Senior Housing Solicitor

Stockport, North West SK3, United Kingdom

Full-time Permanent Mid-level Senior

Posted 20 Oct 2026

Location: Stockport, Greater Manchester

Company: Four Corners

Job Type: Permanent

Working Arrangements: Four days office-based, one day working from home

Salary: Competitive, dependent on experience

Four Corners is a growing residential property business, and we are looking for an experienced housing and tenancy solicitor to be our first dedicated in-house legal hire. You will take on the day-to-day legal work across our portfolio, with rent arrears and possession at the heart of it, and help us lay the foundations of a proper legal function.

This is a practical, get-stuck-in role. You will handle your own caseload, work alongside our operational teams, and bring the foresight to spot wider legal issues across the business before they become problems.

We create homes and neighbourhoods that work for the everyday people who live in them. We are in an exciting period of growth, strengthening our operations and putting the right foundations in place for the long term.

Our values are simple: stay grounded, use your judgement, own it and play the long game. They shape how we work, make decisions and support one another.

Housing and tenancy law will be the main focus of your work. You will work closely with our Finance Director, COO and operational teams, giving clear, timely advice and managing most matters yourself rather than sending them out. You will use external advisers only where specialist support adds real value.

• Manage arrears cases from the first missed payment through to possession, working with our operational teams on the right approach at each stage.
• Prepare and serve Section 8 notices, issue possession claims and run proceedings through the county court, including attending hearings where appropriate.
• Advise on pre-action steps, arrears correspondence, payment arrangements and escalation.
• Help build effective, compliant arrears management processes, and train colleagues to apply them consistently.

• Oversee tenancy agreements, notices and related documentation, making sure they are compliant and consistently used.
• Handle rent tribunal challenges, disrepair claims and tenancy disputes.
• Keep the business up to date with, and prepared for, the Renters’ Rights Act, the Housing Act 1988 and other relevant legislation.
• Oversee tenancy deposit protection compliance.

• Act as our internal data protection lead, covering GDPR compliance, subject access requests, breaches and ICO matters.
• Handle escalated complaints and engagement with redress schemes and ombudsman services.
• Review and negotiate commercial contracts, and give practical employment law support to managers.
• Support corporate governance, statutory filings and company secretarial requirements, with help from external advisers where needed.

• Create the templates, policies, guidance and processes that a growing business needs.
• Manage the legal budget and instruct external advisers, making sure we get good value.
• Help shape how the function grows. As the business expands, there may be scope to bring in support and build a team.

• A qualified solicitor or lawyer with at least three years’ post-qualification experience.
• Solid, hands‑on experience in residential housing and tenancy law, ideally including landlord-side work.
• Proven experience of rent arrears recovery, Section 8 possession proceedings, rent tribunal challenges and disrepair claims.
• Working knowledge of GDPR and…