Our service begins and ends personally, with each transaction being completed by a conveyancer personal to you, so you know who you need to talk to from first instruction to completion. We are aware that your house is your home, but it is also an investment. Thus, very importantly we will ensure, from a legal point of view that you end up buying a property that you will be able to sell. If you have any enquiries or for a free no obligation quotation please contact our friendly team on 01603 610911.
Our team can act on a wide range of transactions ranging from residential, buy-to-let, high net worth and land development, to transactions involving a limited company. During the course of a transaction, our services will include:
Purchase
- Providing you with a first time buyer's guide
- Reviewing your contract, title documents and searches
- Acting on behalf of your Lender and advising you on your mortgage, if any
- Reporting to you on your obligations as a homeowner and advising you on all rights, reservations, restrictions and covenants that may affect the property
- Exchanging contracts
- Completing the transfer of funds
- Submitting your Stamp Duty Land Tax return and processing your payment of any stamp duty due
- Completing the registration of the property into your name
Sale
- Providing you with a sale guide and assisting with completing the necessary paperwork to be provided to the buyers’ solicitor
- Drafting all of your contract paperwork and issuing this to the buyers’ solicitor
- Dealing with any enquiries raised on your behalf
- Attending to repayment of your mortgage, if any
- Exchanging contracts
- Completing and transferring the sale proceeds
- Sending the buyer all of the original deeds and sale documentation
See our guides on buying and selling property for an overview of a typical conveyancing process involved or alternatively see the below video.
Social Housing
Carolyn Eddy has a wealth of knowledge and experience in this sector, and can assist you with the following:
- New-build freehold and leasehold sales
- Housing Association NewBuild HomeBuy (shared ownership) matters
- Right to buy
- Right to acquire
- Assignments (re-sales of existing shared ownership properties)
- Stair-casings
- Transfer of equity
If you would like to request a quote for our social housing conveyancing services, please send your details in an email to info@leathesprior.co.uk.
Lease extensions and enfranchisement
Dean Gannon, our lease extension expert, can assist by providing the below:
- An initial review of your lease together with a comparison of extending your lease by private negotiation or under the Leasehold Reform, Housing and Urban Development Act 1993 (LRHUDA 1993)
- Assessing your eligibility for a lease extension under the statutory route, and advising on the advantages and drawbacks of utilising either the statutory or private negotiation routes.
- Advising you on the procedure, timescales, and the likely costs involved
- Assisting you with extending your lease and registering the new lease at the Land Registry
- Seeking your mortgage lender’s approval (if applicable) to the lease extension and handling their additional requirements.
Lease extensions negotiated privately with the landlord/freeholder are handled by our Residential Property Team. Lease extension applications under the LRHUDA 1993 will be passed to expert Calum Paterson and applications for tenants to acquire the freehold under the LRHUDA 1993 are handled by our expert Commercial Property Team. Our team can assess whether you qualify to extend your lease or enfranchise and we can advise you as to the different routes available.
Other services
- Re-mortgage
- Transfer of equity
- Matrimonial transfers
- If you are moving home, have you thought about updating your Will? Our Wills, Estates and Powers of Attorney Team can assist.
For advice on any property dispute, visit our dedicated page or contact our expert Darren Bowen directly on 01603 281195.
Thanks again for all of your help - I have advised everyone I have spoken to how amazing you are (also Clare your secretary has been great too). So I hope that will provide you with more deserved business. I would never use anyone else now. The best solicitors we could ever of dealt with - thank you.
Just a quick email to say thank you so much for all the hard work you guys done for us. We were surprised at how much work and paperwork is involved in buying and selling houses! You were extremely efficient and answered all our queries instantly! We think your firms charges were very fair and represented good value. We will recommend you guys with no hesitation to anyone we know looking for a quality solicitor.
