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Reasons to use our Long Hanborough conveyancing solicitors

  • 1 The hallmark of our conveyancing solicitors in Long Hanborough is quality not quantity. The level of service offered by conveyancing "factories" (sometimes 'recommended' by national chain estate agents) sometimes falls short of the high standards of professionalism you would hope for.
  • 2 Property lawyer conveyancing solicitors have excellent personal links with Long Hanborough selling agents and work very closely with them and local surveyors so as to ensure transactions proceed expeditiously.
  • 3 The accumulation of transactions means that Long Hanborough conveyancer have established valuable connections with Long Hanborough 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 Long Hanborough.
  • 4 You can rest easier when select the very best, most recommended conveyancing solicitors. Long Hanborough has a number to choose from, but for a truly professional and dependable service many local people have been use the recommendation of this site.
  • 5 Long Hanborough lawyers have a crucial advantage when it comes to Long Hanborough conveyancing as they have valuable local knowledge of local authority requirements, planning policies and other issues that will impact your sale or purchase

Examples of recent conveyancing in Long Hanborough since May 2025*

Recently asked questions about conveyancing in Long Hanborough

Are the Long Hanborough conveyancing solicitors identified as being on the Lloyds conveyancing panel, together with their details provided by Lloyds?

Long Hanborough conveyancing firms themselves provide us confirmation that they are on the Lloyds conveyancing panel as opposed to being supplied with a list from Lloyds directly.

Should my conveyancer be raising enquiries concerning flooding as part of the conveyancing in Long Hanborough.

The risk of flooding is if increasing concern for conveyancers carrying out conveyancing in Long Hanborough. Some people will acquire a house in Long Hanborough, completely expectant 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 obtain a mortgage, adequate insurance cover, or dispose of the property. There are steps that can be taken during the course of a property purchase to forewarn the purchaser.

Conveyancers are not best placed to impart advice on flood risk, however there are a numerous searches that can be undertaken by the buyer or on a buyer’s behalf which will give them a better appreciation of the risks in Long Hanborough. The conventional set of information given to a buyer’s conveyancer (where the Conveyancing Protocol is adopted) includes a standard question of the vendor to determine if the premises has suffered from flooding. If the premises has been flooded in past which is not disclosed by the owner, then a purchaser may bring a compensation claim stemming from an misleading answer. The purchaser’s lawyers may also conduct an enviro report. This will reveal if there is a recorded flood risk. If so, further investigations should be initiated.

How does conveyancing in Long Hanborough differ for newly converted properties?

Most buyers of new build premises in Long Hanborough come to us having been asked by the builder to sign contracts and commit to the purchase even before the residence is constructed. This is because house builders in Long Hanborough tend to purchase the land, 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 conveyancing solicitors 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 Long Hanborough or who has acted in the same development.

What tools are available to identify a Long Hanborough solicitor on the Nottingham Building Society conveyancing panel? I drive a motor bike and am prepared to travel upto 20kilometers to meet the conveyancer.

Feel free to make use of the facility on this website. Please choose the lender and your location and you will see a number of Long Hanborough conveyancing lawyers based on proximity. We have detailed some Long Hanborough conveyancing firms at the bottom of this page and you can contact them to see if they are on the Nottingham Building Society panel

All being well we will complete the sale of our £275,000 garden flat in Long Hanborough on Monday in a week. The landlords agents has quoted £360 for Certificate of Compliance, building insurance schedule and 3 years statements of service charge. Is the landlord entitled to charge an administration fee for a leasehold conveyance in Long Hanborough?

For most leasehold sales in Long Hanborough conveyancing will involve, questions about the management of a building inevitably needing to be answered directly by the freeholder or its agent, this includes :

    Addressing conveyancing due diligence questions Where consent is required before sale in Long Hanborough Supplying insurance information 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 Long Hanborough leasehold property is £350. For Long Hanborough 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.

Leasehold Conveyancing in Long Hanborough - Examples of Queries before Purchasing

    Best to be warned if changing the roof or some other major work is coming up to be shared between the tenants and could well dramatically impact the level of the maintenance costs or necessitate a specific payment. What is the annual maintenance fee and ground rent? How many of the leaseholders are in arrears for their service charge payments?

I need to change lawyers as my Long Hanborough lawyer is not on the lender's panel of conveyancing solicitors. How simple is it to change conveyancer?

In the event that you have not formally instructed a solicitor to do anything for you and have just received quotes, you're perfectly free to choose a different solicitor to carry out your work for you. The best way is to get recommendations from friends or family who have actually used the solicitor or conveyancer in Long Hanborough that you're thinking of instructing.

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Sample of conveyancing solicitors in Long Hanborough regulated by the SRA

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

  • Pellmans Llp, 1 Abbey Street, Eynsham, Witney, Oxfordshire, OX29 4TB
  • Yvonne Kearney, 9 Harvest Way, Madley Park, Witney, Oxfordshire, OX28 1AW
  • Beechwood Solicitors Limited, The Old Post Office, 19 Banbury Road, Kidlington, Oxfordshire, OX5 1AQ
  • Stanger Stacey & Mason, 35a High Street, Witney, Oxfordshire, OX28 6HP
  • Lee Chadwick Solicitors Llp, 14 Market Square, Witney, Oxfordshire, OX28 6BE

Domestic Licensed Conveyancers in Long Hanborough regulated by the CLC

Please note that the listed conveyancers do not limit their work for conveyancing in Long Hanborough but also conveyancing throughout England and Wales.
  • Shaw & Co, 1 Church Street, OX7 3PW

Planning law solicitors in Long Hanborough regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority

The list below is a non-comprehensive list of solicitors in Long Hanborough practicing in planning law. This should include advice on making sure people do what the planning regulations say
  • Bower & Bailey Llp, Willow House, 2 Heynes Place, Station Lane, Witney, Oxfordshire, OX28 4YN

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

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