thanks mf1, yes, the deeds are still with the bank. When I originally attempted to sell the house, my solicitor (not the solicitor whom I originally dealt with when I bought the house) requested and received the deeds from the bank. However, after it became clear that I could not sell the house because of problems with the deeds, she then returned the deeds to the bank (telling me that the original solicitor would have to sort out the problems with the deeds). I then had to get onto the original solicitor asking her to sort out the problems (I had to get the Law Society onto her but that's another story).
Anyway, the original solicitor is telling me now that the title rectification is drafted but that a new map also has to be drafted/agreed before the rectification can be completed. I have asked her does she need to get the deeds from the bank (as I'm aware that she needs my permission to do that and that it takes a few weeks) in order to attach the new title rectification and map to the existing deeds (that is what she has told me needs to be done i.e the new rectification and map must be attached to the existing title and map rather than replacing them) but what I don't understand is how she can simply attach a new title rectification and map to the title deeds if she doesn't actually have access to the deeds (as they're with the bank)?
hope that makes a bit more sense,
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