I really appreciated your help and service during the time I was purchasing my new house and moving. It was a seriously busy period of my life...and you really helped. I would honestly say that your service and pro-activity blew me away, I have never been chased by a solicitor before for information – normally it is the converse!! I will take the time to highlight one of the many things that you did for me that I thought was outstanding. During the move one of your team phoned me for the bank details of my old mortgage so that could be paid off. I was at that stage helping my removals company (which were the opposite to you I may hasten to add – top dollar charges, despicable service) move boxes so I was extremely tied up. I put off looking for the information that your team wanted. A short while later the same team member phoned again and I apologised as I hadn’t got the information to them, they said don’t worry, we have located the information and have paid the mortgage off for you!!! Fantastic service.
I just wanted to quickly convey our satisfaction with David Clarke and his team following our recent purchase of a property in Birchfield Road, Stockport. As expats, confidence was key and David came highly recommended and didn't let us down. We were kept well informed throughout and any queries were answered quickly and satisfactorily. A thoroughly professional job and we would have no hesitation in recommending Leathes Prior to others in the future.
You’ve been a star to work with – an enormous support and help in resolving all the issues and blockages we’ve had along the way. We couldn’t have done it without you.
I'm writing to tell you how impressed we were with Esther's conveyancing help on our recent sale and purchase. She was incredibly sharp, knowledgeable, efficient, polite, professional, friendly and went above and beyond to make sure our exchange happened on the date we needed, in a complex and difficult situation. She followed up tirelessly with our management company and buyers' solicitor, never missed a beat and was proactive in getting every possible ball rolling. It's thanks to her that we avoided our sale and purchase falling apart. Our estate agent was similarly wowed by Esther's work, and told me she was 'the best she'd ever worked with'. I know that she went on to recommend her to a client, and we will without doubt sing Esther and Leathes Prior's praises whenever anyone asks for a solicitor recommendation. She's an absolute credit to your practice. We felt truly lucky to have her on our side.
We want to say a massive thank you to you! You've been amazing and made everything so speedy and seamless. We received the deeds today - please say thank you to your secretary. You guys are dream makers! We will definitely be in touch again when we find our forever home! I have family here in Norfolk, all of them are in the property sector and I will definitely recommend you! You've been a total super star from start to finish! Best wishes.
Just a quick thank you to confirm we got the keys on Friday and have started ripping up the carpets and getting the paint brushes out already. Found the whole process smooth and yourselves at Leathes Prior very helpful, efficient and easy to deal with. Thanks for your help with everything.
I just wanted to let you know how grateful we are for all your help and advice during the last few weeks, and for keeping us so well informed, thank you.
Thank-you so very much for all your hard work, you've been absolutely amazing! I wish all solicitors were like you! I've been absolutely overwhelmed at how brilliant you've been with everything. Thank-you so much as well dealing with my hundred emails asking if we can exchange yet! You've been truly the best, I will always recommend you to family and friends!
Thank you very much for all your hard work and patience throughout the stressful process. I feel very fortunate to have instructed you as my solicitor.
Many thanks for your assistance during the sale of the property. You have made the whole transaction very easy. We now plan to sell the property we are currently in. At the necessary stage I will be in touch to ask for your assistance once again. Until then keep well. Many thanks for all your help.
Esther has been fantastic from start to finish. Her professionalism and levels of communication have been absolutely top class. She has far out performed our solicitor for the sale and any solicitors I have used from previous moves.
Dan and I truly want to thank you for your hard work and persistence in our first home buy. We have since recommended you to all of our friends as we found you incredibly prompt and professional, we want to say everything on our end went incredibly smoothly. We both wish you the very best and success for all your future. We will also continue to use you - as your service was first class.
As always excellent, courteous, prompt and professional service.
Just superb – great service, great communication, no gobbledegook.
Thank you very much for all your help. I would particularly like to thank you for your understanding and compassion, and negotiations, regarding my recent, and very badly timed health problems. And I wouldn't hesitate to recommend you to anyone requiring a very good conveyancer; It has been a complete pleasure throughout...no fuss, no dramas, just quiet efficiency. I've been very impressed.
Many thanks for all your help to date, hoping this purchase will be as easy as you made the last!
