Our team has over 60 years of collective experience in delivering high quality work in all matters relating to residential house sales and purchases. 

We have 5 members of the team who may work on your matter. 

Regardless of who works on your matter, they will be supervised by Alan Whitmore who is the Managing Director, the Senior Responsible Officer for the Conveyancing Quality Scheme and Head of Conveyancing.

We always make sure that junior or trainee solicitors and members of staff are supported and supervised appropriately so that the quality of advice is not affected, regardless of who is working on your case.

Alan Whitmore is a Solicitor specialising in Property Law & Residential Conveyancing with over 50 years experience.  He is an accredited member of and the firm's Senior Responsible Office of the Law Society's Conveyancing Quality Scheme.  He supervises the members of the conveyancing team.

Stephanie Tams is a Licensed Conveyancer who has achieved the Level 6 Diploma in Conveyancing Law & Practice and has over ten years experience in Conveyancing.

Janice Dillon is a Conveyancing Assistant dealing with Post Completion Matters and Title Registration.

Lynne Tittensor is a Conveyancing Assistant and assistant to Stephanie Tams.

Emma Gotham is a Conveyancing Assistant, and assistant to Stephanie Tams.

Disbursements are costs related to your matter that are payable to third parties, such as Land Registry fees.  

We handle the payment of the disbursements on your behalf to ensure a smoother process.

You can calculate the amount of Stamp Duty you will need to pay by using HMRC's website here or if the property is in Wales by using the Welsh Revenue Authority's website here.

How long it will take from your offer being accepted until you can move into your house will depend on a number of factors.  

The average process takes between six and twelve weeks.  It can be quicker or slower, depending on the parties in the chain.  

For example, if you are a first-time buyer, purchasing a empty property with a mortgage in principle, it could take around eight weeks.  

However if you are buying a leasehold property that requires an extension of the lease, this can take significantly longer.  In such, additional charges would apply.

The precise stages involved in the purchase of a residential property vary according to the circumstances.  However, below we have listed some key stages in the process.

• Take your instructions and give you initial advice
• Check finances are in place to fund the purchase and contact lender's solicitors if needed
• Receive and advise on contract documents
• Carry out searches
• Obtain further planning documentation if required
• Make any necessary enquiries of seller's solicitor
• Give you advice on all documents and information received
• Go through the conditions of the mortgage offer with you
• Draft the Transfer
• Advise you on joint ownership
• Arrange an appointment to sign contract documents
• Agree a completion date (the date from which you own the property)
• Obtain pre-completion searches
• Exchange Contracts and notify you that this has happened
• Arrange for all monies needed to be received from the lender and you
• Complete the purchase
• Deal with payment of Stamp Duty/Land Tax
• Deal with application for registration at Land Registry