Find title deeds, boundaries for a property?

[NigelJK]

I believe that is what was called a 'postcode search'. I only know this as the solicitors who I used for my house purchase sent the search to the wrong local authority first time around ...

Something like this?

[northernladyuk]

The Land Registry is a few minutes walk up the road from me - would you like me to pop in and ask them on my way to town?

Do you pass a Greggs?

[NickFitz]

Do you pass a Greggs?

Yes

[xoggoth]

Did they need a mortgage to buy the property? If so, it would be usual for the mortgagees to retain and store the documents.

[northernladyuk]

Yes

Liar. You've never passed a Greggs in your life.

Pick us up a cheese and onion pasty, will you love?

[OwlHoot]

Oh boy, do I know all about this....

From that post:

I'm buying some additional land as part of the transaction. Turns out that the piece of land doesn't appear to be registered to the vendor ( or anyone else) so I can't buy it and have it registered in my name until that's cleared up. ...

If land isn't registered, what is (or was) to prevent you simply registering it in your own name without having to buy it from anyone?

[northernladyuk]

From that post:



If land isn't registered, what is (or was) to prevent you simply registering it in your own name without having to buy it from anyone?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theft#United_Kingdom

[d000hg]

If land isn't registered, what is (or was) to prevent you simply registering it in your own name without having to buy it from anyone?

It appears you can but someone may come forward later with a deed proving you wrong. In such cases it appears indemnity insurance is quite common.

[RSoles]

A potential buyer for my late parents' house is asking to see the land boundaries. While they probably had the deeds somewhere they'll be in a filing cabinet somewhere (possible beware of the leopard sign) 500 miles away in deepest Cornwall!

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How's about old-fashioned paper/vellum(?) deeds in the strongroom of your late parents' solicitors.
That's where mine were/are.

[d000hg]

I need to find who the solicitor is first!

I should be down there in a few weeks so spending serious time/money on a solution isn't worth it but it's still not ideal when a potential buyer wants to see it before making an offer (I have no idea unless they've been stung like BBP in the past)