Areas of Law / Property

Whether you are buying a property, moving house or selling your property on, for many this is one of the biggest financial decisions you can make in life, and can often be a stressful process.

The last thing you need is complicated legal jargon to add to the mix. The right expert legal support can make the whole property process quicker and easier for you.

Once you’ve got the keys to that dream property, its natural that your top priority will be to protect it. When property disputes arise, life can suddenly become stressful. Whether you are a home owner, a landlord or a tenant, we understand that property disputes can be unpleasant and highly complicated, and you need the right legal advice to guide you through the process.

Residential property law can cover a wide range of areas, including:

  • Buying or selling your home
  • Compulsory purchases
  • Deeds of Gift
  • Property Disputes
  • Part-Exchanges
  • Re-Mortgages
  • Right to Buy
  • Transfers of Equity

From home hunter queries to house-builder advice or neighbour disputes, we have wide-ranging experience in the day-to-day and the complexities of property law; so everything you need to get moving is right here. Our bank of free questions and answers can provide a wide range of legal advice with regards to residential property and your rights.

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Property Questions

I live in a semi-detached house and my neighbour has applied to put a patio on top of her single-storey extension which will overlook our garden. My deeds (and hers presumably) prohibit “anything which may be a nuisance or annoyance to the owners of neighbouring property.” Can I use this to prevent the patio being built?

My wife and I bought our present house in 1982 and I see that it was conveyed to us as “tenants in common.” We feel it would now be appropriate for us to hold the property as “joint tenants”. Would it be legally recognised if we drew up a document ourselves changing the form of ownership to joint tenants?

The guttering on next door’s house has rotted, with the result that rainwater runs down the outside wall where the properties join and damp is coming through into my daughter’s bedroom. The house next door is rented and the landlord has promised to have the necessary work done many times, but I am still waiting.

My landlord offered me the right to buy my house on condition that I made my mind up within ten days. I didn’’t manage to sort it out in such a short space of time and he now says he won’’t sell: can he just withdraw his offer like that?

Our property was built in 1984 and is leasehold at a cost of £35 per annum over 99 years. We have been offered the freehold for £1100. What would be the advantage, if any, of purchasing the lease at this price?

We want to buy the freehold to our property; the owner has agreed to sell, and says we can do it without using a solicitor as long as we have the relevant form. The trouble is, no one seems to know what this form is. Can you help?

I wish to transfer the ownership of a property which is currently in my sole name to joint ownership with my wife. Would it be sufficient to attach a simple statement to the title deeds with a witnessed signature, or should we visit a solicitor?

I sold my late father’s house to a friend of my son’s in 1997. We agreed that he would pay me £34,000 in instalments over six years, with an initial deposit of £7,000 paid at the solicitors, but he never paid the last £12,000. He claims we are all square and won’’t reply to my letters.

The gas board disconnected my gas supply in June after finding four leaks in the pipe leading to the cooker. I sent a copy of the engineer’s report to my landlord, but she won’’t replace the pipe, also the roof is leaking badly. I am 72 and my family have lived in this house for the past 50 years. I pay £34 a week under the Rent Act.

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