Freeholder

noddynoo

Is it my responsibility to inform the freeholder of who I sold my flat to? I had to pay her solicitor £250 to answer the freeholders questions even though there are just 2 flats and no managing agent etc so no real questions to answer The flat completed in June and the new owners have let it and I have no idea who lives there but the freeholder has texted me asking for their details for insurance Can;t she find this out herself via her solicitor?

anselld

Not your problem any more. Just tell her you don't have the details.
Or request £250 to answer her enquiry.

noddynoo

Thanks she made my life hell for the short time I lived there as she lives abroad and never did any maintenance etc so I feel justified in ignoring her!!She has a new roof on us so she is 3k up

G_M

anselld wrote: »

. request £250 to answer her enquiry.

This. Send letter with official headed invoice.

noddynoo

She would never pay anything but I would love to!!!:rotfl:

HouseBuyer77

I think you'll find the cost is closer to £500.

Along with your time required to read and understand the question you need to consider the impact of data protection and then perform the data access itself.

All very time consuming stuff!

noddynoo

I am really laughing at these if you knew what she was like Rents her flat out but pretends she is there and does no maintenance ever She will be very disappointed she has to pay her solicitor to find out their names!

G_M

noddynoo wrote: »

...... Rents her flat out but pretends she is there and does no maintenance ever .....

so not declaring the rent to HMRC then?

https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/hm-revenue-customs/contact/reporting-tax-evasion

jimmy_cricket

I had this experience but from the opposite angle.

I'm the freeholder and the leaseholder decided that they did not want to pay the ground rent, ignoring all demands and reminders.

So, they eventually put the flat up for sale and I received the information questionnaire to complete as the freeholder.

I politely responded stating that I was not willing to action this until outstanding ground rent was paid and that my fee for completing the form was £250.

I received back from the solicitor an incredibly arrogant and rude letter, basically saying how very dare you. I just ignored until they paid up. In the meantime, I received more letters from the solicitor, again with an unfortunate tone and a visit to my home from the estate agent.

Suggest that you do the same and as instructed on here

Richard_Webster

It is of course up to the buyer's solicitor to send notice of transfer to the freholder. Virtually all residential leases have a clause requiring this and the payment of a fee to the freeholder. So it looks as if the buyer's solicitor hasn't done this.