Land Registry questions

James_moore_2

Hi all,  I am the owner of leasehold BTL property with no mortgage. I'd like to add my wife to the title to become tenants in common, and attributing 99% to her in order to pass on the tax obligation as she has no other income.  Conveyancing fees for this are £1k which I'd like to avoid/reduce if possible. So, is this something I can do myself? Or is there a recommended on-line conveyancer that would have a much lower rate. Appreciate you advice thanks

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Paul_pickhaver said:

First post, please be gentle!
I'm in the process of selling a property, although it should have been registered when we purchased 13 years ago, this was never completed by our solicitors, so we now have to complete first registration before the sale can proceed, this is underway and we have confirmation that the case has been expedited, however the registry or solicitor can't give any idea of a timescale, can anyone tell me in average, how long an expedited first registration may take? I'm concerned that our buyer may pull out and also our new property vendor may get cold feet and put the property back on the market.
Is it at all possible if both buyer and seller are in agreement, to sell an unregistered property, my conveyancer says no, but I'm unsure??

Expedition means that generally speaking it’s processed within 2 weeks. Everything then hinges on it being in order of course
It is possible, remember that’s how it always used to happen, but the decision is often for the mortgage lender and not the seller/buyer to make. Many say No depending on mortgage product involved 

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James_moore_2 said:

Hi all,  I am the owner of leasehold BTL property with no mortgage. I'd like to add my wife to the title to become tenants in common, and attributing 99% to her in order to pass on the tax obligation as she has no other income.  Conveyancing fees for this are £1k which I'd like to avoid/reduce if possible. So, is this something I can do myself? Or is there a recommended on-line conveyancer that would have a much lower rate. Appreciate you advice thanks

See  https://www.gov.uk/registering-land-or-property-with-land-registry/transfer-ownership-of-your-property for guidance re the registration requirements 
You don’t have to use a conveyancer but we’d always recommend you do as they know the forms/process, can verify your identities and also advise on wider matters such as the TIC aspect you are referring to 

shubbar

I’m buying a flat and its taking more than 4 months ready from the offer date. 
The seller solicitor are being slow and awful from start to finish.
My solicitor believe The filed plan is incorrect regarding the access way to the property. It seems like a simple change. The seller solicitor arrange for the land registry 
to amend the plan accordingly as the property should include the land coloured green on the lease plan.
We have also asked land registry to expedite. 

How long dose land registry take for such request I have been waiting around 7 working days now. Im not sure if this will take months or week to make such change. I’m currently on temporary accommodation waiting for this amendment to take place.
 Please let me know from experience with land registry , how long this cant take . 
tittle number BK225025  
thank you 

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shubbar said:

I’m buying a flat and its taking more than 4 months ready from the offer date. 
The seller solicitor are being slow and awful from start to finish.
My solicitor believe The filed plan is incorrect regarding the access way to the property. It seems like a simple change. The seller solicitor arrange for the land registry 
to amend the plan accordingly as the property should include the land coloured green on the lease plan.
We have also asked land registry to expedite. 

How long dose land registry take for such request I have been waiting around 7 working days now. Im not sure if this will take months or week to make such change. I’m currently on temporary accommodation waiting for this amendment to take place.
 Please let me know from experience with land registry , how long this cant take . 
tittle number BK225025  
thank you 

Expedition reduces the wait time before it’s processed. Usually to less than 2 weeks 
In this case we’ve written to the conveyancer asking them for more to enable us to move matters on. That was on 30th April and we await their reply. 

shubbar

Land_Registry said:

shubbar said:

I’m buying a flat and its taking more than 4 months ready from the offer date. 
The seller solicitor are being slow and awful from start to finish.
My solicitor believe The filed plan is incorrect regarding the access way to the property. It seems like a simple change. The seller solicitor arrange for the land registry 
to amend the plan accordingly as the property should include the land coloured green on the lease plan.
We have also asked land registry to expedite. 

How long dose land registry take for such request I have been waiting around 7 working days now. Im not sure if this will take months or week to make such change. I’m currently on temporary accommodation waiting for this amendment to take place.
 Please let me know from experience with land registry , how long this cant take . 
tittle number BK225025  
thank you 

Expedition reduces the wait time before it’s processed. Usually to less than 2 weeks 
In this case we’ve written to the conveyancer asking them for more to enable us to move matters on. That was on 30th April and we await their reply. 

Thank you for getting back to me The seller solicitor are very slow with communication.
please let me know wether you need two weeks from the day you get the answers needed. or should be less considering the case has already started ?

it will mean a lot to me if we can get this done asap.

Many thanks  
 

Nellie15

Hi we are getting excited at possibly hearing something regarding our application, it is almost 12 months ! 

Could you see if there has been any progress on this application NYK485182/F/030/HG7673E. 
Thanks. 

Land_Registry

shubbar said:

Land_Registry said:

shubbar said:

I’m buying a flat and its taking more than 4 months ready from the offer date. 
The seller solicitor are being slow and awful from start to finish.
My solicitor believe The filed plan is incorrect regarding the access way to the property. It seems like a simple change. The seller solicitor arrange for the land registry 
to amend the plan accordingly as the property should include the land coloured green on the lease plan.
We have also asked land registry to expedite. 

How long dose land registry take for such request I have been waiting around 7 working days now. Im not sure if this will take months or week to make such change. I’m currently on temporary accommodation waiting for this amendment to take place.
 Please let me know from experience with land registry , how long this cant take . 
tittle number BK225025  
thank you 

Expedition reduces the wait time before it’s processed. Usually to less than 2 weeks 
In this case we’ve written to the conveyancer asking them for more to enable us to move matters on. That was on 30th April and we await their reply. 

Thank you for getting back to me The seller solicitor are very slow with communication.
please let me know wether you need two weeks from the day you get the answers needed. or should be less considering the case has already started ?

it will mean a lot to me if we can get this done asap.

Many thanks  
 

2 weeks only applies to the request to expedite part. Thereafter next steps are asap 

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Nellie15 said:

Hi we are getting excited at possibly hearing something regarding our application, it is almost 12 months ! 

Could you see if there has been any progress on this application NYK485182/F/030/HG7673E. 
Thanks. 

Nothing as yet and still waiting to be processed. 

Nellie15

Land_Registry said:

Nellie15 said:

Hi we are getting excited at possibly hearing something regarding our application, it is almost 12 months ! 

Could you see if there has been any progress on this application NYK485182/F/030/HG7673E. 
Thanks. 

Nothing as yet and still waiting to be processed. 

Hi 12 months on the 17th. How much longer will it be ??? 

I thought the website was quoting 11 months. Is there a process in place to process applications that are delayed Surely they can’t be still blaming Covid ? 

Change of ownership applications are currently  stated as 5/6 weeks, is this the real timescale ? I have a TR1 submitted for application too. 

Thanks