My mother has received a letter from her solicitor that states that the property she purchased 9 years ago has resulted in some questions from the land registry. The delay is because it is apparently a first registration. It's in a town.
Is it possible to have taken 9 years for the land registry to get back with questions? If she paid the costs for the transfer does she have to pay again now for the answering of these questions?
Quite incredibly there are 23 questions from the Land registry, is this normal ? She doesn't have to answer all of them, apparently the solicitor for the vendor will know some of the answers. But this will be a cost I assume to this solicitor? One of the questions is who owns the property around her. She has an idea of some of them but just an idea. Who ever knows for sure. For example we know one side is owned by a lady who inherited from her dead husband (no will) but he acquired it with a piece of paper and title is being sorted out. The back of the garden could have any amount of owners and she does not know who they are etc. Why does the Land registry need such detail? Some of the questions are in bold type, does that mean they are more important?
Is it possible to have taken 9 years for the land registry to get back with questions? If she paid the costs for the transfer does she have to pay again now for the answering of these questions?
Quite incredibly there are 23 questions from the Land registry, is this normal ? She doesn't have to answer all of them, apparently the solicitor for the vendor will know some of the answers. But this will be a cost I assume to this solicitor? One of the questions is who owns the property around her. She has an idea of some of them but just an idea. Who ever knows for sure. For example we know one side is owned by a lady who inherited from her dead husband (no will) but he acquired it with a piece of paper and title is being sorted out. The back of the garden could have any amount of owners and she does not know who they are etc. Why does the Land registry need such detail? Some of the questions are in bold type, does that mean they are more important?