Carly Blunn

Carly undertakes a variety of work including reviewing and drafting precedent legal documents for sales, auctions, staircasing, lease extension, shared ownership resale, traditional sale and purchase, and case management system design / improvements.

Carly is a Senior Associate Chartered Legal Executive within the Home Sales team and has been a member of the team for over six years. Carly works closely with Kate Saunders, the Head of the Home Sales Team and with all members of the 30+ strong team not only supporting the team in a legal capacity but also working on the team’s case management systems to ensure they are constantly streamlined and improved, ensuring a most efficient way of working.

Prior to joining the Home Sales Team, Carly had experience working in volume re-mortgage as well as traditional residential conveyancing.

Carly specialises in reviewing and drafting precedent legal documents for use by the team in both open market and shared ownership set ups.

Carly acts on behalf of national, regional and local developers on freehold, leasehold and mixed-use scheme, and also acts for housing associations providing social housing.

Carly is a member of the CILEX Somerset Branch Committee.

How Carly can help you

Carly specialises in helping developer and housing association clients following their acquisition of a site in progressing their sales through to completion and also any post completion actions such as resales, end of site actions involving management companies, etc.

Experience

• Carly acted for a large housing association client in respect of a long term project to support homeless people who were being housed in temporary accommodation at the start of the Covid crisis.
• The project involved the housing association acquiring approximately 20 one bed properties of mainly leasehold tenure. These properties were acquired to provide long-term secure housing for rough sleepers, who would also receive tailored support from their local Council.
• Over 12 properties have been purchased under this project now with further instructions received and progressing to exchange / completion.