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Main reasons to let us help you select a high street conveyancing solicitor in Oakham

  • 1 Oakham conveyancing lawyers will be familiar with the local Land Registry Office, Local Authority and estate agents
  • 2 Conveyancer conveyancing firms have excellent personal links with Oakham selling agents and work very closely with them and local surveyors so as to ensure transactions proceed expeditiously.
  • 3 Excellent communication and a wealth of experience are key benefits that you should seek when choosing conveyancing solicitors. Oakham property deals can be made significantly more complicated because of lack of transparency between all the parties. The lawyers listed ensure that communication channels are open and act on arising issues and developments quickly.
  • 4 Low cost packages from online conveyancers might be tempting. However, these organisations are often based many miles away with little understanding of the factors that impact property transactions in Oakham
  • 5 The hallmark of our conveyancing solicitors in Oakham is quality not quantity. The level of service offered by conveyancing "factories" (sometimes 'recommended' by national chain estate agents) sometimes falls short of the level of professionalism you would hope for.

Examples of recent conveyancing in Oakham since November 2025*

Transfer

of detached residence property, Alwyne Close, LE15 6HR completing on 21/11/2025 at a price of £315,000. The legal transfer of property included amongst the various tasks: preparing statement detailing charges, setting up the completion formalities, sending title deeds and executed transfer to purchaser’s lawyers

Disposal

of house residence, Penn Street, LE15 6BB completing on 17/11/2025 at a price of £315,000. The legal transfer of property incorporates some of the following tasks: sending conveyancing papers to buyers representatives, preparing statement detailing charges, sending title deeds and signed transfer to purchaser’s conveyancer

Disposal

of detached residence premises, Penn Street, LE15 6BB completing on 19/12/2025 at a price of £232,500. The conveyancing process incorporates some of the following tasks: sending conveyancing papers to buyers representatives, dealing with appropriate requisitions and enquiries, obtaining official copies of the title

Disposal

of semi-detached property, Peterborough Avenue, LE15 6EB completing on 20/11/2025 at a price of £639,202. The legal transfer of property included amongst the various tasks: agreeing completion date with parties, preparing statement detailing charges, sending title deeds and executed transfer to purchaser’s conveyancer

Recently asked questions about conveyancing in Oakham

My partner’s mother is a conveyancer. I hope that I'll be able to get mate’s fee for conveyancing, However if that does not come materialise, what kind of fees would I typically be looking at for conveyancing in Oakham?

Do compare pricing. Do use our search tool on this site. The prices seem to contrast greatly but service levels do differ between solicitors as is true with the vast majority of professional services.

Do banks and building societies provide you with an approved list of Oakham conveyancing solicitors? How do you know who is on the HSBC conveyancing panel?

Oakham conveyancing firms themselves provide us confirmation that they are on the HSBC conveyancing panel as opposed to being supplied with a list from HSBC directly.

I used Wolstenholmes several years past for my conveyancing in Oakham. Now, I need my documents but cannot find the solicitor. What do I do?

Do contact the Solicitors Regulatory Authority (SRA) to help locate your conveyancing files. They can be contacted on please contact on 0870 606 2555. Alternatively, you should use their online form to make an enquiry. You will need to provide the SRA with as much information as possible to assist their search, including the name and address in Oakham of the conveyancing firm of solicitors you previously retained, the name of conveyancing solicitor with whom you had dealings, and the date on which you last had dealings with the firm.

The estate agent has sent us the confirmation of our purchase of a new build flat in Oakham. Conveyancing is necessary evil at the best of times but I have never purchased a new build flat before. What sort of enquires would be asked in new build conveyancing.

