Land registry alert

jomo1962

Hi all, long time lurker, today’s the day to post as I’ve had a Land Registry alert that activity has been detected on a freehold property I own outright. 

On checking the name of the applicant, I discovered it is a bona fide London law firm.
I have emailed them them and will also ring the Land Registry first thing. 

Any ideas, what could this be?
Thankyou in advance 

dimbo61

Ring the law firm in the morning and ask them 

tacpot12

It's very difficult to imagine what it might be if you are not aware of being in the process of selling the property. Is your property leasehold so that it might be the sale of the lease/ground rent to another landlord? 

I would call the Land Registy first to express your concern, then call the Solicitors and see if it can sorted. They might have made a mistake, but I would get them to confirm the situation via email, not just take a verbal reassurance.

You can all the Land Registy back if you find that there is a valid reason for the transaction. 

CSI_Yorkshire

What does "activity has been detected" mean?

I'd be trying to clarify that first before shooting off to anywhere else.  Unless you already know and just didn't want to write it here.

jomo1962

I was hoping for some ideas of what it could be, I haven’t initiated anything 

user1977

dimbo61 said:

Ring the law firm in the morning and ask them 

They will, I very much hope, not have a chat with a random caller about whatever it is they're doing.

OP, which firm is it? Might ring a bell with others depending on what sort of clients they have.

jomo1962

Farrer & Co Lincoln’s Inn Fields
The house is in Stoke on Trent 

silvercar

Paging @Land_Registry

K_S

@jomo1962 It could be any number of things - a search, a charge, etc. The alert email itself should give you some clue as to what it is about. If it isn't clear, might be worth speaking to the Property Alert support team number given in the email to understand what it means. They might not give you detailed information but should still be able to tell you what activity took place.

jomo1962 said:

Hi all, long time lurker, today’s the day to post as I’ve had a Land Registry alert that activity has been detected on a freehold property I own outright. 

On checking the name of the applicant, I discovered it is a bona fide London law firm.
I have emailed them them and will also ring the Land Registry first thing. 

Any ideas, what could this be?
Thankyou in advance 

jomo1962

Hi all
Spoke to solicitors lodging application ; the mineral rights underneath the freehold  property are owned by the Crown (I knew that). 

The application is administrative to replace Queen’s name by King’s. 

Thanks to Forumites who responded 👍

Land_Registry

silvercar said:

Paging @Land_Registry

Appreciate you already have your answer but are the M&M registered under their own title? 

It’s possible you identified two titles for your property and registered an alert against both. 

If you did you may wish to review the one on the M&M title and cancel it? 

Just flagging in case something to consider