Property Deceased owner – A mess.

Fire_Fox

Who in the council has been informed? They are generally large organisations completely incapable of interdepartmental communication. Who owns the property according to land registry?

pimento

martinsurrey wrote: »

, and moss growth in the joints and mortar will make it structurally unsafe and therefore a safety risk.

So you're saying that if my house had moss in the joints and mortar and I lived there, they would 'take action'?

What action, exactly?

martinsurrey

pimento wrote: »

So you're saying that if my house had moss in the joints and mortar and I lived there, they would 'take action'?

What action, exactly?

If your house was becoming structurally unsafe the council could get a court order to force you to either repair it or demolish it, and if you didn’t they could do it for you and make you pay

http://www.wirral.gov.uk/my-services/environment-and-planning/building-control/dangerous-structures/frequently-asked-questions

there is a link to one councils policy on it.

Dave_the_Ginger_Cat

This is probably a slightly controversial one, but what if the neighbours were willing as a group to to come together to do, say, some gardening or tidying up to improve the look and feel of this house and your street

I doubt it's within the bounds of the law, but I can't imagine anyone will complain

Land_Registry

Fire_Fox wrote: »

Who in the council has been informed? They are generally large organisations completely incapable of interdepartmental communication. Who owns the property according to land registry?

Establishing whether the property is registered and if so to whom is a starting point - check our online FAQs as you may be able to search online and identify the ownership details. There is a fee but if a single property then it would be as little as £3.

You refer to the owner dying in 1992 so you may of course already be aware of who the owner is. As Raksha states the owner may have died intestate but you can check with the Probate service and one of their registries to see if a will was recorded and probate applied for.

If they have died intestate then bona vacantia is a factor and you can get more information on this from the gov.uk website