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Reasons to use our Harwell conveyancing solicitors

  • 1 The companies identified on our directory have a variation of conveyancing lawyers, legal executives and support staff handling thousands of conveyancing matters each year.
  • 2 Low cost packages from online conveyancers might seem attractive. However, these organisations are often located many miles away with limited appreciation of the factors that impact property transactions in Harwell
  • 3 Property lawyer conveyancing solicitors have extremely good personal links with Harwell estate agents and work very closely with them and local surveyors so as to ensure transactions proceed expeditiously.
  • 4 Personal touch together with pure property expertise are key benefits that you should look for when choosing conveyancing solicitors. Harwell property deals can be made significantly more protracted because of lack of transparency between all the parties. The lawyers we work with strive to make sure that the lines of communication are open and act on arising issues and developments quickly.
  • 5 Experience means that Harwell property lawyer have established valuable links with Harwell local estate agents, banks, building societies, landlords and property developers enabling them to liaise at speed with all parties involved in the process of undertaking your conveyancing in Harwell.

Examples of recent conveyancing in Harwell since September 2024*

Recently asked questions about conveyancing in Harwell

Is the fact that my conveyancer in Harwell is not identified on my mortgage company's conveyancing panel that there is a problem with the quality of the firm’s conveyancing?

That would most likely be an incorrect assumption to make. There are all sorts of perfectly plausible explanations. A recent report by the solicitors regulator revealed that over three quarters of law firms surveyed had been removed from at least one lender panel. The most common reasons for removal are: (1) lack of transactions (2) the solicitor is a sole practitioner (3) as part of the HSBC panel reduction (4) regulatory contact by SRA (5) accidental removal. Where you are concerned you should contact the Harwell conveyancing firm and ask them why they are no longer on the approved list for your bank.

I require conveyancing for an apartment in a fairly new development (6 years built) in Harwell. 95% of the flats have already been occupied. Is it strictly necessary to order local searches as part of conveyancing in Harwell?

You are taking a significant risk in refusing to carrying out Harwell conveyancing searches. Without searches you have no clarity over flooding, environmental etc which may mean you walk away due to potential problems down the line. If you are buying mortgage free there is no legal necessity to have them, but we would strongly advise in the strongest possible terms that your lawyer conducts them. Where speed and expenses are top of your issues you should consider with your lawyer about the options such as contingency insurance available to you

Should my solicitor be raising enquiries about flooding as part of the conveyancing in Harwell.

The risk of flooding is if increasing concern for solicitors dealing with homes in Harwell. Some people will buy a house in Harwell, fully aware that at some time, it may be flooded. However, leaving to one side the physical destruction, if a house is at risk of flooding, it may be difficult to get a mortgage, adequate insurance cover, or dispose of the property. Steps can be carried out as part of the conveyancing process to forewarn the buyer.

Conveyancers are not best placed to impart advice on flood risk, but there are a numerous checks that may be carried out by the buyer or on a buyer’s behalf which will figure out the risks in Harwell. The conventional set of property information forms supplied to a buyer’s conveyancer (where the Conveyancing Protocol is adopted) incorporates a usual question of the owner to determine whether the premises has suffered from flooding. If the property has been flooded in past and is not notified by the owner, then a purchaser could issue a claim for damages stemming from an incorrect response. The purchaser’s lawyers should also conduct an environmental report. This will disclose if there is any known flood risk. If so, additional investigations will need to be carried out.

I used Arc property Solicitors several years ago for my conveyancing in Harwell. I now require my papers however the law firm is no longer operating. What do I do?

You should contact 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 Harwell 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 have been pointed in your direction by a number of estate agents in Harwell to choose a property lawyer on your site. Is there a financial advantage for Estate Agents to recommend your lawyers ahead of alternative conveyancing organisations?

We refuse to offer any commission for directing people our way. We thought it would be too underhand a fee because members of the public would think, ‘Why is the agent getting a kickback? Why aren’t I getting any benefit too?’ We would prefer to grow our business on genuine recommendations.

I am buying a leasehold apartment in Harwell. Conveyancing quotes are coming in at around £1650. Is that in the right ballpark?

The average fee in 2014 for conveyancing in Harwell was just over one thousand four hundred and fifty pounds excluding SDLT and Land Registry charges.

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Commercial Conveyancing solicitors in Harwell regulated by the SRA

The list below is a small selection of solicitors in Harwell specialising in commercial conveyancing in Harwell. This will likely include advice on complex issues under the Landlord and Tenant Act of 1954
  • Brookstreet Des Roches Llp, 25a Western Avenue, Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, OX14 4SH
  • Franklins, 15 Ock Street, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, OX14 5AN
  • Law And Property Lawyers Limited, 5 Ock Street, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, OX14 5AL
  • Challenor & Son, Stratton House, 50 Bath Street, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, OX14 3LA
  • Flanagans Solicitors, Ot Business Centre, 7 Nuffield Way, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, OX14 1RL

Planning law solicitors in Harwell regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority

The solicitors listed below are a small selection of solicitors in Harwell with expertise in planning law. This could include advice on making sure people do what the planning regulations say
  • Brookstreet Des Roches Llp, 25a Western Avenue, Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, OX14 4SH
  • Franklins, 15 Ock Street, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, OX14 5AN
  • Law And Property Lawyers Limited, 5 Ock Street, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, OX14 5AL

Typically, Harwell conveyancing for a purchase has some of the following tasks

  • Solicitor instructed by the buyer on acceptance of the offer
  • Examining the title to the premises
  • Carrying out Harwell property searches for the title
  • Assessing draft sale agreement and other documentation supplied by the owner’s lawyer
  • Submitting questions with the owner’s lawyer
  • Agreeing the wording of the sale contract
  • Examining replies prepared by the vendor to pre-exchange enquiries
  • Negotiating a Transfer Deed for completion
  • Guiding the purchasing in respect of the loan offer: (where relevant)
  • Preparing and sending the buyer a report on title (that is; summarising to the buyer 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 completion of the purchase
  • Completion of and submitting to HM Revenue and Customs the correct stamp duty forms and payment
  • Registering the transfer of ownership and the mortgage (if applicable) at the Land Registry.

Neighboring Locations

Abingdon
Harwell
Didcot

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

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