We had to write to you and thank you for the excellent service you have provided in our recent house purchase. From our first telephone conversation, through the whole process, to the final completion we have been impressed and inspired by your thoroughness, speed and reliability. We will not hesitate in recommending you to our friends and colleagues.
A Solicitor at Leathes Prior, Mr Dean Gannon, has successfully and with the upmost tolerance and patient, eloquently dealt with myself and two other Directors whilst extending leases to 999yrs. Neither of us would hesitate to use Mr Gannon’s services again.
Just wanted to send a quick email to say thank you for all your help. Thankfully the re-mortgage went through seamlessly and no further hiccups along the way. I know we use yourselves (as a company) as our solicitor, but I would personally use your services again if required. You were very efficient, friendly and knowledgeable & above all, helped in my hour of need. Many Thanks again!
I'd prefer Leathes Prior to act for me as you did such a brilliant job of the house purchase, would love for the good work to continue.
Whilst expediting this sale, Ms. Hancox's professional services were faultless and seamless. Always instantaneous, professional responses to my emails and postal communications were equally as fast and accurate. There were no errors, time delays or problems. Only solutions, positivity and continuity. Leathes Prior's pricing for conveyancing represents incredible value for money in terms of quality versus cost. Ms. Hancox is also handling my current house purchase too so I continue to remain relaxed and confident.
We wish to give our appreciation of the outstanding service you gave to us for these two conveyances and without your professional drive we would not have completed on the date we required. Furthermore you carried it all out with good humour and at times you were like a terrier with a bone, all to get the required results. We would have no hesitation in recommending your services.
We would like to thank you so much for dealing with our house sale/buy. We have bought many houses over the years and we can certainly say you have provided us with the best service. You always answered our emails & telephone calls very promptly. We have been 100% satisfied with the service you have provided us!
My wife and I have bought over 15 properties in the course of the last 50-odd years, and have dealt with many firms of solicitors, both in those transactions, and in my professional capacity. Our experience of Leathes Prior compares more than favourably with any professional firm with whom we have dealt over all that time. Lily Beel has been thoroughly professional at all times, and never ceased to be supportive and cheerful, despite operating in such a frantically busy period. She was often in touch well after normal working hours, and clearly prioritises getting the job done efficiently whatever the personal effort. I would also add that Lily is very well supported by Kate Newson, who has been a pleasure to deal with. Between them they have ensured an excellent experience for us.
We are extremely grateful for all your help, advice and support during both of our abortive house purchases and for your speed and efficiency in completing. After such a stressful few months, it was very reassuring for us to know that we were in such good hands. We would not hesitate to use you again or to recommend you to friends and family.
Thank you all so much for your hard work, I wouldn't ever use anyone else. We were very happy with the service you have given us and are so happy how quick and easy it been for us. It’s really taken a lot of the stress away from us, thank you again !!!!
Thanks for all your efforts during recent sale and earlier purchase. We certainly won’t hesitate to use you again and make recommendations to friends/family.
Many thanks for all your help, we were very pleased with the service we received from you and all at Leathes Prior, we would not hesitate to use your services again in the future.
Partner David Clarke is recommended for all aspects of commercial property and residential development work.
Thank you for what was a very speedy and efficient process.
Thank you so much for everything you have done for us. You are all amazing, and have made it all so stress free.
Thank you also for all your help and for making the buying process such a smooth, painless experience!
I just wanted to say a big thanks to you both for all your work over the past six months. It all went so smoothly on moving day and we were moving into our new home just after lunch. Again, thanks for all your assistance. This is the second time I've used Leathes Prior to move house and both times the service and advice has been excellent. Thanks so much again - we really appreciate everything you've done.
You made the whole process very easy and stress free.
We have been very impressed by the efficiency, speed and professionalism you have shown throughout our purchase and thank you all.
I just wanted to let you know how impressed I have been with Stephen Wilson, one of your senior associates. He dealt with my case swiftly and confidently and showed a great understanding of the whole process. He put me at ease with an incredibly important situation and I would recommend his services to others.
Thank you so much to Esther for all her help, clear and efficient all the way! It’s why I use Leathes Prior for personal and business dealings, they never fail me.