Testimonials

In 6 weeks we had the keys to our apartment. One of the most stressful life events made unbelievably quick with the help of Porter Dodson, a most efficient firm of solicitors. Many thanks to Robert Coppard and his team.

We are very happy with how a number of difficult and frustrating twists and turns were managed by Hayley Holland, assisted by Emma Bottomley. The relationship we developed allowed for clear communications between client and solicitor. The level of expertise when dealing with complex leasehold matters, together with management packs, was apparent. We would like to sincerely thank Hayley for her efforts on our behalf and I would certainly recommend Porter Dodson Solicitors.

Porter Dodson have dealt with some complicated family issues to do with Trusts and property purchase. Their knowledge and experience were exemplary and it was dealt with in a very sensitive, understanding and seamless manner, ensuring a successful outcome and property purchase.

Thanks for all your hard work Hayley. I’m very grateful.

They provided excellent service. I highly recommend them, especially Katie Hunt who was exceptional. She was incredibly patient with me and guided me through a very professional process. She was always attentive to my questions. Thank you so much. They made this journey stress-free.

 I would like to thank you and your team, for your hard work throughout this process including the rapid completion following grant of probate. 

Just a note to thank you both for your hard work regarding the sale of my property. It was lovely to meet you and I thank you for guiding me through this experience. I am very grateful. 

Just a note to thank you both for your hard work regarding the sale of the above named property. It was lovely to meet you and I thank you for guiding me through this experience I am very grateful

I used Caron Abbott of the Sherborne branch for the conveyancing on both the sale and purchase of properties. I can't speak highly enough of her and the service provided over what was a very elongated process. Always friendly, professional, efficient and by far in a way the best I've used. Highly recommend. 

We have greatly appreciated your kind help in piloting us through the stressful business of house buying and selling.  All your communications were extremely clear and helpful, leaving us confident we were in good hands.  It's so easy to look back and wonder why we found it daunting when the outcomes were so smooth.

We have greatly appreciated your kind help in piloting us through the stressful business of house buying and selling.  All your communications were extremely clear and helpful, leaving us confident we were in good hands.  It's so easy to look back and wonder why we found it daunting when the outcomes were so smooth.

Thank you for all the work that you and your team have done to finalise this sale. I have been very pleased with the service which you have provided. It has been dealt with very in a very efficient way. 

My uncle was moving house for the first time in 46 years and it was a lot less stressful thanks to Katie Hunt and her team. The buyer caused a lot of complications throughout the transaction, especially on completion day and Katie was calm, efficient and responsive throughout. I wouldn’t hesitate to recommend her and the team at Porter Dodson. Thank you!

Once again can I thank you for all your hard work,  it was an extremely stressful time which was made a lot easier by your efforts.

Thank you so much for all your hard work getting this over the line for us, especially with some of the tight timeframes! It's been great working with you and we will certainly recommend Porter Dodson in the future.

Really good, quick straight answers, care about their job and people who need them. Can’t say anything wrong, just proper solicitors!

You have been so patient with us and I really appreciate all your kindness and tolerance.

Thanks again for everything you’ve done it’s been brilliant in comparison to our previous experience and will definitely use yourself again for any further purchases and sales.

We just wanted to reach out to say a big thank you for your support with our sale. Really appreciated and glad we got there eventually.

I wish to thank you for everything you have done in working towards the purchase of the property - particularly also dealing with the defects in the lease. Thank you to both you and Emma Bottomley who has also handled my case, you have both been exceptional in dealing with this and I fully intend to go with your company again the next time I intend to purchase. 

Thank you for all your hard work on our behalf. Rest assured I will be using Porter Dodson again if the need arises.

I would like to thank you, Kirstie and Karen for all your help on my purchase and my sale and for your advice regarding all the required information needed from the management companies before proceeding. I do feel that I was fully informed by you and understood completely what was required and why. 

I would like to thank you, Zara and Karen for all your help on my purchase and my sale and for your advice regarding all the required information needed from the management companies before proceeding. I do feel that I was fully informed by you and understood completely what was required and why. 

Just a quick note to thank you very much indeed for all the legal work carried out to effect the sale of my late sister’s property. From my point of view everything went very smoothly for which I am extremely grateful. 

We are most grateful to Michelle Wilson and Bethany O'Hare for their service and clarification regarding the terms of the restrictive covenant led to a straight-forward conclusion which instantly resolved our enquiry.

Many thanks for all you did, you kept us in the picture at all times and were always happy to answer any of our questions and see us when we popped in and kept us as sane as possible during the sale and buying of our properties.

Many thanks for enabling a smooth transition in what could have been a fraught situation. You both have my gratitude and appreciation. 

