Conveyancing Experts

Buying and selling property requires the advice of a specialist

If you are transacting property you need the services of an expert. By specialising in residential property work we have developed the necessary expertise.

If you are looking for a conveyancing firm to help you with a residential property transaction, our experienced conveyancing team can help you. Based in the North West, with our main offices in Bolton and Chester, we offer efficient, convenient and cost-effective conveyancing (residential property) services to individuals and companies based in or from the UK that wish to carry out property transactions anywhere in England and Wales. Whether freehold or leasehold and whether a House, a Flat or a plot of land we have both the experience and expertise. We deal with purchases, sales and mortgages but we also undertake niche work that some firms do not have the skill to undertake - lease creations and title splits are examples.

Property Solicitors

We currently employ over 90 people in our Property Law Department. They include qualified Solicitors, Licensed Conveyancers and Chartered Legal Executives. Together, they have a wealth of experience and knowledge of all aspects of property transactions

The firm has been accredited under the Law Society Conveyancing Quality Scheme since the kite mark was introduced and our conveyancers benefit from Continuing Professional Development to maintain and improve their expertise. We provide both internal and external training to all our staff to ensure that they are able to meet the needs of our clients and can continue to deliver the quality service that we are known for. All our property lawyers are closely supervised by one of our Senior Solicitors, each of whom has considerable experience in property transactions and is a specialist in this type of legal work. We manage workloads carefully to minimise the risk of delay caused by taking on too much work. Specific experience of individual team members can be seen in the team members profiles

Why should you use Russell & Russell Solicitors for your property transactions in England and the United Kingdom?

Established in 1887 we operated as a traditional high street firm until the 1980’s when centralised lenders started to compete with the mainstream banks. Around that time we recognised the opportunities that the changes in the market opened up. We continued to act for our local clients but also started to act for clients based anywhere in England and Wales often in conjunction with lenders that recognised our expertise. We invested heavily in technology to improve efficiencies and have continued to move with the times. As a consequence our business levels steadily increased and in recent timers it has become quite common for us to complete around 10,000 property transactions a year. 

Our ethos is to deliver a quality service at a fair price. We still offer a traditional service  and you can see us in person if you wish however alternatively you can avoid taking time out to see us by using the technology that we have in place – we can verify your identity electronically and you can also on-board (instruct us) using our Client Portal. Many of our Buy to Let investor clients have large property portfolios and find the portal invaluable for instructing on multiple cases. They also use our Zoom (video conferencing) facility for face to face advice such as Personal Guarantees. As a consequence of our approach we retain the business of the people that we have acted for in the past and also acquire many new clients as news of our excellent reputation has spread. We recognise the importance of communication and our response times on calls and emails is extremely important to us. We deal with all our clients’ transactions in a timely manner. If you have a preferred completion date we will do our best to help you achieve it. What we can also say to you is that there are statistics in the public domain based on Land Registry and other data which show that in January 2025 our average transaction times were two weeks quicker than the average time of the top 25 conveyancing firms in the country. Apart from less delay that means less chance of a transaction falling through.

Our popularity and reputation are based on the service that we deliver and reflects the dedication and skills of the people who work for us and would be working for you. Over 60% of our new instructions are from clients who have used us before.

You can choose from some of the links to the right to find out more about our property law services or read further useful information in our Conveyancing News Section

If you are a business looking for advice regarding the sale or purchase of commercial property, please visit our Acquisitions and Disposals page.

What is different about the Russell & Russell property team and other firms?   

We are different from the large “factory” conveyancers as we value the business of each and every client that we act for and work hard to deliver a quality service at a fair price that will encourage them to use us again. Our approach works for us and must work our clients as over 60% of our new instructions are from clients that we have acted for previously. Factory firms take a different approach and do not appear to regard repeat business as important as they seem to be only interested in short term income.  We are different to most high street conveyancers as over the years we have built a large following and as a consequence we have a high volume of transactions which in turn requires and enables us to employ more staff. Having a large number of staff is important as it gives us flexibility at busy times - we have a support team that can be moved around.

We have a real USP - we have an out of office hour’s telephone number that is usually answered by an experienced Solicitor. We are not aware of any of our competitors offering such a service so as such it is genuinely unique - at best most firms have an answering phone or call centre that takes messages for the following day. This adds considerable value to our offering.

We are members of the Conveyancing Association – the Association is the voice of the specialist UK Conveyancer and the leading trade body for the conveyancing industry. Its membership is currently made up of 80 Solicitors and Licensed Conveyancers, who collectively conduct approximately 25% of all property transactions and 70% of all re-mortgage transactions in England and Wales. The Association is a not-for-profit organisation that works collectively and proactively to improve the conveyancing process for the consumer and to formulate and implement best practice throughout the industry. The Association works collaboratively with industry stakeholders to campaign, influence and improve the conveyancing process for the consumer and conveyancers. As a member we have the opportunity to influence initiatives, campaigns, protocol and debate within the Association and the wider conveyancing community. As a consequence we are at the forefront of any initiatives that affect the process.

What we at the CA want is a much more joined-up, digitally enhanced process that reduces the stress of buying and moving for people by cutting down on the uncertainty, the frustrations, the wasted money, and the simple time spent waiting for all aspects to progress.