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Hilary Coles was excellent. The transaction had many complications but was dealt with quickly without making a fuss.

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Hilary Coles

Hilary Coles from Maitland Walker Solicitors handled 2 inherited property sales for me. Both of which were complicated and drawn out. Hilary dealt with any and all issues in a professional manner, she always returned my calls, answered my emails, kept me updated throughout and made what could have been a very stressful time into an acceptable experience. I would thoroughly recommend Maitland Walker to anyone.

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Hilary Coles

From putting the property on the market right through to completion Alex has been amazing!

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Alex Griffin

I used Maitland Walker for the sale of my late mum’s bungalow and the purchase of my house. They were so helpful and made the whole process stress free. Would definitely use them again.

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Alex Griffin

My experience with Maitland Walker was disappointing. They were perfectly fine from a speed and administrative point of view, and I expect that for a straightforward property purchase they may well be efficient. My concern was what happened when our purchase involved issues that, in my view, required more careful consideration. There were two covenants affecting the property that were particularly important to us: one relating to alterations or extending the property, and another relevant to using the property as an Airbnb/short-term let. Neither was specifically brought to my attention or explained to me as an issue of particular significance. The covenants did appear on page 4 of a standard report, so I am not suggesting they were completely omitted from the paperwork. My complaint is that their significance was not highlighted. By contrast, relatively minor matters, such as the boiler not having been serviced, were specifically drawn to my attention by email. I also found that I repeatedly had to chase for answers once I identified the issues myself. In particular, I raised the possibility of indemnity insurance several times before receiving a substantive response about it. I was therefore frustrated when the subsequent complaint response placed considerable emphasis on the availability of insurance, because this did not address my underlying concern: why the relevant restrictions had not been properly highlighted and explained to me in the first place. I was also very unhappy with the way my complaint was handled by Julian Maitland Walker. Before he responded substantively, I emailed to check that he understood what I was complaining about and offered to set out the issues in more detail if that would help. I was told that the complaint was understood. However, the eventual response did not, in my view, address the central point I had been making. That left me feeling that I had not been listened to and that the response concentrated on points that were easier to answer rather than the substance of my complaint. Whatever the reason for that, I found the approach dismissive and frustrating. I was also unhappy to receive correspondence concerning additional fees if payment was not made within 14 days while my complaint remained ongoing. In the circumstances, I found that unnecessarily heavy-handed. Overall, my experience was that Maitland Walker were efficient at processing the transaction, but I was not satisfied with the level of attention given to issues that were fundamental to how we intended to use the property, nor with the subsequent handling of my complaint. Based on my experience, I would not use the firm again

Anna Jane Louisa Neil

28/09/2026

Thank you for your feedback. We are sorry to see that you feel you had a negative experience with your aborted purchase. We note that this concerned two covenants which would have limited your ability to extend the property as you may have wished or to use it for short term letting. Ultimately, you chose not to proceed with the purchase. The two covenants to which you refer are fairly common. We issue a Report on Title to clients which brings to their attention search results, relevant matters regarding the property and the purchase / sales contract. It is inevitably a long document but one which clients are advised to read fully and carefully. In your case, the two covenants in question were identified and explained in your report on title. You feel that the report did not sufficiently highlight these covenants which were significant to you and instead you feel that issues which you consider less important - such as boiler servicing, were indicated more clearly. For accuracy, the issue with the boiler service was not raised by email but within the Report on Title. We asked the sellers to address the issue in our 'questions to the sellers' a copy of which was sent to you at your request. It is also important to note that at the stage that your Report on Title was issued, you had not advised us that you intended to use the property for short term letting and as such there was no reason for us to have suspected that this covenant posed a particular issue for you. In the event, having read the report you drew our attention to the difficulty caused by the covenants and advised us of your plans for the property. We advised you that a potential solution was to obtain a bespoke indemnity insurance policy a quote for which we obtained and provided to you but ultimately you did not wish to proceed. In the event, despite the potential solution, you decided not to proceed with the purchase. We are also sorry that you do not feel your complaint was dealt with as you would have wished after your file was carefully reviewed by Mr Maitland Walker. In the interests of accuracy and in relation to costs there were 'additional' fees indicated or charged - rather we offered to limit fees to half the fee quote for the aborted matter, despite time fees recorded being substantially higher. We always aim to be as fair and flexible with clients as we can, however, as matters continued to be protracted, this reduced fee became less tenable and your attention was drawn to this. In the event, you were invoiced only half the fee quote which we are grateful to you for settling promptly.

After 2 failed purchase attempts, we finally completed on our first home in January - all thanks to Faith & Katie at Maitland Walker. We never had to wait more than a day for a response, they were proactive, concise & detailed with information, chasing the sellers without prompting, helped us decide when to pull out of the other houses (both times issues on the seller’s & property side) and moved us from offer to completion on our new home in 3 months - even with Christmas & New Years in between. After hearing so many horror stories about solicitors & home buying, we couldn’t have been any happier than having Faith on our side!

They offered a very good service when selling my house. All good. Nothing negative to say. Very professional

We have used Maitland Walker (Specifically Alex) for a number of years over 2x property sales. He has been absolutely fantastic, so much so we came back to him for our most recent property sale / purchase. We couldn’t be happier with the service he has given us and has truly made the process of selling and buying as stress free as possible. Alex has been incredibly thorough and delivered fantastic communication throughout. Thank you Alex, we are really grateful for all of your support. Frankie & James.

Professional Senior Conveyancer at Maitland Walker handled my sale and purchase. As a single I was extremely pleased I chose Maitland Walker as Alex was knowledgeable and supportive. Costs were reasonable and I’m pleased with a very successful outcome.

Alex dealt with our house sale and onward purchase. Fantastic communication throughout the process. Very quick to respond to enquiries and was able to explain the jargon that comes with it. Would absolutely recommend and use again.