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Freehold Question
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Frog1001
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Four years ago i lived in a block of 4 flats - each flat owner had a quarter share of the freehold. When i sold the flat the freehold was supposed to be transferred to the new owner.
I received a call a couple of days ago from someone who is trying to sell their flat and requires a signature from each of the freeholders, as i did when i sold. Apparently the Land Registry still has my name listed as one of the freeholders! This person then asked around and was informed of my place of work by the Estate Agent :mad: . So she has been phoning me at work every day this week to get me to sign this document.
I have phoned the solicitor i used at the time to ask them why the freehold wasnt transferred - but they said that they would look into it and get back to me, which they havent yet.
What are the responsibilities if i am still the registered freeholder? Am i liable for anything? Is it appropriate for me to sign this document (to stop this woman phoning me at work) even if i shouldnt really be the freeholder?
I am hoping that the solicitor will sort this out, as this should have been dealt with at the time, but any advice would be much appreciated.
p.s I will be having words with the Estate Agent!!
I received a call a couple of days ago from someone who is trying to sell their flat and requires a signature from each of the freeholders, as i did when i sold. Apparently the Land Registry still has my name listed as one of the freeholders! This person then asked around and was informed of my place of work by the Estate Agent :mad: . So she has been phoning me at work every day this week to get me to sign this document.
I have phoned the solicitor i used at the time to ask them why the freehold wasnt transferred - but they said that they would look into it and get back to me, which they havent yet.
What are the responsibilities if i am still the registered freeholder? Am i liable for anything? Is it appropriate for me to sign this document (to stop this woman phoning me at work) even if i shouldnt really be the freeholder?
I am hoping that the solicitor will sort this out, as this should have been dealt with at the time, but any advice would be much appreciated.
p.s I will be having words with the Estate Agent!!
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I would say none - it will probably just a bit of paperwork gone astray - if not you will be protected by your solicitors indemnity insurance for their error.0
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As a conveyancing solicitor I keep running across instances of foul ups concerning "shared freeholds". Probably buyer's solicitor forgot to deal with it when you sold.
It is unlikely to do you any harm to sign the transfer deed.
This kind of thing can happen, partly because solicitors get it wrong (a factory conveyancer would be completely confused with something like this), and partly because the people in the flats get confused and don't understand why they have to sign, or disappear, leaving the others stuck, unable easily to transfer the freehold because of a missing signature.
Some of the points about these shared freeholds are explained in the threads referred to at:
http://www.houseweb.co.uk/house/forum/Forum1/HTML/000278.htmlRICHARD WEBSTER
As a retired conveyancing solicitor I believe the information given in the post to be useful assuming any properties concerned are in England/Wales but I accept no liability for it.0
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