Alex Villa

Alex advises on the sale and purchase of freehold and leasehold residential properties, along with property refinance.

Her expertise spans site setups, managed land transfers, part-exchanges, deeds of variation, certificates of compliance, and general residential property advice.

She advises national, regional and local property developers on the sale of plots on new-build developments, including ensuring plot purchasers’ solicitors have all the information required to proceed to exchange of contracts and legal completion in accordance with developers’ deadlines; dealing with the sales of plots (including freehold, leasehold, First Homes Scheme, and part-exchange transactions), incorporating Residents’ Management Companies (RMCs); negotiating and completing Management Agreements with managing agents; and drafting and completing Forward Sale Agreements for the disposal of freehold reversions to RMCs and the transfer of managed land to the RMC at the conclusion of all plot sales on a development.

Alex also advises on post-completion matters including Deeds of Variation for if lenders’ requirements have altered since the original plot sale, and providing certificates of compliance where restrictions have been entered on a developer’s or plot’s title to protect a developer’s interest.

She also works with holiday park owners on sales of leasehold lodges.

Examples of Alex’s work include:

• Advising a local residential developer on sale of high-end leasehold apartments, including the incorporation of the Registered Management Company (RMC) and forward-sale agreement of the freehold reversion to the RMC.
• Advising a national housebuilder on sales of plots located on a site with in excess of 100 plots, including those sold under the First Homes Scheme.
• Advising a national housebuilder on the second phase of a site where plots on the second phase required rights over the first phase including the provision of a Deed of Covenant between the phase-one management company and the phase-two management company.
• Advising a national housebuilder on the transfer of managed land to the RMC on a number of sites, including legacy sites where full review and compliance with Section 106 Agreements were required.