Conveyancer at Valerie Holmes Law
Michelle Riordan
Conveyancer
Michelle has over 20 years of experience in the legal industry with a focus on conveyancing in particular. Michelle loves all aspects of her role, but particularly enjoys the interaction she gets with clients. Being able to guide clients through the conveyancing process is something she always enjoys. Aside from work, Michelle has a keen interest in cooking and baking. She’s passionate about experimenting with different recipes and creating delicious meals. Michelle also enjoys going to the gym to maintain a healthy lifestyle – and to work off the calories consumed during her culinary adventures!
12 Bradford Road, Brighouse, HD6 1RL
Licensed for 1 years
Practice Areas
Housing & Property
- Housing & Property 100%
26 Client Reviews
Overall experience
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About Michelle Riordan
Michelle has over 20 years of experience in the legal industry with a focus on conveyancing in particular. Michelle loves all aspects of her role, but particularly enjoys the interaction she gets with clients. Being able to guide clients through the conveyancing process is something she always enjoys. Aside from work, Michelle has a keen interest in cooking and baking. She’s passionate about experimenting with different recipes and creating delicious meals. Michelle also enjoys going to the gym to maintain a healthy lifestyle – and to work off the calories consumed during her culinary adventures!
Languages Spoken: English
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WORK EXPERIENCE
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Name
Duration
Conveyancer
PM Law LTD
?-present
Got there in the end
I would not use VHL again or my home move conveyancers. Our final case assistant aliyah was helpful and did get our case across the line within our completion timeline but it was not without great difficulty, but we thank her for the commitment to our case. I can’t recommend the lawyers - 3 different ones who worked on our case due to poor communication and lack of clarity throughout the process. We were never told until after it had happened the move of our case from one lawyer to another. This caused delays and confusion. I do not feel we received timely responses and the phone communication we did have on completion week was not friendly from Michelle. I would thank Gary for having a telephone conversation to explain some of the more difficult legal matters and queries we had during the process this was helpful to us. During the process mixed messages were given and we did not get a sense of honesty, with capabilities and next steps always changing I.e what answers we had from our bank vs not depending on who we spoke to. Overall it was a challenging and stressful experience when it didn’t need to be - we had a 1-1 chain and were flexible across a month on completion dates and allowed a full 14 weeks to complete.
Lawyer named in this review: Michelle Riordan
A representative from Valerie Holmes Law responded to this review on 24 July, 2025
I am sorry to see your review and that you feel this way. I will pass your feedback onto the team.
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Good service from Michelle and Aliyah
Although I chased for updates a lot Michelle and Aliyah were always happy to answer my questions and come back with any actions. Fairly pain free process as far as moving house goes.
Lawyer named in this review: Michelle Riordan
A representative from Valerie Holmes Law responded to this review on 23 July, 2025
Thank you for your review. We appreciate the positive feedback you have given us and look forward to working with you in the future.
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review
Very nice people. Clear updates. Always ready to help explain anything.
Lawyer named in this review: Michelle Riordan
A representative from Valerie Holmes Law responded to this review on 03 July, 2025
Thank you for your review. We appreciate the positive feedback you have given us and look forward to working with you in the future.
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Removal of name on title deeds
Excellent service, nice people to work with. Great communication. Got the job done
Lawyer named in this review: Michelle Riordan
A representative from Valerie Holmes Law responded to this review on 24 June, 2025
Thank you for your review. We appreciate the positive feedback you have given us and look forward to working with you in the future.
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Lengthy sale but we got there in the end
We haven't sold a property for a while and we knew it would take time but we hoped a chain free sale would complete in around 5 months. Unfortunately, it took longer and selling a leasehold property is more complicated. The buyer's solicitor kept bringing up last minute issues which could not be blamed on our solicitor.
Also all the apartment paperwork was not in order either so it could have taken this long with any solicitor.
This practice offers great value for money and virtually all sales are taking a long time now. For that reason I would recommend because others charge a lot and don't give you anymore.
Communication could improve a little to relieve buyer/seller anxiety. More information on the personal customer website timeline of progress would help.
Lawyer named in this review: Michelle Riordan
A representative from Valerie Holmes Law responded to this review on 20 June, 2025
Thank you for your feedback. I will pass this onto the team.
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Inefficient
Only leaving this review as they have threatened me that this is my third and final chance to do so! The reason I haven’t done so before is because my instruction is still not complete. It has been over a year since my initial instruction for a simple transfer of equity, and I am still waiting for confirmation from the land registry. This is not because the land registry is slow it is because VHL have taken so long to process my instruction. There is a total lack of communication and it would seem the only time they do any work on your case is when you chase them for an update.
The moment I paid my final bill, they were sending me emails and texts asking if I would recommend others to use VHL, the simple answer is NO.
Lawyer named in this review: Michelle Riordan
A representative from Valerie Holmes Law responded to this review on 16 June, 2025
I am sorry to see your review John and that you feel disappointed with the service you have received. Please contact us further if you wish for us to investigate this.
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House purchase
Big shout out to Michelle and Maisie. Thanks a lot for ur help . will deff contact you for next selling or purchase 😊😊
Lawyer named in this review: Michelle Riordan
A representative from Valerie Holmes Law responded to this review on 13 June, 2025
Thank you for your positive review Shree. We appreciate the feedback and will pass this onto the team.
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Fantastic Service & Support
Excellent experience. Provided timely, practical advice was especially valuable. I felt well informed and supported throughout the process. Would recommend.
Lawyer named in this review: Michelle Riordan
A representative from Valerie Holmes Law responded to this review on 21 May, 2025
Thank you for your review. We appreciate the positive feedback you have given us and look forward to working with you in the future.
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Poor
Used anonymous because it’s not all finalised
Lawyer named in this review: Michelle Riordan
A representative from Valerie Holmes Law responded to this review on 04 April, 2025
We are really sorry you feel disappointed with the outcome of your matter. Please do contact us directly for a further explanation as to the current position.
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Disappointing experience
A difficult experience compared to 12 others I have had when buying and selling properties over the last 25 years. Communication was poor and not customer/client friendly. The conveyancing took 5 months costing us thousands of pounds extra in interest and service charges on an empty property. I was passed from pillar to post dealing with and hearing from different people. When I raised a serious complaint I was chastised and perhaps the process was prolonged as a result. I would simply NEVER use Valerie Holmes again for anything nor recommend them to anyone.
Lawyer named in this review: Michelle Riordan
A representative from Valerie Holmes Law responded to this review on 02 April, 2025
I am sorry that you feel disappointed with the outcome Rima. I will pass the feedback onto the team.
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