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Lost deeds
seven-day-weekend
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Just asking obo a friend.
Her mother is 101 and has just gone into a home. She is perfectly compos mentis and has asked my friend to sell her house.
They cannot locate the deeds and the land is unregistered.
My friend's mother has lived in the house for decades before going into care.
What's the next step? Is it to register the land? How do you do it without the original deeds?
Thanks in advance.
Her mother is 101 and has just gone into a home. She is perfectly compos mentis and has asked my friend to sell her house.
They cannot locate the deeds and the land is unregistered.
My friend's mother has lived in the house for decades before going into care.
What's the next step? Is it to register the land? How do you do it without the original deeds?
Thanks in advance.
(AKA HRH_MUngo)
Member #10 of £2 savers club
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Member #10 of £2 savers club
Imagine someone holding forth on biology whose only knowledge of the subject is the Book of British Birds, and you have a rough idea of what it feels like to read Richard Dawkins on theology: Terry Eagleton
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You could start here.
https://www.gov.uk/registering-land-or-property-with-land-registry/register-for-the-first-timeNO to pasty tax We won!!!! Just shows that people power works! Don't be apathetic to your cause!0 -
I think you need the deeds for that......(AKA HRH_MUngo)
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seven-day-weekend wrote: »They cannot locate the deeds
What's the next step? Is it to register the land? How do you do it without the original deeds?
You need to start with a variation on "where did you last see them?", as this is what the Land Registry will ask (assuming you're talking about a property in England or Wales) - what steps have they taken to attempt locating the deeds? When did she buy/inherit the property? Have they tried previous lawyers? Was there ever a mortgage - if so, what about the bank / building society?0 -
Thanks, I'm sure my friend/her mother can supply that information.(AKA HRH_MUngo)
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