My lawyer in Camden is not on the Clydesdale Solicitor Panel. Is it possible for me to retain my family solicitor notwithstanding that they are not on the Clydesdale panel of approved conveyancing solicitors?
Your options are as follows:
- Carry on with your preferred Camden lawyers but Clydesdale will need to retain a conveyancer on their list of acceptable firms. This will result in additional total conveyancing charges as well as result in delays.
- Get a new practitioner to act in the conveyancing, not forgetting to check they are Clydesdale approved.
- Try to convince your Clydesdale solicitor to try to join the Clydesdale panel
Due to the guidance of my in-laws I had a survey completed on a house in Camden ahead of appointing lawyers. I have been told that there is a flying freehold element to the house. My surveyor advised that some mortgage companies tend not give a loan on a flying freehold property.
It depends who your proposed lender is. HSBC has different requirements from Birmingham Midshires. Should you wish to telephone us we can check with the appropriate lender. If you lender is happy to lend one our lawyers can help as they are accustomed to dealing with flying freeholds in Camden. Conveyancing may be slightly more expensive based on your lender's requirements.
Taking into account that I will soon spend over three hundred thousand on a house in Camden I wish to talk to a conveyancer regarding theconveyancing in advance of instructing the firm. Can this be arranged?
This is something that we encourage - it is our preference to talk to you we do not take any clients on without you liaising with the solicitor due to be carrying out your property ownership legalities in Camden.There is no ‘factory style conveyancing’ - each client is unique individual, not a file number. The law firms that we put you in touch with believe that the figure you are quoted for residential conveyancing in Camden should be the figure that you are charged.
We are 3 weeks into a leasehold purchase having been referred to solicitors by the selling agent to do our conveyancing in Camden. We are not happy. Can you you assist me in finding new lawyers?
A solicitor would need to be really bad in order to consider changing them. Has the mortgage offer been sent? In the event that it has you must advise them of the new contact details and get the offer are issued to the new lawyers. The solicitor ideally needs to be on the mortgage company approved list to avoid added fees and delays. So that should be your starting point. The find a solicitor tool can help you find a lender approved lawyer for your home move in Camden
I wish to let out my leasehold flat in Camden. Conveyancing solicitor who did the purchase is retired - so can't ask him. Do I need to ask my freeholder for permission?
A small minority of properties in Camden do contain a provision to say that subletting is only permitted with prior consent from the landlord. The landlord is not entitled to unreasonably refuse but, in such cases, they would need to review references. Experience dictates that problems are usually caused by unsatisfactory tenants rather than owner-occupiers and for that reason you can expect the freeholder to take up the references and consider them carefully before granting consent.
I own a basement flat in Camden. In the absence of agreement between myself and the landlord, can the Leasehold valuation Tribunal make a decision on the premium payable for the purchase of the freehold?
in cases where there is a missing landlord or if there is disagreement about what the lease extension should cost, under the relevant legislation it is possible to make an application to the First-tier Tribunal (Property Chamber) to determine the price.
An example of a Lease Extension case for a Camden residence is Flat 2 27 Mackeson Road in December 2012. The Tribunal assessed the value of the lease extension premium at £35,435 and rounded the figure to £35,500 This case affected 1 flat. The unexpired term as at the valuation date was 64.77 years.
I note that you have a search directory identifying law firms on the mortgage company conveyancing panel. Do Camden conveyancing companies pay you a commission if I appoint them for my house purchase?
We are a listing service only for law firms wishing to communicate if they are on the bank conveyancing panel or other lender panels. We do not charge referral fees to the any conveyancer that you subsequently appoint for your conveyancing in Camden.