Gethin is a Partner in the Residential Property team having joined Knights in 2014 to start the Residential Property Department in the Chester Office.
His focus is service, communication and speed. If a client wants to get a transaction done quickly, he will do everything he can to achieve that.
He deals with all types of residential properties from starter homes and apartments, through to celebrity mansions and whole housing developments. He deals with sales, purchases, leases, remortgages, transfers of equity, plot sales and lease extensions.
His loyal clients span the country, particularly in Cheshire where he is based and in London where he has dealt with many high value properties. Gethin also has considerable experience dealing with properties in Wales. He has a great relationship with a number of estate agents and financial advisers who recommend their clients to him.
Recent examples of how Gethin has supported clients include:
- The purchase of a new Shropshire home for a client, achieving exchange within a week, despite some complexities around the title;
- Dealing with a holiday home purchase in North Wales within 2 weeks after the clients had to move from another law firm who couldn’t deal with the land transaction tax aspect;
- The sale of a country home and purchase of a city pad in London for a TV personality;
- Acting for a sports professional in the purchase of a number of investment properties via a limited company;
- The purchase of a multi-million-pound home in Henley-upon-Thames which has its own island, necessitating the consideration of riparian rights relating to island access, fishing and keeping a boat;
- Dealing with the sale of 12 new build apartments in Notting Hill for a combined value of £28 million;
- Acting for a Cheshire based developer in the sale of a housing development comprising over 100 plots including the formation of a management company for the communal areas;
- Multiple completions before the end of the stamp duty holiday in 2021 for all his clients who needed to achieve that to save stamp duty including dealing with a significant number of instructions that were received during the final month of the holiday.