Sellers form TA6 - who owns the boundary’s

longwalks1

As above, we are competing sellers form TA6 for my late mother in laws house.  We are unsure of who is responsible for the boundaries/fences down each side.

is there an easy way to find out, is there a normal answer (e.g always the left hand side) or would ‘not known’ suffice, as it is an option?
thank you all in advance 

kipsterno1

When I sold my father's house following probate I would say 90% of the questions I had to answer as unknown. On returning this to the solicitor they actually said that it isn't uncommon with probate properties as you can't be expected to know the answers if you aren't the owner and haven't lived there. 

daveyjp

If you don't know the answer is 'unknown'.  Don't guess or suggest in the answer,

longwalks1

Thank you both. Wasn’t sure if ‘unknown’ would cause any delays in the sale 

Jonboy_1984

It might be shown on the deeds, in which case put unknown and let the solicitors figure it out.

longwalks1

thanks Jonboy_1984, daft question but who would hold the deeds?  as the mortgage was paid off fully decades ago

TBG01

longwalks1 said:

thanks Jonboy_1984, daft question but who would hold the deeds?  as the mortgage was paid off fully decades ago

Assuming (you'd probably know by now if it isn't) it's registered, your Solicitor will have downloaded the necessary title documents from the Land Registry. 

MEM62

longwalks1 said:

Thank you both. Wasn’t sure if ‘unknown’ would cause any delays in the sale 

It may cause delays but that does not mean that guessing or providing misleading information is the way to go.  If you don't know you can only answer 'unknown'.     

NameUnavailable

Answer don't know. Even if you did know, if the fence fell down there's no requirement to replace it (unless there's something in the deeds/covenants or lease if it was leasehold).

markin

Even if the deeds say you are responsible for the left doesn't mean you actually own the current fence, The house on the left could have wanted a nicer higher fence or wall matching on all 3 sides and removed a 1m high wire fence many years ago.

staffie1

I’ve just bought a probate property, and likewise hardly any answers were given on the forms. The title plan doesn’t identify responsibility for any of the boundary fences, and the solicitor advised that convention states the left hand side (looking at the property from the front) is my responsibility. Also ask the neighbour is that’s also their understanding, to try to avoid any confusion.