chris
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House Sale and Purchase
Excellent service and communication throughout the process.
Sarah Hargreaves who was our Solicitor was brilliant and would recommend her services to anyone.
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Eccles Heddon Solicitors Limited
01845522324
As an established legal practice, we enjoy strong working relationships with the people of Ripon, Thirsk, and Bedale, the surrounding areas of North Yorkshire and beyond. Our practitioners will bring to your assistance experience gained over many years after qualification in a wide range of areas some of which may be unfamiliar or surprising to you. Read more...
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Residential Conveyancing
Phil
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Excellent service
Sarah was fantastic and made the process really easy and trouble free! We were kept in the loop from start to finish all our emails and calls were replied to really quickly.
We would highly recommend!
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Neville
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house conveyance
Clear & concise answer to any queries I had during the process + proactive communication of steps being or to be taken as they occurred. Thank you.
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Residential Conveyancing
Jessica
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Sarah Hargreaves is amazing!
We worked with Sarah Hargreaves at Eccles Heddon for our recent house purchase. Sarah and the team are absolutely amazing; professional, responsive and made everything really simple. They were the reason that we were able to close on our purchase so quickly and Sarah was absolutely fantastic to deal with.
We honestly couldn't say enough good things about our experience and would recommend Sarah and Eccles Heddon to any other buyers/ sellers.
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Jacqueline
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House purchase made easy
Margaret did conveyancing for my property purchase. Very thorough, knowledgeable and great communication throughout the whole process. Online identification process and regular updates. The purchase was completed quickly. Have recommended Eccles Heddon several times on local social media. Extremely impressed with their service.
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Abby
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Smooth Sale and Purchase Thanks to Margaret and Helen
Margaret and Helen were incredibly helpful and professional throughout the sale of our old property and the purchase of our new home. Their service was efficient, and they were always available to answer any questions or provide support when needed. We truly appreciated their dedication and friendly approach. Highly recommend their services and would definitely use them again. Thank you both!
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Ben
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Conveyancing
They were brilliant, updated us regularly and pushed when required.
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Matter Type:
Residential Conveyancing
Jane
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Conveyance
We used Eccles Heddon for our house move. Our acting solicitor Sarah was fantastic, professional and very knowledgeable. We highly recommend Sarah if you’re requiring either a sale or purchase on a property. Sarah was very quick in responding to any questions or queries we had and also headed off any concerns. We highly recommend Eccles Heddon and should we ever have the need for a solicitor in the future they will definitely be our first point of call. Thank you for all your hard work and dedication Sarah.
A representative from Eccles Heddon Solicitors Limited responded to this review on 14 April, 2025:
Hi Jane, Thank you for taking the time to leave Sarah a positive review and for your kind words, they will be passed onto Sarah. We're glad to have been a help at what can be a stressful time. We look forward to hearing from you in the future.
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Residential Conveyancing
Allyson
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Selling our house
We recently used Natalie Fagan and her team to sell our house and land. She did a fantastic, very professional and always responded quickly to our queries. She was really good at legal explaining things in a way that we could understand. This is the 2nd time we have used Eccles Heddon and would not hesitate to use them in the future.
A representative from Eccles Heddon Solicitors Limited responded to this review on 14 April, 2025:
Hi Allyson, Thank you for leaving Natalie a positive review, we will be sure to pass your comments on. We're glad we could have been a big help and to know you would use us again is fantastic. we look forward to working with you in the future.
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Residential Conveyancing
Lauren
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Sarah has been outstanding!
Sarah was recommended by a friend after they sold their house. After a very slow experience with another solicitor firm on the sale of our house we reached out to Sarah to support us with our purchase. Sarah knew we were wanting to work to the stamp duty deadline at the end of March and made sure everything was in place for this to be successful. She was always there at the end of an email or phone call if we had any questions and always responded promptly. This has been the most pain free process for us and Sarah always had an update for us and I never had to follow up with her on anything outstanding because she was so efficient. Thank you Sarah for all your hard work. We’ll definitely be using Sarah again in the future and would always recommend Sarah at EH.
A representative from Eccles Heddon Solicitors Limited responded to this review on 31 March, 2025:
Hi Laurence, Thank you for taking the time to leave such a lovely review, it is very much appreciated and we will ensure your kind words are passed on. It is great to hear that your purchase was completed on time and we hope that you are enjoying your new home.