Here is a sample of a few leasehold new build questions that you may expect your new-build leasehold conveyancing in Oakham

    The Landlord must covenant to assume the management if the Management Company goes into liquidation or otherwise defaults in running the management scheme. There must be mutual enforceability of lessee’s covenants. Where there is an Undertaking being granted there is the risk of forfeiture of the Headlease subject to relief if one or more of the Underlessees are willing to accept the original Head Lessee’s obligations as otherwise relief will be denied to the Underlessees. The only alternatives are the Head Lessor agreeing not to forfeit the Headlease or the Head Lessee guaranteeing to the Underlessees that it will not be in breach of the Headlease. Forfeiture - bankruptcy or liquidation must not apply under this provision. Please provide evidence that the form of Lease proposed has been approved by the Land Registry.

What does commercial conveyancing in Oakham cover?

Commercial conveyancing in Oakham incorporates a wide array of guidance, provided by regulated solicitors, relating to business premises. By way of example, this type of conveyancing can cover the sale or purchase of freehold business premises or, more usually, the transfer of existing business tenancies or the drafting of new leasing arrangements. Commercial conveyancing solicitors can also offer advice on the sale of business assets, commercial mortgages and the termination of tenancies.

We're FTB’s - agreed a price, yet the property agent informed us that the seller will only go ahead if we appoint their preferred solicitors as they are insisting on a ‘quick sale’. Our preferred option is to instruct a local conveyancer with experience of conveyancing in Oakham

It is improbable the sellers are driving this. Should the owner want ‘a quick sale', turning down a genuine buyer is likely to cause more damage than good. Speak to the owners direct and make the point that (a)you are motivated purchasers (b)you are ready to go, with mortgage lined up © you have nothing to sell (d) you intend to proceed fast (e)but you intend to instruct your preferred Oakham conveyancing lawyers - as opposed tothe ones that will give the negotiator at the agency a referral fee or achieve conveyancing targets pre-set by head office.

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Residential Landlord and Tenant Conveyancing solicitors in Oakham

The list below is a non-comprehensive list of solicitors in Oakham practicing in landlord and tenant law and on the regulations governing different types of tenancies. This will likely include advice on Service charge disputes

  • Simmonds Grant, 4 Mill Street, Oakham, Rutland, LE15 6EA

What to expect from a Licensed Conveyancer for conveyancing in Oakham?

Licensed Conveyancers specialise in the legalities surrounding acquiring and selling property and cover conveyancing nationwide as well as Oakham. When appointed a Licensed Conveyancer governed by the CLC, you should:
  • Have an honest and lawful conveyancing.
  • Have a high standard of legal services.
  • Have your transaction dealt with using care, skill and legal competence.
  • Be supplied with a high quality of service due to your lawyer’s arrangements, resources, procedures, skills and commitment.
  • Be supplied with a service which is accessible and responsive to your specific requirements.
  • Not feel discriminated against, victimised or harassed.
  • Not receive a service which is below the standard you could expect, however, if you do your lawyer accepts responsibility for this and provides you with any appropriate redress.
  • Have your specific needs taken into account should you make a complaint.
  • Enjoy the benefit of a speedy, independent and comprehensive service where making a complaint about your conveyancing in Oakham about your conveyancing in Oakham.

Residential conveyancing in Oakham almost always entails the following:

  • Taking instructions from parties involved
  • Investigating the title to the premises
  • Carrying out Oakham property searches with respect to the title
  • Considering the draft contract and other documentation received from the seller’s property lawyer
  • Submitting enquiries with the owner’s property lawyer
  • Agreeing the wording of the sale contract
  • Going through replies supplied by the seller to pre-exchange enquiries
  • Negotiating a Transfer Deed for completion
  • Guiding the buyer in respect of the mortgage offer: (if appropriate)
  • Drafting and sending the purchaser a report on title (that is; summarising to the purchaser on the contents of the contract pack, pre-contract enquiries and the result of the searches)
  • Carrying out the key stage of exchanging contracts and then preparing for completion
  • Completing and submitting to HM Revenue and Customs the appropriate SDLT forms and payment
  • Registering the buyer and the mortgage (where appropriate) at the Land Registry.

*Source acknowledgement: House price data produced by Land Registry as well data supplied by Lexsure Ltd.

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