Property Law

Specialists in Residential & Commercial Property Law

Legal Practice Areas

Residential Property

Expert residential property advice: sales, purchases, mortgages, leases, enfranchisement, and right to manage.

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Commercial Property

Commercial real estate experts: investments, leases, sales, acquisitions, disposals, and asset management.

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Investment Property

Real estate development experts: pre & post development, construction, valuations, commercial and legal advice.

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Residential Property

Introduction

Introduction
Services

Our Residential Real Estate team advises on all aspects of home sales, purchases, and mortgages. We maintain constant communication with everyone involved. This includes you, banks, valuers, agents, brokers, and other key parties.

We ensure everyone stays informed, reducing the stress of your property transaction.

There are a number of stages involved a transaction, including:

Taking your instructions and providing initial advice
Carrying out identity and funding checks
Drafting or reviewing contract documents
Carrying out searches
Raising or responding to enquiries with the other side’s solicitor
Reviewing of any conditions required for your lender, and restrictions on the title
Preparing a final report providing advice and guidance on all information
Preparing for exchange and completion
Dealing with post completion matters such as payment of Stamp Duty / Land Tax, and application for registration with the Land Registry

Commercial Property

Introduction

Introduction
Services

Our Commercial Property team serves a diverse clientele, including investors, developers, management companies, landlords, and tenants, managing extensive portfolios of commercial and residential properties.

We offer comprehensive expertise across all facets of commercial property transactions. Whether you require assistance with investment, development, or tenancy matters, we provide tailored advice and dedicated service to achieve your optimal outcomes.

Our services include:

Auction purchases
Commercial Leases, Licences & Tenancies – including the drafting of, negotiating on and advising on an extensive range of lease related documents including lease renewals, assignment of leases, licence to occupy, licence for alterations, deed of variation, deed of surrender and more. Negotiations involving leases could include break clauses, surrenders
Commercial & Residential Development
Lease Termination & Surrenders
Pension Fund Properties (SIPS & SASS)
Portfolio Sales and Purchases, Acquisitions and Disposals and Asset Management
Property Finance & Remortgage

Investment Property

Introduction

Introduction
Services

Our Real Estate Development team is experienced in understanding the processes of pre-development, construction, and post-development. We understand the value of a property and can tailor our knowledge to suit your ventures and aspirations, offering both commercial and legal advice on all aspects of development, whether residential or commercial.

Our Real Estate Development team can provide both commercial and legal advice on all aspects of development whether residential or commercial.

Our services include:

Acquisition, site assembly, development and sale
Modification and release of restrictive covenants
Joint venture structuring
Brownfield and Greenfield development and regeneration
Strategic land sale and development
Planning and construction
Funding

FAQs

How long will my house sale / purchase take?

How long it will take from your offer being accepted to completion will depend on a number of factors. The average process takes between 8 and 12 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 new build property with a mortgage in principle and the transaction goes smoothly it could take as little as 6 weeks. However, if you are buying a leasehold property that requires an extension of the lease, this can take significantly longer, between 3 and 6 months. In such, a situation additional charges would apply.
What legal work will you be doing for me?
The precise stages involved vary according to the circumstances. However typically in a property sale we need to do the following:

Take your instructions and give you initial advice

Receive and advise on sale contract documents where applicable

Carry out searches on the property you are buying where appropriate

Give you advice on all documents and information received

Send final contract to you for signature

Agree completion date (date from which you own the property)

Exchange contracts and notify you that this has happened

Complete the transaction

In a property purchase we need to do the following:

Take your instructions and give you initial advice

Check finances are in place to fund purchase where applicable and contact lender’s solicitors if needed

Carry out searches on the property you are buying where appropriate

Obtain further planning documentation if required

Make any necessary enquiries of seller’s solicitor where applicable

Give you advice on all documents and information received

Go through conditions of mortgage offer with you

Send final contract to you for signature

Agree completion date (date from which you own the property)

Exchange contracts and notify you that this has happened

Arrange for all monies needed to be received from lender and you

Complete purchase

Deal with payment of Stamp Duty/Land Tax

Deal with application for registration at Land Registry

If we are simply helping you to remortgage your property then we would generally speaking only need to:

Take your instructions and give you initial advice

Carry out searches on the property you are buying where appropriate

Obtain further planning documentation if required

Go through conditions of mortgage offer with you.

Send final documents to you for signature

Apply for mortgage advance.

Redeem any previous mortgages

Deal with application for registration at the Land Registry

It would not normally be necessary to undertake other work or incur other costs other than those described above. However, we would be very happy to provide you with a more tailored quote for all stages of your particular case once we know about your specific circumstances.
Who will be dealing with my matter?
Your conveyancing transaction will be handled by a trusted member of our experienced conveyancing team. We have a number of members of the team who are specialised in this area of law. Once we know who will be handling your case for you we will introduce you to them and provide you with full details of their background and qualifications.

Regardless of who is working on your case the matter will be supervised by our managing partner, Dhiran Mistry:

Partner

7 years

Commercial Property

Residential Property
What happens if the transaction falls through?

If for any reason the transaction does not proceed to completion, we reserve the right to charge for the work carried out up to the date / cessation based on our fixed fee as follows:

Stage: We have received and considered the draft papers from the Sellers Solicitors. 25%

Stage: We have received answers to our enquiries and received additional search results and any mortgage instructions if applicable. 50%

Stage: We have advised you on the terms of the purchase and obtained your signature on the contract in readiness for exchange. 75% Any disbursements incurred will also be payable.