Buying my Grandma's house

BWZN93

Hello

I have a bit of a strange request. My grandmother died in 1991, and her husband (not my granddad - but he is lovely, like a granddad) I believe still lives in the property.

Im not questioning who has the right to live there etc, I just want to actually buy the house at some point in the future, and wondered how I would go about doing this.

Is there a way I can find out who actually owns the property at present? My Grandma's husband is really old now, and last time I heard, he wasnt really well (my parents are divorced so I dont have a lot of contact with my fathers side, although relations are great). Looking ahead in the future, when he dies (Im not looking forward to it, im not heartless, I just want the property to stay in the family as I have always loved being there) and if he is the owner of the house, I would actually like to buy the property.

Is it worth getting in contact with my fathers side of the property so that my intentions are known, and I could get 'first look' in? I would pay full market price as I am not looking for anyone to lose out, the house just holds a lot of memories for me and I feel would be an ideal home, so I really would like to own it.

Sorry if this doesnt make much sense!

Jo xx

Little_Miss_Winner

Hi Jo,

Try this site https://www.aboutproperty.co.uk

This site has lotos of useful information. The pages I found the info below on, was called "Find out what your neigbours paid for their house". I know this isn't what you wanted to do. But it will tell you, who owns your grandmas house.

Heres an extract from the site.
"If you have always wondered how much your neighbours paid for their house, you can find out from today.


For two pounds per enquiry members of the public can now browse the Land Registry's database, and discover who owns a property, their mortgage lender, the price of the house (if registered since 1st April 2000) as well as any rights of way or other rights affecting the house.

To access the information users need little more than the property's address and a valid credit/debit card.

The Land Registry holds data on more than 19 million properties in England and Wales.

The idea behind taking the service online is to speed up the home buying process and make it more transparent. It is also part of a wider Government process to offer more services online.

Hope this helps
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margaretclare

Hi Jo

Why don't you just ask your grandad? Tell him you love the house and want it to stay in the family. I'm sure he'd like it to stay with someone who appreciates all the precious memories it holds.

Best wishes

Aunty Margaret

BWZN93

margaretclare wrote:

Hi Jo

Why don't you just ask your grandad? Tell him you love the house and want it to stay in the family. I'm sure he'd like it to stay with someone who appreciates all the precious memories it holds.

Best wishes

Aunty Margaret

I have thought about that, but I really havent seen him in about 10years, and it seems that age is taken its toll and is beginning to lose his memory (from what I hear from my Dad) and I dont want him to get even more confused or upset or anything - so I think it might be difficult to go that way. I think ill ask my Dad and find out what he knows, because he can tell his brothers that im seriously interested, as I guess they would deal with it all. I suppose that getting the details from the Land Registry would help, at least I could find out exactly what the situation is and then tell my dad to make sure everyone knows that I would be interested, and then they could make any decisions from there.

Thanks for your help so far!

Jo xx