Rachel Simmonds FCILEX
Head of Residential Property - Chartered Legal Executive
Rachel is a Chartered Legal Executive in the Residential Property Department. With over 20 years experience in legal practice Rachel is able to advise in all areas of Residential Conveyancing including:
- Freehold and leasehold residential sales and purchases
- Purchase of Freehold Interest
- Land Acquisitions
- Lease Extensions
- Transfer of Equity
- Plot purchases
- Re-mortgages
- Re-possession purchases
- Declarations of Trust
- Advice relating to possessory title
Rachel uses her expertise to foresee the issues that can prove costly for clients before they become a problem. She enjoys putting everything possible into helping people complete their property transactions with as little stress as possible and in the shortest time frame possible. Rachel will go that extra mile to ensure the transaction will run as smoothly as possible.
Rachel's Accreditations
What our clients say about Rachel
Excellent service from Rachel managing our house sale. Rachel was extremely helpful through every step of the process.
J. Ellis
Rachel was great throughout our property purchase. The vendor’s solicitors were not always forthcoming with details and Rachel was very proactive and thorough in getting answers from them and getting issues closed out. Would highly recommend. Having a great solicitor really makes the house buying process more smooth! She was very approachable throughout the process and giving us advice where needed.
L. Murray
Excellent service and great communication throughout the process Very impressed, again.
D. Griffin
Everybody that we spoke to was extremely friendly and helpful, explained each process we needed to work through and everything was very well coordinated.
T. Muddeman
Excellent efficient prompt service by Rachel arranging the transfer and paying off a mortgage. Faultless and communicated well through out.
M. Phillip
An excellent service was offered, at a professional level. The hic-cups and frustrations of selling property were all dealt with ease by Rachel and her team. I am happy to fully recommend their services.
Rachel was friendly, approachable and efficient. She made the sale of my mother’s house (with my POA) so easy for me and the sale was completed swiftly and with no fuss. I was so impressed.
Rachel acted on the instructions of my brother and I efficiently to a very satisfactory conclusion despite the buyers late efforts to add complications to the agreement.
Rachel was fantastic to work with and managed my house sale quickly and efficiently. Very helpful and professional throughout
Caroline White
We have sold my mother's property due to her moving into a care home. This has been quite a stressful situation, but Rachel has handled the whole event professionally and communication has been first rate. Gill Harris the Completions Manager has helped with the final completion statement. I have no issues recommending Rachel for conveyancing. Thank you.
Allison Stretton-Byrne
We were very happy with the overall service , we were kept in the loop with what was going on with the sale of my Mum’s property, and found everyone we dealt with were friendly and helpful in explaining the process of the sale of the property.
Anonymous
Rachel helped us through the sale of my late father's unregistered property - she showed not only competence but full understanding of the type of property we were selling and the circumstances of the sale. The whole transaction was undertaken with ease with Rachel keeping us advised of all developments in a timely manner.
Sheila Wallington
“Thank you for the excellent work by you and your team on our recent sale. As always an efficient and professional service which has been greatly appreciated.”
Dave Griffin
Rachel and her team supplied conveyancing services for both the buying and selling of properties. We where very happy with the prompt, efficient service that was provided. Rachel and her team supported us throughout a long process and where always happy to help and easily contactable.
Greg Cox
We have used your services over several years and have always instructed Rachel Simmonds for sales and purchases of properties. Rachel is a delight to deal with. Always super efficient, professional, organised and excels in her communication. There is never any need to chase Rachel, she’s always on the ball and 10 steps ahead of the process. This latest sale was for my Aunt’s flat. This was a tricky sale involving liaison with another solicitor who was handling a lease extension, in addition to the purchaser’s solicitor and dealing maintenance companies on complex issues. As always, Rachel handled the process with professionalism and huge patience. Rachel is exceptionally personable and we always feel we are in capable hands. Many thanks to Gill Harris also, who is extremely helpful and approachable too. We have recommended Rachel to several of our friends over the years and will continue to do so. We look forward to using her services again.
Dawn Turner-Burr
Having previously sold a house for us, it was with great confidence that we approached Rachel Simmonds for the solicitor's work involved in selling the next house. Her work was carried out, as previously, in a professional manner with the utmost integrity and excellence. She and her colleagues worked very hard and efficiently, accomplishing the necessary work in excellent time and at a reasonable cost. It was a joy to have her work for us, and we also appreciated her thoughtful, helpful and friendly approach, which was very evident. Without a doubt, we would highly recommend her outstanding work and that of Moore and Tibbits, with whom we have used their various services on multiple occasions.
Elizabeth Barker
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