This is your moving day and usually happens about lunchtime, if not sooner.

The process starts with the buyer when the balance of the purchase price is sent by electronic banking to the seller’s solicitors. Once they receive the funds, the property is sold.

As a seller, you need to vacate the property of all of your belongings and cleared of all rubbish as soon as possible and then drop the keys in to the estate agents office. The buyer will then collect the keys from the agents and begin moving in.

The solicitors will then deal with several post completion issues such as repaying any mortgages, paying third party costs or dealing with the stamp duty and Land Registry formalities before closing the file.