Legal boundaries on purchase of land

[leg]

We purchased some land recently and I am getting confused about how our legal boundaries are defined. The site was marked on a Land registry compliant map which is produced by OSI. This map was given to our solicitor to complete the transfer. However everything I read states that the osi map is not used to define legal boundaries. If that is the case how else can they be defined if that is the only map we need to supply to the solicitor?

 

[nutty nut]

There is always (well, almost) a map available to show the boundaries be that a Land Reg map or map attached to deeds. You say the "site was marked" which indicates that either a new boundary has to be physically established on the ground to correspond exactly with the map boundaries or most likely in your case the boundaries exist on the ground and correlate with whats already shown/defined on the OS map in which case its only a matter of marking a red line on the said map boundaries

 

[Popstar99]

Hi, we bought a old house on a little over an acre last year. The map attached to the deed is different to the land registry map. The land registry map corresponds to the physical boundary on the ground. Does does mean than the land registry map is the accurate one and we should have the deed map changed? Thanks in advance!

 

[nutty nut]

Hi, we bought a old house on a little over an acre last year. The map attached to the deed is different to the land registry map. The land registry map corresponds to the physical boundary on the ground. Does does mean than the land registry map is the accurate one and we should have the deed map changed? Thanks in advance!

If a deed of transfer includes a map then that should should indicate your legal boundaries as it would have been signed/agreed by both parties. You should ask your solicitor to check this out and if necessary your solicitor will contact LR with a view to having them amend their records accordingly.

Just to be clear LR are by their own description merely a "keeper of records". They record details on to their mapping systems but have been know to make the odd mistake.

Their own maps also make it clear that the boundaries shown are not conclusive evidence of the legal boundaries and this is where you would have to fall back on your deed map again should a dispute ever arise.