Dedicated professionals ready to assist you.
Whether a property is freehold or leasehold can have a significant impact on your rights and responsibilities as an owner. Freehold ownership generally means you own both the property and the land on which it sits, while leasehold ownership gives you the right to occupy a property for a fixed period under a lease agreement.
Understanding the differences is important when buying, selling or managing property. Our experienced property solicitors provide practical advice on freehold and leasehold ownership, including lease extensions and enfranchisement matters. We help clients understand their options, protect their interests and make informed decisions with confidence.
Our specialist residential property solicitors (conveyancing solicitors) are part of one of the largest and most experienced property law teams in the region.
We have built excellent relationships over many years with estate agents, property developers and mortgage providers.
Whether a property is freehold or leasehold can have a significant impact on your rights and responsibilities as an owner. Freehold ownership generally means you own both the property and the land on which it sits, while leasehold ownership gives you the right to occupy a property for a fixed period under a lease agreement.
Understanding the differences is important when buying, selling or managing property. Our experienced property solicitors provide practical advice on freehold and leasehold ownership, including lease extensions and enfranchisement matters. We help clients understand their options, protect their interests and make informed decisions with confidence.
Our specialist residential property solicitors (conveyancing solicitors) are part of one of the largest and most experienced property law teams in the region.
We have built excellent relationships over many years with estate agents, property developers and mortgage providers.
Buying a new build home is more complex than the standard legal conveyancing process. We have a specialist New Build team at Herrington Carmichael with a wealth of experience across a range of different transactions.
The new build team deal regularly with schemes like Help to Buy, Shared Ownership and other incentivised new build schemes.
Herrington Carmichael is one of the largest property law firms in the South East. We have been providing conveyancing services for many many years. We have specialists across Residential, New Build, Construction, Disputes and Real Estate.
Our specialist residential property solicitors (conveyancing solicitors) are part of one of the largest and most experienced property law teams in the region.
We have built excellent relationships over many years with estate agents, property developers and mortgage providers.
Whether you are a Commercial Landlord, Tenant or Land Owner, in the event of a dispute our experience covers a range from the complex and high value to the more modest.
We represent clients in the Courts, Property Tribunals, in Adjudication and use Alternative Dispute resolution procedures, including Mediation, to resolve disputes. We understand your concerns to avoid the expense and distraction that disputes can bring and we will work with you to find a solution to your problem.
Our approach is tailored to you to provide an effective strategy. We have a dedicated team of Dispute Lawyers with a range of expertise and experience dealing with property disputes.
Our Property Dispute Lawyers can support on:
Our Family Lawyers are experienced in dealing with all matters in relation to cohabitation.
Moving in with your partner? If you are planning to move in with your partner, but do not currently have any plans to get married, we can help you put a cohabitation agreement in place that makes it clear what each of your financial responsibilities are.
Cohabitation is a term used to describe unmarried couples who are in a relationship and live together. It applies to opposite-sex and same-sex couples. If you and your partner share a home, and are not married or in a civil partnership, you are a cohabiting couple. A cohabitation agreement records the intentions of cohabitants in relation to property and any other assets they own either jointly or individually and what should happen if the relationship breaks down.
Cohabitation agreements are legally binding contracts, provided that they are drafted and executed properly, and are signed as a deed. It is therefore essential to obtain legal advice before entering in to any such agreement.
Whether a property is freehold or leasehold can have a significant impact on your rights and responsibilities as an owner. Freehold ownership generally means you own both the property and the land on which it sits, while leasehold ownership gives you the right to occupy a property for a fixed period under a lease agreement.
Understanding the differences is important when buying, selling or managing property. Our experienced property solicitors provide practical advice on freehold and leasehold ownership, including lease extensions and enfranchisement matters. We help clients understand their options, protect their interests and make informed decisions with confidence.
We specialise in rural and equestrian property, and recognise the expertise required so that buyer and sellers can move quickly and with confidence. Clients value our practical and commercial advice, safe in the knowledge that our focus is on achieving positive results for them. We pride ourselves on providing a first-class service, and through our strength and depth of expertise, we believe we are well placed to address any issue that may arise in your rural and equestrian property deal.
We can help with:
We recently used Herrington Carmichael for our sale and purchase and couldn’t be happier with the service we received. They were incredibly thorough and communicative and the whole thing was so smooth from start to finish. We have used other solicitors in the past and none compare, the different has been drastic and I will absolutely use Herrington Carmichael again in future. I would highly recommend their services to anyone and cannot fault them. Thank you so much to Mary-Jayne and Emily Williams in particular - you made a stressful process as simple and pain-free as possible.
Very quick responses to queries, supported us throughout our house sale and purchase, would recommend and use again.
Very pleased with the service provided for purchasing my first (new build) property. Jessica and Gabrielle were great.
We managed the sale and purchase of our house in just 7 weeks. Communication was excellent and the team went over and above
Everyone I spoke to at Herrington Carmichael was friendly, approachable, professional and efficient. This was my first home so all the paperwork and processes were new to me but they were great in explaining things in a simplistic way and answered all of my (probably silly!) questions. Thank you for making it a smooth process :)
My second property purchase using Herrington's and both times were effecient and timly with no delays. Will use them again for sure.
Jed and his team at Herrington Carmichael have been very helpful, thorough in research, robust and timely in resolving matters, to maintain the privacy of our garden and property boundary when our neighbour was building next to our property. He was able to research and explain the deeds, his approach was very balanced and reassuring, and the matter was resolved appropriately with an agreed resolution moving forwards.
We’ll guide you through every step of the conveyancing process, making sure you understand your rights and responsibilities – so you can move forward with confidence.
Our property team will help you decode lease terms, ground rent, and service charges, ensuring you’re fully informed before signing anything.
We work proactively with all parties to keep your sale moving, reducing stress and helping you reach completion smoothly and efficiently.