Helping You Navigate the Home Buying Process
The average process can take between 10 – 12 weeks from your offer being accepted by your seller, but this depends on a number of factors and it can be quicker or slower than that.
One of the factors that can effect the time it takes to complete your purchase is “the chain”, how many people are in your chain and what types of properties are in the chain too.
As an example if you are a first time buyer purchasing a new build property with a mortgage in principle and the construction is finished then it may only be 8 weeks before you can move in.
Alternatively, if you are buying an older leasehold property and the lease is running out and needs extending this can take significantly longer and could cost you more too.
Remortgages tend to be faster, anything from 4-6 weeks from the date you received your mortgage offer from your lender.
It isn’t us that dictates the speed of the process, the main factors are the wishes of the other parties involved, lenders, builders and other buyers and sellers in the chain.
We will always do our upmost to make sure that you can complete your purchase in a timely manner.
To find out about all of the stages in the process click on the link for our Buyers Guide
Meet our team of experts
Lisa Dawson
Lisa Dawson is a Residential Conveyancing Executive with 28 years’ experience in freehold and leasehold residential conveyancing at Vincents Solicitors. She is currently studying for the Conveyancing Technicians Course, ahead of the Licensed Conveyancing Course, and is known for keeping transactions moving and delivering client satisfaction on every file. Read more
Rhian Cumming
Rhian Cumming is a Conveyancing Executive handling freehold and leasehold sales, re-mortgages and transfers at Vincents Solicitors. With four and a half years in residential conveyancing, Rhian is now building an independent caseload and helping grow the firm’s Lytham conveyancing services, with a focus on making the process as stress-free as possible for clients. Read more
Felicity Fazackeley
Felicity Fazackerley is a Residential Conveyancing Executive at Vincents Solicitors, working on house purchases, sales, remortgages and transfer of equity transactions. She has a particular interest in first-time buyer purchases and prides herself on clear, reliable communication throughout each transaction. Felicity joined Vincents for its people-focused, team-oriented culture and is committed to building strong, lasting relationships with clients and estate agents. Read more
Wendi Perkins
Wendi Perkins is a conveyancer at Vincents Solicitors’ Penwortham office, with over 30 years’ experience in residential sales and purchases. She’s known for clear, considered communication and for guiding clients through every step of their move, however straightforward or complicated it turns out to be. Read more
Dave Lavery
Dave Lavery is an Associate and Licensed Conveyancer at Vincents Solicitors, specialising in equity release and retirement interest only mortgages. With 15 years in residential conveyancing, he is regulated by the Council for Licensed Conveyancers. Dave is known for clear, jargon-free advice that helps clients make confident later-life decisions. Read more
Nikki Graham
Nikki has worked in residential conveyancing for almost 20 years dealing with a wide range of different types of transactions.
June Caunce
June Caunce is Head of Residential Conveyancing and is part of the Senior Management team at Vincents. She also runs Vincents Chorley office.
Jemma Lloyd
Jemma is Head of Vincents Solicitors Penwortham branch and has been handling residential conveyancing transactions for 20 years. She qualified as a Chartered Legal Executive Fellow in 2009.
Luke Robinson
Luke Robinson heads up a team of residential conveyancing experts in Lytham. Luke strives to provide his local expertise to residential clients and to complement the services already being offered by the Commercial team.
Gail Whitehead
Gail Whitehead is a Chartered Legal Executive at Vincents Solicitors Chorley office.
Tom Kelsall
Tom Kelsall is a Conveyancing Executive working at Vincents Solicitors in Chorley. Tom has been working in Conveyancing for approximately 20 years.
Amanda Littler
Amanda Littler is a Licensed Conveyancer at Vincents Solicitors Chorley office. Working within a large residential property team, Amanda strives to provide excellent service for each of her clients.
Kerry Rankine
Kerry is a Conveyancing Assistant in Vincents Solicitors Chorley team. Kerry deals with large volumes of Conveyancing transactions whist maintaining excellent levels of client service.
Jack Andreae
Jack is a Conveyancing Executive at Vincents Penwortham office. Jack has built a reputation for providing excellent client service.
Callum Dudley
Callum Dudley is a specialist Residential Conveyancer based at our Mary E Lowe at Vincents office in Lytham. Callum has 15 years of experience.
Sarah Green
Sarah works in the Residential Conveyancing team as a Conveyancing Assistant at our Park Street, Lytham office.
Sarah has almost 10 years of experience working in conveyancing.
Samantha Kenyon
Samantha Kenyon is a Residential Conveyancing Solicitor based at Vincents Solicitors in Poulton. Samantha Specialises in residential property sales and purchases.
