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Reasons to use our Wallingford conveyancing solicitors

  • 1 Low cost packages from online conveyancers might seem attractive. However, these organisations are often based many kilometers away with limited appreciation of the factors that affect property transactions in Wallingford
  • 2 The firms listed on our directory have a variation of conveyancing practitioners, legal executives and support staff handling over one hundred thousand cases annually.
  • 3 Our site is the only site that enables you the ability to check that your property ownership legalities in Wallingford will be carried out by a law firm on your bank conveyancing panel.
  • 4 The Wallingford conveyancing practitioners that are listed are dedicated to supplying the most cost, efficient and accessible conveyancing service to home buyers, sellers and remortgagors in Wallingford
  • 5 Experience means that Wallingford solicitor have developed excellent working relationships with Wallingford local estate agents, banks, building societies, landlords and property developers enabling them to liaise at speed with all concerned in the process of undertaking your house sale or purchase in Wallingford.

Examples of recent conveyancing in Wallingford since December 2024*

Transfer

of terraced property, Barley Close, OX10 9BX completing on 10/01/2025 at a price of £490,000. The legal transfer of property incorporates some of the following tasks: sending the transfer to the seller for execution in preparation for completion, preparing statement detailing charges, sending title deeds and signed transfer to purchaser’s solicitor

Sale

of terraced property, St Johns Road, OX10 9AQ completing on 03/01/2025 at a price of £640,000. The legal transfer of property incorporates some of the following tasks: drafting the sale agreement and Transfer, sending conveyancing papers to buyers representatives, agreeing completion date with parties

Transfer

of terraced premises, Fir Tree Avenue, OX10 0PD completing on 17/01/2025 at a price of £470,000. The conveyancing process included amongst the various tasks: sending the transfer to the vendor for signature in preparation for completion, setting up the completion formalities, sending title deeds and signed transfer to purchaser’s lawyers

Transfer

of house property, Thames Street, OX10 0HD completing on 10/01/2025 at a price of £470,000. The conveyancing process incorporates some of the following tasks: agreeing completion date with parties, preparing statement detailing charges, setting up the completion formalities

Recently asked questions about conveyancing in Wallingford

Would the conveyancing practitioners identified through your search tool execute auction conveyancing in Wallingford?

There are a few niche practitioners we can put you in touch with those conducting auction conveyancing. Wallingford is just one of the many locations in which our lawyers cover.

We just had an offer accepted to buy with Coventry BS. I called into 3 or 4 local solicitors but cant to find a Wallingford conveyancing firm on the Coventry BS approved list. Can you help?

Please do make the most of the find a lender approved solicitor tool on this web page. Pick the building society and type Wallingford or your location and you will be presented with numerous solicitors offices in Wallingford or nearest you.

This question may be naive but I am new to the process as FTB of a garden flat in Wallingford. Do I pick up the keys to the house on the completion date from my lawyer? If so, I will use a local conveyancing solicitor in Wallingford?

There is no need to visit the lawyers office on the day of completion. Conveyancing lawyers for you will transfer the completion advance to the owner’s conveyancers, and shortly after the monies have arrived, you will be called to collect the keys from the selling Agents and move into your new home. This tends to happen early afternoon.

I happen to be the single recipient of my late father’s estate and I have everything in my name now, including the my former home in Wallingford. Conveyancing formalities meant that the Land Registry date was in February. I want to move. I do know about the Mortgage Lenders six month 'rule', which means that my proprietorship could be regarded the same way as if I'd bought the house in February. Will no one buy the property for half a year?

The CML handbook mandates solicitors to: "report to us immediately if the owner or registered proprietor has been registered for less than six months." By the strict wording you might be caught by that. How practical a view mortgage companies take of it, depend on the bank as this provision is principally there to pick up on the purchase and immediately sell or the wholesaling and assigning of properties.

After weeks of negotiation I have agreed a price on an apartment in Wallingford. My financial adviser pressured me to appoint their conveyancer. I paid an on account payment of £200. A few days later, the property lawyer contacted me sheepishly admitting that they were not on the Barclays conveyancing panel. Am I right in thinking that I should be due a refund?

