hennypenny
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We bought our house in 2008 at an inflated price, then struggled to pay the mortgage. With the new increases of the past year, we are planning to downsize. Our house went sale agreed last April (23) at less than we paid, but we would be delighted to pay off the remaining mortgage and save the 1700e a month.
However, although its a bog-standard detached house in a housing estate, we have met nothing but obstacles about lack of a land map and/or land registry title. The prospective buyers are telling our solicitor that the bank wont sign off on their mortgage until the neighbours on either side had written statements saying that the boundaries are unchanged (they are, not a stick nor stone has been moved).
We had an engineer in to state the same, but now the neighbours on one side are away for a month. They are elderly and 'don't want to get involved without talking to a solicitor'. There actually isn't a physical problem, the boundaries are completely the same since 2008 (fences, hedges, no 'common or shared area' etc.). My husband is thinking of pulling the sale at this late stage and renting the house, as we're pensioners ourselves and live with family, but if two solicitors cant agree around the lack of a map (one set of neighbours found their map, our house was also visible), we would just be kicking the problem down the road.
Would be grateful for any advice re how to resolve this.
However, although its a bog-standard detached house in a housing estate, we have met nothing but obstacles about lack of a land map and/or land registry title. The prospective buyers are telling our solicitor that the bank wont sign off on their mortgage until the neighbours on either side had written statements saying that the boundaries are unchanged (they are, not a stick nor stone has been moved).
We had an engineer in to state the same, but now the neighbours on one side are away for a month. They are elderly and 'don't want to get involved without talking to a solicitor'. There actually isn't a physical problem, the boundaries are completely the same since 2008 (fences, hedges, no 'common or shared area' etc.). My husband is thinking of pulling the sale at this late stage and renting the house, as we're pensioners ourselves and live with family, but if two solicitors cant agree around the lack of a map (one set of neighbours found their map, our house was also visible), we would just be kicking the problem down the road.
Would be grateful for any advice re how to resolve this.
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