Richard Wisnia, Director & Solicitor
Richard heads up our New Build Conveyancing team and is a director of Switalskis. He is based at our Leeds office.
Tel: 0113 223 1400
Department:
Residential Conveyancing
Address:
28 Park Place, Leeds LS1 2SP
Email Address:
richard.wisnia@switalskis.com
Richard heads up our New Build Conveyancing team from our Leeds office. His role involves managing a growing team as well as managing key relationships with some of the UK’s largest builders of new homes. The team helps buyers of new homes by providing a specialised service at a competitive price. Richard helps clients with property sales, purchases, remortgages and shared ownership. As a director he has senior supervisory role within the Switalskis residential conveyancing department.
Richard heads up our New Build Conveyancing team from our Leeds office. His role involves managing a growing team as well as managing key relationships with some of the UK’s largest builders of new homes. The team helps buyers of new homes by providing a specialised service at a competitive price. Richard helps clients with property sales, purchases, remortgages and shared ownership. As a director he has senior supervisory role within the Switalskis residential conveyancing department.
Richard qualified as a solicitor in 2003 and joined Switalskis in 2014. It is not widely recognised that the process of buying a New Build property can be significantly different and requires a specialist approach. Richard created our New Build conveyancing proposition and built a a team that now includes seven full-time staff and is recommended by some the the UK’s largest builders of new homes.
Richard’s significant contribution to the growth of Switalskis was rewarded in 2019 when he was made a director of the business.
More about Richard
We asked Richard: Q: What does your role involve? Q: What do you enjoy most about your job? Q: What can clients expect from you? The positive feedback I have from my clients is that my approach does not conform to the image of the “old school” solicitor, which I take as a compliment. I am pro-active and understand that buying and selling of property often requires co-operation, not conflict, between the parties to get results. Q: What did you want to do when you were at school? Q: Tell us about your proudest achievements. Q: What are you interests outside of work?
A: Acting for the buyers of new homes from housebuilders whilst managing the firm’s New Build Conveyancing Department.
A: Buying a house is one of the biggest things a person can do, and buying a brand new property is a unique process. Being able to help them to do that in a way which is straightforward and as stress-free as possible within tight timeframes is very challenging but highly rewarding.
A: My clients can (and should always) expect:-
A: Professional footballer for Leeds United, and famous rock star. It’s not too late, is it?
A: I am incredibly proud of my academic achievements which taught me, if nothing else, the true value of dedication and hard work (Richard achieved a First Class degree studying Government with Law at Birmingham City University in 1998 and then went on to attain a Master of Laws (Distinction) at Leeds University in 2000.) In the working world, I am proud to have established a professional identity and reputation for myself in an overheated and very challenging marketplace.
A: Football. Football. Football. I am an avid Leeds United fan, a Level 1 FA Qualified Coach and (joint) manager of my son’s under 7s team.