewers, drains and pipes.
Coal
Postcode dependent and needed for coal mining areas to check for risk of unstable ground.
How Alicia NewKeys can help
“I’m Alicia NewKeys and I can’t tell you how important it is to get your searches ordered early. The Local Authority search can cause delays and anything of concern should be raised as early as possible. It benefits you enormously to be in receipt of the searches and potential issues early incase something needs to be remedied or indeed if you decide not to proceed. You will not be able to exchange contracts before these crucial documents are returned as your mortgage lender requires them to protect and minimise their lending risk.”
AMLs
Digital ID Check
- Passport
- Bank Statements
- Driving Licence
- Household bills
How SamuAML Jackson helps
“SamuAML Jackson here to get your ID check passed smoothly. Before you start grab your passport, driving licence and some proof of address docs.”
Protocol / TA Forms
If you are a seller there are a number of forms you must fill in to supply detailed information about your property; they are called protocol or TA forms. Traditionally sellers complete these forms once an offer has been accepted solicitor appointed. Moving-Buddies enables you to get started on these forms in advance and even before you have accepted an offer.
How Tu Pack can help
“TuPack’s tips on completing protocol forms quickly… you’ll need any documents about your property ready e.g. your lease, management company and details of any improvements or changes you’ve made. My forms are arguably the most time intensive but I’ve made them really simple. In fact I think the toughest part will be deciding what fixtures and fittings you are and are not going to leave behind.”
Our FAQs
Any Questions
Conveyancing & Legal
No problem, we work with a panel of conveyancers and you can get a fully itemised conveyancing quote including all fees and disbursements in under 30 seconds. If you are happy with the quote simply select PROCEED and we'll get you started straight away.
Unfortunately not. We work with a select panel of conveyancers who have accepted our digital form formats and agree to work with us to speed up the conveyancing legal process by utilising our software and processes. Feel free to get a no obligation quote in under 30 seconds.
Moving-Buddies work with a select panel of conveyancers that offer fantastic value as well as exceptional service. Because we get the work done quickly and provide all information and documents to them in an easy to use format we have access to preferential fees. Feel free to get a no obligation quote with us and compare us elsewhere. Ours is a premium service and cuts down the time it takes to get you to that all important completion day.
We don't claim to have the very cheapest fees available online but we are very competitive. We believe our combination of fast service and competitive fees provides unrivalled benefits.
Searches
Quite simply searches protect your investment. They are made up of a number of different searches that come back and are called your search pack. If you are buying with a mortgage your lender will certainly require them in order to minimise the risk to their investment.
Searches typically provide more in depth information about a property. They highlight issues that could be cause for concern now or in the future. These issues could affect the value of the property in the coming years. For instance searches will highlight if the property is on a flood plain, if it is in a mining area and if there is a risk of subsidence. Even if the property is near the proposed HS2 route. Any of these factors could determine if you want to proceed with the property purchase and potentially if the property value could be negatively affected in due course.
This is a very difficult question to answer and can vary wildly dependent on the location of the property. One of the searches is the Local Authority search which is entirely time dependent on individual authorities. They can return them in days or even many weeks. It is for this reason that searches should be ordered as early as possible. There is no way to speed up searches being returned.
We provide a comprehensive pack of searches that satisfy our law firms requirements. Head over to our glossary page where we discuss in greater detail the searches that are included and what they tell you about the property.
General
You're right there's a lot to do when buying and selling a property. But here are some of the key tasks:
- Instruct an estate agent - we can help
- Instruct a conveyancer - we can help
- Speak to a mortgage broker and get a mortgage in principle - we can help
- Start compiling all the legal forms and information with Moving-Buddies
- Work with Moving-Buddies who will guide you through the process and prompt you to do everything that is needed
Absolutely yes, in fact we highly recommend it. If you use the same conveyancer they are in full control of both parts of the transaction, it cuts down on correspondence time between separate parties and they can more easily control any chains you might be involved in.
Simply - work with Moving-Buddies!
Completing forms and information requests in a timely manner, ordering third party disbursements (searches) as soon as possible, sort out your documents early and communication is key.
Did you know Moving-Buddies shows you real time updates on document completion, ID check and searches. It also shows this progress to your conveyancer and you can invite other parties to view too. Cut down on phone calls and chasing by allowing everyone to see what stage the sale or purchase is at.
You will be required to pay a nominal amount on file to your chosen conveyancer. This is like a deposit so if your transaction does't go ahead they have some funds to pay for work they have undertaken up to that point in time.
You need to pay third party disbursements in advance i.e. searches and ID checks. Moving-Buddies will assist you with this. We send a combination of links to get you started and our progression team will speak to you directly so you know what to expect and when.
The balance of fees are payable on completion.
