Recently been in touch with my conveyancing lawyer in Oxford who completed the legal work two years ago requesting a conveyancing costs illustration based on an identical type of home move (a leasehold property and a freehold property) of similar values with a loan from TSB. I am now being charged twice the amount. Am I right to be tempted to shop around for a cheaper online firm of conveyancing solicitor?
The charges seem a tad high. Where you are willing to spend time scrutinising prices you could shave off some of the cost by as much as a hundred pounds. On the other hand, assuming were happy with the conveyancing the firm offered you maylive to rue opting for an an untested solicitor. Don't forget to enquire that the firm can represent TSB. Do employ our search tool to find a Oxford conveyancing firm on the TSB member panel, which can often include conveyancing solicitors in Oxford.
I am looking to buy a property and require a conveyancing solicitor in Oxford who is on the TSB approved. Could you point me in the right direction as regards a solicitor?
Our service is limited to being a directory service for firms who wish to listed as being on the approved conveyancing panel for TSB in certain locations such as Oxford. We dont recommend any particular firm.
I am helping my aunt sell her flat in Oxford. Will the solicitor arrange the energy assessment or should I organise this?
After the abolition of Home Information Packs, EPC’s was left as a mandatory component of selling a property. An energy performance certificate needs to be commissioned in advance of the property being advertised. This is not as aspect of the sale process that law firms ordinarily organise. Where you are using a Oxford conveyancing solicitor they might be willing to arrange EPC’s due to their relationships with reputable Oxford accredited person
We have a mortgage agreed in principle with Coventry BS. Oxford conveyancing solicitors are appointed. What is the average time that one could expect to receive a mortgage offer from Coventry BS?
There is no definitive answer here. Have Coventry BS done the survey? Have you informed Coventry BS as to your lawyers' details and checked that your lawyers are on the Coventry BS conveyancing panel? It is not unusual for a mortgage offer to take a month to come through.
Intending to buy a flat in Oxford. I have received an online quote from a licenced conveyancer, which states: "There will be no charge for dealing with the Building Society if you are obtaining a mortgage". I take this to mean that there will be no additional fee if the solicitor is on the RBS conveyancing panel. I wanted to make sure it means there will be no additional fees for dealing with the mortgage.
They are simply saying that the cost for acting for the lender is included in the fee being quoted. It is worth you checking that the Oxford conveyancer is on the RBS conveyancing panel.
Are there restrictive covenants that are commonly picked up during conveyancing in Oxford?
Restrictive covenants can be picked up when reviewing land registry title as part of the process of conveyancing in Oxford. 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…’
What does commercial conveyancing in Oxford cover?
Non domestic conveyancing in Oxford covers a broad range of guidance, given by regulated solicitors, relating to business premises. For example, this type of conveyancing can cover the sale or purchase of freehold business premises or, more commonly, the assignment of existing business tenancies or the drafting of new leasing arrangements. Commercial conveyancing solicitors can also offer advice on the sale of business assets, commercial mortgages and the termination of tenancies.
I am an executor of my recently deceased mother’s Will, with a house in Oxford which will be marketed. The house has never been registered at the Land Registry and I'm advised that some buyers solicitors will insist that it is completed before they will proceed. What's the mechanism for this?
In the circumstances you refer to it seems sensible to seek to register in the names of the personal representative(s) as named in the probate and in their capacity as PRs. HMLR’s online guidance explains how to register for the first time and what is required re the deeds and forms. You would need to include and official copy of the probate as well and complete the form FR1 to refer to the PRs as the applicant.