I would like to express my gratitude to Caron and Shona for the professional way you have handled the legal conveyance of this property to my buyer. You were able to handle the various questions and issues which arose during this process quickly and efficiently, and I always felt that you were looking after my interests in this matter.  

Well done and thank you. 

We would like to thank Michelle and Sonya for all that you have done for us. You certainly were able to put us at ease through the process, and I am in particular most grateful how you quickly found an acceptable solution to the planning/building control issue when it was raised in the enquiries. 

Thankyou to you and Hayley for your help though the process.

Michelle, Beckie and Sonya were absolutely amazing, always willing to help. I felt cared for which is rare in this day and age. Genuinely top notch. Wouldn't hesitate to recommend them at all. Huge thanks.

I would also like to thank Katie Hunt for dealing with the Assent for my late uncle’s estate. All I can say that if Michael and Katie are a reflection of Porter Dodson, they are in good hands!

To Helen and her hard working team, many thanks for all your help. 

Just wanted to email and say a massive thank you! We are so grateful to you both for all you've done for buying and selling for us lately. You have been so kind towards us and always happy to help when it feels like we email you all the time. There is no doubt I am sure we will be back in touch at a later date for your help.

Thank you for all the work you did to make sure my property transactions went smoothly. 

Just a quick note to say a massive thank you, to you and your team, for the most efficient way you all dealt with mums move. It was a pleasure dealing with you, and when our own house sale goes through, I’ll ask you to handle that as well.

Porter Dodson did the conveyancing when we moved house recently and we were really pleased with the excellent service that they provided. Everything was explained clearly and in simple language, their response to queries was prompt and we were confident that they were always on top of the detail. All in all a very efficient and effective service and one that we wouldn't hesitate to recommend.

The service and advice given to me by Hayley Holland and her assistant Emma Bottomley, took me effortlessly through the process of selling and buying my properties. I cannot recommend them highly enough and will certainly use their services in the future, should I need them for conveyancing or other matters.

I used Caron Abbott in the Sherborne branch for my conveyancing. Of the 3 moves and 3 different solicitors I have used, Caron was by far the best. My sale was made particularly difficult by my buyers incompetent solicitor however, Caron was always quick to respond, knew exactly where things were, was always professional and was extremely efficient. 

Katie Hunt dealt with all the legalities and I have been extremely grateful for excellent service from a friendly, efficient and approachable professional. I will soon be utilising Porter Dodson again to create my Will. You are in very safe hands with this company.

What I really like about this firm is the friendliness that is apparent as soon as you walk through their door or speak to anyone there by phone. We have found them highly efficient, and excellent at communication. Things get done promptly and you really know they are on your side. Our recent experience with a house sale was flawless and the charges seem very modest. We would warmly recommend this firm.

We would like to thank you for your work, everything went well and we are happy we chose Porter Dodson to help us through the house selling process.

I just wanted to thank you for your advice given in your telephone call this morning. We are most grateful for your help and will get back to you should we need any further assistance.

I had a very satisfactory service from Porter Dodson, friendly and respectful and responsive. In addition to meeting Robert as necessary the ability to telephone his direct number and get an answer/update from the solicitor actually dealing with the purchase of my new property was reassuring, informative and developed trust in the attentive service.

We want to commend our lawyer, Tanya Hopkins, for her most important contribution to the sale and purchase of our current property. Tanya was very helpful in the sale of our property and made us feel that we were her number one client! We will always be very grateful to Porter Dodson and in particular to Tanya Hopkins.

Many thanks Hayley, you and the team are excellent!

Thank you so much for your help throughout the process. At least I know what to expect next time I decide to buy a property!

Thank you very much for your help, support and patience with the sale

We have had a wonderful service from Katie and Porter Dodson, we have found you really easy to communicate with and haven’t found we were struggling with legal jargon like some of your competitors use. You have made a sad situation much easier for us and will definitely come back to PD in the future.

Thanks to yourself, Jenny and the team, I have been very impressed with the way you have handled things from your office.

An enormous thank you for all the work you've put in to get this thing over the line. Your professionalism and humour is as refreshing as a glass of water in the desert.

Thorough processes that we could trust to be accurate and complete. The conveyancing team were friendly and always helpful. 

Very efficient and helpful

Reasonable fees, lovely people, incredibly thorough and truly understanding

Very impressed with the speed and thoroughness of Porter Dodson in progressing the purchase of our flat and sale of our house. Much faster than is generally thought to be the case.

Excellent service! Tanya did a first-rate job in selling my mother's house. Despite the challenges of COVID, she was always responsive, helpful and diligent. We plan to move any future business to Porter Dodson as a result.

After a very difficult year I received excellent service, phone calls were returned and professional advice given. Very good value for money.

I have used Amy twice, she is excellent in all ways.

