Conveyancing Questions

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Change of property layout by Anna1985 Started by Anna1985, 12-07-2020, 10:16 AM	3 responses 26 views 0 likes	Last Post by AndrewDod 12-07-2020, 20:43 PM
Incorporating Adjacent Land into Curtilage by StuStew Started by StuStew, 08-07-2020, 20:00 PM	8 responses 62 views 0 likes	Last Post by StuStew 12-07-2020, 11:12 AM
Make alterations to property and/or Rent it before completion by bob369 Started by bob369, 09-07-2020, 21:01 PM	5 responses 41 views 0 likes	Last Post by royw 11-07-2020, 18:17 PM
Freeholder banged up abroad by sealed1 Started by sealed1, 10-07-2020, 11:42 AM	6 responses 59 views 0 likes	Last Post by sealed1 10-07-2020, 18:59 PM
Buying a house with BOTH Freehold and Leasehold titles? by trusaiyan Started by trusaiyan, 09-07-2020, 14:51 PM	3 responses 55 views 0 likes	Last Post by Lawcruncher 10-07-2020, 17:41 PM
Management company and insurance Q's - Buy to Let by NottsLL Started by NottsLL, 08-07-2020, 20:21 PM	3 responses 26 views 0 likes	Last Post by Section20z 09-07-2020, 18:03 PM
Adverse Possession of Land adjoining Leashold Flat by Palomino Started by Palomino, 20-04-2020, 08:28 AM	10 responses 142 views 0 likes	Last Post by Palomino 07-07-2020, 09:10 AM
Please Help. Legal & Moral Advice sought. by first timer 123 Started by first timer 123, 27-06-2020, 18:25 PM	15 responses 269 views 0 likes	Last Post by Always Problems 06-07-2020, 14:39 PM
Purchasing a Plot of (currently) Unregistered Land - Risks? by StuStew Started by StuStew, 21-06-2020, 21:57 PM	17 responses 158 views 0 likes	Last Post by pilman 05-07-2020, 18:23 PM
passage way access payment - unregistered land by LSP Started by LSP, 30-06-2020, 07:48 AM	5 responses 49 views 0 likes	Last Post by pilman 01-07-2020, 14:26 PM

Reply to Change of property layout

by AndrewDod

Is this a flat? What do you mean by "acquiring a freehold"?
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12-07-2020, 20:43 PM
Change of property layout

by Anna1985

Hi, acquiring a freehold and would like to carry out bathroom alteration - replace current cabinet in the bathroom with the door opening into the hall as it was originally.
it would involve a lease alteration and re-drawing the property plan.

I take it it would be best to do it along...
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12-07-2020, 10:16 AM
Reply to Change of property layout

by Anna1985

A bit difficult to explain, basically next to the bathroom there was an airing cabinet, which was removed and the stud wall was put in the previous door opening. With the cabinet door made to open into the bathroom.

I want to remove it and re create the original airing cabinet with the...
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12-07-2020, 17:15 PM
Reply to Change of property layout

by pilman

If you are contemplating an act which would require the door of the bathroom to be re-hung so that it opened outward rather than inwards, that does not seem to require any action at all as per the lease, or the freehold.

Use of the word "cabinet " is confusing since most "bathroom...
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12-07-2020, 14:12 PM
Reply to Incorporating Adjacent Land into Curtilage

by StuStew

The land is currently not being used at all. It was used by a local stonemason up until the 1970s or 1980s, and has what I would describe as a semi-derelict (walls OK, roof caved in) stonemason's workshop (about 15 m^2 in size) on it. The workshop is surrounded by grass and overgrown shrubs etc which...
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12-07-2020, 11:12 AM
Incorporating Adjacent Land into Curtilage

by StuStew

As discussed in a recent thread, I am looking at the possibility of purchasing a very small piece of land (approx. 0.02 acres) adjacent to our property.

My intention is to incorporate this land into our curtilage. It 'fits naturally' into our existing boundary and is not agricultural land....
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08-07-2020, 20:00 PM
Reply to Incorporating Adjacent Land into Curtilage

by pilman

Nothing to stop you, but the local planning authority could begin enforcement proceedings claiming that there had been a breach of planning control, which often happens if a neighbour contacts the LPA to complain about the way you have developed the land by changing its use.

Using any land...
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12-07-2020, 00:05 AM
Reply to Incorporating Adjacent Land into Curtilage

by StuStew

Many thanks for your help Pilman.

Out of interest, if permission for a change of use was refused, what is to stop me putting a fence/wall along the edge of the land and using it like a garden, at least in the context of making it look nice and planting flowers, etc? One side of the land...
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11-07-2020, 18:29 PM
Make alterations to property and/or Rent it before completion

by bob369

Is it possible to make minor alrterations to a property and/or rent it from a vendor, during the Conveyancing process ?

I am looking to buy a C3 Semi and convert to C4 Small HMO, and secure the C4 PD, before an artkcle 4 is introduced - the date of which may occur towards the end of the...
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09-07-2020, 21:01 PM
Reply to Make alterations to property and/or Rent it before completion

by royw

It's a risk to both parties before exchange. You can spend money only to find the vendor pulls out.
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11-07-2020, 18:17 PM

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