Amira Hughes.

Partner / Head of the Residential Property Team
Residential Property
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Amira was shortlisted in the category of Property Lawyer of the Year in the 2021 Surrey Law Society Awards, an award that she won in the 2019 Surrey Law Society Awards. She was also a Finalist in the 2019 Lawnet Awards for the category of Outstanding Individual Contribution and was shortlisted for Lawyer of the Year in the 2020 Modern Law Awards. These are a fitting recognition of her excellent contribution and technical knowledge.

Amira qualified with an LLB (Hons) degree from the University of Hertfordshire and works with us as a Partner, having previously worked with other well-known firms.

Amira’s specialism is in residential property with a particular focus on high value and complex transactions.

Amira has had notable success in dealing with complex residential property transactions and has recently helped her clients in dealing with particularly complex historic rights and obligations. She has also helped a number of clients with resolving unfavourable lease terms and access issues.

Amira has a keen interest in history and this has helped her to develop a specialism in historical properties and private estates. This, and living locally, has meant that Amira is familiar with, and has substantial experience in dealing with local private estates such as Ashley Park, Burwood Park and St George’s Hill. These estates have various complexities and Amira’s knowledge and ability in dealing with these has led to smoother transactions for our clients.

As well as working with us, Amira supports her local secondary school and Reeds Rugby Club. She loves history, travelling and good food and is keen to visit as many countries as possible with her family.

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Residential Property

Buying or selling a new house or flat is a costly and often exciting process. It is usually the largest...

Howell Jones, and in particular Amira Hughes and her team, have done us great service over the last three years.

This was over two sets of property transactions. The first was the sale of the house of an elderly relative who had died. The other was the sale of our own house in North London and our move to SW London, to be near the family.

The second was particularly complex, and handled brilliantly by Amira and her team. We had too many problems to be listed here, but we are now on the home straight with contracts exchanged and the move in ten days.

One problem to highlight: at one point we were at risk of fraud. Amira spotted it, advised – and saved us.

So thank you, Amira and all your team.

I put a challenge out on a local Facebook group, with the title “Mission Impossible – find me a conveyancing lawyer who actually knows what they are doing, who does not require constant prodding, and who does not cause me to utter a single expletive.”

Amira from Howell Jones solicitors was recommended by many in the Facebook group from my local area. She was also alerted to my post by a friend, and as a measure of her goodwill and desire to win back my confidence in conveyancers, contacted me to take up the challenge.

She has not disappointed. Organising the sale of my Mum’s house and the purchase of another house, whilst overseeing her healthcare and finances, as well as working and living full time in my London taxi during Lockdown has been an enormous strain on me, and Amira has definitely helped keep me cool, calm, collected, informed and well-served under really trying conditions.

She has handled masterfully well the buyer’s agent and the solicitor from the house-sale, and negotiated a difficult broken chain situation on the purchase side of my challenge, all the while making me feel as if everything is under control and confident that things will work out.

I always looked forward to hearing from Amira and her team, and would recommend her as a genuinely caring and truly professional solicitor.

I am delighted with the help, service and advice given by Amira and her team and can’t praise them highly enough. Amira and Angela act in a very professional helpful manner and it is always a pleasure to deal with them. After ending a telephone call with them I left feeling reassured. Lauren was also very helpful and courteous when I called into the office to return paperwork. I am nearly at the end of my transaction and would like to thank them and will most certainly recommend them to anyone needing this service.

Thank you and your team for the help and support in securing the purchase of the property. All were very helpful and efficient.  Their efforts, guidance throughout the whole process are very much appreciated, please pass on my thanks for their very kind understanding.

Dear Amira, I wanted to write & personally thank you, Angela & Lauren, for all your work in getting my uncle’s house completed. I was absolutely delighted with the excellent service you provided & how you made what can be a difficult process so smooth. Your professionalism, speed & friendly approach was much appreciated. Thank you for everything.

Thank you for helping me get my dream first home. It’s been an absolute roller-coaster but we got there in the end. And I owe it all to you! I’m truly grateful and glad you were the one to represent me.

Riccki Samra

We’ve used Amira Hughes and her team, very professional, well organised and dealt with things really well on every situation they faced. They’ve provided great service to us and they were always there to answer any questions we had I couldn’t have asked for more. I would definitely recommend them and we will definitely use them again should we need to in future. A big thank you.

Bex Zulu

I just wanted to let you know that during the last few weeks of the process, Amira was fantastic. She was very communicative, responsive and took the time to explain everything to us to make sure we understood. She went above and beyond to ensure that we met the sellers requested completion date, minimising the risk of the seller pulling out and reducing our stress levels. She clearly ended up working outside of her working hours to make sure this happened, which was very much appreciated. Based on the service we got from Amira in those last important weeks I would have no hesitation in recommending Howell Jones to others.

I wanted to take the opportunity to thank you and the team for all your help with our purchase. Particularly given the difficult circumstances of the current pandemic, we appreciate the work that went in to keep our file ticking along, and keeping us well prepared for eventual exchange and completion. Our move went smoothly over the weekend and we would also like to say thank you for the thoughtful card from you which we received on arrival. We will recommend your firm and wish you well for the future.

