Walsh Solicitors

16/12/2025

A lovely thank you present for Kim and James after doing another fantastic job!

28/11/2025

Thank you to whoever sent us this kind gift today anonymously. We are all grateful

18/11/2025

🎄 Name Our Festive Nutcracker! 🎄

Our eye-catching Nutcracker at the Heaton Moor office on Shaw Road is attracting lots of attention from all ages — and now we need your help to name it!

✨ Enter our competition for a chance to win a great prize.

How to enter:
👉 Drop your chosen name into the Heaton Moor office in person with your contact details

The name will be drawn by lucky dip by our Miss Christmas, Holly, on 22nd December. Last day to enter is 2pm Friday 19th December

Good luck — we can’t wait to see your creative ideas! 🎁

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11/09/2025

Celebrating 5 years of Walsh Conveyancing today! 🥳

04/07/2024

🏠 Q & A with our Head of Conveyancing Kim Derbyshire 🏠

💰 How do I pay off my mortgage when I sell my property? 💰

We as your solicitors do this for you! During your sale transaction, we will obtain a settlement figure, known as a redemption figure, from your lender for information purposes. This will give us an idea of the amount of money your lender requires to pay off the mortgage, and allows us to draft a completion statement for you, so you can see how much money you will receive at the end of the day on completion.

Once we have a completion date, we will obtain a figure valid for that date, so it is accurate.

Equally, as solicitor we provide a legal undertaking to your buyer's solicitors (a binding promise) to pay-off your mortgage and remove the charge from the title deeds. We would only provide that undertaking once we were certain that there was enough money from the sale proceeds to do so.

When the sale proceeds arrive on the day of completion from your buyer’s solicitor, we will pay off the mortgage. We write to the lender on this day to confirm we have done so and ask them to remove their charge on the title deeds. They usually write back to acknowledge receipt of funds and confirm that they have applied to Land Registry to remove the charge. This process allows your buyer to be registered on the title deeds.

It is important to note that lenders can take around 28 days to close down your account and remove their charge. You may still see your account active if you have internet banking during this time.

For any conveyancing queries, contact our team on 0161 696 9786.

03/07/2024

Wonderful Review for Becky in our Conveyancing Team today from some very happy clients!

"Just a quick note to say thank you very much for completing the sale of our property, a very efficient and well run process."

Well done Becky!

21/06/2024

Q & A with Becky Tang, a Conveyancer in our Property Team.

What documents are required when selling a Leasehold Property?

Firstly, the Lease. This is the legal deed which determines the property and is an important part of the process. You should supply this to your solicitor, but don’t worry if you haven’t got a copy, Land Registry should hold a copy which can be downloaded for a small fee.

You will be asked to complete a Leasehold Information Form (TA7) by your solicitor to provide as much information about the property as possible. You should return this to your solicitor as soon as possible. This form should be completed along with the Property Information Form (TA6) and the Fixtures and Contents Form (TA10).

The following requirements differ depending on whether you are selling a leasehold house, or a leasehold flat/apartment.

Leasehold House

In the simplest form, this should only require a receipt from the person or company you pay your ground rent to. A ground rent demand is not sufficient, and you must obtain evidence of a clear account, such as a rent statement or a receipt. If the rent is collected by a company, a “notice fee” may be charged to the new owner on completion and as the seller, you are obliged to find out what that fee is. It is always advisable to obtain this information in writing to ensure there are no discrepancies.

Where the house is built on a managed estate, usually an estate with green space or common areas, it may be that you also pay a service charge. If this is the case, you will need to obtain a Sales/Management Pack from the management company. The cost of the pack will differ from property to property, and as they take some time to produce, it is always advisable to obtain the information as soon as possible once a sale is agreed. The packs are usually valid for 6 months.

