On a Saturday in September the vans arrive in Clarendon Park, and the terraces around Queens Road fill with students from the University of Leicester for another year. Student lets shape property law in Leicester more than in most cities of its size: landlords need licences for larger shared houses, must check whether the council requires planning permission to create one, and need tenancy agreements and deposit protection that will survive a dispute, while buyers of a terrace in Westcotes or the West End want to know whether the house next door is an HMO.
The rest of the market is just as local. Larger family homes in Stoneygate, Knighton and Oadby, newer estates at Hamilton, Ashton Green and the villages around Blaby and Glenfield, ex-council houses in Braunstone and New Parks, and flats in the converted factories of the city centre each raise their own questions, from restrictive covenants to management companies and estate rent charges. A Leicester property solicitor runs the searches, raises enquiries, satisfies the mortgage lender, exchanges, completes and registers the title, and should tell you early if a lease, a covenant or a missing building regulations certificate will cause trouble.
Commercial property is busy too. Shops and restaurants on Belgrave Road and Granby Street, the units at Fosse Park, the logistics sheds along the M1 and the old hosiery mills being turned into workspace or flats all need leases drafted, renewed or ended, and planning advice for conversions. Boundary and right-of-way disputes between neighbours arrive from the terraced streets and the county villages alike.
Conveyancing in Leicester is almost always quoted as a fixed fee; ask for search fees, Land Registry fees and stamp duty to be shown separately.
Property firms serving Leicester and Leicestershire are listed below, verified firms first and then by distance. Our guides cover conveyancing, landlord and tenant law, the cost of a tenancy agreement, the legal fees for buying a house and property solicitors in general; the Leicestershire search covers the county.
