
Caroline Smith Senior Consultant Solicitor (Residential and Commercial Property)
Caroline qualified in 2004 and spent 9 years within large regional private practices before moving to head up an internal legal department within a property company.
Caroline has experience in all aspects of property law and specialises in the following:
Commercial Property:
- Acquisitions and disposals of commercial property
- Sale and purchase of development property/land (including multiple plot sales/purchases)
- Commercial leases
- Buying and selling at Auction
Landlord and Tenant:
- Large/small scale ground rent portfolio management
- Reversionary ground rents
- Freehold acquisitions and disposals including the drafting and serving of section 5 notices
- Lease extensions
- Enfranchisements
- Licences (alter, underlet and assign)
- Drafting new leases in accordance with changing legislation
Residential Property
- Freehold and leasehold sales and purchases
- Registered and unregistered land
- Sales and purchases of units within new developments
- Transfers of Equity and matrimonial transfers
- Lease extensions
- Buying and selling at auctions
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Caroline lives in Cheshire but acts for clients throughout the UK.
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Caroline and her team (Ray and others) have been assisting me on property sales and purchase transactions for several years. All along, in each and every transaction, I have found the Setfords team...
Caroline was brilliant throughout the whole process - she was thorough, quick and great at keeping us updated. Really pleased with the service we received.
Caroline was very patient regarding problems occurring at my end . Fast and efficient. Would recommend. Thank you
Thorough and Communicative team; I had the misfortune of purchasing over the festive period and was anticipating low-to-no communications, however, the team - specifically Kerrie Ashford - provided...
Helpful and provide professional advice at all times
You can speak to different staff members, and they are all up-to-date on the case. The staff are all very knowledgeable. You can reach them on the phone and they usually answer first...
Efficient, professional service. Always kept up dated and very friendly and approachable.
Responsive and friendly at all times during my house sale.
Excellent service from the team while buying an apartment in a high rise building. Prompt and with good communication throughout, I would recommend
Ray & Caroline were excellent. All paperwork dealt with efficiently through digital dialogue. Updates provided as we stepped through the conveyance, no fuss, with contracts executed in accordance...
Very competent solicitors. Kind and friendly. You can speak direct to the solicitors handing the transaction. They aways answer the phone, and always get back to you.
Fantastic service.
I am very happy with Setfords' conveyancing service. The transaction went smoothly and communication had been clear and concise. Once the vendor solicitors replied to enquires raised, the process...
During the sale Setfords dealt with each problem efficiently and helped me stay focused on the main outcome.
Concise communication , knowledgeable contacts all round support
Excellent service. I am very pleased.
You don’t often hear great praise for Conveyance Solicitors but we found Caroline Smith & her team at Setfords exceptional. Their no nonsense approach and excellent communication made for a stress...
Excellent communication at every step. Throughout gave the impression that had the Client's interests at heart, wanting to move things forward speedily and efficiently. Would strongly recommend, and...
Great service very accommodating. ( Caroline Smith ) really looked after us. GOOD JOB ! Kind regards Dillip & Pam
We were extremely satisfied with the service that we received during our house move from Caroline Smith and Jo King and would definitely recommend Setfords to friends.
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