Leasehold Flat/Apartment

As well as obtaining a ground rent receipt and the collector’s notice fees, you will need to obtain a management company pack for the property. Leasehold flats have more common interests than leasehold houses, such as buildings insurance, previous years’ service charge accounts, and the packs tend to be quite lengthy. The pack will include a LPE1 form which the management company complete to confirm various information about the property and the site itself. This information will be required by the purchaser/their solicitors and is essential to progress the sale and you should arrange to order your pack as soon as possible once a sale is agreed. Again, the cost of the pack will be different for each leasehold flat/apartment, and this typically ranges from £200 - £500 (plus VAT).

For any leasehold property queries, please contact our Conveyancing Team on 0161 696 9786 who will be happy to help.

20/06/2024

Q & A with Thea Wimpenny, a Solicitor in our Conveyancing Team.

When should I book my removals?

Moving home is often a stressful process and there are many factors which can impact your completion day. Obviously, the key is organisation and many clients tend to want to set a date for completion and book removals early on in the process. We always advise clients to wait until exchange of contracts to make these firm arrangements, as until that time, the transaction is not legally binding. You can of course obtain quotes from removal companies and choose who you would prefer to use to assist you in moving home in the meantime.

It is important to consider that whilst you may have a goal date/timescale in mind, there are many factors outside of the control of your solicitor which can impact your timeline. Surveys, searches, legal enquiries and other solicitors workloads will all impact your timeline, particularly if you are in a chain.
Some removal firms offer their services at a premium but allow you to change the date of your move if you need to. Please consider that your removal company may not be available on the date you choose to change to, and again, to safeguard your money, we always advise that you wait until you have a confirmed completion date.

The risk of booking removals early or without a confirmed date is that most companies require full or part-payment upfront to confirm a moving date, and as such, without exchanging contracts, you would be paying for a service which may be of no use and therefore a waste of money.

To discuss your home move or anything conveyancing related, call our team on 0161 696 9786 who will be more than happy to help.

19/06/2024

Conveyancing Q&A with our Head of Conveyancing Kim Derbyshire

When is the deposit paid for my property purchase?

You pay your property deposit and any balance of funds to complete usually a few days before exchange of contracts. The amount of deposit you pay is usually 10% of the final purchase price, however you can agree to pay a lower amount. This is applicable for buyers who are obtaining a 95% loan to value mortgage, or where you are using funds for the deposit from equity in your home and a smaller amount is coming through the chain as a deposit.

If you are buying a new build property you may have already paid a reservation deposit on acceptance of your offer, the amount of money paid can vary depending on the developer. This pre-paid sum will be deducted from the deposit you need to pay on exchange of contracts, or you can deduct it at final completion if the developer is in agreement.

No money should be transferred directly between seller and buyer. You pay the house deposit to your solicitor and they then pay the seller's solicitor once you exchange contracts. Usually, the deposit sits in the seller's solicitor's bank account until completion - they cannot send the seller the deposit until after completion, unless it is agreed prior to exchange. Sometimes the deposit will remain with the buyer's solicitor and is held "to order". This is usual where there is a relatively short time between exchange and completion and means that the buyer must release the funds to the seller on request.

For any conveyancing queries, contact our team on 0161 696 9786 or email [email protected].

02/05/2024

Have you seen the signs.... Our new office is now open at 1 Shaw Road, Heaton Moor offering Conveyancing and Private Client services for new and existing clients. Our Reddish office remains open as usual. We look forward to seeing you soon!

08/04/2024

Our very own Mr Walsh is running the this month in support of Chordorma UK which has affected his family personally over the last year. Read his story here and please dig deep and show some support for the incredible work this charity do. Best of luck Terry!

So it's not a complicated story and one we have heard before in many different ways. I'm running the London Marathon for Chordoma Uk in April 2024, a charity funding research in Chordoma, a rare bone

24/08/2023

We are very pleased to confirm we have received our year 3 Accreditation from the Conveyancing Quality Scheme.

The Conveyancing Quality Scheme (CQS) is a recognised quality standard for SRA-regulated firms in residential conveyancing. It sets out the standards of competence, risk management and client service levels expected of Solicitors.

If you require a quote for Conveyancing, call the team on 0161 6969786.