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No title deeds registered
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Onemorebeer said:We don't intend buying the land, but if we sell the house the new owner will require title deeds which we don't have.
You sell the leasehold to the land - which includes whatever happens to be built on it. That's the "title deeds" that the new owner will require - the leasehold title.
You've confused yourself by thinking that "a house needs deeds". It doesn't.
Can you actually confirm that your dad owned the leasehold title to the land?0 -
Onemorebeer said:Thanks for your comments, it's leasehold, the land is registered and I have a letter from the land owner giving there consent for my father to build a house on the land. The house was built but it appears no deeds were ever applied for.So the land is leasehold. And is registered. Who (NOW) is the registered owner of that lease? If you're not sure, pay £3 to the Land Registry here and download the leasehold title. That will show the owner of the lease (which includes the property built on the leasehold land)
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Thank you, I did this and only one record exists for the address and that is the company that own the land we pay ground rent to. I searched the other houses on the road and they all have two records, one is the same land owner and the other is the the property built on the land.0
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Hi,Onemorebeer said:Thank you, I did this and only one record exists for the address and that is the company that own the land we pay ground rent to. I searched the other houses on the road and they all have two records, one is the same land owner and the other is the the property built on the land.
There is no need for you to have a document which refers to a house - the Land Registry deals in land, if you own or lease land then you automatically own or lease everything attached to it (subject to any conditions in the wording of the lease).
The lease should be registered with the land registry, if it isnt then you need to get that fixed and a conveyancing solicitor is recommended for that. It is also possible that the lease is registered but in a way that it isn't immediately apparent on the Land Registry website.
If you don't have a lease then you may be in a position where the house isn't yours but belongs to the freeholder of the land - I don't think that is likely but if you don't have a lease then you need to talk to a solicitor with what documentation you do have to understand your position.
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My neighbour is just dealing with first registration of a property she owns, she has been told the Land Registry is taking a year to deal with these properties.1
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doodling said:Hi,Onemorebeer said:Thank you, I did this and only one record exists for the address and that is the company that own the land we pay ground rent to. I searched the other houses on the road and they all have two records, one is the same land owner and the other is the the property built on the land.
There is no need for you to have a document which refers to a house - the Land Registry deals in land, if you own or lease land then you automatically own or lease everything attached to it (subject to any conditions in the wording of the lease).
The lease should be registered with the land registry, if it isnt then you need to get that fixed and a conveyancing solicitor is recommended for that. It is also possible that the lease is registered but in a way that it isn't immediately apparent on the Land Registry website.
If you don't have a lease then you may be in a position where the house isn't yours but belongs to the freeholder of the land - I don't think that is likely but if you don't have a lease then you need to talk to a solicitor with what documentation you do have to understand your position.0
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