Need advice please re. my belongings

RAS

If the Building Society do hold the deeds, this property may never have been been added to the Land Registry. How long did you live there?

linclass

RAS wrote: »

If the Building Society do hold the deeds, this property may never have been been added to the Land Registry. How long did you live there?

It will be 9 years in February. She did give me a Title number and suggested I contact LR..

LL

**UPDATE** I've just called Land Registry with relevant Title number and was told THERE AND THEN that we are stated as JOINT tennants. I will though, need to up date my address for the records, and have d/loaded the help sheet to enable me to do this.

BitterAndTwisted

There are a number of look-alike sites that come up as ads in a Google search for the Land Registry. The only site people should use is the one suffixed with .gov.uk i.e. this one: http://www.landregistry.gov.uk and I believe that the charge is a modest four quid.

Are you happy now with the advice given about gaining access to your belongings? If you wanted to be fair to your husband, as he dosn't respond to phone calls or emails, you could just write him a letter giving him a date that you intend to visit and suggest if it's not convenient you would be happy to negotiate. If no response then book a locksmith.

linclass

BitterAndTwisted wrote: »

There are a number of look-alike sites that come up as ads in a Google search for the Land Registry. The only site people should use is the one suffixed with .gov.uk i.e. this one: http://www.landregistry.gov.uk and I believe that the charge is a modest four quid.

Are you happy now with the advice given about gaining access to your belongings? If you wanted to be fair to your husband, as he dosn't respond to phone calls or emails, you could just write him a letter giving him a date that you intend to visit and suggest if it's not convenient you would be happy to negotiate. If no response then book a locksmith.

YES!!! I was *almost* taken in by one of these websites, for DVLA - I got my money back pretty quickly after I requested it though...

It's a 67 mile round trip should we agree on a day then he decide not to be there... I've had 2 emails from him today, one asking after my health the other advising landline no longer active... I'll try once more to request a time to collect, then take it further.

Yes, very pleased with what's been advised on here, better than I expected.

:T

LL

maman

It seems you've been given some fairly knowledgeable advice but I still think an appointment with a solicitor would be a good idea.

NinjaSavingKat

Sorry to butt in here as I haven't read the entire thread but there is no way a locksmith worth their salt would get involved in any case of domestic incident. He would never know who's side is right according to the law so would not help one party get into a premises whether it's in that persons name or not. It would be more than his business is worth.

The police however will attend the premises with you should you wish. You're ex will need to be in and "could" refuse entry as the police would only be there to prevent a breach of the peace not force your ex to open then door...

And like you said with a small village you might want to avoid using the police at all....

BitterAndTwisted

Actually, that is absolute cobblers! A registered owner, a registered owner who can presumably prove their identity with a driver's licence or a passport, could and will be able to persuade a locksmith to gain them entry.

Unless you're a specialist in this area of property law I suggest you don't post telling people what they can or cannot do to their own property.

Mojisola

NinjaSavingKat wrote: »

The police however will attend the premises with you should you wish. You're ex will need to be in and "could" refuse entry as the police would only be there to prevent a breach of the peace not force your ex to open then door...

The ex would not need to be in if access could be achieved by having a locksmith change the locks.

If he was in and tried to prevent the OP entering the house, they would intervene and make him allow her to go into her own house. That's the point of them being there when one partner feels at risk from the other while trying to collect their own possessions.

fluffnutter

NinjaSavingKat wrote: »

Sorry to butt in here as I haven't read the entire thread but there is no way a locksmith worth their salt would get involved in any case of domestic incident. He would never know who's side is right according to the law so would not help one party get into a premises whether it's in that persons name or not. It would be more than his business is worth.

The police however will attend the premises with you should you wish. You're ex will need to be in and "could" refuse entry as the police would only be there to prevent a breach of the peace not force your ex to open then door...

And like you said with a small village you might want to avoid using the police at all....

You're talking absolute nonsense. How on earth do you think people get into their own homes if they live alone and unfortunately lose their keys? Of course a locksmith will help you gain access to a house, provided you can prove you live there. They won't give a monkey's about domestic incidents or not. They're just doing a job. A perfectly legitimate and legal job.

BitterAndTwisted

My downstairs neighbour arranged for a locksmith to call and replace the locks when I was mugged and had my bag stolen with from me with my wallet and keys in it. I wasn't there when the lock-change happened as I had to go to work and she paid for it as well. No questions were asked. No ID was requested. Zilch