Residential Property Conveyancing, Harrow Weald, London Borough of Harrow

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On 17^th June 2011, a client instructed a Phew! Harrow Weald Conveyancing solicitor to assist in the purchase of a property located on Church Lane, Harrow Weald, London. The property was bought by the client for £ 269950. The London Borough of Harrow was related to this conveyancing deal.

The conveyancing solicitor carefully inspected the office copy entries and found that the property was Freehold. According to a conveyance dated 6^th May 1932, some additional restrictive covenants were registered against the property. The transfer dated 24^th May 1938, contained restrictive covenants.

According to transfer dated 3^rd May 1938 there were some covenants which were to be abided:

1. Any kind of erection or projection that obstructs access of light, air or intercepts the view from neighbouring houses on vendor’s estate is not allowed.
2. The access to erect houses at a cost of £ 700 or upwards per house in case the house  is a detached house or a minimum cost of £ 600 or upwards per house for two semi-detached type of houses or a cost of £ 500 or upwards per house in case of blocks.
3. The plan for erection of house should be submitted and approved by the vendor or his successor’s surveyor as mentioned in the conveyance.
4. The contour of the building must be a minimum of 20 feet away from the street.
5. No permission has been granted for any kind of erections in front of the building line except a fence wall that does not exceed height of 5 feet.
6. Advertisement of any kind within the property, fence, building or on any erection is not allowed.
7. Close boarded fences having a height between four to six feet was required to be maintained as the side and the back along the boundary as marked with a ‘T’ in the plan.
8. The fence and gates on the roadside must follow patterns approved by the vendor’s surveyor.
9. All fences on the boundary of the premises must be tarred or creosoted completely according to norms.
10. Any trade, business or breeding of animals in the property is not allowed.
11. There was no permission to keep chickens’ in the premises.
12. The property must be used as a private dwelling house.
13. Any sort of earth clay or lime must not be burnt in the property.
14. There is no permission to place any hut, shed caravan, house on wheels, roundabouts, shows, booths or hoardings in the property and any sort of storage of rubbish or building materials must not be carried out.
15. Unless and until the erection of the house gets accomplished any sort of fence must not be erected along the boundary of the premises.
16. Precautions must be taken to prevent damage to sewers drains pipes and cables underneath the roadway or footpath.
17. No portion of the plot must be used as a road or as a way from or to any land adjoining the estate.
18. Any portion of the roadway or footpath must not be obstructed or blocked in any manner except for the purpose of repair to any of the sewers or drains.
19. Any kind of excavation shall not be carried out and any sort of sand, earth or gravel in the property must not be removed without written consent of the vendor or his successors mentioned in the conveyance.

According to transfer dated 24^th May 1938, the following covenant must be abided: A proper boundary wall or equivalent fence minimum 4 feet height at the rear end and on the side facing the north must be maintained.

The Phew! conveyancing solicitor also revealed that the property stood in an area which came under the purview of Smoke Control Order and Clean air Act. As per Smoke Control Order, smoke from chimney was not allowed and the Clean air Act did not even allow smoke of any kind from other premises, as well.

There was an HMO order on the property which meant that the client must inform the London Borough of Harrow if the property was to be occupied by more than one household as bed-sitting rooms or other non self-contained accommodation. The client must also need a licence from the London Borough of Harrow before letting the property as HMO. Failure in doing so may result in fines, criminal conviction and other penalties.

Church Lane is adopted & maintained by London Borough of Harrow. Our Conveyancing Solicitors’ inspection did not reveal any future plans regarding the arrival of new roads or maintenance of the existing roads.

The conveyancing solicitor who appeared for the seller was Wellers Solicitors and the estate agent was Rawlinson Gold Estate Agents.

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