Residential Property Solicitor
Salisbury
Excellent opportunity for an experienced Residential Property Solicitor to join a forward thinking and thriving law firm in Salisbury.
Reporting to the Head of the Property, the successful candidate will be involved in buying and selling freehold and leasehold residential property (occasionally involving unregistered titles), and associated mortgage procedures and other general property-related work.
Key objectives and responsibilities will include:
- Handling sales and purchases of residential property for clients from start to finish, including dealing with all SDLT procedures as well as registration aspects.
- Reporting and responsible to the Head of Property in terms of client handling and financial/performance duties
- Dealing with sales of property on behalf of Executors (in conjunction with the Probate department).
- Transferring properties for no consideration for tax planning reasons (in conjunction with the Private Client Department)
- Liaising with the family department to implement the property aspects of a consent order including arranging transfers of both property and mortgages and arranging for people to be released from mortgages.
- Undertaking voluntary first registrations on behalf of clients.
- Reconstituting titles for clients with missing title deeds.
- Dealing with basic Deeds of Covenant and Deeds of Easement
- Drafting Assured Shorthold Tenancies and giving advice regarding requirement to register deposits etc and handling other residential tenancy-related work.
- Acting as a first point of contact for reception for clients with property queries and giving telephone quotes.
- Use of HMRC online (for SDLT), LR portal, CMS and also knowledge of obtaining information online (such as planning documents from Councils and listing notices from English Heritage etc).
- Responsible for the archiving of completed files and storage of deeds.
- Supporting the Head of Property in any marketing
- Providing supervision for the more junior members of the team
The candidate will have an excellent knowledge of all aspects of residential conveyancing, including a knowledge of procedures for unregistered land and solid working knowledge of property law as well as experience of handling own case load and dealing with clients and third parties unsupervised.
The firm offer a progressive yet friendly and supportive working environment as well as competitive salaries and market leading benefits.
For further details and to apply please contact Briony at Chadwick Nott.
01179 171 874
brionybarber@chadwicknott.co.uk