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If you have reached us by Googling ‘Conveyancing in Oxfordshire’ follow your intuition — you will have a better house move where you instruct a conveyancing solicitor in Oxfordshire.

Main reasons to let us help you select a high street conveyancing solicitor in Oxfordshire

  • 1 There is a better than average chance that the the conveyancers for the other party have offices in Oxfordshire - if so both parties will have worked on conveyancing matters in the past
  • 2 Regardless alternative on-line conveyancers tell you it just might be necessary to attend your solicitor to sign documents. There are various parties with involved in a conveyancing transaction without having to include the postman into the equation.
  • 3 Oxfordshire property lawyer are the key to a successful Oxfordshire home move, keeping the process under control. They are on your side throughout, offering dedicated advice for the duration of your transaction
  • 4 Firms that specialise in conveyancing in Oxfordshire are familiar with the local concerns peculiar to Oxfordshire and therefore you may benefit from better guidance and expeditious conveyancing.
  • 5 Personal touch together with pure property experience are key benefits that you should seek when choosing conveyancing solicitors. Oxfordshire home moves can be made a lot more complicated as a result of lack of transparency between all the parties. The lawyers listed ensure that the lines of communication are open and act on arising issues and developments instantly.

Examples of recent conveyancing in Oxfordshire since December 2024*

Disposal

of terraced premises, Ferry Road, OX3 0EU completing on 17/01/2025 at a price of £445,000. The legal transfer of property included amongst the various tasks: drafting the sale agreement and Transfer, dealing with appropriate requisitions and enquiries, ordering official copies of the title

Sale

of detached residence residence, Goodson Walk, OX3 0HX completing on 10/01/2025 at a price of £440,000. The conveyancing process incorporates some of the following tasks: sending conveyancing papers to buyers representatives, dealing with appropriate requisitions and enquiries, agreeing completion date with parties

Transfer

of semi residence, Charlbury Road, OX2 6UU completing on 03/01/2025 at a price of £2,925,000. The legal transfer of property included amongst the various tasks: taking formal instructions from and updating the seller client, ordering official copies of the title, sending title deeds and signed transfer to purchaser’s solicitor

Disposal

of apartment Union Street OX4 1JP, at purchase price of £315,000. Leasehold conveyancing included: sending conveyancing papers to buyers representatives, taking formal instructions from and updating the seller client, ordering official copies of the title

Recently asked questions about conveyancing in Oxfordshire

I am searching for value for money property lawyer. Should I go for for an internet conveyancer rather than a family Oxfordshire conveyancing lawyer?

On the whole conveyancing practitioners in your neck of the woods will benefit from good connections with your local authority, which could assist with your Oxfordshire conveyancing searches that your solicitor will inevitably need. It also helps if they enjoy existing rapport with the Land Registry overseeing your area Oxfordshire, other property lawyers in the area and Oxfordshire property agents.

Finally the sale completed on my house in Oxfordshire last December yet the purchaser is SMS messaging every few hours to say his lawyer needs to hear from mine. What should my lawyer have done now that I have sold?

Post completion of your sale your solicitor should send the transfer documentation and all additional paperwork to the buyer’s lawyers. Where relevant, your solicitor should also evidence that the mortgage has been paid off to the buyers solicitors. There is unlikely to be post completion procedures specific conveyancing in Oxfordshire.

My Solicitor in Oxfordshire is not listed on the Lloyds TSB Bank Solicitor Panel. Is it possible for me to retain my family solicitor even though they are not on the Lloyds TSB Bank list of approved lawyers?

The limited options open to you here include:

  1. Complete the purchase with your preferred Oxfordshire solicitors but Lloyds TSB Bank will need to use a lawyer on their list of acceptable firms. This will result in additional total conveyancing charges as well as result in frustration.
  2. Get an alternative practitioner to act in the conveyancing, obviously checking they are on the Lloyds TSB Bank panel

I'm purchasing a new build house in Oxfordshire with a mortgage from Clydesdale. The developers refused to move on the price so I negotiated 6k of additionals instead. The property agent advised me not disclose to my solicitor about this deal as it may affect my loan with Clydesdale. Is this normal?.

All lenders require a Disclosure of Incentives Form from the builder 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.