Kieran McGahey
Kieran McGahey is a Solicitor. Kieran joined Vincents in July 2022 as a Conveyancing Assistant and is now fully qualified.
Elliot Turner
Elliot Turner is a Conveyancing Assistant at Vincents office in Lytham. He has almost 10 years of experience working in Residential Conveyancing with Luke Robinson.
Jennifer Jenkins
Jennifer Jenkins is a Junior Conveyancer based at Vincents Penwortham office.
Jennifer has spent many years in the Property industry, dealing with sale and purchase transactions.
Lisa Dawson
Lisa Dawson is a Residential Conveyancing Executive with 28 years’ experience in freehold and leasehold residential conveyancing at Vincents Solicitors. She is currently studying for the Conveyancing Technicians Course, ahead of the Licensed Conveyancing Course, and is known for keeping transactions moving and delivering client satisfaction on every file. Read more
Rhian Cumming
Rhian Cumming is a Conveyancing Executive handling freehold and leasehold sales, re-mortgages and transfers at Vincents Solicitors. With four and a half years in residential conveyancing, Rhian is now building an independent caseload and helping grow the firm’s Lytham conveyancing services, with a focus on making the process as stress-free as possible for clients. Read more
Felicity Fazackeley
Felicity Fazackerley is a Residential Conveyancing Executive at Vincents Solicitors, working on house purchases, sales, remortgages and transfer of equity transactions. She has a particular interest in first-time buyer purchases and prides herself on clear, reliable communication throughout each transaction. Felicity joined Vincents for its people-focused, team-oriented culture and is committed to building strong, lasting relationships with clients and estate agents. Read more
Wendi Perkins
Wendi Perkins is a conveyancer at Vincents Solicitors’ Penwortham office, with over 30 years’ experience in residential sales and purchases. She’s known for clear, considered communication and for guiding clients through every step of their move, however straightforward or complicated it turns out to be. Read more
Dave Lavery
Dave Lavery is an Associate and Licensed Conveyancer at Vincents Solicitors, specialising in equity release and retirement interest only mortgages. With 15 years in residential conveyancing, he is regulated by the Council for Licensed Conveyancers. Dave is known for clear, jargon-free advice that helps clients make confident later-life decisions. Read more
Nikki Graham
Nikki has worked in residential conveyancing for almost 20 years dealing with a wide range of different types of transactions.
June Caunce
June Caunce is Head of Residential Conveyancing and is part of the Senior Management team at Vincents. She also runs Vincents Chorley office.
Jemma Lloyd
Jemma is Head of Vincents Solicitors Penwortham branch and has been handling residential conveyancing transactions for 20 years. She qualified as a Chartered Legal Executive Fellow in 2009.
Luke Robinson
Luke Robinson heads up a team of residential conveyancing experts in Lytham. Luke strives to provide his local expertise to residential clients and to complement the services already being offered by the Commercial team.
Gail Whitehead
Gail Whitehead is a Chartered Legal Executive at Vincents Solicitors Chorley office.
Tom Kelsall
Tom Kelsall is a Conveyancing Executive working at Vincents Solicitors in Chorley. Tom has been working in Conveyancing for approximately 20 years.
Amanda Littler
Amanda Littler is a Licensed Conveyancer at Vincents Solicitors Chorley office. Working within a large residential property team, Amanda strives to provide excellent service for each of her clients.
Kerry Rankine
Kerry is a Conveyancing Assistant in Vincents Solicitors Chorley team. Kerry deals with large volumes of Conveyancing transactions whist maintaining excellent levels of client service.
Jack Andreae
Jack is a Conveyancing Executive at Vincents Penwortham office. Jack has built a reputation for providing excellent client service.
Callum Dudley
Callum Dudley is a specialist Residential Conveyancer based at our Mary E Lowe at Vincents office in Lytham. Callum has 15 years of experience.
Sarah Green
Sarah works in the Residential Conveyancing team as a Conveyancing Assistant at our Park Street, Lytham office.
Sarah has almost 10 years of experience working in conveyancing.
Samantha Kenyon
Samantha Kenyon is a Residential Conveyancing Solicitor based at Vincents Solicitors in Poulton. Samantha Specialises in residential property sales and purchases.
Kieran McGahey
Kieran McGahey is a Solicitor. Kieran joined Vincents in July 2022 as a Conveyancing Assistant and is now fully qualified.
Elliot Turner
Elliot Turner is a Conveyancing Assistant at Vincents office in Lytham. He has almost 10 years of experience working in Residential Conveyancing with Luke Robinson.
Jennifer Jenkins
Jennifer Jenkins is a Junior Conveyancer based at Vincents Penwortham office.
Jennifer has spent many years in the Property industry, dealing with sale and purchase transactions.
