Home Buying Services
We've put together a list of the services you might need when buying a house, and links to help you find them. You can find the timings of when you need these in our Costs Timeline.
Categories
- House Hunting
- Offer Accepted
- Exchange & Moving
House Hunting
Servcies to help you at the start of your house buying journey.
SPF Mortgage Brokers
Get mortgage advice from SPF, one of the UK's leading whole-of-market mortgage brokers.*
Property Consultant / Real Life Fairy Godmover
For a fee, Dani from Home at Last can personally guide you through every step of buying a home.*
* We receive a fee if you use these services. This doesn't affect the price you pay and helps keep Fairy Godmover free for everyone.
Offer Accepted
Everything you need once you've found a house and have had your offer accepted.
Home Buyers Insurance
1 in 3 house sales fall through. This insurance covers your conveyancing, survey and mortgage fees if that happens to you.*
Our Conveyancing Recommendation
Our personal recommendation is Jonathan Pickford from Tolhurst Fisher, who we recommend to our friends & family.*
Surveyor Quotes
Get free quotes from up to 4 RICS Chartered Surveyors**.
* We are paid a referral fee if you use Jonathan or Rhino Home Protect. This doesn't affect the price you pay.
** We've partnered with Reallymoving who pay us a fee for each person that fills out a form to get quotes. Reallymoving are free for you to use, they make money by charging the companies that provide the quotes.
Exchange & Moving
Services to help get your belongings to your new home and get you settled in.
Contents Insurance
You can also compare contents insurance quotes on price comparison websites, such as Compare the Market
Buildings Insurance
You can compare buildings insurance quotes on many price comparison websites, such as Money Supermarket
Removals Quotes
Get free quotes from up to 5 regulated removals companies*.
Mail Redirection
Organise for Royal Mail to redirect your post to your new address.
* We've partnered with Reallymoving who pay us a fee for each person that fills out a form to get quotes. Reallymoving are free for you to use, they make money by charging the companies that provide the quotes.