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Hi Everyone i would like to say thank you for all of your input on this subject up to now .
I have the original deeds in my possession which date back to 1889 when the property was built and who the first people are that first owned it and the solicitors names that did the original conveyancing etc.,.
I truly thought i could do this and still do as long as i am filling in the correct forms.
I was able to do the probate myself but realise it may not be as challenging as Land Registry only when i read other peoples reviews and how they were able to DIY it themselves it gave me hope that i too can do this myself too !
I have all of the relevant documents of proof just need the assistance if i got stuck on some of the questions.
I have printed off many of the forms unsure which is the one relevant to my circumstances when i spoke to Land Registry they said it was form FR1 which led me to double question it with yourselves as i wasn't sure acting only as Administrator of my Fathers and Mothers estates would it be the same as executor.
I can see the forms express wording which is suited to conveyancing and solicitors but am sure i could google this terminology for better understanding.
I might have a free house in your words but this free house needs a lot of work doing to it and i am only taking it on because it was my fathers wish to keep it in the family as my dad lived in it since he was a little boy. (His mum and dad originally rented it before he bought it in 1959).
I wasn't sure i even wanted to do this (taking the house on) but neither of the siblings wanted anything to do with it.
This is why money is tight
Ha Ha then what can we do about this situation?
I look forward to your replies and any information you can help me with.
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If the property is unregistered then Form FR1 plus DL are the correct forms needed.Our online assisted guidance will help also
It reads as if you have the deeds but the key part will be how the legal ownership/estate has been dealt with through inheritance, probate and/or administration. And ultimately who can now transfer (assent) it and they have the legal paperwork to prove it.I would recommend focussing your research on a ‘chain of representation’ to establish how things have evolved legally re the sequence of deaths/events you refer to.Properties can and do get inherited and stay in the family following a death but the legal ownership has to be transferred to make the beneficiary a legal owner.The simplest ‘chain of representation’ would be for example property owned by Grandfather. He dies and Father inherits, gets probate but doesn’t transfer the property into own name. Father then dies and Son gets probate. The Son can then transfer it to himself based on both probates and the chain created. As with all chains links can be broken, for example probate isn’t obtained at some point.
So focus on what chain you have from last conveyance through each death thereafter to You.“Official Company Representative
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