How do I find out who owns a house?

RogerPJ

Near me there's a rundown, uninhabited, 1 bedroomed, terraced property. I want to find out who owns it without having to ask the neighbours. How can I do this? I've searched on the web, but no results.

Thanks in advance!

skintchick

I think the Land Registry - they have a website or you can phone them. It's £2 for a property search online but they don;t always have the details if it hasn;t been sold recently.

Best to call them and see what they advise

lothlorien

Im not sure if this is correct but if you log onto the land registry website, you can buy the land document of the house your after (assuming you know the house number/post code) for £2, it includes name of owner etc.

Jay1b

Why dont you want to ask the neighbours? Going to try to claim it for yourself in 'the name of the neighbourhood' of course?

skintchick

lothlorien wrote:

Im not sure if this is correct but if you log onto the land registry website, you can buy the land document of the house your after (assuming you know the house number/post code) for £2, it includes name of owner etc.

That's what I said, but I think sometimes they don;t have all the details. As I also said. Sometimes I think my posts are invisible!

seabright

The Land Registry website is the place to go, as previously stated by others (http://www.landreg.gov.uk/). If it's unregistered you'll have more trouble and it may be impossible, but you might be able to get some info by doing a Land Charges searches. Post again if you need info on this.

m00nie

skintchick wrote:

As I also said. Sometimes I think my posts are invisible!

or 2 people type the same reply at the same time

RogerPJ

I'll try the land registry, but the house hasn't been sold in many years, so they might not have the info. At least they give you your money back if they can't help.