Residential Property
Our bespoke and comprehensive service includes specialist tax advice.

For most people, property transactions are among the most important that they will ever be involved in. The long-term implications can be highly significant, especially related to tax. We help you to choose the right approach at the time of the transaction, and so to avoid expensive problems arising when it’s too late to fix them.

Our residential property specialists sit within our Private Wealth and Tax team, and when required work closely with experts in other parts of the firm such as Immigration and Rural Property. Together they provide a full service when buying or selling residential property: everything from advice on which geographical areas to focus on, to tax-efficient structures, to advice for UK citizens buying property overseas or vice versa.

It starts with developing a thorough understanding of your situation, aims, values and risks. Armed with this knowledge, we can then find the best way to meet your objectives.

Our expertise includes:

Specialist advice on the purchase of UK property, including on land and buildings transaction tax, additional dwelling supplement, and all tax aspects
Advice on buying and selling property outside the UK
Advice on buying and selling property as an investment for UK and non-UK clients, including specialist tax advice
Estate planning for property assets
Guidance for people re-locating to the UK, or returning
Selling property as part of an executry process

Click here to view information required by the Law Society of Scotland Price Transparency Guidance in relation to certain Residential Property Services in Scotland.

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Alexandra Lane

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Keith McLaren

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Jamie Murray

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