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Choosing the right solicitor is the most important decision when it comes to your Oxfordshire conveyancing

Main reasons to use our service to assist you choose a high street conveyancing solicitor in Oxfordshire

  • 1 Oxfordshire lawyers have a crucial advantage when it comes to Oxfordshire conveyancing as they have valuable local knowledge of local authority requirements, planning policies and other issues that can affect your sale or purchase
  • 2 Oxfordshire lawyer are the key to a successful Oxfordshire home move, keeping the process under control. They are on your side throughout, offering dedicated advice for the duration of your transaction
  • 3 Retaining the services of a local Solicitor in the main means that you will receive a more personal touch. Online forums often suggest that in selecting a an online conveyancing factory, your conveyancing is dealt with by a team of people who who update you by determining whether the ‘computers says no’.
  • 4 Notwithstanding what other lawyers advise it could be important to pop into your lawyer to sign documents. Too many 3rd parties are already involved in a homemove without having to include the postman into the equation.
  • 5 Experience means that Oxfordshire property lawyer have established valuable links with Oxfordshire local estate agents, banks, building societies, landlords and house builders enabling them to liaise at speed with all parties involved in the process of undertaking your home move in Oxfordshire.

Examples of recent conveyancing in Oxfordshire since December 2024*

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Transfer

of house residence, Ferry Road, OX3 0EU completing on 17/01/2025 at a price of £445,000. The conveyancing process incorporates some of the following tasks: drafting the sale agreement and Transfer, dealing with appropriate requisitions and enquiries, preparing statement detailing charges

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Transfer

of terraced premises, Goodson Walk, OX3 0HX completing on 10/01/2025 at a price of £440,000. The conveyancing process included amongst the various tasks: drafting the sale agreement and Transfer, dealing with appropriate requisitions and enquiries, obtaining official copies of the title

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Disposal

of semi premises, Observatory Street, OX2 6EP completing on 18/12/2024 at a price of £1,100,000. The legal transfer of property included amongst the various tasks: sending conveyancing papers to buyers representatives, dealing with appropriate requisitions and enquiries, agreeing completion date with parties

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Sale

of terraced premises, Marsh Lane, OX3 0NF completing on 13/12/2024 at a price of £502,500. The conveyancing process incorporates some of the following tasks: taking formal instructions from and updating the seller client, obtaining official copies of the title, sending title deeds and executed transfer to purchaser’s solicitor

Recently asked questions about conveyancing in Oxfordshire

My wife and I are looking to buy a house in Oxfordshire and have appointed a Oxfordshire conveyancing firm. Within the last couple of days our conveyancer has sent a preliminary report and documents to look through in anticipation of exchanging contracts shortly. Clydesdale have this morning contacted us to advise us that there is now an issue as our Oxfordshire lawyer is not on their conveyancing panel. Please explain?

Where you are buying a property with the assistance of a mortgage it is conventional for the purchasers' solicitors to also act for the purchaser's lender. In order to act for a bank or building society a law firm has to be on that lender's conveyancing panel. An application has to be made by the law firm to the lender to become a member of the lender's panel and there are increasingly strict criteria which the firm has to satisfy and indeed some lenders now require their panel members to be part of the Law Society’s Conveyancing Accreditation Scheme. Your solicitor should contact your lender and see if they can apply for membership of their conveyancing panel, but if that is not viable they will instruct their own lawyers to represent them. You don't have to instruct a firm on the bank's conveyancing panel and you may continue to use your own Oxfordshire solicitors, in which case it will likely add costs, and it will likely delay the transaction as you are adding another lawyer into the mix.

I note that there are debates on Chancel Insurance on online forums. Do I require chancel insurance when purchasing a property in Oxfordshire? or Apparently there is historic law that means some owners of property living in a parish church boundary will be compelled to contribute towards maintenance towards the chancel within the church. Is this appropriate for conveyancing in Oxfordshire?

Unless a prior acquisition of the house took place after 12 October 2013 you could expect solicitors handling conveyancing in Oxfordshire to continue to suggest a chancel search and or chancel repair liability policy.

I used Wolstenholmes several years ago for my conveyancing in Oxfordshire. Now, I need my files however cannot find the solicitor. What do I do?

You should call the Solicitors Regulatory Authority (SRA) to assist in tracking down 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 Oxfordshire of the conveyancing firm of solicitors you previously hired, the name of conveyancing solicitor with whom you had dealings, and the date on which you last had dealings with the firm.

Over the last few months I have been searching for a ground for flat up to £235,500 and found one near me in Oxfordshire I like with open areas and railway links nearby, the downside is that it only has 49 years on the lease. There is not much else in Oxfordshire suitable, so just wondered if I would be making a grave error acquiring a short lease?

