Three decades of experience in sales, purchases, remortgages and leasehold work.
Clear, Friendly Guidance
Plain-English advice, proactive updates and smooth coordination with agents and lenders.
Detail-Focused, Deadline-Driven
Keeps matters moving from searches to completion, reducing delays and stress.
Practice areas
Elaine 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.
Elaine is known for clear communication, careful attention to detail and keeping transactions on track from instruction to completion.
Key Specialisms
Elaine Durkin, Fellow of CILEX, is a residential conveyancing specialist at Ansons advising on sales, purchases, remortgages, leasehold and shared ownership.
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
Experience
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.
Lease extensions
Advised leaseholders on statutory and informal lease extensions, reviewing ground rent and service charge provisions, instructing valuers and negotiating terms to protect value and marketability.
Easements and rights
Drafted and completed easements for access and services, regularised long-standing informal arrangements and registered rights to secure future use and avoid neighbour disputes.
Complex barn conversions
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.
Lease extensions
Lease extensions
Advised leaseholders on statutory and informal lease extensions, reviewing ground rent and service charge provisions, instructing valuers and negotiating terms to protect value and marketability.
Easements and rights
Easements and rights
Drafted and completed easements for access and services, regularised long-standing informal arrangements and registered rights to secure future use and avoid neighbour disputes.
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Jon Rowley excels in his handling of all issues ranging from the complex to the mundane. His client skills are particularly good and he quickly puts clients at their ease and earns their trust with his approach and diligence.
Legal 500 UK 2025
Jon Rowley is clear in the advice he provides as well as pragmatic and confident when solving unexpected issues, which as a client, is very reassuring.
Legal 500 UK 2025
Jon Rowley provides us with an exceptional service: professional, well-informed and very fair
Legal 500 UK 2023
Jon Rowley is a stand-out individual and the company are extremely fortunate to have such an individual in their midst, he is certainly one to watch for the future. He is professional, yet personable and offers council and advice effectively and efficiently, drawing on his team as required. He has taken the time to gain great knowledge of our industry which makes legal processes easier and effective.
Legal 500 UK 2023
Jon Rowley – explains technical speak in a way that is easy to understand, presents options robustly and with clear explanations. Easy to get ahold of and prompt to respond.
Legal 500 UK 2024
Jonathan Rowley stands out in particular. Jonathan is one of the best that I have worked with.
