Does Land Registry need telling before sale.

slackgarry

Ok so I'm ready to sell parents house. I have probate and have instructed a Estate Agent to market it. 
Does the Land Registry title need to be updated to my name before I can sell it ? 

housebuyer143

slackgarry said:

Ok so I'm ready to sell parents house. I have probate and have instructed a Estate Agent to market it. 
Does the Land Registry title need to be updated to my name before I can sell it ? 

No. Also better you keep it out of your name to avoid potential tax liabilities. 

Keep_pedalling

It would just complicate the sale, the change can take months to go through.

BarelySentientAI

slackgarry said:

Ok so I'm ready to sell parents house. I have probate and have instructed a Estate Agent to market it. 
Does the Land Registry title need to be updated to my name before I can sell it ? 

You have might have probate but the house isn't yours.  It is the estate's.

Flugelhorn

no it can be sold by "the estate of ..." no change needed beforehand and all the changes are sorted at the time of the sale 

my solicitor described it as " just  a few more key strokes" 

p00hsticks

One further point.

If you haven't already, check that the property is known to the electronic Land Registry system - compulsory country-wide registration on sales and purchases only started in (I think) the 1990's so there are still some properties out there that people have been living in for many decades and aren't registered. 

If that is the case then you need to make sure that you have all the paperwork (deeds etc) to prove ownership of the property when you come to sell.  .

slackgarry

p00hsticks said:

One further point.

If you haven't already, check that the property is known to the electronic Land Registry system - compulsory country-wide registration on sales and purchases only started in (I think) the 1990's so there are still some properties out there that people have been living in for many decades and aren't registered. 

If that is the case then you need to make sure that you have all the paperwork (deeds etc) to prove ownership of the property when you come to sell.  .

Thanks for that. Yes its on there. Needed to find the owner of one of the fences. So bought copy a few years. Thanks again. Good Point.

BarelySentientAI

p00hsticks said:

One further point.

If you haven't already, check that the property is known to the electronic Land Registry system - compulsory country-wide registration on sales and purchases only started in (I think) the 1990's so there are still some properties out there that people have been living in for many decades and aren't registered. 

If that is the case then you need to make sure that you have all the paperwork (deeds etc) to prove ownership of the property when you come to sell.  .

I'm dull, but it's quite fun looking at the land registry maps and finding unregistered plots on streets that I know well.

p00hsticks

BarelySentientAI said:

p00hsticks said:

One further point.

If you haven't already, check that the property is known to the electronic Land Registry system - compulsory country-wide registration on sales and purchases only started in (I think) the 1990's so there are still some properties out there that people have been living in for many decades and aren't registered. 

If that is the case then you need to make sure that you have all the paperwork (deeds etc) to prove ownership of the property when you come to sell.  .

I'm dull, but it's quite fun looking at the land registry maps and finding unregistered plots on streets that I know well.

Can you still do that without having a business account with them ? I have tried to look at their mapsearch before now but It appeared to want a business registration ? 

There is a property I know of that has been left abandoned for at least a decade now and I always mean to do a bit of digging to find out whether it is registered or not and if who the owners are.

It's very strange because it's a semi-detached house in a fairly prime location in quite affluent part of the country, so can only think it is either the subject of legal wrangles or no-one has been able to trace descendants of a deceased owner.  The property is in such a poor condition now that I think it would have to be demolished and rebuilt. I feel really sorry for the neighbours every time I go past it...

propertyrental

p00hsticks said:

BarelySentientAI said:

p00hsticks said:

One further point.

If you haven't already, check that the property is known to the electronic Land Registry system - compulsory country-wide registration on sales and purchases only started in (I think) the 1990's so there are still some properties out there that people have been living in for many decades and aren't registered. 

If that is the case then you need to make sure that you have all the paperwork (deeds etc) to prove ownership of the property when you come to sell.  .

I'm dull, but it's quite fun looking at the land registry maps and finding unregistered plots on streets that I know well.

Can you still do that without having a business account with them ? I have tried to look at their mapsearch before now but It appeared to want a business registration ? 

Yes. Public map enquiry then £3 each for title and plan.

https://search-property-information.service.gov.uk/search/map-search/