Lorna Phelps

Lorna Phelps Consultant Residential Property Solicitor

Lorna is a dual-qualified Residential Property Solicitor and a CILEx Conveyancing Practitioner with experience in a wide variety of work across England and Wales. Her areas of expertise include:

  • Sale and Purchase of Freehold and Leasehold properties
  • Sale and purchase of unregistered properties
  • Voluntary first registrations
  • Purchase of new build properties
  • Sale and purchase of properties with a management company arrangement
  • Re-mortgages
  • Transfers of Equity
  • Transfers of Part
  • Deeds of variation and surrender and re-grant of leases
  • Buy to Let and company purchases
  • Declarations of trust preparations
  • Deputy and Attorney sales and purchases
  • Probate sales
  • Auction purchases (including modern auctions)

Prior to Setfords, Lorna worked as a Senior Associate at a notable law firm with one of the largest residential conveyancing departments in the country.

Lorna prides herself on paying attention to detail, listening to her client's needs, and providing high-quality but efficient service.

In her spare time, Lorna enjoys travelling and reading. She has also recently acquired an allotment and is looking forward to growing my own food and focusing on a healthy lifestyle.

Testimonials

"We wanted to thank you for the support and services you offered us throughout the transaction, it has been a lengthy stressful process so knowing we could rely on you to be ready and on time was a great feeling."

"Excellent service from start to end on what maybe one of the most challenging house sales of 2024! Our buyer's solicitors were practically invisible, and our seller disputing solar panels. This did not stop Lorna who was full of patience and determined to push through every obstacle until completion in February."

"Lorna was in full control of the situation at all times making me feel at ease during the process. I was well informed, information was clear, and costs came in as expected. Highly recommend to friends and family."

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Lorna was an absolute treasure, she made our sale and purchase property very easy. If I ever needed to know anything, I could always contact Lorna. She is a great asset.

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Setfords were recommended for our house sale and purchase of new property and we were not disappointed. Lorna, who dealt with this for us is very professional and helpful. She kept us updated all...

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Real good service ,fast turnaround of paper work ,very helpful staff.

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Great service from Lorna. My case presentation a few challenges but we are now over the line! Very thankful.

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We recently completed our house sale using Lorna at Setfords, and it was, without question, the best experience we've ever had with a solicitor.Having been through several property transactions...

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Really smooth process, thanks you

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Lorna Phelps ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Lorna has helped me with two matters recently; registering an unregistered property and selling a property. Lorna is highly professional, responsive and proactive. I...

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I was torn between using a conveyancing solicitor in the area I was living in, or the area I was moving to. Finally settled on choosing Lorna Phelps at Setfords, and I am so glad I did. Lorna was so...

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We dealt with Lorna Phelps, who we found to be very helpful, professional, and easy to deal with, good communication and always avaliable to answer queries. We're now living in the home that Setfords...

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So quick, efficient and kept us updated the whole time. Lorna was amazing and answered our questions any time of the day/week. Would recommend!!

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Lorna was amazing! I was expecting having to chase our solicitors to no end, but it was actually Lorna chasing me, providing updates and constantly keeping us updated. She was there for us every step...

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Lorna was amazing through the whole process, keeping me thoroughly informed along the way, I could of not asked for better service.

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Lorna was amazing from start to finish, very responsive and kept us updated. We moved to the original agreed schedule and the process was pretty smooth, I would highly recommend her.

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Lorna handled both our selling and buying process, and we couldn’t be happier with the service we received. Her communication was absolutely amazing from start to finish. We never once had to chase...

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Efficient, great communication and Lorna went above and beyond to make sure our sale and purchase went smoothly.

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Lorna Phelps has been amazing with our first home purchase! From start to finish, with great communication, quick replies and excellent service.

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Lorna was easy to contact, communicated very well and kept us updated on next steps. She made the experience lovely

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Supported by Lorna. Great communication, professionalism and all round great service with both selling and purchasing properties. Thank you

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Lorna was amazing helping with a complicated new build with access issues. Would definitely choose Lorna again, highly recommended.

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Lorna is an an amazing solicitor who was kind and so so helpful and sincere with our case whilst we waited for our property to complete as this was not straightforward. We never once had to chase...

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