Whether you're a layman looking to understand your own transaction or a lawyer needing assistance with a client's conveyancing our step by step sale and purchase guides will lead you through the process while our mini guides will break the whole thing into manageable chunks and give a deep insight into the key issues and stages. Leasehold, freehold, unregistered, registered – we've got it all covered.
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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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I would need to fill a few gaps in the information before giving a definitive opinion, for example is it a fact that the freeholder died leaving no heir or an assumption? (I suspect it is the latter). If a person does die without a surviving heir then control of his assets passes to the Treasury Solicitor who holds them on trust for the Crown. In the case of a freehold reversion the Treasury Solicitor does not inherit the responsibilities of a landlord but does take the benefits, i.e. the right to collect rent and receive payment in return for extending the lease. In any case you need to consider the following:
How long is left on the lease? if it is under 100 years then it may well need to be extended by the time you sell, or by your heirs. This is still possible if the freeholder is untraceable but much more difficult and probably therefore more expensive in terms of legal fees
Is it a house or a flat? If it is a flat then you need to think about maintenance of the common parts of the building - who will enforce the obligations of the other tenants?
If the property is a house with a very long lease (100 plus years) then you should be able to proceed by putting in place "absent landlord" indemnity insurance. To say that the property is "for all intents and purposes a freehold" is however simply incorrect.