Completion Day, You are Now Sold! Usually one person has steered the ship through choppy waters.
Completion day has arrived and the task is complete, but let's be honest it's not a task that anyone can do, it takes skill, patience, and a whole load of phone calls and emails so having a go-to person will make all the difference.
You may now begin to see the reason why moving house is classed as one of the most stressful things you will ever do.
Hey but give yourself a big pat on the back, you've made it and the next chapter simultaneously opens and closes at the push of a solicitors button. Keeping the sale on track during this time is a specialised job and one that some estate agents decide to outsource, not that there is anything wrong with this, it does, however, take skill and patience and a team member that knows exactly what is going on. Listed below are the things that the "sales progressor" will be doing in the background to make sure completion takes places on the day its set out for
- Continual communication with all solicitors
- Chain Checking from top to bottom
- Communication with both seller and buyer
- Good understanding of the legal process
Without a dedicated person or team, this part of the process can be a nightmare and one of the reasons around 1 in 3 sales will fall through, legally an estate agents job ends after the memorandum of sales is issued to the solicitors involved as we are not the legal experts who can navigate the sometimes complex world of conveyancing. At Oakfield we make sure we are always on hand in your time of need, we may not have the legal answers but we will listen and try to help, this is where good links with local based solicitors are paramount and not a call centre full of people we can never get to know. choosing a local solicitor will usually make a lot of difference to the speed of the transaction.