We are planning to acquire a house and require a conveyancing solicitor in Campden Hill who is on the UBS conveyancing panel. Can you recommend a local solicitor?

Our service is limited to being a directory service for firms who wish to be listed as being on the approved conveyancing panel for UBS . We don't recommend any particular firms conducting conveyancing in Campden Hill.

The Campden Hill conveyancing firm that just started acting on my house acquisition in Campden Hill have suddenly closed. I only went with them because I needed a firm on the Bank of Ireland conveyancing panel and my family Campden Hill lawyer was not. I paid them funds in advance. What do I do now?

If you have an estate agent involved then inform them immediately so that they advise the vendors that there may be a slight delay due to the problems encountered. Most sellers would be sympathetic and urge their lawyer to send a new set of papers to your new solicitors. You should appoint new lawyers that are on the Bank of Ireland conveyancing panel and notify the lender. If you have paid over any money, it will hopefully be held by the SRA as money in an intervened firm's bank accounts is transferred to the SRA. Then, the SRA or the intervention agent looks at the intervened firm's accounts to work out who the money belongs to. To claim your money you will need to contact the SRA. If the SRA cannot return money you are owed from the firm's bank accounts, or if they can only return part of the money, you can apply to the Compensation Fund for a grant. Your new lawyers may be able to help.

I know that there are debates on Chancel Insurance on online forums. Am I compelled to take this when buying a property in Campden Hill? or I am told that there is a law dating back centuries that means some owners of property living in a parish church boundary will be compelled to pay for repairs towards the chancel within the church. Is this a legitimate concern for conveyancing in Campden Hill?

Unless a prior acquisition of the property took place post 12 October 2013 you may assume that lawyers conducting conveyancing in Campden Hill to remain recommending a chancel search and or insurance against a claim.

Yesterday I discovered that there is a flying freehold issue on a property I have offered on a fortnight ago in what was supposed to be a simple, chain free conveyancing. Campden Hill is the location of the property. Can you offer any guidance?

Flying freeholds in Campden Hill are unusual but are more likely to exist in relation to terraced houses. Even though you don't necessarily need a conveyancing solicitor in Campden Hill you would need to get your solicitor to go through the deeds very carefully. Your bank may require your conveyancing solicitor to take out an indemnity policy. Some of the more diligent conveyancing solicitors in Campden Hill may decide that this is not enough and that the deeds be re-written to give you the most up to date legal protection. If so, the next door neighbour also had to sign up to the revised deeds.It is possible that your lender will not accept the situation so the sooner you find out the better. You should also check with your insurance broker as to whether they will insure a flying freehold premises.

Do you have any advice for leasehold conveyancing in Campden Hill from the perspective of expediting the sale process?

• Much of the frustration in leasehold conveyancing in Campden Hill can be reduced if you get in touch lawyers as soon as your agents start marketing the property and ask them to put together the leasehold documentation which will be required by the purchasers’ representatives.
You may think that you are aware of the number of years remaining on your lease but it would be advisable double-check via your lawyers. A purchaser's lawyer will be unlikely to recommend their client to to exchange contracts if the lease term is under 75 years. It is therefore important at an early stage that you identify whether the lease requires a lease extension. If it does, contact your solicitors before you put your home on the market for sale. A minority of Campden Hill leases require Licence to Assign from the landlord. If this is the case, it would be prudent to place the estate agents on notice to make sure that the purchasers obtain financial (bank) and professional references. Any bank reference should make it clear that the buyer is able to meet the annual service charge and the actual amount of the service charge should be quoted in the bank’s letter. You will therefore need to provide your estate agents with the service charge figures so that they can pass this information on to the purchasers or their solicitors. If you have carried out any alterations to the residence would they have required Landlord’s approval? In particular have you laid down wooden flooring? Most leases in Campden Hill state that internal structural alterations or addition of wooden flooring necessitate a licence from the Landlord acquiescing to such changes. If you dont have the consents to hand do not contact the landlord without contacting your solicitor before hand. Many freeholders or Management Companies in Campden Hill charge for supplying management packs for a leasehold property. You or your lawyers should enquire as to the fee that they propose to charge. The management information sought as soon as you have a buyer, thus accelerating the process. The typical amount of time it takes to obtain the necessary information is three weeks. It is the most common cause of delay in leasehold conveyancing in Campden Hill.

I have attempted and failed to negotiate with my landlord for a lease extension without any joy. Can the Leasehold Valuation Tribunal decide on such matters? Can you recommend a Campden Hill conveyancing firm to represent me?

Absolutely. We are happy to put you in touch with a Campden Hill conveyancing firm who can help.

An example of a Lease Extension matter before the tribunal for a Campden Hill flat is 93 Oakwood Court in June 2010. the LVT determined that the premium to be paid for the new lease was £492,083, This case affected 1 flat. The remaining number of years on the lease was 37.79 years.