Once at the very centre of Birmingham’s industrial heartland, the growing neighbourhood of Digbeth is a popular place to live in the city and offers a wide range of housing types for its residents. Whether you are first-time buyers or looking to sell and buy a new house, let our conveyancing solicitors in Digbeth help with your next home move.
THE HISTORY OF DIGBETH
Settlements first grew in the Digbeth area due to its proximity to the River Rea. This important water source gave settlers ready access to drinking water and irrigation for crops. Soil in the area was very fertile meaning food stocks for settlements could be sustained and later the river gave rise to leather tanneries, iron foundries and smithies. Industry in Digbeth grew, leading to the area being part of the first centre of industry in the city of Birmingham. Digbeth was also once one of the most heavily industrialised areas in the town and as a result the most prosperous area in Birmingham. The area is notable for the production of swords for the Parliamentarian Army during the English Civil War. Later the town became the home of Birds Custard and Typhoo Tea. Birmingham was crowned the first manufacturing town in the world in 1971.
Digbeth has strong Italian and Irish communities within the Italian and Irish Quarters respectively. Italians arrived in England and began businesses in the food and hospitality industry. Irish immigrants arrived after the Irish Famine and the Second World War due to Digbeth’s job prospects. Since 1996, the area has been home to the largest St Patrick’s Day Parade in England and attracts approximately 100,000 visitors each year.
DIGBETH TODAY
In 2017 regeneration projects began with the aim of revitalising the neighbourhood. There are also moves to bring a Tram network back to Digbeth and Birmingham City Centre.
In a 2018 survey carried out by the Sunday Times, Digbeth was named the Coolest Neighbourhood in Britain and is now known as the Creative Quarter of Birmingham. The Old Crown is one of Digbeth’s favourite music venues and is one of Birmingham’s oldest buildings thought to date back to 1368. The area has an eclectic mix of food, social and music venues and is a popular place to visit, often likened to trendy parts of London.
In 2022, the BBC looked to move their Birmingham operations to Digbeth, along with other popular TV production companies including those involved with Peaky Blinders and MasterChef.
WHAT CAN OUR CONVEYANCING SOLICITORS IN DIGBETH OFFER YOU?
Express Conveyancing have been in operation since 2013. Over time we have developed and honed our methods to ensure that we achieve the best possible outcomes for you and keep our clients at the heart of what we do.
Your next home move matters to us, and we work in partnership with some of the finest Law firms across England and Wales. Every one of our clients gets access to our panel of Law firms who all have a wide range of extensive industry knowledge and the skills and experience needed to act for you regardless of what happens throughout the course of your property transaction or chain of transactions.
All of our partner Conveyancing Solicitors and Law Firms are regulated either by the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) or Council for Licensed Conveyancers (CLC). Alongside a skilled and experienced conveyancer, you will also be allocated a dedicated Case Manager from Express Conveyancing who will work to support you and your conveyancer to progress your transaction as quickly and smoothly as possible. We are here to help bridge the gap between conveyancer and client.
EXPRESS CONVEYANCING – OUR EXPERIENCE
We have experience of working with some of the largest estate agents, auctioneers, mortgage and bridging lenders and brokers, and new build developers in the country. Our finance-based experience includes working on transactions using a wide range of high street, new and less commonly known mortgage lenders, bridging finance lenders, shared ownership schemes, affordable housing schemes, help to buy and first time buyer schemes. We also have experience of handing different freehold, leasehold and unregistered properties, along with auction, modern method auction, private and probate sales. So regardless of your circumstances and those of the property, we are here to help you.
WHAT ARE THE BEENFITS OF INSTRUCTING THROUGH EXPRESS CONVEYANCING?
Designated Conveyancer and Contact Details
All our clients are given details of their designated conveyancer upon instruction. You will be given full contact details for the conveyancer and will be able to communicate with them directly as your transaction unfolds. This therefore means you will get the benefit of the most accurate advice and can discuss any parts of your transaction the conveyancer directly.
Express Case Manager
All clients will also be allocated a Case Manager from Express. Over the years since we started in business, we have worked hard to develop a model which aids the conveyancing process rather than just creating an extra party involved and inevitably causing confusion. We have good working relationships with all of our panel Law firms. Our role is to support you and act as point of escalation if required.
Online Portal Access
You will be given access to our online case management system which can be used to track the progress of your transaction, request updates, contact us and upload documents as part of the portal system.
Fee Structure Transparency
We pride ourselves on transparency with fees. All of our clients are given an itemised quotation when getting in touch with Express Conveyancing. One of our specialist team will also discuss the specifics of a transaction to check for anything which falls outside of a standard transaction and therefore may attract additional fees before taking an instruction. This quote is fixed, meaning as long as the mechanics of the transaction remain unaffected from the initial quote, the quote will not change. If any additional work is required that wasn’t known about at the start, then it would be discussed and agreed with you prior to any additional charges being applied.
It is important to consider that if purchasing a leasehold property, there may be notice, service charge apportionment and management company fees to pay which we cannot speculate on during a quotation, as this will only be known as the transaction progresses especially as it varies from property to property.
No completion, no fee
Our clients get the benefit of their first transaction being handled on a no completion, no fee basis, minus any third-party disbursements incurred at the point of withdrawal. We offer this regardless of the reason your transaction falls through.
For completeness, a second transaction would not be handled on a no completion, no fee basis and you may be required to pay for any work completed so far should this also fall through.
Mortgage lender
Often clients approaching Express Conveyancing ask if we can act for their chosen mortgage lender. This is especially the case if a client is not set on a lender at the point of instruction and feels it may be subject to change. Here at Express Conveyancing, our panel structure enables us to act for the vast majority of mortgage lenders across all of our law firms. We can also adapt to a change in mortgage lender throughout the progression of a transaction.
CONTACT US
If you would like to chat to one of our specialist team about how we at Express Conveyancing can help with your next property transaction, please contact us via telephone on 0800 7999892 or by email on hello@express-conveyancing.co.uk.