We deal with all aspects of buying, selling or owning your own home and aim to make the process as painless as possible.

We also cover housing association work and shared ownership and please see the separate sections for more details. Our rates are extremely competitive and we will be pleased to give you a fixed price quote on the telephone followed by a written quotation by email. At the end of the day, unless there are very special circumstances, the price that you have been given for our fees, is the price that you will pay for our fees.

When you instruct us you do so safe in the knowledge that we do not charge separately (unlike some of our competitors) for acting for the lender on your mortgage. Our prices include telephone calls, postage, petty incidentals, photocopying, a contribution to professional indemnity insurance, preparing and filing the stamp duty land tax return, document and deed storage, verification of identity as required by statute, or if you require a short period of time between exchange and completion. Completion very often takes place less than two weeks after exchange yet some firms charge extra if that happens. Some firms also charge extra for doing things that are essential to the process such as making a Stamp duty land tax return. We don’t, so you can be confident the figure we have given you is what you will end up paying – no unexpected surprises!

We also act for leaseholders in connection with the purchase of the freehold reversion of their premises and advise both landlord and tenant of their rights of first refusal under the relevant legislation. More information is available under Lease Extension and Enfranchisement.

How long it will take for your sale or purchase to be finalised depends on a number of factors. On average, for a straightforward sale or purchase we would expect the process to take between 4 to 8 weeks. It can be quicker or slower, depending on the parties in the chain, however it cannot proceed until the last person is ready. Leasehold properties generally take longer than freehold because more parties and work is involved. The pandemic has also had the effect of slowing things down.

We have hundreds of years of experience in residential conveyancing between us and we believe our experience and expertise in this area is unrivalled amongst local firms. Unlike some firms your matter won’t be dealt with by unqualified staff but those with the training and experience to do an excellent job for you. We were the first firm in the area to be admitted to the Law Societies Conveyancing Quality Scheme.

All matters are different so the best way to find out what it is going to cost is to telephone us or use the enquiry form and we will get back to you. If you’d rather just get a quick idea of the likely costs you are also welcome to use our online calculator.

The people who deal with conveyancing transactions are:-

Ian Springall – Partner

Trained at Rooks Rider and was a Partner there. Ian opened the Beckenham office for Rooks Rider in 1986 before becoming a founding partner of this firm. Ian was admitted as a Solicitor in 1982 and although he has mainly acted on the Commercial Property and particularly Property Development side over the years he has always dealt with some residential conveyancing in addition so has 40 years experience in this area. He obtained his Law degree at Birmingham University.

Andrew de Ferrars – Partner

Andrew went to Southampton University and obtained his degree in Law there. He trained locally at T.G. Baynes, qualified as a Solicitor in 1987 and joined this firm in 2000. He specialises in residential conveyancing and Shared Ownership and has more than 30 years experience in this area. Andrew is based in our Bromley office.

Samantha Wicks – Partner

Samantha obtained her degree in Law at Greenwich University, joined the firm in 2010 after working as a property paralegal and qualified as a Solicitor in 2012. Samantha specialises in Lease Extension and Enfranchisement although she also does some residential conveyancing and has more than 12 years experience of this area.

Dean Frasca – Partner

Dean obtained his degree in Law at the University of Buckingham, joined the firm in 2012 and qualified as a Solicitor in 2016 after training with us. Dean deals with both residential and Commercial Property and has more than 8 years experience of this area. He is based in the Beckenham office.

Sophie Steppel – Associate

Sophie joined us in 2014 and qualified as a solicitor in 2018 after having trained with us. She obtained a law degree at the University of Westminster and completed the Legal Practice Course at the London College of Law. Sophie is based in Bromley and deals exclusively with residential conveyancing and shared ownership work and has more than 5 years experience in these areas.

Karen Du Rocher – Consultant

Karen obtained her law degree at University of Newcastle and was articled at Peter Carter Ruck and Partners.  After qualifying she joined us and became a Partner before leaving for a career break.  More recently she was a Senior Partner at a firm in Dartford, heading up the Tonbridge office before returning to us as a Consultant specialising in property.  Karen is also a Notary Public.

Valerie Collins – Consultant

Valerie obtained her Law degree at Sheffield University and first joined the firm in 1984 as a recently qualified Solicitor when we were still Rooks Rider. Having left to start a family she rejoined us in 2006. Valerie is based in the Beckenham office, specialises in residential conveyancing and has more than 20 years experience of this area.

John Briggs – Consultant

John qualified in 1961 and is therefore one of the most, if not the most, experienced Solicitors still practicing. He was previously a senior partner of Paisner & Co (now Berwin Leighton Paisner). John has nearly 60 years conveyancing experience although these days he only acts for family, friends and old clients, some going back several generations.

Maria Weston – Licensed Conveyancer

Maria joined us in 1994 and after training with us qualified in 2005. Maria deals exclusively with residential conveyancing and shared ownership work and has more than 20 years experience in these areas. Maria is based in the Bromley office.

Lucy Sherman – Licensed Conveyancer

Lucy joined the firm in 1995 and after training with us qualified in 2009. Lucy deals exclusively with residential conveyancing work and has more than 15 years of experience in this area.

Brooke Tafazolli – Associate

Brooke studied Law and Criminology (LLB) at Sheffield Hallam and obtained her LLM Legal Practice (Solicitors) at BPP London Holborn while in her spare time represented Great Britain on World & European stages in water polo. Nominee for the 2024 Aquatics Water Polo Athlete of the year.

Emilia Deefholts – Solicitor

Emilia joined the firm in 2019 and qualified as a solicitor in 2023 having trained with us. She obtained her degree in Law at the University of Kent.  Emilia completed the Legal Practice Course alongside her master’s degree at the University of Law where she was awarded the Gateley Plc Excellence in Property Law for 2021/2022.

Holly Younger – Chartered Legal Executive

Holly joined the firm in 2013 and has dealt exclusively with residential conveyancing since then. She is a qualified Legal Executive following the completion of her higher diploma in Law and Practice.