Conveyancing
For most people, their home is the largest thing they will ever buy — and the transaction is conducted almost entirely by people they never meet.
We handle the legal side, and we tell you early when something in the title, the lease or the searches is going to be a problem. While you still have the option of walking away.
Freehold and leasehold, residential and commercial. Searches, enquiries, contract, exchange and completion.
Lease extensions, ground rent and service charge provisions, and the questions a lender will ask before it lends.
Acting for you and, where appropriate, for your lender.
Adding or removing someone from the title — after separation, or on a gift to family.
Reservation agreements, developer deadlines, and the deposit protections you should have.
Where funds, identity documents or a power of attorney originate outside the UK.
Two things go wrong most often: a delay nobody explains, and a cost nobody mentioned. We give you a written estimate at the start, and when the chain stalls we tell you who we are waiting on.
Our Pakistani Desk advises on property matters involving assets in Pakistan — sale, purchase, inherited land, and the powers of attorney needed to deal with it from the UK.
A straightforward freehold purchase with no chain commonly takes eight to twelve weeks. Leasehold takes longer. A chain takes as long as its slowest link. Anyone who guarantees a date before searches are back is guessing.
At exchange, the contract becomes binding and the date is fixed. At completion, money moves and you get the keys. Between the two you are committed but not yet an owner.
A lender requires them. A cash buyer can waive them, and occasionally regrets it — searches reveal planned development, contamination and drainage liabilities that no viewing will.
Our fees, the disbursements and the likely Stamp Duty are set out in a written estimate before we begin. See our pricing page for indicative figures.
Tell us the price, the tenure, and whether there is a chain. We will send a written estimate covering our fees and the disbursements.