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Challenor Gardiner Solicitors

Challenor Gardiner Solicitors

3.6(69 reviews)See reviews ↓·Oxford

What customers say

Based on genuine customer reviews

Challenor Gardiner Solicitors undertakes residential conveyancing in Oxford, and accounts of the work centre on the personal handling clients receive during a sale or purchase. Mr Rogers is named for keeping sellers informed at every stage and for steering a completion through its busiest final days, while Alexia is praised for efficiency, empathy and a case dealt with promptly and without needless hold-ups. Curtis is described as someone who listens, explains clearly and answers emails quickly, particularly on a first purchase. Clients buying flats and houses speak of the service representing sound value against the fee quoted, with the central position easing the signing of documents.

Reviewers also note that transactions progressed at a steady pace. Set against this praise, a recurring complaint is that when a fee earner left partway through a matter, the replacement lacked familiarity with the file and gave advice that conflicted with earlier guidance. Correspondence went unanswered for days and sometimes weeks, and repeated telephone chasing was needed to obtain replies, with one enquirer told the firm had no capacity to take the case on. Miscommunication during staffing changes and slow responses at busy times dominate the less favourable accounts.

Reviews

Reviews are taken from publicly available sources.

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Susan Thomas29 May 2026

"Many thanks for your enquiry. Unfortunately we do not have the capacity to assist with this. May I suggest you reaching out to a larger firm such as Blake Morgan, who are also Oxford based. Kind regards, Samuel Francis Paralegal Challenor Gardiner |

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Liz Townsend4 May 2026

We recently appointed Challenor Gardiner to handle the conveyance for our house sale and purchase. The team of Curtis, Alexia and Samuel were excellent throughout the whole process. Curtis, the lead solicitor is highly professional with great attention to detail and made the whole process clear and easy to understand, promptly dealing withany queries as they arose. I would certainly instruct them again.

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Oriol Mazariegos11 March 2026

I sold my house last year and I am very disappointed with this firm. The main issue was their lack of communication. I sent some emails and made multiple phone calls, but they often didn’t want to respond, and sometimes it took weeks to hear back.

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Aza BWZ18 June 2025

We had a fantastic experience with this solicitors firm while handling a legal matter related to our property. From the very first conversation, Alexia was extremely efficient and genuinely helpful. She dealt with our case promptly and showed a personal approach and real empathy. Everything was handled properly and without unnecessary delays. We would highly recommend Challenor Gardiner to anyone looking for reliable and approachable legal support at reasonable fees.

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Wayne Press20 March 2025

Curtis was wonderful. Recently bought a property in Oxford and we were seamlessly guided through the process from beginning to end by Curtis. He was always responsive and quick to resolve any issues.

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Maria Witts4 March 2025

Curtis was fantastic, we also had the extra help of Alexia who was also very helpful on our house purchase process. They were very fast at answering our enquiries as well as thorough and provided ample reassurance when we needed it. The process was so smooth and did not take as long as we'd expected. I highly recommend this firm as it is also so useful to have a local firm to drop documents into, and they are so nice in person.

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Amelia Papworth12 December 2024

The Challenor Gardiner team were great when I was buying a flat in Oxford. They were helpful and kept me informed, and the whole process only a couple of months. The service seemed very good value for money, and their convenient location in central Oxford made signing documents etc very straightforward.

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Contact
+441865721451www.challenor-gardiner.co.uk29 New Inn Hall St, Oxford OX1 2DH
Working hours
Monday09:00–17:15
Tuesday09:00–17:15
Wednesday09:00–17:15
Thursday09:00–17:15
Friday09:00–17:15
SaturdayClosed
SundayClosed