Buying
How to buy a house: the conveyancing process
Each step of buying a home in England and Wales, from ID checks and searches to exchange, completion and timescales.
Founder and solicitor
Ruth Beeton
- SRA number
- 404622
- Admitted
- 2008
- Based in
- Newcastle upon Tyne
Ruth co-founded Vecta Law. She leads our property team and shapes how our service works for clients, from the first quote to completion.
Credentials
- Qualified
- Solicitor of England and Wales, admitted 3 November 2008
- Regulated by
- Solicitors Regulation Authority
- Memberships
- [Membership to be confirmed]
About Ruth
Ruth has worked in conveyancing for more than 20 years and qualified as a solicitor in 2008. She has a deep knowledge of every aspect of residential property, from first-time purchases and new builds to leasehold, remortgages and complex chains.
She has founded and built several law firms in the North East. In 2023 she co-founded Home Sale Pack with Simon Priestley, a property technology company that uses AI to highlight the key legal terms in property documents, so sales move faster and more openly.
Ruth is a leading voice for upfront information in property sales. She has written about why the information buyers need should be ready before a home goes on the market, and how technology can cut transaction times.
At Vecta Law she owns the client journey, working with our technology team so that every digital step, from instant quotes to progress updates, is clear for clients and fits the way our lawyers work.
She also writes many of our plain-English guides to buying, selling and remortgaging.
Guides by Ruth
Written by Ruth
Selling
Selling a house: the conveyancing process
How selling a home works: the forms, documents, enquiries, exchange, completion and when you get your money.
New builds
Buying a new build: reservation to snagging
Reservation fees, warranties, estate charges, exchange deadlines and snagging: what to check when buying a new build.