Commonhold is a new form of freehold ownership which permits freehold ownership of individual flats, houses and non-residential units within a building or estate.

Please view our commonhold factsheet for more information.

Chris Baker, Associate Partner at Davies Arnold Cooper is one of the UK's leading commonhold lawyers.  He has extensive experience with strata title, a system of land ownership which has been in place in Australia for over 40 years and on which commonhold is loosely based.

Chris lectures and writes articles on the topic and is author of an e-book entitled 'Commonhold; a complete guide to commonhold procedures and structures' published by Legalease on-line.  Chris has recently written the commonhold chapter for the Conveyancing Handbook published by the Law Society and is writing the commonhold division for the Butterworths Property Law Service.  He is also the Home Builders Federation representative on the government working party reviewing the commonhold legislation.

Leading the field

Davies Arnold Cooper is advising on the first major development in England to include commonhold.

We are advising Crest Nicholson Developments Limited in its role as lead developer of the £500m development of Oakgrove Millennium Community in Milton Keynes.  The scheme will provide 2,300 new homes including 30% affordable housing, two schools, a landscaped wildlife corridor, a multi-purpose health centre, shops and a commercial centre.

The development is an example of best practice for physical and social sustainability. Chris Tinker, Managing Director of Crest Nicholson Projects commented:

"Davies Arnold Cooper's advice on the management structure and all aspects of the development have been vital to helping us make this project a reality".

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Davies Arnold Cooper has launched an e-newsletter on commonhold.  To register  please click here.

Who to contact:

Chris Baker
020 7293 4486
cbaker@dac.co.uk

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