Extremely efficient. Corresponding by email worked well. In our limited experience, we consider the cost to be totally acceptable. In conclusion, we would like to thank Robert and his team for expediting our sale and purchase. Needless to say, should we require any legal assistance in the future, we would not hesitate to contact you.

Although I haven't met Tanya face to face due to covid, I felt I knew her.  She was very helpful and efficient, thank you!

We have purchased and sold many properties over the last 35 years. Michelle is by far the best legal advisor I have ever dealt with. She was professional, prompt, knowledgeable, proactive and provided a seamless service with her team during a tricky sale and purchase. Many thanks, we really appreciate it!

You have been fantastic, helping us at every step of the way, everything was well explained and definitely money well spent.

A very professional and friendly service. We were kept informed throughout the process which was very reassuring. We will certainly use your services in the future. You managed to maintain communications through a pandemic - very impressive, thank you!

We have been delighted with Zara over the sale of my mother's cottage in Seavington. She is always prompt replying to my queries and would have completed weeks ago if it wasn't for the "useless" (to put it mildly) solicitors on the other side. She was very speedy with the sale in August of my partner's house in Bower Hinton, hence my engaging her. Definitely money well spent!

Everyone was very professional, very helpful along the way, communication was brilliant.  I cannot fault anyone and would highly recommend Porter Dodson.

As expected - amazing, professional and efficient service by Zara.

Amy provided an excellent, professional service through the sale/purchase of our house.

Your team are very professional and knowledgeable.  They listen carefully and explain complicated procedures clearly. During such difficult times they have worked under very challenging circumstances - home working and working late into evenings and at weekends. Despite this the results have allowed us to complete on our sale and purchase. A sincere thank you.

Responses from Michelle, Louise and Sonya were always prompt and helpful. We felt content knowing that they were looking after our sale and purchase. I've never been in contact with another law firm, however, I would not consider using any other law in the future, if I could help it. Great service from the team.

Michelle and team did a great job with both purchase and sale, keeping our interest at the forefront of considerations.  I felt the service was excellent value for money. Compare to other solicitors in our chain, definitely top marks!

Having been recommended to go to Porter Dodson, I can now see why and your practice would be my 'go to' solicitor of choice in the future. I was very impressed by Zara and was only sad that I couldn't use her for my purchase as the company were acting for the vendor. Obviously great minds think alike!

Always a good service. I trust Jennifer implicitly to ensure all necessary information is received and checked before progression to exchange. I have used other law firms but always regretted not choosing Porter Dodson and wouldn't use anyone else in the future for conveyancing.

Very quick and efficient responses to queries, felt well looked after.  Much better experience than first house purchase with rival Bridport company!

A trouble free transaction made even better by the professionalism and friendliness of the legal team assisting us. Thanks Michelle, Sonya and Louise.

Very proficient and professional. Refused to yield to pressure from sellers. Courteous and very helpful.

I was generally very happy with the service that was provided by Porter Dodson.  Jennifer was extremely thorough and professional and she worked very hard to meet the demanding deadlines we had imposed on the sale. She was polite and helpful when contacting me and I felt I was in good hands throughout.

Very efficient and friendly service, in particular the link up with McCarthy and Stone.

Everyone that I met at Porter Dodson was friendly, kind and helpful. I felt as if nothing was too much trouble. I was kept up to date and was pleasantly surprised at the bill!  My friend has recently had experience dealing with another firm of solicitors and did not have such a good outcome. I will certainly recommend you. Thank you.

First Class Service.  Zara and the team did a great job under very difficult circumstances.

The team were always very helpful and professional.  They dealt with my requirements for the sale of my mothers property in a friendly and understanding way.  This was work I could not have undertaken myself, always keeping me up to date with progress.  I feel fees were very reasonable considering the work undertaken so money well spent as I am confident that everything is in order. That confidence is very important.

Amy was very clear and concise in correspondance.  Sometimes I felt that the paperwork did not reflect a BTL mortgage but Amy always gave clear direction. No unexpected fees, which I am pleased about. Quick turnover for completion.

Excellent Service - quick responses.  Verity was very patient with my silly questions! I learnt a lot about moving and what's involved.

Excellent and fast service.  Very professional.

This is a very competent company.  Despite the overwhelming difficulties with COVID restrictions, the service I received was exemplary.  Tanya always communicated in clear, concise and elegant English - such a pleasure.  Necessary phone calls were equally well conducted.  Mine was a difficult case with boundary dispute and treatment plant problems - Tanya dealt with all these with good sense, speed and clear direction.

Purchased a house during the global pandemic.  We much preferred email correspondance and telephone consultation and were extremely pleased with our service.  We were happy to pay a little extra for Porter Dodson for the ease of use and seamless service.

Zara and the team always work with speed and tenacity - 10 out of 10!

