Residential Property & Conveyancing Solicitors

 Residential Conveyancing Services We Offer

Our team covers the full range of residential property transactions across the East Midlands. Each matter is handled by a named solicitor or licensed conveyancer with regular updates at every stage. Our services include the following.

Buying a House

Our solicitors manage every legal step of the house purchase process from initial searches and title investigation through to exchange and completion, protecting your interests throughout.

Selling a House

When it comes to selling a property, our conveyancing solicitors prepare your contract pack, respond to buyer enquiries, and co-ordinate with all parties to achieve a smooth and timely completion.

Remortgaging

Whether you are switching lender or releasing equity, our solicitors handle all legal requirements and liaise directly with your new lender.

Transfer of Equity

Our solicitors manage the process of adding or removing someone from a property title, whether for relationship, inheritance or financial reasons.

Right to Buy

Our solicitors guide council tenants through the specialist process, handling discount calculations, lease reviews and all completion formalities.

Auction Property Purchases

Our solicitors provide rapid legal due diligence before auction and handle the full conveyancing process to meet the completion deadline.

Joint and Shared Ownership

Our solicitors advise on joint tenancy versus tenancy in common, draft co-ownership agreements, and protect each party’s interests from day one.

New Build Conveyancing

Our conveyancing solicitors have extensive experience with major developers and understand the pressures of developer deadlines, structural warranties and reservation agreements.

First Time Buyers

Our solicitors explain every step in plain English, advise on Stamp Duty Land Tax reliefs, and work efficiently to keep your first purchase on track.

Buy to Let Conveyancing

Our conveyancing solicitors advise landlords and property investors on every legal aspect of investment property purchases across the East Midlands.

Leasehold Properties

Our solicitors advise on service charges, ground rent, lease length and management arrangements across all types of leasehold transaction.

Building Safety Act Properties

Our solicitors are experienced in advising leaseholders in high-rise blocks of flats on how to navigate the sale, purchase or refinance of these specialist properties and can assist in the service of Leasehold and Landlord Certificates under the Act.

Lease Extensions

Our solicitors handle both informal freeholder negotiations and statutory claims under the Leasehold Reform, Housing and Urban Development Act 1993.

Equity Release

Our solicitors provide the independent legal advice required by lenders before completing any lifetime mortgage or home reversion plan.

How Our Conveyancing Process Works

Most residential conveyancing transactions follow six key stages. Here’s what to expect when you instruct Nelsons:

1. Instruction and quote: We provide a clear, fixed-fee quote and assign your named solicitor or licensed conveyancer.
2. ID verification and initial forms: Completed as early as possible to avoid delays later in the transaction.
3. Searches and title investigation: We examine the title and carry out all required searches, including local authority, drainage and environmental.
4. Contract preparation and enquiries: We prepare or review the contract and raise or respond to all enquiries.
5. Exchange of contracts: Both parties become legally bound, with a completion date confirmed.
6. Completion and registration: We transfer funds; the keys

Why Choose Nelsons as Your Conveyancing Solicitors?

Nelsons is one of the largest residential property teams in the East Midlands. Our accreditations are a mark of the quality and professionalism you can expect:

• Law Society CQS accredited: the recognised quality standard for residential conveyancing
• Conveyancing Firm of the Year: Midlands, LEAP Modern Law Conveyancing Awards 2024
• Member of the Conveyancing Association, committed to industry best-practice standards
• A Named Conveyancer Throughout: You’re assigned a dedicated conveyancer for your transaction, so you always know who to call and aren’t passed between departments.
• Transparent pricing: Fixed fees for complete cost certainty from the outset
• Local Knowledge, Three Office Locations: With offices in Derby, Leicester and Nottingham, we understand the local property markets we work in and offer face-to-face appointments where you’d prefer them to a phone call.
• Innovative Processes: most of the process can now be undertaken electronically including the use of electronic signatures for the Contract and Transfer deed.

Speak to Our Conveyancing Solicitors

Ready to move forward, or want to discuss your situation before committing? Our residential property team is here to help. Get conveyancing advice today on 0800 024 1976 or via our online enquiry form. No-obligation quotes available.