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Logical reasons to use our service to help you choose a high street conveyancing solicitor in Cotswolds

  • 1 Excellent communication together with pure property expertise are key benefits that you should seek when selecting conveyancing solicitors. Cotswolds home moves can be made significantly more protracted as a result of poor communication between all the parties. The lawyers listed endeavour to make sure that communication channels are open and act on arising issues and developments instantly.
  • 2 Cotswolds conveyancers have a significant advantage when it comes to Cotswolds conveyancing as they have valuable local knowledge of local authority requirements, planning policies and other issues that can affect your conveyancing
  • 3 The companies listed on our web pages have a variation of conveyancing practitioners, legal executives and support staff handling over one hundred thousand cases annually.
  • 4 There is a distinct possibility the other side’s lawyers have offices in Cotswolds - if so both parties are likely to be familiar
  • 5 Our site offers most comprehensive residential conveyancing directory service identifying mortgage company approved law practices delivering conveyancing in Cotswolds who are regulated by the SRA or Council of Licensed Conveyancers.

Examples of recent conveyancing in Cotswolds since June 2025*

Recently asked questions about conveyancing in Cotswolds

Do I need to have a meeting at the offices of the solicitor to execute the legal charge? If so, I will choose one who does conveyancing in Cotswolds so that I can attend their offices when needed.

Whereas this was necessary ten years ago, the vast majority banks no longer require their conveyancing panel lawyer to witness the borrowers signature. It will still be necessary for you to provide ID documents and there are still manifest benefits to choosing a locally based practitioner, in your case a conveyancing solicitor in Cotswolds.

There are plenty of conveyancing solicitors in Cotswolds but how do I know who's good?

Do not opt for the lowest Cotswolds conveyancing quote. You really do get what you pay for when it comes to conveyancing solicitors. A cheap quote may mean that the conveyancing solicitor is handling a lot of jobs at one time and you won’t get the quality of service and the attention that you need. It is, however, wise to use a conveyancer who has a fixed fee on a no sale, no fee basis. This way, you know exactly what you’ll have to pay in advance.

Are all Cotswolds Conveyancing Quality Solicitors on the Coventry BS conveyancing panel?

It is true that some lenders now make use of CQS as the kick off point for Panel approval such as HSBC and Santander. The Law Society’s CQS accreditation however is no guarantee to lender panel acceptance. Nevertheless,the Council of Mortgage Lenders have indicated that it is likely to become a pre-requisite for solicitor practices wishing to remain on their approved list of firms.

I recently had an offer agreed on an apartment in Cotswolds. My mortgage broker pressured me to appoint their lawyer. I paid an on account payment of £175. Soon after, the property lawyer contacted me embarrassingly acknowledging that they were not on the Principality 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 Principality 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.

Should commercial conveyancing searches disclose proposed roadworks that may impact a commercial site in Cotswolds?

Its becoming the norm that commercial conveyancing solicitors in Cotswolds will carry out a SiteSolutions Highways report as it dramatically cuts the time that conveyancers spend in sourcing accurate data on highways that impact buildings and development assets in Cotswolds. The report sets out definitive information on the adoption status of roads, footpaths and verges, as well as the implication of traffic schemes and the rights of way surrounding a commercial development sites in Cotswolds.

For each commercial conveyancing transaction in Cotswolds it is critical to investigate the adoption status of roads surrounding a site. The absence of identifying developments where adoption procedures have not been dealt with adequately may result in delays to Cotswolds commercial conveyancing transactions as well as pose a risk to future intentions for the site. These searches are not ordered for domestic conveyancing in Cotswolds.

I used Action Conveyancing several years past for my conveyancing in Cotswolds. I now require my file but cannot find the solicitor. What do I do?

Do call 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 Cotswolds 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.

I am buying my first flat in Cotswolds with a loan from Coventry Building Society. The sellers would not reduce the price so I negotiated five thousand pounds worth of fixtures and fittings instead. The house builders rep told me not inform my conveyancer about the deal as it will jeopardize my loan with the lender. Do I keep my lawyer in the dark?.

All lenders require a Disclosure of Incentives Form from the developer of any new build, converted or renovated property, It is available online from the Lenders’ Handbook page on the CML website. CML form is completed and handed to the lender's surveyor when the inspection is done.

Lenders have different policies on incentives. Some accept none at all, cash or physical, while others will accept cash incentives up to 5%.

Hard to understand why the representative of a builder would be suggesting you withold information from a solicitor when all this will be clearly visible on forms the builder has to supply to its solicitor, the buyer's solicitor and the surveyor.

I was recommended by a number of property agents in Cotswolds to locate a property lawyer using your seach tool. What’s the financial inducement for Estate Agents to promote your site ahead of a competitor’s?

We don’t offer any commission for directing people our way. We thought it would be too underhand to pay a commission as members of the public would think, ‘How come the agent getting a kickback? Why am I not receiving any benefit too?’ So we decided to step away from that.

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Sample of conveyancing solicitors in Cotswolds regulated by the SRA

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

  • T S Barkes & Son, Barklays House, High Street, Moreton-in-Marsh, Gloucestershire, GL56 0AX
  • Gabb Legal Limited, The Flour Room, Lower High Street, Chipping Campden, Gloucestershire, GL55 6DZ
  • Brooks Law, 11 Sheep Street, Shipston-on-Stour, Warwickshire, CV36 4AE

Residential Landlord and Tenant Conveyancing solicitors in Cotswolds

The firms listed below are a non-comprehensive list of solicitors in Cotswolds specialising in landlord and tenant law and on the regulations governing different types of tenancies. This should include advice on Terms and conditions of tenancy agreements

  • T S Barkes & Son, Barklays House, High Street, Moreton-in-Marsh, Gloucestershire, GL56 0AX

Commercial Conveyancing solicitors in Cotswolds regulated by the SRA

The list below is a small selection of solicitors in Cotswolds with expertise in commercial conveyancing in Cotswolds. This may include advice on re-mortgaging commercial property
  • J F Kirby, Green Dragons, High Street, Chipping Campden, Gloucestershire, GL55 6AL

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