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Reasons to use our Cholsey conveyancing solicitors

  • 1 Solicitor conveyancing solicitors have extremely good personal connections with Cholsey selling agents and work very closely with them and local surveyors so as to ensure transactions proceed expeditiously.
  • 2 There is a distinct possibility the other side’s conveyancers have offices in Cholsey - if so sets of conveyancers will be less confrontational
  • 3 The Cholsey conveyancing practitioners that are listed are dedicated to providing the most cost, efficient and transparent conveyancing service to borrowers, sellers and investors in Cholsey
  • 4 No matter what any alternative solicitors advise it could be necessary to visit your conveyancer to sign contracts. There are various parties with involved in a house sale without needing to add the postman into the equation.
  • 5 Using a a family Solicitor generally results in a more personal touch. Sometimes when dealing with a large conveyancing firm, you tend to be looked after by a team of people who check what is happening on the file by determining whether the ‘computers says no’.

Examples of recent conveyancing in Cholsey since July 2025*

Recently asked questions about conveyancing in Cholsey

Why is leasehold purchase conveyancing in Cholsey is more expensive?

Cholsey leasehold properties involve far more paperwork than a freehold purchase, and therefore takes more time to examine and advise upon.Conveyancing will involve the lease having to be checked which is usually a lengthy document, queries raised to ensure that the covenants and conditions have been observed. If it is a flat there will be a management company in existence and the accounts of this will need to be checked and enquiries raised to ensure it is operating efficiently and that all monies due have been paid by the Seller to the company and if not ensuring that money is paid up to date or the appropriate undertakings obtained.

The estate agent has sent us the confirmation of our purchase of a new build flat in Cholsey. Conveyancing is necessary evil at the best of times but I have never purchased a new build flat before. Can you give me some examples of some of the questions asked in new build conveyancing.

Set out below are examples of a few leasehold new build questions that you can expect your new-build leasehold conveyancing in Cholsey

    The Landlord must covenant to assume the management if the Management Company goes into liquidation or otherwise defaults in running the management scheme. Forfeiture - bankruptcy or liquidation must not apply under this provision. Please supply evidence that the form of Lease proposed has been approved by the Land Registry. Will control of the Management Company (if any) be handed over to purchasers on completion of the last sale or earlier?

I have been on the look out for a ground for flat up to £195,000 and found one close by in Cholsey I like with a park and station in the vicinity, however it's only got 49 years unexpired on the lease. I can't really find anything else in Cholsey suitable, so just wondered if I would be making a grave error purchasing a lease with such few years left?

If you need a home loan that many years may be a potential deal breaker. Discount the price by the anticipated lease extension will cost if not already taken into account. If the current proprietor has owned the property for a minimum of 2 years you could request that they start the process of the extension and then assign it to you. An additional ninety years can be extended on to the current lease term and have £0 ground rent by law. You should speak to your conveyancing lawyer concerning this.

Hoping to buy a property located in Cholsey and I am already nervous. I couldn't find anything specific about Cholsey. Conveyancing will be needed in due course but do you know about the Cholsey area? or perhaps some other tips you can share?

Rather than looking online forget looking online you should go and have a look at Cholsey. In the meantime here are some basic statistics that we found

I am thinking of appointing a conveyancing practitioner in Cholsey for my home move. Is it possible to review a solicitor's complaints history with the legal regulator?

Anyone can find documented Solicitor Regulator Association (SRA) determinations resulting from inquisitions started on or after 1 January 2008. Visit Check a solicitor's record. To find records Pre 2008, or to check a solicitors history, call 0870 606 2555, 08.00 - 18.00 any week day save for Tuesday when lines open at 9.30am. For callers outside the UK, use +44 (0)121 329 6800. The regulator could recorded telephone calls for training reasons.

We own a leasehold flat in Cholsey. Conveyancing was finished in 2009. I have been told that I mustn’t allow the lease length get too low. Why is that a problem?

Cholsey leasehold properties are for a set period - normally just under one hundred years when they are first granted. However a significant appartments in Cholsey were built or converted 20 or more years ago and so such leases now have fewer than eighty years remaining. This may seem like a long time however Banks, Building Societies and other mortgage lenders on the whole require leases to have a minimum of 75 years unexpired to adequate security. This means that when you come to sell the property you will need a lease extension if you are approaching seventy five years. To optimize your property value you should be considering whether or not to extend your lease well in advance of selling the property. You should note that there are significant benefits to taking action before the lease reaches even 80 years as when the lease falls below eighty years the premium to be paid to extend starts to get a lot more expensive.

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Sample of conveyancing solicitors in Cholsey regulated by the SRA

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

  • 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 Cholsey regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority

The list below is a small selection of solicitors in Cholsey practicing in planning law. This should include advice on compulsory purchases in Cholsey
  • Richard Wilson Solicitors Limited, Cymbal House, High Street, Goring-on-Thames, Reading, Berkshire, RG8 9AU

Transfer of Equity conveyancing in Cholsey is a complex business, both legally and administratively. The exact order of events varies slightly, below are some of the tasks in the process:

  • Obtaining instructions from the appropriate parties
  • Collating the documents evidencing the title to the property
  • Representing bank (where relevant)
  • Negotiating the terms of the transaction
  • Preparing the Transfer or approving the Transfer deed
  • Negotiating amendments to the draft Transfer
  • Corresponding with parties with regards to the Transfer
  • Agreeing and preparing for completion
  • Receiving and releasing monies to relevant parties
  • Preparing and submitting to HMRC the correct Land Tax forms and payment
  • Registering the change in proprietorship and the home loan (if relevant) at the Land Registry.

Neighboring Locations

Dorchester On Thames
Benson
Wallingford
Cholsey
Woodcote
Goring

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

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