Title Issues - Check your title deeds post sale!

waribai

Thrugelmir said:

No one has been negligent. The only people who knew the position are dead. Just one of those things that crop on rare occasions. 

Thanks. Just to clarify, I am not looking to sue anyone. I just want this to be resolved!

waribai

Where you see the channel in the pathway demarcates the original and adjoining land. So, the garage straddles the land of both titles in fact. Hence why the titled land 
is so small.
 

waribai

An update on this. I spoke with our next door neighbour by chance today. According to him, the estate agent who sold us the house has approached him recently and asked if he would like to buy the land on which our garage stands.

As you can see from this screenshot of the estate agent's advert which is still live the house was advertised as including the garage and no mention was made of a separate title.


Any advice on this would be most welcome as this has put a very different complexion on our family's weekend. The silver lining is that the neighbour says he has no interest in this!

I had already notified our solicitor about the additional title. I have also passed this new information about the estate agent onto our solicitor and I am really hoping this can get resolved!

waribai

Also, any way to preserve the estate agent's webpage and text aside from my screenshot?

 I doubt a screenshot would be admissible in court!

Thanks!

user1977

waribai said:

I doubt a screenshot would be admissible in court!

Why? It's as good as any other way of saving it.

Anyway, there's absolutely no need for the listing to mention that a property is registered as one than one parcel of land. And I've never seen it done, even though it's quite commonplace for properties to be spread over more than one title.

propertyhunter

I'm sure this will be easy to resolve with your solicitor. Nice house, by the way. 

74jax

Call the estate agent, say the neighbour has said they have offered to sell your garage to them, and ask what they mean by this. 

waribai

propertyhunter said:

I'm sure this will be easy to resolve with your solicitor. Nice house, by the way. 

Thanks for the slight reassurance. As you can imagine, the neighbour’s information took the shine off our Saturday somewhat!

waribai

74jax said:

Call the estate agent, say the neighbour has said they have offered to sell your garage to them, and ask what they mean by this. 

I did think of this but I thought since he seems to be so duplicitous  the less he knows at this stage the better. Maybe better for it to come through the solicitor, no? 

74jax

waribai said:

74jax said:

Call the estate agent, say the neighbour has said they have offered to sell your garage to them, and ask what they mean by this. 

I did think of this but I thought since he seems to be so duplicitous  the less he knows at this stage the better. Maybe better for it to come through the solicitor, no? 

Personally I'd just call myself and ask why they think they selling my garage, its a straightforward question.  I'd rather know today.