Land Registry questions

zuccherino

Land_Registry said:

zuccherino said:

Hello
I purchased a leasehold flat in August 2018. The seller extended the lease with the freeholder just weeks before selling, but the leasehold term has not been updated on the property register. Who is responsible for filing this update with land registry? Should it have been my solicitor, the freeholder or the seller? The property title number is NGL444803.
Can you offer any advice on the best way forward?
Many thanks

If it was extended and then you bought it’s less about whose responsible but all about making sure both are applied for and in the right order. If you bought then your conveyancer would normally either agree the seller apply to register the extension before you then apply to register your purchase. Or you do both. 

Looking at the title history it looks like the same conveyancer made the 2 applications but a few weeks apart. So that must be your conveyancer 
Unfortunately the lease extension was rejected as the application form was incomplete. So the later purchase was registered without the lease being extended
Suggest you speak to your conveyancer and ask them to check/confirm and then apply to update the register as appropriate .  

Thanks for the response and info. I will check as you suggest. Are you able to let me know the dates of the rejected applications? 
If the lease extension was agreed in the name of the previous owner does that present a problem with resolving this? 

thanks

Land_Registry

zuccherino said:

Land_Registry said:

zuccherino said:

Hello
I purchased a leasehold flat in August 2018. The seller extended the lease with the freeholder just weeks before selling, but the leasehold term has not been updated on the property register. Who is responsible for filing this update with land registry? Should it have been my solicitor, the freeholder or the seller? The property title number is NGL444803.
Can you offer any advice on the best way forward?
Many thanks

If it was extended and then you bought it’s less about whose responsible but all about making sure both are applied for and in the right order. If you bought then your conveyancer would normally either agree the seller apply to register the extension before you then apply to register your purchase. Or you do both. 

Looking at the title history it looks like the same conveyancer made the 2 applications but a few weeks apart. So that must be your conveyancer 
Unfortunately the lease extension was rejected as the application form was incomplete. So the later purchase was registered without the lease being extended
Suggest you speak to your conveyancer and ask them to check/confirm and then apply to update the register as appropriate .  

Thanks for the response and info. I will check as you suggest. Are you able to let me know the dates of the rejected applications? 
If the lease extension was agreed in the name of the previous owner does that present a problem with resolving this? 

thanks

There were 5 applications attempted but all rejected. One submitted in Sept 2018, one in Oct and three in Nov. 

It shouldn’t provided an application is made and it is in order re any necessary consents and why only now applied for. 

Very much something to clarify and confirm with your conveyancer 

Swipe

My solicitor submitted an application mid July to register a previously unregistered property I inherited and add my name to the tittle. Could you tell me the current turnaround times for this type of application as I've yet to hear anything yet?

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Swipe said:

My solicitor submitted an application mid July to register a previously unregistered property I inherited and add my name to the tittle. Could you tell me the current turnaround times for this type of application as I've yet to hear anything yet?

You should expect to wait at least 10 months from submission but it could very well be longer. 

Two key things to note in that regard. First your ownership was protected from the date of lodgement/receipt. The wait time is long and a burden for all but if there’s no urgency then all about waiting. 

Second is if an urgency arises such as you sell or you remortgage your solicitor can ask us to expedite things and reduce that wait time so it’s considered within a couple of weeks. 

HH2022

Hello, 

What do the large S symbols mean on the Land Registry maps of a plot ? 

Massy

Did a transfer of ownership with a TR1 Form back on 1st November, had Santander confirm all good.

How long does it take for the online deed to update so i can pay and download a copy?

Tried in December and Jan but still not updated

Land_Registry

HH2022 said:

Hello, 

What do the large S symbols mean on the Land Registry maps of a plot ? 

They are Ordnance Survey ‘brace’ markings, Not HMLR markings or anything to with registration of title 

Land_Registry

Massy said:

Did a transfer of ownership with a TR1 Form back on 1st November, had Santander confirm all good.

How long does it take for the online deed to update so i can pay and download a copy?

Tried in December and Jan but still not updated

At least 3 months wait, if not a little longer, until it’s processed and the register updated. 

Yellymar

Hi Land Registry. We had a anti fraud restriction placed on our house when we bought it in 2020, but don’t really understand why our conveyancers put it in place as looking on what it’s used for, didn’t apply to us (?mis sold to us? Anyway, we want to remortgage and are currently looking to sort out a certificate of compliance to get past the remortgage deadline, but ideally we would want this restriction removed. How easy is it for us to apply for it ourselves using ? Form RX4?  Do we need to ask our current mortgage lender approval first? Also how much would this cost us?

Thank you. 

Land_Registry

Yellymar said:

Hi Land Registry. We had a anti fraud restriction placed on our house when we bought it in 2020, but don’t really understand why our conveyancers put it in place as looking on what it’s used for, didn’t apply to us (?mis sold to us? Anyway, we want to remortgage and are currently looking to sort out a certificate of compliance to get past the remortgage deadline, but ideally we would want this restriction removed. How easy is it for us to apply for it ourselves using ? Form RX4?  Do we need to ask our current mortgage lender approval first? Also how much would this cost us?

Thank you. 

Some conveyancers apply as part of their service so doubtless your’s did at the time
You can apply using a form RX3 to cancel it and you’d need a conveyancer’s certificate as per the restriction word8ng also
Your lender isn’t involved and there’s no fee