Guiding young first-time buyers through their first house purchase

How Bridger’s Law Delivered Quick and Efficient Results

Buying your first house is an exciting time in your life and it is important to find the right conveyancing team who can help you through the seemingly daunting process.

We reassure our first time buyers that although this is a first for them, it is something we deal with daily. You can trust in us and we are happy to answer any questions.

Our clients’ requirements

Our clients instructed us to assist with their purchase of a freehold property on the Isle of Sheppey. They needed to move quickly, so were looking for a responsive conveyancing team who could help push the sale through and avoid hold-ups.
Another important factor in their choice of conveyancing team was price – and this is one of the reasons we have fixed fees. People often worry about the next bill coming in from a conveyancing team but we work differently here – we give you a price at the start for the work you have asked us to do.
These clients knew from the beginning what their legal fees would be – and it matched their completion statement at the end.

Challenges

The property was on a fairly new estate (less than 15 years old) and there appeared to be a management company who dealt with service charges for maintenance on the estate. This was established as there was a’ restriction’ in their favour on the title register which meant the property cannot be transferred over to another owner without a certificate from the management company confirming that the requirements of the ‘restriction’ have been complied with.

The above findings were part of our enquiries as the sellers had not mentioned any service charges on their property information form despite the ‘restriction’ on the title. 

How we helped

Once the sellers’ conveyancing team investigated this with the management company, it was discovered that they no longer collected service charges from this property and the restriction could be removed. We worked with the sellers’ conveyancing team to ensure that the management company completed the relevant forms, meaning we could lodge it with our Land Registry application and remove the restriction. This update would assist our clients in the future when they choose to sell the property.

We also offered to meet with our clients in person, once they received their final report and documents to sign. This allowed us to discuss any queries or go through anything they did not understand. We could then also sign the documents with them so their concerns about signing or witnessing anything incorrectly would be overcome.

Result

We were able to complete our clients’ purchase in just 10 weeks and 3 days and we were always available by email or phone to answer any questions – we promised a fast response and delivered on our promise.

What the client said:

“Can’t thank the team enough for helping get everything sorted for me and my partner for us to move into our new home.
“We chose Bridger’s Law as they said they could get everything done in a timely manner, as we needed to move quickly and they certainly delivered!
“They were very helpful and understanding, as we weren’t 100% sure what some documents meant and they answered all our questions promptly by email and phone.

 “Now finally settled in our new home and grateful for the help of the team! Thank you Paige, Jazmine and Sarah for all your hard work it was very much appreciated.”

Get in touch to speak with us about conveyancing, or to ask a question about us, our fees or how we work. We also have a new blog that goes through the different steps when buying your first home.