Your Quick-Start Guide to Selling a House

If you’re selling your house, there is a lot to think about and a lot of “moving parts”.

There can seem to be an overwhelming amount of things you need to consider.

What can you do to ensure that you know what you need to do and when?

The free, downloadable PDF on this page will help you.

It is 8 pages in length and it will provide you with helpful reference material, including the following topics:

A typical “countdown” of the weeks prior to the settlement date.
A glossary of commonly-used terms by solicitors so that you don’t feel ‘excluded’ by all the apparent jargon.
An explanation of the way that the contract works, including how it is finalised and approximate timescales to completion.
Discussion of issues regarding outlays/costs/disbursements which it will be necessary to incur as part of the process. (You need to know what these – sometimes “hidden” – costs may be (on top of your solicitor’s fee – something which is also discussed)).

The download concludes with a helpful table you can fill in yourself with all the likely costs and obligations you will incur through the process, so you can keep track of things and make sure you have not left anything crucial out of account. The table sets everything out for you in a logical fashion.

Click on the image below to download the guide (last updated September 2020). The download will begin immediately (408 kB).