Frequently asked questions
Conveyancing Client Reviews
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Good morning,
I just wanted to send an appreciation email! People are often quick to complain but not as quick to give appraisal.
This is the second time that I have used Vincent’s solicitors and I have yet again been very happy with the service received. Any queries I had were always answered efficiently & I never felt that I asked too many questions (or that they were silly to ask!). Nothing was too much trouble. Joe, also a great point of contact with again great communication and always very helpful.
Thank you so much for making this a stress free process, and I will continue to recommend Vincent’s Solicitors & the team there.
Happy Monday & have a great week!
Kind regards,
Jessica
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Nicole, Sarah, Daisy
A belated thank you from me for all your support , patience and hard work on getting the purchase over the line.
As ever, a first rate service from you all – you are by far the best conveyancing team I have ever experienced and as this was property transaction no 18 for me that gives you some context !
Kind regards
Alison
Clear Advice Feels Better
Following completion on my property sale I just wanted to show my appreciation for Vincents conveyancing services and in particular the support provided by Kerry Rankine.
Kerry was efficient, responsive and proactive throughout the transaction, her efforts made what could have been a stressful process straightforward and stress free, please pass on my personal thanks.
Now that this property has been sold we need to sort out our Wills & LPAs and I would appreciate an introduction to a suitable contact within Vincents, our preference would be to visit the Garstang office.
Regards
Adrian
Highly Recommended
I highly recommend Vincent’s solicitors for their exceptional conveyancing services. June and her team were not only friendly but also displayed extensive knowledge, delivering an excellent service for the selling and purchase of my new property.
Efficient and Reliable
We have used Vincents now on two occasions and cannot fault them. They are efficient, reliable as always. And as for solicitors, I will not use anybody else going forward. Amazing service and would recommend them to anybody!
Extremely Responsive
My wife and I have used Vincent solicitors for conveyancing since 2005 and for every property I’ve bought they have provided a consistently great service. They are always extremely responsive which helps enormously to speed the transactions along and they have always shown a high level of expertise. That expertise was especially useful in our most recent house purchase, which saw us move from a city centre property in the South East, to rural Cumbria. For this purchase June Caunce was our conveyancer and she helped guide us through the intricacies of easements, septic tanks, boundary issues and more! These are all elements we had not encountered before and so having a local and knowledgeable firm helping us was vital in covering off those elements, ensuring the purchase went smoothly.
Clear Advice Feels Better
Good morning,
I just wanted to send an appreciation email! People are often quick to complain but not as quick to give appraisal.
This is the second time that I have used Vincent’s solicitors and I have yet again been very happy with the service received. Any queries I had were always answered efficiently & I never felt that I asked too many questions (or that they were silly to ask!). Nothing was too much trouble. Joe, also a great point of contact with again great communication and always very helpful.
Thank you so much for making this a stress free process, and I will continue to recommend Vincent’s Solicitors & the team there.
Happy Monday & have a great week!
Kind regards,
Jessica
Clear Advice Feels Better
Nicole, Sarah, Daisy
A belated thank you from me for all your support , patience and hard work on getting the purchase over the line.
As ever, a first rate service from you all – you are by far the best conveyancing team I have ever experienced and as this was property transaction no 18 for me that gives you some context !
Kind regards
Alison
Clear Advice Feels Better
Following completion on my property sale I just wanted to show my appreciation for Vincents conveyancing services and in particular the support provided by Kerry Rankine.
Kerry was efficient, responsive and proactive throughout the transaction, her efforts made what could have been a stressful process straightforward and stress free, please pass on my personal thanks.
Now that this property has been sold we need to sort out our Wills & LPAs and I would appreciate an introduction to a suitable contact within Vincents, our preference would be to visit the Garstang office.
Regards
Adrian
Highly Recommended
I highly recommend Vincent’s solicitors for their exceptional conveyancing services. June and her team were not only friendly but also displayed extensive knowledge, delivering an excellent service for the selling and purchase of my new property.
Efficient and Reliable
We have used Vincents now on two occasions and cannot fault them. They are efficient, reliable as always. And as for solicitors, I will not use anybody else going forward. Amazing service and would recommend them to anybody!
Extremely Responsive
My wife and I have used Vincent solicitors for conveyancing since 2005 and for every property I’ve bought they have provided a consistently great service. They are always extremely responsive which helps enormously to speed the transactions along and they have always shown a high level of expertise. That expertise was especially useful in our most recent house purchase, which saw us move from a city centre property in the South East, to rural Cumbria. For this purchase June Caunce was our conveyancer and she helped guide us through the intricacies of easements, septic tanks, boundary issues and more! These are all elements we had not encountered before and so having a local and knowledgeable firm helping us was vital in covering off those elements, ensuring the purchase went smoothly.