Leasehold floor plan incorrect

shimlad

I have just received a copy of the leasehold of the flat I am buying and there is a floor plan included that is a little bit incorrect.

It basically is a little bit back to front, it is like a mirror image of the what the actual reality is.

The actually size, number of rooms etc. Is correct and the title plan is also correct.

Should this be something to be concerned about ?

Thanks.

economic

shimlad wrote: »

I have just received a copy of the leasehold of the flat I am buying and there is a floor plan included that is a little bit incorrect.

It basically is a little bit back to front, it is like a mirror image of the what the actual reality is.

The actually size, number of rooms etc. Is correct and the title plan is also correct.

Should this be something to be concerned about ?

Thanks.

what does your solicitor think?

shimlad

Just discovered it today, will contact him Monday. My instinct is probably not to major issues has I'm fairly sure a lot of leasehold's are sold without even having a floor plan. But I am no expert!

Hoploz

Er ... You don't want to find out later you accidentally bought the wrong flat!

G_M

It'll be the plan for the flat the other side.

Might just be they've used the sameplan twich. Might be you're buying the flat opposite - that isn't for sale....

shimlad

The leasehold references the correct flat number etc.
The title deed, showing the flat location is correct.
Its position within the building is correct.
Just this floor plan which is included and marked as the flat number I am buying, but it cant be!

shimlad

I got some legal advice:

I'd normally ask the current owner to sort it out, but if this is a repossession then the 'owner' wants to see it sold ASAP to realise funds to pay the debt. You can sort this out afterwards, but there will be expenses and time so if you are making an offer, I'd factor that into how much you are prepared to pay.

davidmcn

If the deeds describe the wrong flat, did the lender even have the right to repossess the property they've marketed? They might have the right to repossess the flat across the landing (after evicting its surprised occupant).

AlexMac

Did your solicitor resolve the problem of potentially living in a parallel universe?

More seriously, ask your brief if this is an issue. My solicitor (or rather, the clerk who does the work) is particularly eagle-eyed, and found a dissonance between the actualite and the plans when we bought a flat once. No one previously had noticed (nor cared?) in several sell-ons since conversion in the 1980's, but her point was, that if we were ever in a hurry to sell, or if we were selling in a buyers' market, then a gimlet eyed buyer could make waves and screw us on the price (as a mate of mine once did whem buying with a similar title glitch.

So she got it fixed, at the vendor's expense, before we exchanged...

So ask your brief, assumeing she or he are half competent...?

shimlad

davidmcn wrote: »

If the deeds describe the wrong flat, did the lender even have the right to repossess the property they've marketed? They might have the right to repossess the flat across the landing (after evicting its surprised occupant).

The deeds are correct.

It is a supplementary floor plan included in the leasehold that is incorrect.

davidmcn

shimlad wrote: »

It is a supplementary floor plan included in the leasehold that is incorrect.

Where is this plan referred to? What is it meant to show?