Residential conveyancing for buyers, sellers and owner-occupiers across the UK. Timescales and process published openly.
From a first purchase to a growing portfolio — the full breadth of residential property work, handled end to end by one dedicated team.
New build residential property bought off-plan, from exhibition reservation to completion.
Existing freehold and leasehold property throughout the UK.
Acting for owners, with sale proceeds remitted worldwide.
Buying or selling an off-plan contract before the building completes.
Multiple-unit acquisitions for investors and syndicates.
Mortgages and refinancing of existing property with major UK lenders.
Transfers of equity, and drafting and agreeing joint venture property agreements.
Incorporation of a Limited Company, registration of an Overseas Entity, or verifying your identification as authorised agents of Companies House.
A personal relationship throughout your transaction — guidance, support and professional advice, with a dedicated team behind every file so someone can always assist with your query.
We are well experienced in acting for first-time and seasoned investors buying off-plan under the strict time constraints imposed by developers. Our advance reports on development schemes let investors contract within any deadline set.
Members of our team regularly travel to the Far East, the Middle East, Türkiye, India and Africa to meet clients face to face, and our experience with overseas and UK investors means we anticipate requirements and resolve problems quickly.
We act for buyers of whole blocks of residential flats directly from developers — including block buyers who assign the benefit of their contracts to other buyers before completion.
We negotiate with the developer contract to protect the block buyer’s position — including the right to sell on before completion — and prepare legal information packs that reduce enquiries from onward buyers’ solicitors, speeding up the process for all parties. Where a block buyer purchases the freehold, we assist with that too.
Riseam Sharples acts for purchasers of residential property across the UK, with a long history in Central and Greater London. Having acted for numerous purchasers at the same developments since 1997, we retain the bulk of the original development information — which makes any later sale or purchase within those schemes faster and smoother.
We also welcome enquiries from clients buying for family, for a UK base or as their own home — and anyone looking to sell, purchase, re-mortgage or transfer property in the UK.
Clive Sharples first attended overseas property exhibitions in Hong Kong in 1987, a decade before the firm was founded. Members of the firm continue to travel — principally to the Far East, the Middle East, Türkiye, India and Africa — at the invitation of agents and developers to assist purchasers buying off-plan.
At a launch, we will have investigated the development papers and reviewed the contracts in full beforehand, so a member of our legal team can advise buyers on the spot on all aspects of the transaction.
We aim to adhere to the timescales set out below. However, certain aspects of a transaction are dependent on third parties, including other solicitors, their clients, lenders, developers and search authorities. An estimated timeframe for your matter will be confirmed at the outset and kept under review throughout the transaction.
File opened; ID verification and client care letter supplied.
Title, searches and enquiries — a full report before you commit funds.
Deposit paid to our client account; contracts exchanged, property secured.
Final balance, SDLT paid, HM Land Registry registration & notices handled.
2 Tower Street, Covent Garden, London WC2H 9NP · +44 (0)20 7836 9555 · DX 140580 Covent Garden 4 · rsteam@rs-law.co.uk
