Valuation
To request a free valuation of your property you can either call
us, visit our office or complete the Valuation
Request form on this website. |
Processing the property
Once confirmation of your instruction has been received, one of
our team will process your property for marketing purposes. From
one visit they will produce high quality digital photographs, produce
360° virtual tours, if requested, a full set of architectural
floor plans, write and design property particulars for both on-line
and off-line marketing and source the relevant location maps. This
complete set of property details is then uploaded onto Tops Property
website and other property sites dealing with the Norwich area where
it is marketed to thousands of potential buyers. |
Legal
A solicitor will be required to handle the legal paperwork involved
in transferring ownership of your property to the new buyer (conveyance).
It is advisable to instruct your solicitor at the same time as putting
your property on the market, to allow for collection of the necessary
documentation. If you wish, we can recommend an efficient, value
for money solicitor. |
On the market
When you instruct Tops Property to sell your property you automatically
benefit from our unrivalled, comprehensive package of Marketing,
including multiple Web sites, main shopping street window advertising,
weekly property paper advertising and full colour details. These
are designed to achieve maximum exposure for your property in order
to obtain the best price quickly and efficiently. |
Viewings
It is our job to sell your property for you, which is why in almost
all cases we show the prospective purchaser around the property.
We conduct many viewings every week, many of which take place during
evenings and weekends. |
Receiving an offer
As soon as an offer is received we will notify you both verbally
and in writing with the appropriate recommendation. |
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Agreeing to sell
Once a purchaser has been established and the price accepted it
is vital that the following details are agreed:
- Date for exchange of contracts
- Date for completion
- Details of any extras included or excluded from the purchased
- We will advise you and negotiate on your behalf throughout
thisprocess, keeping you informed every step of the way
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Draft contract and supporting paperwork
Once the transaction is agreed, your solicitor will send out a draft
contract to your purchaser's solicitor who in turn carries out preliminary
enquiries and orders a Land Registry search. They will also organise
all the supporting paperwork (where applicable), ie: Title Deeds,
copy of Lease, fixtures and fittings list, seller's questionnaire,
planning consent, guarantees, copy of building regulations and share
of freehold certificate |
Service charge accounts & building insurance
(in general this is not applicable to freehold properties)
We recommend that you forward copies of your service charge accounts
over the last three years, estimates for the forthcoming year, and
building insurance certificates, to your solicitor the moment you
instruct us to market your property. Alternatively, in the case
of apartment blocks, you can ask your solicitor to collect these
documents from the Managing Agent. |
Contract approval
This is when all preliminary enquiries from the draft contract and
local search queries have been settled. |
Exchange of contracts
Most buyers require mortgages. Once the mortgage offer has been
confirmed, the purchaser is ready to exchange contracts with the
seller. The contract is signed by both the buyer and seller(s) and
the deposit, (usually between 5% -10% of the purchase price), is
either telegraphically transferred or paid by the buyer's solicitor,
by banker's draft. The completion date is set at this stage. |
Completion
This is generally set between a few days and a few weeks after exchange
of contracts, depending on the personal requirements of the buyer
and seller. The residual monies (usually 90%) are transferred from
the buyer's solicitor to your.
This is generally set anything between a few days and a few weeks
after exchange of contracts, depending on the personal requirements
of the buyer and seller. Residual monies from the buyers mortgage
company (usually about 90%) are now transferred from the their solicitor's
account to your solicitor's account. Finally Congratulations, you
are now sold your property. |
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At a glance
- Valuation
- Processing the property
- Legal
- On the market
- Viewings
- Receiving an offer
- Agreeing to sell
- Draft contract and supporting paperwork
- Service charge accounts and buildings insurance
- Contract approval
- Exchange of contracts
- Completion
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