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DMH Stallard can offer a truly bespoke service to clients wishing to acquire or dispose of residential property. Technical excellence and ease of communication will be paramount, and we understand that you will want to have absolute confidence in our ability to deliver.
Our specialist residential property solicitors can help you with:
- Advice and support throughout the buying and selling process
- Liaison with your lender and other professional advisers
- Advice on any planning aspects including Listed Building consents
- Assistance with the sale or purchase of property at auction
- Advice regarding the grant or termination of any tenancy arrangements
- Lease extensions
- Guidance through the statutory requirements for disposal of multi-tenanted property
- Freeholder consent for alterations relevant to leasehold property
Our commercial real estate solicitors have offices in London and across the South East including Gatwick and Crawley, Hassocks, Horsham, Brighton and Guildford.
Please note that visits to our office is by appointment only. If you wish to contact one of our residential property solicitors you can do via our online enquiry form.
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Recent work
Sectors
Acquisition
Acquisition of Commercial Investment
Acting on the acquisition of a substantial commercial investment, comprising three commercial units at ground floor, with the upper residential parts sold off on a long lease.
Commercial Real Estate
Promotion Agreement for Delivery of 30 New Homes
Advising on the promotion agreement for the development of land in East Sussex for the delivery of around 30 new homes. The transaction required a problem-solving approach to address constraints caused by the need to construct a new drainage system on third party land, the existence of telecommunications masts and apparatus, and the existence of an adopted water main running through the site.
Development and Regeneration
Acquisitions and commercial leases
Large Property Portfolio
Advising the trustees of a charity in relation to the considerable property portfolio held, which includes over 60 units of commercial and residential property (valued at approximately £30m+).
Commercial Real Estate
Acquisition
Acquisition of a Grade A Office Space
Acting on the acquisition of a high value lease of Grade A office space in Brighton. The transaction was challenging as the lease terms and tenant works were heavily negotiated throughout and there were various title issues that required complex indemnity insurance products to resolve.
Commercial Real Estate
Merger
Hospice Merger
Supported on the merger of two hospices creating a combined group of three hospices and a charity shop network of over 30 retails units and distribution centres. The work included complex due diligence and exit arrangements from the substantial temporary premises in use prior to the merger.
Commercial Real Estate
Residential Redevelopment
Advising on the unconditional purchase of a redundant children’s care home for residential redevelopment. The team negotiated a bespoke transaction structure to address issues caused by a protected species being identified on the site at the very last minute.
Housebuilding
Lease advice
Ensuring a charity’s standard lease was both simple, given the nature of the lettings it would be used for, and fit for securing its purpose, including business rates mitigation.
Commercial Real Estate
International Legal Advice
We provided employment/immigration, commercial, real estate, dispute resolution and intellectual property services to support expansion/consolidation into the UK market.
Freehold premises acquisition
Advising on the acquisition of freehold premises intended for use as preschool and kindergarten facilities, incorporating overage provisions for the benefit of the seller.
Commercial Real Estate
College property development
Supporting a large South East college on a major development project.
Development and Regeneration
Insights
Insights
For outline planning permissions, CIL indexation is fixed at the date the outline permission is granted. Developers should not accept liability notices that apply a later date.
08/10/2026
Insights
Commercial Court transparency is entering a new era. A two-year pilot scheme (“the Scheme”) was introduced on 1 January 2026.
07/10/2026
Insights
Changes initially promised are still being implemented slowly (and somewhat unevenly), leaving plenty of room for additional legislation seeking to improve matters further.
05/10/2026
Events
Join the Employment team over breakfast and refreshments in Gatwick for our annual Employment Law update seminar taking place on 24 November 2026 at 08.30 – 10.00.