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Graham
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Graham
Friendly & efficient service
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Matter Type:
Purchase and Sale
Carol
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Carol
One again Sarah Hargreaves gave me nothing but an outstanding service from start to finish
Sarah is very proactive knowledgeable and thorough and is always there at the end of the phone should any questions arise
I am very fortunate that on two occasions Sarah has agreed to act on my behalf
With the back up of Michael Briggs together they make property buying/selling a lot less stressful and are a great team
A representative from Eccles Heddon Solicitors Limited responded to this review on 17 January, 2024:
Thank you for your lovely review Carol, it will be much appreciate by Sarah to know how useful you found her service to be, she always tries to go above and beyond for her clients. It was so nice of you to mention Michael as well, he has recently started a Training Contract with us on his way to being a Solicitor himself, so this will be very much appreciated by him as well.
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Matter Type:
Residential Conveyancing
Chloe
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Chloe
100% recommend Eccles Heddon LLP,
Sarah was fantastic with supporting us through buying our first house!
The communication was just incredible from start to finish, updating us all the way through it and answering any of our questions with fast responses!
Not only was the communication great but also worked very hard in getting us through the process very fast while been very supportive! Sooo thank you very much we couldn’t have found anyone better!
A representative from Eccles Heddon Solicitors Limited responded to this review on 11 April, 2023:
Dear Chloe, Thank you for taking the time to leave such a kind review. We are absolutely delighted to hear that Sarah held you hand, and guided you through one of the most daunting processes you can go through within your lifetime - the purchasing of your first home! We hope that your move went smoothly and that you are settling in well. Please do get back in touch with us should you require any legal services in the future - we would be delighted to hear from you again! All the very best, Oliver Riley (Partner)
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Residential Conveyancing
Sam
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Sam
Amazing Service.
Very friendly and knowledgeable staff. Quick to respond. Made our move stress free.
Could not recommend Eccles Heddon enough!
Thank you once again :)
A representative from Eccles Heddon Solicitors Limited responded to this review on 25 November, 2022:
Much appreciated, Sam. It’s music to our ears to hear that we helped ease the stress that comes with one of the biggest upheavals in our lifetimes! Please do get back in touch if you ever are in need of legal services – we would be delighted to hear from you again! Kindest regards, Oliver Riley.
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Residential Conveyancing
Lindsay
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Lindsay
great service and communication - highly recommended!
A representative from Eccles Heddon Solicitors Limited responded to this review on 25 November, 2022:
That’s great to hear from one of our local clients – thank you, Lindsay! As always, we would be delighted to hear from you in the future. Kindest regards, Oliver Riley.
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Our legal expertise is applied in conjunction with a pragmatic realism acquired over many years of practice in the Vale of York and against a culture of long term commitment, not short term self-interested gain. Most of our practitioners have been with the firm for many years and, in our experience, many of our clients value continuity of individual service very highly. Whilst a large proportion of our clients live or work within the middle part of North Yorkshire we do advise and act for many people in other parts of Great Britain and indeed throughout the World. England and Wales comprise a single legal jurisdiction and we are qualified to act in domestic matters from anywhere between Berwick on Tweed to Penzance. We do not normally deal with foreign legal matters except in cases where the estate of a deceased person includes property overseas. Although we do not approve of the practice, our regulatory bodies now allow solicitors to give or receive so-called ‘referral fees’. These are payments to or from third parties in consideration of the referral of client business. Examples of this practice include solicitors paying estate agents in return for recommendation of people buying and selling houses or receiving benefits from financial advisers as a bonus for referring clients perceived as needing their advice. Until quite recently such practices were outlawed as likely to compromise the strict independence that was always regarded as the hallmark of a solicitor’s professional duty. Although the rules in this area have been relaxed, we still hold to the view that payment or receipt of referral fees is not in the public interest and therefore we do not participate in the practice. We prefer to retain and expand our client base on the foundation of client satisfaction and personal recommendation not the payment of ‘bungs’ to third parties. Equally, we will recommend other professionals solely on the basis of our judgment of their ability and not as the result of any undue influence arising from monetary benefit.
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