My friend suggested that if I am purchasing in Camden I should ask my conveyancer to perform a Neighbourhood, Planning and Local Amenity Search. Can you explain what the purpose of this search is?

This is a search is sometimes included in the estimate for your Camden conveyancing searches. It is a large report of about 40 pages, listing and setting out significant information about Camden around the property and the people living there. It includes an Aerial Photograph, Planning Applications, Land Use, Mobile Phone Masts, Rights of Way, the Camden Housing Market, Council Tax Banding, the type of People living in the area, the dominant type of Housing, the Average House Prices, Crime statistics, Local Education with plans and statistics, Local Amenities and other useful information concerning Camden.

Despite weeks of looking the Title Certificate and documents to my house can not be found. The solicitors who did the conveyancing in Camden 4 years ago are no longer around. What are my options?

These day there are duplicates made of almost everything, and your lawyer will know precisely where to locate all the suitable paperwork so you can purchase or sell your house without a hitch. Where duplicates are not available, your conveyancer can put in place insurance or indemnities against future claims on your property.

About to purchase a new build apartment in Camden. Conveyancing is a frightening process at the best of times but I have never purchased a new build flat before. What sort of enquires would be asked in new build legal work.

Here is a sample of a few leasehold new build enquiries that you can expect your new-build leasehold conveyancing in Camden

The Vendor must covenant to keep unsold units in good repair until long leases are granted therefore. Where service of notices and proceedings can be at the property demised please confirm that this can be amended to include simultaneous services at the Lessees’ solicitors’ offices where the Lessee from time to time is not resident in the UK - such solicitors may be varied by notice in writing to the Landlord from time to time but otherwise will be as previously specified. Investor purchasers must be able to freely grant unsecured tenancies at market rents without requiring any consents. Where there is an Undertaking being granted there is the risk of forfeiture of the Headlease subject to relief if one or more of the Underlessees are willing to accept the original Head Lessee’s obligations as otherwise relief will be denied to the Underlessees. The only alternatives are the Head Lessor agreeing not to forfeit the Headlease or the Head Lessee guaranteeing to the Underlessees that it will not be in breach of the Headlease.

I opted to have a survey completed on a house in Camden in advance of appointing solicitors. I have been told that there is a flying freehold aspect to the property. Our surveyor has said that some banks may not issue a mortgage on this type of property.

It depends who your proposed lender is. HSBC has different instructions for example to Nationwide. If you e-mail us we can check with the appropriate mortgage company. If you lender is happy to lend one our lawyers can help as they are accustomed to dealing with flying freeholds in Camden. Conveyancing can be more complicated and therefore you should check with your conveyancing solicitor in Camden to see if the conveyancing costs will increase in light of this.

What does commercial conveyancing in Camden cover?

Non domestic conveyancing in Camden incorporates a wide range of advice, supplied by qualified solicitors, relating to business property. For instance, this type of conveyancing can cover the sale or purchase of freehold business premises or, more usually, the assignment of existing leases or the drafting of new leasing arrangements. Commercial conveyancing solicitors can also offer advice on the sale of business assets, commercial loans and the termination of leases.