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A big part of the conveyancing process is the conveyancing searches. This section tells you all about them. What they are, how and when to order them and how to interpret the results. Each search has its own guide and you'll see they are separated into Standard (should be done in every case), Regional (area specific) and Optional (not essential but often useful tools for the would be purchaser). All buyers should beware that when you buy a property, the law assumes that you have seen the information that would have been revealed by searches whether or not you have actually carried them out, so you buy the property subject to the results.
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Hi, I live on a new build estate with 20 houses, the land was previously owned by the property developer and managed by a separate management company. The property developer has since been liquidated and the land passed to the crown as it was unowned, I believe the term is Bona Vacantia. I have been told by the management company that a residential management company was set up and is still in affect and service charge still payable, I have recently been made a director of the residents management company as I was told by the management company this was the only way to make amendments to the service charge, specifically I and my neighbours wanted to remove the ground maintenance charge as the cost is extortionate and the communal area practically non-existent. I am now being told by the management company the TP1 states ground maintenance cannot be removed. My question is, why is a TP1 still active if the developer has been liquidated and the land passed to the crown, would it not be null and void now? And if it still is in place, can it not be amended by the directors of the residents management company?
Any help on the topic would be appreciated, thanks.
The obligation to pay the charge is most likely contained in covenants created by the TP1, between the property owners and the Management Company. Obviously I haven't seen the title, but usually the title to each house will contain a restriction preventing a change of ownership without the new owner entering into the covenants in place of the seller. The Management Company and property owners can agree between themselves to vary the covenants