Easy Conveyancing? Is there such a thing? Since helping my first client to move home in 2000 I have helped tens of thousands of clients to successfully move home and I have learned there are ways to ensure a stress free move and they are, mostly, all with in your control. I'll run though all the things you can do to make your move as stress free as possible and even give tips on what to do when things outside of control try to effect your zen.

In our article, How to choose the best conveyancing solicitor, we focus on how to avoid working with a conveyancing lawyer who is slow, unresponsive or inexperienced, however it doesn't just stop there, you need to choose experienced surveyors and mortgage brokers.

The support and guidance of conveyancing specialists will protect you from the stresses of challenges along the way. Here are some examples:

Your chain can be very long with a number of buyers and sellers, all facing the same challenges of uncertainty. With a chain you want to know it is complete before you start spending money. What you don't want to do is spend hundreds of pounds on conveyancing searches, mortgage valuation and property surveys, when either the person in the chain above you hasn't found a property to buy and may have to pull out of their sale to you.

You can download your free chain checklist here - Check Your Chain Checklist

This is probably the biggest cause to stress in conveyancing because clients can accidentally make the mistake of handing in their notice on the tenancy once they have their offer accepted. With 1 in 3 purchases failing to complete, that could mean 1 in 3 clients have made themselves homeless by handing in their notice too soon. Although it is a risk it is understandable why you would want to limit your time paying your mortgage and also paying your rent.

Even if you are one of the 2 in 3 who successfully complete, what you have done is set a date for when you will have to be out of your rental property and into your new home which may, or may not, be achievable. Suddenly you are making decisions during the conveyancing process based on this date; potentially ignoring issues and often applying time frames to your solicitor and chain that might not be achievable. It may even be that their is a legal challenge stopping you, or someone else in the chain from exchanging. Even though you might be happy to take on the risk to ignore a legal issue or property defect, if you are getting a mortgage then your mortgage lender won't take the same risk.

The best advice is to no take the risk of ignoring key issues or adding stress to your move by handing in your notice too early. Although your solicitor will only ever say to hand in your notice once you've exchanged contracts, you maybe able to hand it in sooner, but as close to exchange as possible. You can read more about this here, Click to read when the best time is to hand in your notice.