I’d like to say how much I appreciated your help with the sale of my house. It was particularly stressful for me due to the other party and your calm professionalism, patience, politeness and understanding was a great help and source of comfort. I knew I was in good hands.

When I buy a place of my own, I’ll definitely be in touch.

I just wanted to express my deepest gratitude for turning things around so quickly in what seemed like an impossible situation. I know it’s not over yet and I know I am paying for the services, but I just wanted to say thank you because I can see you’ve been working tirelessly over the last couple of days on this transaction. Please express my gratitude to your team as well.

It has been a pleasure to deal with you and your company at all times and on both aspects of the business now coming to a close.

Through all the convolutions and extended time frame, I appreciate that you have always found time to speak to me, advise and make a positive contribution, with patience courtesy and consideration. I don’t think we could have had a better team dealing with this and am sure my siblings would also wish to agree and offer their thanks also.

I noted that your company takes an interest in their clients concerns as when Juliet Petchey took considerable time to speak to me on an informal basis the other day when I was in your office. It all points towards a company with the right attributes and I shall certainly consider Howell Jones for any personal business in future.

MJ

Amira Hughes was instrumental in seeing through a complicated land sale as well as a extinguishment of use on a shared driveway on our property that had many historical covenants with the neighbour.  Throughout the entire process she was very helpful with explanations of the legalities and steps to reach an agreement and settlement with our neighbour that looked after our rights and set future covenants to protect our interests.  We thoroughly recommend her services and that of Howell Jones.

Amira Hughes was fantastic. She was professional throughout and really great on a personal level too. I had complete trust in her. When my purchase took longer than anticipated (due to a third party), I felt glad I’d gone with her and her fantastic team. She was in regular contact and was always available for me whenever I had a question. I’ve heard of some solicitors being out of contact etc… however, I always had complete faith that Amira was on top of my case, pushing it through and all over the detail. This really helped with the stress levels when things became tricky and I cannot overstate how professional she was. She was also a pleasure to deal with. Five stars… highly recommended.

It has been an absolute stress free experience, I have been informed every step of the way with progress, the team are excellent with communication. I would 100% recommend and will definitely be using again. Thank you so so much.

I recently used Howell Jones to handle my property sale and purchase and was very happy with the service provided. Amira was amazing and navigated us through what was an unexpectedly lengthy and complex process. Unfortunately she had to do lots of chasing of other parties, but she stuck with it and remained calm and patient. She was ably assisted by Nathan, who was also great in terms of help and communication. I would happily use their services again.

Thoughtful and careful support on a complex flat sale – The calm care and attention to detail was much appreciated!

It is with great pleasure that I write this testimonial for Howell Jones Solicitors. Their team is truly amenable and has created an unintimidating, pleasant, and welcoming environment for their clients. Their dedication to going the extra mile is commendable, and their fees are honest, excellent and easily comprehensible.

I have found it extremely beneficial to keep all of my affairs in the same practice, and I have been consistently impressed by the generosity of all of the staff.

I would like to express my gratitude to Amira for her diligence and effective communication skills and to Emma for her prompt, and assiduous completion of probate. Carolyn ensured that my enquires were always rapidly conveyed, and Nathan who showed empathy, understanding, and gave excellent advice.

Overall, based upon my experience, I would certainly use this firm again and highly recommend them.

Howell Jones Solicitors is an outstanding law firm that provides exceptional service and professionalism. Thank you all for your hard work.

Vivian Dalrymple

We just wanted to say thank you so much for all of your help over the last few months. Both of you have been an absolute pleasure to deal with, clear and concise communication throughout and all done in such a timely and efficient manner. Our last sale took five long months, mainly due to a poor conveyancing team however this purchase has been painless from start to finish. We are so glad we chose you and will thoroughly recommend your services to others.

Amira and Nathan provided an excellent service, and were always available to deal with our concerns during our recent home purchase. We can highly recommend them.

Amira and Nathan were absolutely amazing. They were incredibly professional, reassuring and knowledgeable with our house purchase and sale. Howell Jones are a great company and I would recommend wholeheartedly. Thank you so much for all of your hard work.

I really appreciate the excellent service Amira Hughes provided during a very difficult time for me. I would have no hesitation in recommending her services.

We would like to express our sincere and heartfelt appreciation and gratitude for your highly professional and competent service, provided in friendly, supportive and accessible manner. We really appreciate everything you have done for us during our process.

I would just like to take this opportunity to thank you and your team for the excellent and professional work you all did throughout the, rather long and drawn out, sale of my mother’s property.

I am very appreciative of your efforts and thankful that we managed to finalise the sale to everyone’s satisfaction.

I would most certainly use the services of you and your company again should the need arise.

It was an absolute pleasure working with you and we really appreciate how quickly Amira worked to get everything ready for exchange and completion on the same day, especially with all of the last minute enquiries.

We are very grateful that the sale went through with no added complications.

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