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Choosing the right solicitor is the most important decision when it comes to your Summertown conveyancing

Reasons to use our Summertown conveyancing solicitors

  • 1 Summertown property lawyer are the linchpin to a successful Summertown home move, keeping the process under control. They are on your side throughout, offering dedicated advice for the duration of your conveyancing
  • 2 Summertown solicitors are likely to be familiar with the local Land Registry Office, Local Authority and estate agents
  • 3 Summertown conveyancers work in partnership with Summertown estate agents, developers, surveyors, mortgage companies and other professionals to make sure that the highest level of service is offered to home movers every step of the way, to ensure you’re kept up to date with progress all the way along
  • 4 This site is the only site offering you the facility to ensure that your conveyancing in Summertown will be conducted by a solicitor on your bank approved panel.
  • 5 Using a high street Solicitor in the main means that you will receive a more personalised service. Sometimes when dealing with a large conveyancing firm, you tend to be looked after by a team of people who check what is happening on the file by reading from their computer screens.

Examples of recent conveyancing in Summertown since December 2024*

Acquisition

of flat Osberton Road OX2 7PQ, at a price of £105,000. Leasehold conveyancing work included: sending conveyancing papers to buyers representatives, dealing with appropriate requisitions and enquiries, agreeing completion date with parties

Transfer

of semi-detached property, Thorncliffe Road, OX2 7BA completing on 02/01/2025 at a price of £820,000. The conveyancing process included amongst the various tasks: securing official copies of the title, preparing statement detailing charges, setting up the completion formalities

Sale

of terraced property, Banbury Road, OX2 7PW completing on 08/01/2025 at a price of £1,655,000. The conveyancing process included amongst the various tasks: drafting the sale agreement and Transfer, taking formal instructions from and updating the seller client, obtaining official copies of the title

Sale

of semi premises, Islip Road, OX2 7SN completing on 17/01/2025 at a price of £1,125,000. The legal transfer of property incorporates some of the following tasks: sending conveyancing papers to buyers representatives, dealing with appropriate requisitions and enquiries, sending the transfer to the vendor for signature in readiness for completion

Recently asked questions about conveyancing in Summertown

My previous solicitor has quoted £1150 for freehold conveyancing in Summertown. I’m hoping to downsize from a modern property for £125,000. This seems too much. Is it in excess of the norm for conveyancing in Summertown?

The charges are a little high. Where you are happy to spend time contrasting fee on a like for like basis you may be able to reduce the fees marginally by say a hundred pounds. On the other hand, you couldlive to regret opting for an an unknown lawyer. If is important to ensure the firm can represent your lender. You can utilise our comparison tool to select a Summertown conveyancing company on the banks conveyancing panel which can often include conveyancing solicitors in Summertown.

Is there a reason why leasehold purchase conveyancing in Summertown is more expensive?

Summertown leasehold conveyancing transactions usually involve additional investigations than freeholds including investigating the Lease, liaising with the Landlord such as serving appropriate notices on the Landlord or managing agent, obtaining up-to-date service charge and management information, obtaining Landlord’s consents and reviewing management accounts and formation documents.

When it comes to lenders such as RBS, do Summertown conveyancing practitioners face a yearly amount to be on the conveyancing panel?

We are unaware of any lender fees to register on their panel, although some do charge an administration charge to deal with the processing of the conveyancing panel application.

I had a mortgage agreed in principle with Principality. Summertown conveyancing practitioners have been chosen. What is the average time that one could expect to receive a mortgage offer from Principality?

There is no definitive answer here. Have Principality completed the valuation? Have you informed Principality as to your lawyers' details and checked that your lawyers are on the Principality conveyancing panel? It is not unusual for a mortgage offer to take a month to come through.

I have today made my last payment due on my mortgage with Co-operative. I assume I don't need a Summertown solicitor on the Co-operative panel to remove the mortgage at the Land Registry. Am I right?

If you have finished paying off your Co-operative mortgage, they may send you evidence showing that you have paid it off. Alternatively they may notify the Land Registry directly. The Land Registry need to see this evidence before they will remove the Co-operative mortgage from the register. Co-operative, and any evidence they send you, will determine the action you need to take. In cases where no conveyancer is acting for you and you have paid off your mortgage:

  1. but are not moving to another property
  2. where Co-operative has sent the Land Registry the discharge electronically, and
  3. Co-operative has instructed the Land Registry to do so
The Land Registry will send you a letter confirming that your Co-operative mortgage has been paid off.

I used Wolstenholmes several years ago for my conveyancing in Summertown. I now require my papers however the law firm has closed. 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 Summertown 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.

How does conveyancing in Summertown differ for newly converted properties?

Most buyers of new build or newly converted property in Summertown come to us having been asked by the builder to sign contracts and commit to the purchase even before the premises is built. This is because developers in Summertown usually 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 property lawyers 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 Summertown or who has acted in the same development.

Do lenders provide you with an approved list of Summertown solicitors? How do you know who is on the bank conveyancing panel?

Summertown firms and firms carrying out conveyancing in Summertown themselves provide us confirmation that they are on the mortgage company conveyancing panel as opposed to being supplied with a list from the mortgage company directly.

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Sample of conveyancing solicitors in Summertown regulated by the SRA

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

  • Ferguson Bricknell, Chester House, George Street, Oxford, Oxfordshire, OX1 2AY
  • Challenor Gardiner, 29 New Inn Hall Street, Oxford, Oxfordshire, OX1 2DH
  • Hmg Law Llp, 126 High Street, Oxford, Oxfordshire, OX1 4DG
  • Reeds Solicitors Ltd, 1 Cambridge Terrace, Oxford, Oxfordshire, OX1 1RR
  • Darbys Solicitors Llp, Midland House, West Way, Botley, Oxford, Oxfordshire, OX2 0PH

Residential Landlord and Tenant Conveyancing solicitors in Summertown

The list below is a small selection of solicitors in Summertown specialising in landlord and tenant law and on the regulations governing different types of tenancies. This should include advice on Leasehold Valuation Tribunal proceedings

  • Ferguson Bricknell, Chester House, George Street, Oxford, Oxfordshire, OX1 2AY
  • Challenor Gardiner, 29 New Inn Hall Street, Oxford, Oxfordshire, OX1 2DH
  • Hmg Law Llp, 126 High Street, Oxford, Oxfordshire, OX1 4DG
  • Darbys Solicitors Llp, Midland House, West Way, Botley, Oxford, Oxfordshire, OX2 0PH
  • Quality Solicitors Truemans, Eden House, 38 St. Aldates, Oxford, Oxfordshire, OX1 1BN

Home buying in Summertown is a complex business, both legally and administratively. The exact order of events varies slightly, below are some of the tasks in the process.

  • Obtaining instructions from parties involved
  • Checking the title unregistered or registered
  • Conducting Summertown searches for the title
  • Reviewing draft contract pack and other documentation collated by the owner’s solicitor
  • Raising queries with the seller’s solicitor
  • Agreeing the wording of the sale agreement
  • Assessing replies prepared by the vendor to pre-exchange enquiries
  • Agreeing the wording for a Transfer document
  • Guiding the buyer in respect of the loan offer: (if relevant)
  • Drafting 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 preparing for completion
  • Completing and submitting to HM Revenue and Customs the correct Land Tax forms and payment
  • Registering the new ownership and the mortgage (where applicable) at the HM Land Registry.

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

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