Having checked my lease I have discovered that there are only Sixty One years unexpired on my lease in Oxfordshire. I need to extend my lease but my freeholder is can not be found. What are my options?

If you meet the appropriate requirements, under the Leasehold Reform, Housing and Urban Development Act 1993 you can submit an application to the County Court for an order to dispense with the service of the initial notice. This will mean that your lease can be lengthened by the Court. However, you will be required to prove that you or your lawyers have done all that could be expected to locate the freeholder. On the whole an enquiry agent may be helpful to try and locate and to produce a report which can be used as proof that the landlord is indeed missing. It is advisable to get professional help from a conveyancer both on devolving into the landlord’s disappearance and the application to the County Court overseeing Oxfordshire.

Oxfordshire Leasehold Conveyancing - Sample of Queries before buying

    Please tell me if there are any major works in the near future that will likely add a premium to the service costs? The answer will be useful as a) areas could cause problems for the building as the common areas may begin to deteriorate where repairs are not paid for b) if the leaseholders have an issue with the running of the building you will wish to know about it Be sure to discover if there is anything that is prohibited in the lease. For instance some leases prohibit pets being permitted in certain buildings in Oxfordshire. If you love the flatin Oxfordshire yet your cat is not allowed to live with you then you will be faced difficult decision.

To what extent are Oxfordshire conveyancing solicitors duty bound by the Law Society to supply clear conveyancing figures?

Contained within the Solicitors Code of Conduct are set rules and regulations as to how the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) allow solicitors to publicise their charges to clients.The Law Society have a practice note giving advice on how to publicise transparent charges to avoid breaching any such rule. Practice notes are not legal advice issued by the Law Society and is not to be regarded as the only standard of good practice a conveyancing solicitor should adhere to. The Practice Note does, however, represent the Law Society’s perspective of acceptable practice for publicising conveyancing charges, and accordingly it’s a recommended read for any solicitor or conveyancer in Oxfordshire or or elsewhere in the country.

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Sample of conveyancing solicitors in Oxfordshire regulated by the SRA

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

  • Hmg Law Llp, 126 High Street, Oxford, Oxfordshire, OX1 4DG
  • Ferguson Bricknell, Chester House, George Street, Oxford, Oxfordshire, OX1 2AY
  • Challenor Gardiner, 29 New Inn Hall Street, Oxford, Oxfordshire, OX1 2DH
  • Reeds Solicitors Ltd, 1 Cambridge Terrace, Oxford, Oxfordshire, OX1 1RR
  • Quality Solicitors Truemans, Eden House, 38 St. Aldates, Oxford, Oxfordshire, OX1 1BN

Residential Landlord and Tenant Conveyancing solicitors in Oxfordshire

The firms listed below are a non-comprehensive list of solicitors in Oxfordshire with expertise in landlord and tenant law and on the regulations governing different types of tenancies. This could include advice on Claims for damages for illegal

  • Hmg Law Llp, 126 High Street, Oxford, Oxfordshire, OX1 4DG
  • Ferguson Bricknell, Chester House, George Street, Oxford, Oxfordshire, OX1 2AY
  • Challenor Gardiner, 29 New Inn Hall Street, Oxford, Oxfordshire, OX1 2DH
  • Quality Solicitors Truemans, Eden House, 38 St. Aldates, Oxford, Oxfordshire, OX1 1BN
  • Turpin & Miller Llp, 1 Agnes Court, Oxford Road, Cowley, Oxford, Oxfordshire, OX4 2EW

Domestic conveyancing in Oxfordshire ordinarily involves the following:

  • Taking instructions from parties involved
  • Investigating the title unregistered or registered
  • Conducting Oxfordshire searches for the property
  • Considering the draft contract and other documentation received from the vendor’s conveyancing practitioner
  • Raising queries with the owner’s conveyancing practitioner
  • Negotiating the purchase contract
  • Going through replies provided by the owner to pre-contract enquiries
  • Agreeing the wording for a Transfer document
  • Advising the purchasing in respect of the mortgage offer: (where relevant)
  • Preparing and sending the purchaser 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 formalities
  • Completion of and submitting to HM Revenue and Customs the correct Land Tax forms and payment
  • Dealing with the registration formalities for the transfer of ownership and the mortgage (where appropriate) at the Land Registry.

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

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