I am purchasing a house mortgage free in Camberwell. I have been living for the previous Seventeen years in Camberwell. Conveyancing searches are exorbitant. Given that I know the area and road intimately must I have all the conveyancing searches?
Provided that you do not need a home loan, then the vast majority of the Camberwell conveyancing searches are at your discretion. Your lawyer will ’encourage you, no-doubt strongly, that you should have searches completed, but he is duty bound to take that path of encouragement . Do take into account; if you are going to sell the house in the future, it could be of importance to your prospective buyer what the searches reveal. On occasion premises with no practical issues can still show up negative search results. A good conveyancing solicitor in Camberwell should provide you some practical advice in this regard.
I have 70 years remaining on my lease and require a lease extension for my apartment in Camberwell. Conveyancing solicitors on the Tesco Bank panel can deal with such extensions right?
Most leasehold conveyancing experts should be able to deal with a lease extension. if you are securing a mortgage then your lender may insist that the lease be extended before competition. Tesco Bank have specific requirements as set out in the UK Finance Lenders’ Handbook in relation to minimum unexpired lease terms. As of 17/4/2026 the requirements read as follows :
I am close to exchanging contracts on the sale of our house in Camberwell and the buyers lawyers are claiming that there is a risk of it being built on contaminated land. Any local lawyer would know that there is no such problem. For the life of me I don't know why the purchasers instructed a factory type conveyancing firm rather than a conveyancing solicitor in Camberwell. We have lived in Camberwell for six years we know of no issue. Do we get in touch with our local Authority to obtain clarification that the buyers are looking for.
It sounds as though you may have a conveyancing lawyer currently acting for you. What do they say? You need to check with your lawyer before you do anything. It is very possible that once the local authority has been informed of a potential issue it cannot be insured against (a bit like being diagnosed with a serious illness and then taking out health insurance to cover that same sickness)
I used Stirling Law a few years past for my conveyancing in Camberwell. Now, I need the files but cannot find the solicitor. What do I do?
You should contact the Solicitors Regulatory Authority (SRA) to assist in tracing 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 Camberwell of the conveyancing firm of solicitors you previously retained, the name of conveyancing solicitor with whom you had dealings, and the date on which you last had dealings with the firm.
I am purchasing a new build house in Camberwell with a mortgage from Clydesdale. The builders would not move on the price so I negotiated £7000 of additionals instead. The estate agent suggested that I not inform my solicitor about the side-deal as it will put at risk my loan with the lender. Do I keep my lawyer in the dark?.
All lenders require a Disclosure of Incentives Form from the developer 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.
In my capacity as executor for the will of my grandmother I am disposing of a property in Neath but reside in Camberwell. My lawyer (based 300 kilometers awayrequires that I sign a stat dec ahead of completion. Could you suggest a conveyancing practitioner in Camberwell to attest this legal document for me?
strictly speaking you should not be required to have the documents attested by a conveyancing solicitor. Normally or notary public or qualified solicitor will do regardless of whether they are Camberwell based