You should be able to recover this from the law firm if they were not on the Barclays panel. They should have asked at the outset which lender you were obtaining a mortgage with. An important lesson to readers of this site is to check that the lawyers are on the appropriate lender panel.

Are there restrictive covenants that are commonly identified as part of conveyancing in Wallingford?

Restrictive covenants can be picked up when reviewing land registry title as part of the process of conveyancing in Wallingford. An 1874 stipulation that was seen was ‘The houses to be erected on the estate are each to be of a uniform elevation in accordance with the drawings to be prepared or approved by the vendor’s surveyor…’

How does conveyancing in Wallingford differ for newly converted properties?

Most buyers of new build property in Wallingford approach us having been asked by the developer to exchange contracts and commit to the purchase even before the property is constructed. This is because developers in Wallingford usually acquire the real estate, plan the estate and want to get the plots sold off as they are building the properties. Buyers, therefore, will have to exchange contracts without actually seeing the house they are buying. To reduce the chances of losing the property, buyers should instruct property lawyers as soon as the property is reserved and mortgage applications should be submitted quickly. Due to the fact that it could be several months and even years between exchange of contracts and completion, the mortgage offer may need to be extended. It would be wise to use a lawyer who specialises in new build conveyancing especially if they are accustomed to new build conveyancing in Wallingford or who has acted in the same development.

We expect to complete our sale of a £425,000 flat in Wallingford in 8 days. The freeholder has quoted £360 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 leasehold conveyance in Wallingford?

Wallingford conveyancing on leasehold apartments ordinarily results in fees being raised by landlords agents :

    Addressing pre-exchange questions Where consent is required before sale in Wallingford 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 solicitor will have no control over the level of the charges for this information but the average costs for the information for Wallingford leasehold property is £350. For Wallingford 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 answers.

I inherited a ground floor flat in Wallingford, conveyancing was carried out in 2010. Can you please calculate a probable premium for a statutory lease extension? Similar flats in Wallingford with over 90 years remaining are worth £202,000. The ground rent is £60 levied per year. The lease expires on 21st October 2082

You have 57 years unexpired we estimate the price of your lease extension to be between £28,500 and £33,000 as well as legals.

The figure that we have given is a general guide to costs for renewing a lease, but we cannot give you a more accurate figure without more detailed investigations. You should not use this information in tribunal or court proceedings. There are no doubt additional concerns that need to be considered and you obviously want to be as accurate as possible in your negotiations. Please do not take any other action based on this information before seeking the advice of a professional.

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Residential Landlord and Tenant Conveyancing solicitors in Wallingford

The firms listed below are a non-comprehensive list of solicitors in Wallingford practicing in landlord and tenant law and on the regulations governing different types of tenancies. This could include advice on Claims for damages for illegal

  • Hedges Law Limited, 16 Market Place, Wallingford, Oxfordshire, OX10 0AE
  • Richard Wilson Solicitors Limited, Cymbal House, High Street, Goring-on-Thames, Reading, Berkshire, RG8 9AU

Planning law solicitors in Wallingford regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority

The solicitors listed below are a small selection of solicitors in Wallingford practicing in planning law. This may include advice on planning applications and appeals
  • Richard Wilson Solicitors Limited, Cymbal House, High Street, Goring-on-Thames, Reading, Berkshire, RG8 9AU

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

Licensed Conveyancers specialise in the legalities surrounding acquiring and selling property and cover conveyancing throughout England and Wales as well as Wallingford. If using a Licensed Conveyancer regulated by the CLC, you are entitled to:
  • Receive an honest and lawful service.
  • Enjoy the benefit of a high standard of legal services.
  • Have your conveyancing dealt with using care, skill and diligence.
  • Have a high quality of service due to your lawyer’s arrangements, resources, procedures, skills and commitment.
  • Enjoy the benefit of a service which is accessible and responsive to your individual needs.
  • 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.
  • Ensure your specific needs taken into account should you make a complaint.
  • Enjoy the benefit of a swift, impartial and comprehensive service when if a complaint is registered about your conveyancing in Wallingford.

Neighboring Locations

Dorchester On Thames
Benson
Wallingford
Cholsey
Goring
Woodcote

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

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