Weymouth & Dorset Estate Agent With an In-House Property Solicitor — Sell Faster, Let Smarter, Stay Legally Protected
Most Dorset estate agents put your property on Rightmove and wait. We have a 20-year property solicitor and an active investor working directly on your case — so your sale or letting completes seamlessly, every time.
Letting Agency of the Year 2025 | British Property Awards — Gold Award
In-House Legal Team: RSL Law (20+ Years Property Law)
Our featured Listings.
6 Bed HMO for Sale
Market Street, Weymouth, DT4
Attention Investors - A lucrative fully licensed HMO in the heart of Weymouth generating £41,580pa. Scope to increase rents and add more rooms STPP.
- 6 Bed
- 7 Bathroom
£400,000
6 Bed HMO for sale
Market Street, Weymouth, DT4
Attention Investors - A lucrative fully licensed HMO in the heart of Weymouth generating £41,580pa. Scope to increase rents and add more rooms STPP.
- 6 Bed
- 7 Bathroom
£400,000
3 Apartment for Sale
Commercial Road, Weymouth, DT4
Attention Investors - An exciting investment opportunity comprising of 3 self contained apartments being sold as one unit complete with the freehold.
- 6 Bed
- 7 Bathroom
£275,000
Tired of Chasing Your Estate Agent for Updates They Should Be Giving You Automatically?
You email. You call. You leave messages. When someone finally responds, it is a different person every time — someone who does not know your property, has not read the last three emails, and cannot tell you where things actually stand. Meanwhile, you are not sure whether your tenancy agreement is still legally compliant, whether your EPC is up to date, or whether the sale you agreed three months ago is still moving. You are paying your current agent for this. Regularly. For the privilege of doing their job for them.
Here Is What Changes When Your Agent Has a Solicitor on the Team From Day One
Most estate agents and solicitors work separately — and that gap between the agent who agreed the deal and the solicitor who needs to execute it is exactly where transactions stall, compliance slips, and months disappear. Sharp Sales & Lettings was built to close that gap permanently.
Tatiana is a qualified property solicitor with over 20 years of experience and her own law firm, RSL Law — not a referral partner, not someone called in when things go wrong, but part of the agency from the first conversation.
Simon is an active landlord and investor with his own portfolio in Weymouth and Dorset, so the commercial advice you receive is grounded in real skin-in-the-game experience. The result is what our clients describe every time: they stop chasing, stop worrying, and start feeling like their most valuable asset is being looked after as if it were our own.
Selling Your Property
When you're selling, the legal groundwork starts the same day — not weeks later when an external conveyancer finally opens the file. Transactions move faster. Fall-throughs happen less. You are kept informed at every stage, by the people actually working on your case.
Letting Your Property
Your tenancy agreements are checked by a solicitor who knows what current legislation actually requires — not a template downloaded three years ago. Compliance gaps around EPCs, deposit protection, and Right to Rent are caught before they become £30,000 fines, not after your tenant's solicitor raises them.
When a Tenant Issue Arises
It is handled by people who know both the letting law and your specific property situation — not a call centre reading from a script. Because Simon and Tatiana are the business, there is no file that gets passed to someone who has never heard of your property.
Every Estate Agent in Dorset Claims to Be 'Local, Independent, and Professional.' Here Is What Actually Makes Us Different.
One specific, verifiable difference. The rest follows from it.Tatiana Skachkova is a qualified property solicitor with over 20 years of experience. She is the CEO of RSL Law — her own law firm. She is also the Co-Director of Sharp Sales & Lettings.
That is not a referral arrangement. That is not a 'we have a legal partner we can introduce you to.' That is a fully qualified property solicitor who is inside the agency, working on your transaction, from the first conversation to the day it completes.
What that means in practice:
- Your tenancy agreements are checked by a solicitor who knows current legislation — not a template downloaded in 2019.
- Compliance gaps (EPC, deposit protection, Right to Rent, electrical certificates) are caught before they become £30,000 fines — not after.
- When your sale is agreed, the legal process starts immediately — the same day, with the same team — not weeks later when an external conveyancer finally opens the file.
- When a tenant dispute arises, you're backed by legal expertise from the first call — not referred to a solicitor who has never heard of your property.
Simon brings the commercial half of the equation. As a landlord and investor with his own portfolio in Weymouth and Dorset, he has personal skin in the same market you're operating in. His advice is not theoretical. It is the advice he applies to his own assets.
Together, they are the only team in Weymouth offering this combination under one roof.
That is the difference. Everything else — the awards, the reviews, the smooth transactions — follows from it.
Our Clients Are Important To Us - Here's What They Say
Already With an Agent? Not Ready to Commit? Here Is What Most Landlords and Sellers Ask Us Before They Pick Up the Phone.
We completely understand your concerns, and you have every right to them, most estate agents promise the world then deliver the same service as their competitors. We are different, common questions Landlords and Sellers have are listed, if you have any others, please do not hesitate to book a call.
I'm already with a letting agent. Switching feels complicated.
Most landlords who speak to us are already with someone else. That's usually exactly why they're calling. Switching agents is straightforward — we handle the transition process and ensure your compliance documentation is reviewed and updated as part of the onboarding. There is no legally binding lock-in that prevents you from moving.
How do I know you'll stay involved personally — and I won't end up dealing with someone I've never met?
Simon and Tatiana are the business. There is no junior team member the file gets handed to. No call centre. No outsourced property management. When you book a call, you speak to one of them. When something needs handling on your property, one of them is accountable.
You won an award — but every agent claims to be award-winning. Why does it actually matter?
Fair point. What matters isn't the award itself — it's what was assessed to give it. Letting Agency of the Year evaluates tenant vetting, landlord communication, compliance standards, and management quality. It is not a paid listing. If you'd like to see the assessment criteria, ask us and we'll show you.
I'm not sure if now is the right time to sell. What if I regret it?
That is a completely legitimate concern and not one we'll push past with a sales pitch. Book the free valuation, find out what your property is actually worth in the current Dorset market, and make a decision based on real data — not anxiety or guesswork. You are under no obligation whatsoever until you instruct us in writing.
Picking the right estate agent doesn't always mean going for the one who gives you the highest valuation.
Exactly right. Overvaluing a property to win the instruction — then quietly reducing the price three months later — is one of the most common tricks in the industry. Our valuation is built on a detailed comparable analysis report, not a number designed to make you feel good. We would rather give you an accurate figure and earn your trust than an inflated one and lose it.
Your Weymouth or Dorset Property Deserves an Agent Who Treats It As If It Were Their Own — and Has the Legal Expertise to Back That Up
Find out what your property is worth, whether your current setup is legally watertight, and whether we're the right fit — in a single 20-minute conversation.Every day your property is with an agent who isn't communicating, isn't protecting your compliance, and isn't working your sale or tenancy hard enough — that is a day you are exposed.
To the wrong tenants. To legislation you didn't know had changed. To a market you're not getting full value from.
The first step is simply knowing where you stand.
Your free property valuation takes minutes and gives you a comprehensive, data-based report on your property's current market value in Weymouth and Dorset — straight to your inbox, no agent call until you want one.
Or if you'd prefer to speak directly: book a 20-minute call with Simon or Tatiana. Not a call handler. Not a junior negotiator. The founders — the experienced landlord and the property solicitor who built this agency because they'd seen too many property owners get let down by the gap between agents and the law.
You'll know within 20 minutes whether we're the right team for your property. And you'll walk away with a clearer picture of your situation either way.
That is what we call a smooth, efficient process — and it starts with a single click.
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