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
Services to help you at the start of your house buying journey.
Mortgage Brokers
Get help getting your mortgage from our recommended brokers. Choose from a free-to-use broker, or a more specialist broker.*
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.*
Conveyancing Quotes
Get free quotes from up to 4 solicitors or licensed conveyancers and compare the quality of their legal work, customer serivce and more! *
Book a Survey
View prices and book in your survey with the Moving Portal. They are an award winning Surveying Service that works with over 300 local, RICS regulated surveyors.**
Get a Specialist Survey
Get a specialist survey quote for a specific property issue, such as damp or asbestos. **
* 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.
** We've partnered with Reallymoving and the Moving Portal who pay us a fee for each person that fills out a form to get quotes or books a survey through Fairy Godmover respectively.
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*.
Shop for magical furniture at Wayfair ✨
You can find furniture & furnishings for every style & budget at Wayfair - we bought our ottoman bed from there! **
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.
** We are paid a referral fee if you shop at Wayfair after clicking the link above. This doesn't affect the price you pay and helps keep Fairy Godmover free for everyone.