Annexe as part of main building - options

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You say it is two properties for purposes of council tax and has separate utilities, so what exactly are you buying? The freehold to the property or something? Are there separate title deeds i.e. can you rent the flat or even sell it... I forget how this all works even though I own a flat in a house!

Paying two sets of CTax sounds like a PITA although maybe it's like £100pcm and not really a concern in the grand scheme of things... if you recombine your main property banding might go up anyway I suppose. Perhaps keeping them separate is handy for future flexibility.

CAn you get between the two properties or are they walled off?

Why is he a ******? He doesn't want the hassle.

Not even that, it's pretty standard to terminate a rental agreement in fact unless it's an AST (which you have to honour) the old tenancy agreement automatically ends as it's with the previous owners.
J-Hole is just being an A-hole and seemingly forgetting this isn't General.

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I suppose I'm struggling with why you'd buy a property that has this extra space you have no use for.

It's a freebie with the house they want. We use less than half our house but we like the house.

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You say it is two properties for purposes of council tax and has separate utilities, so what exactly are you buying? The freehold to the property or something? Are there separate title deeds i.e. can you rent the flat or even sell it... I forget how this all works even though I own a flat in a house!

Paying two sets of CTax sounds like a PITA although maybe it's like £100pcm and not really a concern in the grand scheme of things... if you recombine your main property banding might go up anyway I suppose. Perhaps keeping them separate is handy for future flexibility.

CAn you get between the two properties or are they walled off?


Not even that, it's pretty standard to terminate a rental agreement in fact unless it's an AST (which you have to honour) the old tenancy agreement automatically ends as it's with the previous owners.
J-Hole is just being an A-hole and seemingly forgetting this isn't General.

Yes it's freehold.
It's a basement conversion to an annexe.
We can't get between the two yet as the doors have been sealed. But apparently the stair case is in place so it's just door sorting.


As for AST....... Well there's a long story.... To cut it short....
2 lenders that said they are happy with AST. One basically wasn't and even with the tenant named on the mortgage offer, and the conveyancer told to get some paperwork they point blank refused to release funds if not vacant.
2nd lender. Also happy with AST... The conveyancer conditions had 'property must be vacant on completion'.

No time for a 3rd lender, so the vendor is booting the tenant out.

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Yes it's freehold.
It's a basement conversion to an annexe.

So are there deeds to two properties? Given there are two addresses and it's registered as two properties for CTax, are you buying both? How would you prove you own 17a?
Just curious really.

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So are there deeds to two properties? Given there are two addresses and it's registered as two properties for CTax, are you buying both? How would you prove you own 17a?
Just curious really.

1 x land registry registration
1 x contract of purchase for the whole thing
2 x property information forms

Not seen the deeds as I haven't completed.