I wanted to keep the house sale with Porter Dodson as Ian Sankey was acting for my aunt's (deceased) estate.  The outline of costs was very clear and the booklet provided on buying and selling houses was useful.

Friendly, approachable whilst still retaining the appropriate advisor/client relationship.  Efficient, trouble-free transaction.  Terms of business for the transaction clear.  Other firms we have had to deal with have been far less effective and left us at times confused.  So unless absolutely necessary, why go elsewhere?

Mr Coppard was aware that I was purchasing property because my wife had died, so his input was more than a business transaction: the personal, compassionate touch also played a part. Indeed I would say that was the outstanding feature in a world which is sadly becoming increasingly technological and impersonal.

• Great instant answers to calls and queries;
• Proactive;
• Well priced for the speed and quality of service;
• "On it"!

I couldn't be happier. I did this transaction on behalf of my elderly mother in a time of stress/COVID post the death of my father.  It was a blessing you were all so efficient.

We received a professional and efficient service which ensured a successful house sale conveyancing process.  The Porter Dodson team provided sound advice where required and overall value for money legal work.  We would not hesitate to recommend the Firm.

Our seller's solicitor was totally uncooperative and we would not have completed on time if it wasn't for Tanya going the extra mile to make it happen.  We are most grateful to her.

Porter Dodson has been excellent in all ways, very helpful all the way through giving very good advice and always there if you need help.  I would recommend you to anyone.

Although the majority of the time we were all dealing with the constraints imposed by COVID19, Zara and her team were always available either via phone, email or an impromptu meeting to exchange documents in the car park! Well done for coping so well.  Always polite and willing to help.  Thank you for making a difficult situation easy.

I have been very impressed and pleased with the service provided to me by Mr Coppard.  All the communications have been easy to understand and must have taken a considerable amount of time and expertise to prepare.

Excellent and reasonable service. All communications were easy to understand and Robert was always available to answer questions. Really pleased with the service provided and wouldn't hesitate to recommend you to others.

Very happy with the service provided by Porter Dodson. More than anything we feel we can trust their knowledge, advice and professionalism and feel confident they are acting in our best interests.  Accessibility is key and that is good, so is the total clarity given to costs.  Well done to Porter Dodson, will certainly recommend you to others.

Robert Coppard has been incredible. He kept me informed every step of the way and I had full confidence in him. He has gone above and beyond everything I could've wished for.

Robert Coppard and Jolie Stokes were both excellent and were prepared to go that extra mile. Certainly good value for money.

The service I received was outstanding. Buying and selling a house rarely runs smoothly and throughout the whole process, your entire team was patient, understanding and very supportive. I would highly recommend Michelle and her team to friends and family. I would definitely use them again should the need arise.

Professional and efficient service with courteous and knowledgable communication and timely responses to questions. Good value for money and friendly and approachable.

Thank you to all involved with the sale of my flat. I couldn't give you one negative thing to say. Everything was perfect. I have used Porter Dodson for other work in the past and I will definitely be using you for future work.

Friendly and willing to answer all of our questions (we had plenty as first-time buyers!). Worked efficiently and easy to get hold of, meaning we moved in when hoped for - thank you.

I was very happy with the service I received. Tanya Hopkins was really helpful, and as everything had to be done over the phone, it helped a great deal. Money well spent.

An extremely professional service clearly demonstrating expertise and compassion. Would highly recommend Michelle and her team. There was no stone left unturned and knew we were in safe and capable hands from the get-go! Thank you, Michelle, for helping us get our dream house.

The sale of this house was a tedious process but Tanya was always positive and quick to reply to the purchaser's solicitor. The price was fair and the sale proceeded in a timely fashion.

Michelle was very clear about the process and offered practical advice.

This was a protracted purchase owing to Covid-19 but I was impressed that we managed to complete with all barriers overcome. I was particularly pleased with the way Michelle dealt with the lease complications. She always shows that she has the clients' interests at heart. She is a thorough and approachable professional. I could not ask for a better service.

A huge thanks to you and your team for getting us over the finishing line with this purchase during such strange and testing times. As always, your professionalism and attention to important detail are second to none.

Patient, practical, professional guidance throughout.

Very efficient and timely service. Good communication links and felt things ran really smoothly. Proactive approach. Thank you.

Excellent service, good value for money, very efficient, professional and answered questions quickly and thoroughly. Would definitely recommend to family and friends.

Very professional, efficient and courteous, as were all Porter Dodson staff I encountered!

We have always received excellent service from Porter Dodson. All staff are efficient, friendly and helpful. We have, and will continue, to highly recommend Porter Dodson! Huge thank you to Michelle for completing on the sale of the property, particularly in these difficult circumstances!

With a very long protracted chain, Porter Dodson did everything they could to hold the situation together at some very tense moments. You got us through and we are very grateful.