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Aerial view of a completed new-build housing development — new homes solicitors in Norfolk and Suffolk

New Homes

Buying or selling a new-build home comes with its own rules, its own timetable and its own pressures.

We work on both sides of the process: supporting developers with plot sales, and guiding buyers through the purchase of a new home with confidence. Whichever side you’re on, you’re dealing with an experienced team that does this work day in, day out.

How we can help with new homes.

And because our wider team acquires the land in the first place, we can support a development from the very first acquisition right through to the sale of the final plot — and look after the buyers who move in.

Acting for Developers

Plot sales handled by a team that understands a builder’s priorities and keeps the sale moving.

Buying a New Home

Clear, practical advice through every deadline and document, so you can move forward and move in.

Residential Development

Infrastructure, planning agreements and the legal work that sits behind building out a site.

For developers, plot sales are a specialism in their own right. They’re target-driven and technical in ways general conveyancing isn’t, and they demand a team that understands a builder’s priorities and keeps sales moving. We can sell your plots or act as a recommended solicitor for your buyers, with the experience of having acted for housebuilders both large and small.

For buyers, purchasing a new home should be an exciting milestone, not a process that leaves you anxious about deadlines and paperwork. Our team provides clear, practical advice throughout the transaction, so you can move forward — and move in — as smoothly as possible.

We also handle the development work that sits behind a finished home, from infrastructure and planning agreements to everything involved in building out a site. And because our wider team acquires the land in the first place, we can support development from the very first acquisition right through to the sale of the final plot.

Buying a new build? Get a quote.

Get a quick estimate for the legal work on your new home using the calculator below. A new build comes with more paperwork and tighter deadlines than most purchases, so if you’d like to know what to expect first, have a look at our Are You Looking to Buy? page, or get in touch and we’ll talk you through it.

Developers: the calculator is for home buyers. For plot sales, please get in touch and we’ll put together a quote for your site.

Our trusted team.

Our team combines decades of legal expertise with a personal approach. Every client gets a named lawyer who knows their case inside out.

Click a card to find out more about each team member.

Anita Bushell

Partner — Head of Residential Property and New Homes

01603 558 714

Anita Bushell, Partner — Head of Residential Property and New Homes at Nicholsons Solicitors

Paul Hughes

Chartered Legal Executive

01502 532 345

Paul Hughes, Chartered Legal Executive at Nicholsons Solicitors

Dave Garlish

Senior New Homes Conveyancer

01502 532 331

Dave Garlish, Senior New Homes Conveyancer at Nicholsons Solicitors

Jackie Spalding

New Homes Conveyancing Assistant

Jackie Spalding, New Homes Conveyancing Assistant at Nicholsons Solicitors

Rachel Dade

Residential Property Assistant

01502 532 338

Rachel Dade, Residential Property Assistant at Nicholsons Solicitors

Robert Cooke

Plot Sales Conveyancer

01603 558724

Robert Cooke, Plot Sales Conveyancer at Nicholsons Solicitors

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"As a first time buyer, you made the whole process very easy for me, many thanks!"