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Handing over title deeds - is this normal?
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If it is unregistered then no money needs to be paid.Pay £3 to the Land Registry here to check if the property is registered..
I disagree, the original deeds and other documents attached to it can and do include information important for the Proprietor that HMLR do not transcribe into their electronic version. The original Title Plan can indicate useful information that the newer OS based plans do not. Additionally, the electronic version do not show the T or H marks on the boundaries. This would overcome so many "which is my boundary/fence" questions...If it is, the 'Deeds' are held elctronically by the LR, and the importance/relevance of any paper Deeds is minimal...
I am in the process of buying a property and noticed that Condition 6.5.1 of Standard Conditions of Sale (5th Edition) states that "on completion the seller must hand over the documents of Title". Therefore, I have asked the seller for the deeds, which he said are with his previous solicitor and reminded my solicitor of this Condition.
Regards,
John0 -
You're right.Johnhowell wrote: »If it is unregistered then no money needs to be paid.
I disagree, the original deeds and other documents attached to it can and do include information important for the Proprietor that HMLR do not transcribe into their electronic version. The original Title Plan can indicate useful information that the newer OS based plans do not. Additionally, the electronic version do not show the T or H marks on the boundaries. This would overcome so many "which is my boundary/fence" questions...
I am in the process of buying a property and noticed that Condition 6.5.1 of Standard Conditions of Sale (5th Edition) states that "on completion the seller must hand over the documents of Title". Therefore, I have asked the seller for the deeds, which he said are with his previous solicitor and reminded my solicitor of this Condition.
Regards,
John
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