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Residential Conveyancing, handled personally by one solicitor
Whether you are buying, selling, remortgaging or changing who owns your home, I do the legal work myself. The service is fully online, so you can deal with your conveyancing from home, at a time that suits you, wherever you are in England and Wales.
Residential Services
Buying a Home
Conveyancing for buying a freehold or leasehold home, handled personally from offer to completion and fully online.
Selling a Home
Conveyancing for selling a freehold or leasehold home, handled personally from instruction to completion and fully online.
Remortgage
The legal work for moving your mortgage to a new lender, handled personally and fully online.
Transfer of Equity
Adding or removing someone from the legal ownership of your home, handled personally and fully online.
Lease Extension
Extending the lease on your flat, informally with the landlord or through the statutory route, handled personally and fully online.
Online Conveyancing from Start to Finish
Everything is handled online, including identity checks. Documents are signed digitally, or by post where that is needed. You do not need to visit an office at any stage.
What does a conveyancing solicitor do?
A conveyancing solicitor handles the legal side of buying, selling or remortgaging a property. That includes checking the legal title, carrying out searches, dealing with the other side’s solicitor and your mortgage lender, transferring the money on completion, and registering the change at HM Land Registry.
I explain each stage in plain English, so you know what is happening and what comes next.
How long does conveyancing take?
As an estimate, buying or selling a home typically takes 6 to 12 weeks, and a remortgage 2 to 4 weeks. This is an estimate, not a promise. It depends on things outside my control, such as the chain, lenders and the other side. The typical timescales for every residential service are on the Fees page.
Freehold and Leasehold
If you own a freehold, you own the building and the land it stands on. If you own a leasehold, usually a flat, you own the property for a fixed number of years under a lease from a landlord.
Leasehold property needs extra work, such as checking the lease and dealing with the landlord or managing agent. This is shown as a separate leasehold fee on the Fees page.
Buying your first home
If you are a first-time buyer, I explain each step as we go. If you are using a Lifetime ISA or a gifted deposit, additional fees apply. Both are listed on the Fees page.
Fees
All residential fees, extras and disbursements are on the Fees page, shown plus VAT and including VAT.
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Tell me briefly what you need. I will reply with a written quote and explain what happens next.