I have bought a house which is in a development of 5 houses. A bank is selling the development. I know the 4 other buyers and no one has finalised the sale as we all have the same problem through our respective soliciors.
There is a small part of the overall site which doesnt seem to registered in anyones name and this seems to be the hold up. No one seems to be able to get to the bottom of it and we have been told that it could take some time to solve and our solicitor is not too good at communicating. They are leaving it to the vendors solitior which I appreciate would be correct but they are telling us that they will call us and for us not to call them.
They did say at one stage that it may be worthwhile to call in to the land registry office to see if they have any records and I am wondering if they would be able to help or would they talk to people coming in off the street?
I should mention that this was originally a green field site. The owner received planning permission, sold it and then it was sold again to the actual builder. I mentioned to our solicitor that usrley this would have been an issue in the past but the answer i received was something along the lines off sometimes not all solicitors are as thorough as they should have been when doing their work.
any advice?
There is a small part of the overall site which doesnt seem to registered in anyones name and this seems to be the hold up. No one seems to be able to get to the bottom of it and we have been told that it could take some time to solve and our solicitor is not too good at communicating. They are leaving it to the vendors solitior which I appreciate would be correct but they are telling us that they will call us and for us not to call them.
They did say at one stage that it may be worthwhile to call in to the land registry office to see if they have any records and I am wondering if they would be able to help or would they talk to people coming in off the street?
I should mention that this was originally a green field site. The owner received planning permission, sold it and then it was sold again to the actual builder. I mentioned to our solicitor that usrley this would have been an issue in the past but the answer i received was something along the lines off sometimes not all solicitors are as thorough as they should have been when doing their work.
any advice?