The biggest building site in Enfield is beside the reservoirs at Edmonton, where the council's Meridian Water scheme is turning former industrial land into a new district with its own railway station. It is the most visible sign of a borough whose housing is changing quickly: towers rising at Edmonton Green and Ponders End, the Alma and Ladderswood estates rebuilt, Enfield Island Village on the old arms factory site, and proposals to build on parts of the Green Belt around Chase Park and Crews Hill that have divided residents.
Most conveyancing is quieter: 1930s semis in Enfield Town, Oakwood and Southgate, Edwardian terraces in Palmers Green and Bush Hill Park, detached houses in Hadley Wood and Grange Park, and ex-council flats across Edmonton bought under the right to buy and now sold on with lease, service charge and major works questions attached. A property solicitor in Enfield handles the searches, enquiries, exchange, completion and Land Registry work, pays attention to flood searches in the Lee Valley, and reads the lease on any flat before the client is committed.
Renting is a large part of the borough's housing, especially in Edmonton, and the council's licensing schemes for private landlords add conditions that a tenancy must respect. Deposit and possession claims go to the county court at Edmonton, and solicitors act for landlords and tenants alike. Commercial property keeps firms busy too: leases on Brimsdown warehouses, shops on Green Lanes and Church Street and the garden centres of Crews Hill, together with boundary and party wall disputes between neighbours whose houses were built close together.
Conveyancing is quoted as a fixed fee; the searches, Land Registry fee and stamp duty come on top, so ask for a full breakdown.
Property firms serving Enfield are listed below, verified firms first. See what conveyancing involves, the legal fees for selling a house, landlord and tenant law, commercial property law and the general property solicitors guide.
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