Partner at Risdons Solicitors

Paula Woodland

Partner

Paula is a Partner and a Chartered Legal Executive. Paula has worked in property for over 25 years, and is well known and recognised in the local community for both her expertise and experience and her friendly and professional manner. Paula deals with a range of residential property transactions including sales and purchases, mortgages, re-mortgages, transfers of equity and other property related matters. Paula recognises that property transactions can very often be stressful for the parties and prides herself on providing a friendly and professional approach to help achieve their goals and aims with as little stress as possible. When not working Paula is a busy Mum with a bustling household and enjoys living in the country and walking her dogs.

1 Mendip House, High Street, Taunton, Somerset, TA1 3SX

Licensed for 4 years

Practice Areas

Housing & Property, Commercial Property, Wills, Trusts & Probate, Agriculture

4.9/5 86 Client Reviews 86
  • Wills, Trusts & Probate 1%
  • Commercial Property 8%
  • Housing & Property 84%
  • Agriculture 6%
86 Client Reviews

4.9/5

Overall experience

  • Value For Money
  • Communication
  • Initial Impressions
  • Approachability
  • Documentation Accuracy
  • Legal knowledge

Reviews summary

  • Excellent
    78
  • Very Good
    8
  • Average
    0
  • Poor
    0
  • Awful
    0

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Johannah
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November 11, 2024 20241111204043

Sale and purchase

4

During the earlier stage of the sale of our property I felt like we weren’t having great communication, however this did improve and I found Paula very helpful, proactive and approachable. We then encountered a difficult period of time where Taylor Wimpey did a u turn on our agreed part exchange, and the communication at this stage was again poor, I am not sure if this was purely from Taylor Wimpey or whether Kieron could have been more proactive at finding out what was happening when we were very much in the dark and things had dragged on for months when we were expecting to exchange contracts in six weeks. I did submit a formal complaint to Taylor Wimpey and ended up having one of their managers act as a coordinator to help the process progress as it had got stuck and nobody appeared to try and move things along. This is why I have given 4 stars. Once we had agreed exchange of contracts things moved very well from that point onwards and I did have confidence that Kieron and Paula were competent in their roles.

Lawyer named in this review: Paula Woodland

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Niels McCartney
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November 10, 2024 20241110030158

House sale & purchase - part exchange

5

Both Kieron and Paula were professional, efficient, courteous and helpful during our part exchange. There were many enquiries and documents that needed our attention and they answered everything we asked. Everything was done in a timely way. Any delays were due to the other party's team. We would recommend Risdons for conveyancing services.

Lawyer named in this review: Paula Woodland

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Steve and Jane
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November 07, 2024 20241107134619

Went the extra mile

5

Paula at Risdons acted on our behalf for the sale of our house. We were unknowingly one of a long chain, and we had set our hearts on a new property. Paula went the extra mile when it came to chasing our buyers solicitor, giving us good advice and generally caring for us as clients helping us achieve buying our new property. We were most impressed and grateful, and would not hesitate to recommend Risdons.

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Ian
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November 06, 2024 20241106203105

Great friendly service

5

Dealt with our house sell and purchase very professionally - kept us informed of progress regularly and always responded quickly to any questions

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Anonymous
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October 31, 2024 20241031194442

Excellent

5

Having the office in the town centre it was easy for me to call in to drop paperwork off & also talk to someone face to face if I needed to. Staff were friendly & helpful.

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Geoffrey
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October 29, 2024 20241029180215

Sale of previously let property

4

All went well with no hitches .. procedure took longer than we expected. Not blaming Risdon’s .

Lawyer named in this review: Paula Woodland

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Emily
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September 28, 2024 20240928010852

Smooth and timely process

5

Purchased a house using the services of Risdons. Dealing with Keiron for the purchase and Paula for the old property sale. Everything went smoothly and completed promptly. Good communication and lovely people to deal with. Highly recommend.

Lawyer named in this review: Paula Woodland

A representative from Risdons Solicitors responded to this review on 30 September, 2024

Dear Emily, thank you for leaving a review. Great to hear that everything went smoothly and completed promptly. We are pleased that you were happy with the service you received from our team.

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Susan
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September 04, 2024 20240904172812

Sale/Purchase of property

5

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Lawyer named in this review: Paula Woodland

A representative from Risdons Solicitors responded to this review on 24 September, 2024

Dear Susan, thank you for your review. We appreciate the positive feedback you have given us.

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Sharon
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July 10, 2024 20240710204120

House move

5

Kieron made the whole process easy due to his friendly and professional manner as did Paula.

Lawyer named in this review: Paula Woodland

A representative from Risdons Solicitors responded to this review on 11 July, 2024

Dear Sharon, thank you for your review. Good to read that you had a friendly and professional experience using our team.

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Simon
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July 06, 2024 20240706112121

Purchase of new property

5

Everything went through very efficiently and smoothly great communications throughout and together with the app it was easy to see the progress of the purchase of my property

Lawyer named in this review: Paula Woodland

A representative from Risdons Solicitors responded to this review on 08 July, 2024

Dear Simon, thank you for your review. Great to read that you had an efficient and smooth experience using our team.

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Maxine
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December 02, 2020
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Maxine

5

Paula has been amazing making things happen in this crazy market place we find ourselves in. I highly recommend.

Lawyer named in this review: Paula Woodland

A representative from Risdons Solicitors responded to this review on 24 December, 2020

Dear Maxine, thank you for your positive response and recommendation of Paula

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Neil
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November 23, 2020
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Neil

5

I’ve been dealing with Risdon Hosegood for almost 12 months on a house sale, aborted purchase and a successful purchase.

Paula Woodland and Ellie Roderick were outstanding throughout. Quick to respond, knowledgable, personal and flexible. They supported the sale through the first lockdown and ensured it was seen to completion and then turned the successful purchase (the aborted one was seller issue) inside of nine weeks to help me towards getting my family in our new home for Christmas.

I can’t speak highly enough of Paula and Ellie. I’d recommend them to anyone looking for conveyancing services. Thanks again both

Lawyer named in this review: Paula Woodland

A representative from Risdons Solicitors responded to this review on 24 November, 2020

Dear Neil, thank you for your positive review of Paula and Ellie. We are so pleased we have been able to assist towards getting your family into your new home in time for Christmas.

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About Paula Woodland

Paula is a Partner and a Chartered Legal Executive. Paula has worked in property for over 25 years, and is well known and recognised in the local community for both her expertise and experience and her friendly and professional manner. Paula deals with a range of residential property transactions including sales and purchases, mortgages, re-mortgages, transfers of equity and other property related matters. Paula recognises that property transactions can very often be stressful for the parties and prides herself on providing a friendly and professional approach to help achieve their goals and aims with as little stress as possible. When not working Paula is a busy Mum with a bustling household and enjoys living in the country and walking her dogs.

Languages Spoken: English

Contact Paula Woodland

Address

Risdons Solicitors

1 Mendip House

High Street

Taunton

Somerset

TA1 3SX



Phone 01823 792185

Website

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WORK EXPERIENCE

Title

Name

Duration

Partner and Chartered Legal Executive

Risdon Hosegood

?-present