I have the title deeds and the land is registered. Clear title was last checked in 2003 when parent's (singular ) mortgage was cleared. They've since passed away and I have applied for Grant of Probate at which point the property will be in mine and sibling joint name.
I won't need a mortgage as such as I "sold" my sibling my house (conveyance done by solicitor ) as payment for the parent house though I do intend getting a mortgage as house requires substantial renovation.
All we really need to do is register the property in my name only and sign a contract'.
There is no CAT liability currently.
The reason I am considering doing it myself is a complex yet simple one. I had a solicitor, a family member, who I had asked to act for me. This solicitor will not engage with me and has been obfuscatory yet it will cause a family rift if I "go elsewhere " , which is pathetic, but sadly true. The solicitor is not related to my sibling.
It's always amazing how these threads go and how as we go into it the whole situation is totally different to the OP. EG:
1. Title was not checked in 2003 when a mortgage was cleared, whatever gives you that idea?
2. We have a probate situation
3. Is it necessary to put property in both names (I don't know but a solicitors would)
4. Something about another house, sold, no idea where the monies went for that, to the sibling I think for half the parents house
5. An intention now to get a mortgage on parents house
6. Possibly having a first registration with the Propoprty people (I as executor (doing it myself, have one of those types of properties and my solicitor (as friend and in lieu of future business, plus estate worth diddly squat) advised me to just leave the messy title until next year, which I'm doing as then I won't have to deal with the pages and pages of questions they'd already sent a few years ago now, but I'm in the happy situation that my siblings don't care about how long it takes etc)
And all you need is 'to register the property' and 'sign a contract'.
I don't think so.
And even worse, and this is one of the best I've heard on here
7. Can't use the solicitor as a) not talking to them b) possible fighting with the family relation solicitor c) family relation solicitor not being a good idea and we can see why d) threats from family if they use another solicitor
My advice and its free but it will save you much in money and tears, find a good independent solicitor and extracate yourself from family and family relation solicitor.