Deeds - how long does it take to receive them?

PottyHouse_2

Moved into our new home about 12 weeks ago.

Can anyone let me have an idea if we should have received our Deeds by now ???

Thank you

jillie1974

If you are paying a mortgage, not until the mortgage is paid off.

Gwhiz

Even paying cash your solicitor will probably offer to look after them for you in his nice safe safe

PottyHouse_2

jillie1974 wrote: »

If you are paying a mortgage, not until the mortgage is paid off.

Thanks Jillie,
Must be me getting confused - I did receive a document from Solicitors but think that was "Land Registry" document.
I thought we had the Deeds from our previous home (which was brand new but shouldn't make any difference) but again, perhaps that was a "copy" ???
Thought I knew everything there was to know about house-moving but am still ignorant !!!

PottyHouse_2

Gwhiz wrote: »

Even paying cash your solicitor will probably offer to look after them for you in his nice safe safe

I am confused, yes I definitely remember our Solicitor even telling us that we could fetch our "DEEDS" saving us £10 in postage costs and they would be in touch with us when they "came through".

Jillie - Yes, we have a mortgage.

I will probably get a reply now saying, call your Solicitor !!!

N79

The deeds may have been destroyed years ago. Registration with the land registry replaces any paper deeds and turns them into historical curiosities only (which are often and rather sadly for older houses, destroyed by solicitors / banks). Since your property is registered and you have the land registry confirmation that is, in effect your deed.

Amanita_2

N79 wrote: »

(which are often and rather sadly for older houses, destroyed by solicitors / banks).

Indeed- and I am still furious that ours were destroyed when the previous owner registered the property. Two hundred years of history wiped out.

N79

Amanita wrote: »

Indeed- and I am still furious that ours were destroyed when the previous owner registered the property. Two hundred years of history wiped out.

I know - its a tragedy. I have managed to save the deeds of most of my houses (and all the older ones) and some of them are both beautifully drafted and written and they are also fascinating as the hand drawn maps of the local area predate 95% of the current building work and also show the local industries as they were 150+ years ago.

MegS

Rather than destroy thme my firm sends all of ours to the local Records Office at the Museum, they got very excited when we took round a Deed from the 1700s.

LandyAndy

As others have said the Land Registry records are all that is now required. I was surprised, and delighted, to get the deeds for our house soon after completion. Although our house is a 'garden grab' from the 1960's we have all the original deeds for the original Edwardian house (next door) because the 'garden grabbers' were the owners of the original house. We even have the original poster of 1901 advertising the plots for sale.

Richard_Webster

In practice now the important documents, particularly on new estates, are the endless copies of planning permissions, section 106 agreements, soil remediation reports, consents for development under covenants from previous landowners, etc, etc. None of these are actually deeds, but if you lose the copies, when you come to sell it can be quite expensive to replace them if your buyer's solicitor wants to see them!