If you require a mortgage that many years will likely be problematic. Discount the offer by the anticipated lease extension will cost if not already taken into account. If the existing owner has owned the property for a minimum of 2 years you can ask them to start the process of the extension and pass it to you. An additional ninety years can be extended on to the existing lease and have £0 ground rent by law. You should speak to your conveyancing solicitor regarding this matter.

We expect to complete our sale of a £125,000 maisonette in Oxfordshire in 10 days. The managing agents has quoted £300 for Certificate of Compliance, insurance certificate and 3 years statements of service charge. Is it legal for a freeholder to charge an administration fee for a flat conveyance in Oxfordshire?

Oxfordshire conveyancing on leasehold apartments usually results in fees being raised by landlords agents :

    Answering conveyancing due diligence questions Where consent is required before sale in Oxfordshire Copies of the building insurance and schedule Deeds of covenant upon sale Registering of the assignment of the change of lessee after a sale
Your conveyancer will have no control over the level of the charges for this information but the average costs for the information for Oxfordshire leasehold property is £350. For Oxfordshire conveyancing transactions it is customary for the seller to pay for these costs. The landlord or their agents are under no legal obligation to answer such questions most will be willing to do so - albeit often at exorbitant prices where the fees bear little relation to the work involved. Unfortunately there is no law that requires fixed charges for administrative tasks. Neither is there any legal time frame by which they are obliged to provide the information.

Oxfordshire Leasehold Conveyancing - Examples of Questions you should consider Prior to Purchasing

    The prefered form of lease arrangement is where the freehold title is owned by the leaseholders. In this arrangement the lessees benefit from being in charge if their destiny and although a managing agent is frequently employed where the building is bigger than a house conversion, the managing agent acts for the leaseholders themselves. This information is useful as a) areas may result in problems for the building as the common areas may begin to deteriorate if repairs remain unpaid b) if the leasehold owners have an issue with the running of the building you will need to know about it

We have AIP from Accord Mortgages Ltd who suggested we could borrow up to £350k. At what point do I need to instruct a solicitor for conveyancing? Oxfordshire is where we plan to move to.

It would be wise to instruct a conveyancer now requesting that they generate a file on your behalf. This will trigger: 1) the selling agent to send out the Sales Memo to all parties 2) the seller’s solicitor to submit the draft agreement. However, do not ask your solicitor to start searches until you have your valuation report from Accord Mortgages Ltd and you are willing to move forward.

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Sample of conveyancing solicitors in Oxfordshire regulated by the SRA

It is important to note that the listed firms do not limit their work for conveyancing in Oxfordshire but also conveyancing throughout England and Wales.

  • Hmg Law Llp, 126 High Street, Oxford, Oxfordshire, OX1 4DG
  • Ferguson Bricknell, Chester House, George Street, Oxford, Oxfordshire, OX1 2AY
  • Challenor Gardiner, 29 New Inn Hall Street, Oxford, Oxfordshire, OX1 2DH
  • Reeds Solicitors Ltd, 1 Cambridge Terrace, Oxford, Oxfordshire, OX1 1RR
  • Quality Solicitors Truemans, Eden House, 38 St. Aldates, Oxford, Oxfordshire, OX1 1BN

Commercial Conveyancing solicitors in Oxfordshire regulated by the SRA

The list below is a small selection of solicitors in Oxfordshire practicing in commercial conveyancing in Oxfordshire. This will likely include advice on buying or selling a shop, pub, restaurant, office, retail unit
  • Hmg Law Llp, 126 High Street, Oxford, Oxfordshire, OX1 4DG
  • Ferguson Bricknell, Chester House, George Street, Oxford, Oxfordshire, OX1 2AY
  • Challenor Gardiner, 29 New Inn Hall Street, Oxford, Oxfordshire, OX1 2DH
  • Quality Solicitors Truemans, Eden House, 38 St. Aldates, Oxford, Oxfordshire, OX1 1BN
  • Darbys Solicitors Llp, Midland House, West Way, Botley, Oxford, Oxfordshire, OX2 0PH

Planning law solicitors in Oxfordshire regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority

The list below is a small selection of solicitors in Oxfordshire with expertise in planning law. This may include advice on planning applications and appeals
  • Hmg Law Llp, 126 High Street, Oxford, Oxfordshire, OX1 4DG
  • Licensing And Safety Lawyers, Prama House, 267 Banbury Road, Oxford, Oxfordshire, OX2 7HT
  • Darbys Solicitors Llp, Midland House, West Way, Botley, Oxford, Oxfordshire, OX2 0PH

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

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