ElaineDurkin

FCILEx, Director

Head of Residential Conveyancing · Sutton Coldfield

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Elaine Durkin is a key member of Ansons’ Residential Conveyancing team. A Fellow of CILEX since 1992, she brings more than 30 years’ experience advising clients on all aspects of buying, selling and financing homes.

Fellow of CILEX since 1992More than 30 years' experience

Practice areas

Elaine's expertise covers

Elaine is known for clear communication, careful attention to detail and keeping transactions on track from instruction to completion.

• Buying and selling freehold and leasehold property
• Leasehold matters, including lease reviews and extensions
• Remortgages and transfers of equity
• Right to Buy and shared ownership purchases
• Help to Buy redemptions and advice
• Auction sales and purchases

Track record

Recent experience

Complex barn conversionsLease extensionsEasements and rights

Complex barn conversions

Managed sales and purchases of converted barns, resolving title and access issues, rights of way, planning and building regulations and drafting suitable covenants for ongoing estate management.

Feedback

Elaine's feedback

What clients say.

We've sold a few properties and this was our first time using ansons soliciotrs. We were blown away with how stress free Elaine and Holly made the process. They were communicative, efficient and professional. We will definitely be using the service again.

We highly recommend using Elaine Durkin and Holly Pitcher for all your conveyancing needs. They provide an excellent service and are very helpful and are quick to respond to any queries that may arise.

We’ve used Ansons twice now in the last 18 months, and can’t fault them. Would never go anywhere else for any future conveyancing needs. Elaine Durkin and the team (Holly and Amina) are experienced, knowledgeable, and happy to help in any way possible. Would definitely recommend them.

We recently worked with Holly and Elaine on our remortgage and couldn’t be more grateful for their support throughout the process.

From start to finish, they were thorough, responsive and incredibly patient - particularly when things felt a little complex at times. Communication was clear, timelines were explained well, and we always felt reassured that everything was being handled properly behind the scenes.

What really stood out was their professionalism combined with approachability. No question felt like too much trouble, and we were kept informed at each key stage, which made the whole experience far less stressful than it could have been.

We would absolutely recommend their services and wouldn’t hesitate to work with them again in the future.

A first class service from the first contact to completion. I was kept informed all through the process not once ever having to chase the solicitor for an update. I would highly recommend them particularly Ms Akhtar and Ms Durkin who were very professional.

The team

Residential property

Meet the people who work alongside Elaine. More team videos are on the way.

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6:37 Associate Director Jonathan Taylor 4:16 Residential Conveyancing Executive Hamida Begum 4:01 Conveyancer William Trinder

Off the clock

Beyond the brief

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  Walking

  Elaine's idea of switching off is a good long walk, as far from a desk as possible.

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  Reading

  A keen reader, rarely without a book on the go.

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  Travelling

  Travelling is the big one: new places, new walks and plenty of reading time on the way.

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Where to find Elaine

Elaine is based at our Sutton Coldfield office.

Sutton Coldfield

316-318 Lichfield Road
Mere Green
Sutton Coldfield
B74 2UG

0121 716 3716

Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm

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Last updated 24 September 2026

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