By any standards, buying or selling your home is a big deal – for many of us, it is the biggest deal of our lives. All the more important, then, to get everything just right.
And that’s where property solicitors come in. Our experienced residential conveyancing solicitors in Chichester are on your side every step of the way, making sure the process runs as smoothly as possible and ironing out any legal difficulties that may arise along the way.
Conveyancing solicitors for Chichester
Whether the property in your sights is to be your first-time home or you’re up-sizing for a growing family, our experts can help. If you are relocating to town, countryside or coast, our local knowledge is at your fingertips.
And if you have found your perfect second home or holiday house, or are looking ahead to a retirement property, our conveyancing specialists will focus their extensive experience to provide you with high-quality personal service that leaves you stress-free to enjoy the moment.
How can a residential property solicitor help?
We offer a full range of residential conveyancing services and maintain excellent links with other South Coast property professionals including estate agents, builders, and developers.
So if you are buying or selling any type of residential property, we can help. If your purchase of a new property depends on the sale of a current property, we can help.
When you are buying property directly from a developer, thanks to our specific expertise in new-build developments, we can help. And if you are buying or selling the property at auction, we can also help.
Our experienced team can help current leaseholders negotiate and complete the purchase of their property’s freehold, either individually or as a group. Alternatively, we can help you extend the length of your leasehold term, adding value to your home or future-proofing your investment.
We can help if you are interested in joint-ownership of a property – our experts are well-versed in specialist co-ownership conveyancing and liaising with multiple lenders, and experienced in drawing up deeds that will protect your interests, a declaration of trust, for example, to establish and clarify each co-owner’s legal and financial responsibilities.
Who can we help?
Whenever you are looking for expert and efficient residential property conveyancing solicitors who take pride in high-quality work for a down-to-earth fee, we can help you.
And, as an integral part of a leading South Coast full-service law firm, our qualified and licensed property practitioners have instant in-house access to a wealth of high-quality all-round legal expertise that is readily available to you, helping you deal with any wider legal issues that may arise along the way.
If you would like to find out more about how our residential property solicitors can help you, call us on 01243 786668, email the property team at info@georgeide.co.uk or contact us directly using the details shown.
For guidance in relation to our charges for residential conveyancing and other information, please click here or see below.
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What do our fees cover?
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Purchase of a freehold residential property
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Purchase of a leasehold residential property
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Sale of a freehold residential property
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Sale of a leasehold residential property.
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Mortgage and re-mortgage.
Meet our property solicitor team
Our residential property department is led by Nicholas Smith, a George Ide partner and solicitor with two decades’ legal experience. Friendly, personable and driven to get a good job done well, he has built a reputation for high-value residential sales, plot purchases, and working with regional and national housing developers on behalf of their property buyers.
Based in the heart of Chichester’s city centre, he has built a strong residential property team based on the dedicated support of experienced property professionals with a wealth of local knowledge and expertise.
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For further information about any of our services or to book a no-obligation consultation, call us on 01243 786668 or email directly at info@georgeide.co.uk.
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Client Testimonials
Thank you very much for facilitating the sale of my house in Solva despite all the difficulties of me being in Portugal at the start, and the tardiness of the other solicitors.
It is great that all is completed and I am grateful for your cheerful help.
SH
Nicholas Smith
The speed from offer to completion surprised everyone we spoke to and more than met our deadline to beat the June Stamp Duty deadline. Well done, absolutely delighted.
John Middleditch
Nicholas Smith
Nick was always very quick to respond to any queries and made the whole process a lot less stressful, especially as it was my first property purchase. Guidance documentation was very helpful too. I can’t fault the service.
Teresa Durrant
Nicholas Smith
It is hard to improve on an existing, excellent service and I have no suggestions to make. I will definitely recommend you and would use your services again.
Mr. Philip Oliver
Nicholas Smith
Nick, Sally and Maddie were excellent throughout the whole process. We are very happy with the service they provided.
Nichola Swan and Graham Cropley
Nicholas Smith
Nick was at the very top of his game (again). If there is a better lawyer out there, I’ve yet to meet him. A giant amongst men. Respect.
Pete Cunningham
Nicholas Smith
Thank you for informing C that she has successfully exchanged on Bell Cottage.
Can I personally thank you for your prompt and excellent service. Your turn-around has been exemplary.
As a result we will be arranging power of attorney, and any other legal work in the future, through George Ide’s offices.
RB
Nicholas Smith
Thank you so much Nicholas for the brilliant service you have given is throughout the selling and buying of our properties. You, and Maddie, have been exceptional.
Mr and Mrs Holder
Nicholas Smith
Maddie was always calm, efficient and prompt in her responses, for which I am very grateful.
Mrs Marilyn Young
Maddie Carty
We just wanted to take the time as well to say a personal thanks to the pair of you for your excellent service and support during our move. We had used you before but, like many people, we were tempted to go this time with one of the low cost on line conveyancing quotes we received. Had we done so we are now sure we would have regretted it as we feel that the exemplary service we got from yourselves was true value for money. In particular, towards the end of the process when we had to deal with a very demanding buyer for our house we felt very well supported by you not just in the technical elements of your service but also in the responsiveness and personal support we received. We have heard numerous stories from friends and colleagues of how they have struggled with conveyancing services during property transactions and have enjoyed telling people what a positive experience we had with George Ide.
Jeremy & Nicky Mills
Nicholas Smith
“Dear Nicholas,
It is so nice to have dealings with a straightforward and honest firm, it is so refreshing. You have shown consideration and care in my affairs.”
PR.
Nicholas Smith
You have been a pleasure to deal with and have been so competent, patient, organised and professional. I still cannot believe how stress-free the whole procedure was with you. In stark contrast, I completed today on my house in N Ireland after five (!) months of legal wrangling. I am delighted with the house and, although still surrounded by packing boxes, am making progress. Once again. Thank you for all you did. Kind regards,
Elaine Young
Nicholas Smith
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