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[Lawcruncher]

"I have a long leasehold property (999 years, starting 1874)"...

[Lawcruncher]

There are two aspects to this: the general and the specific.

The previous post pretty much covers the general. I would add that buying a property with a protected tenancy should very much be regarded as a long term investment, but one which (assuming you pay the right price) has the potential...

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Are you saying that the Land Registry plan does not match the apparent boundaries of the land you occupy? If so, is the problem that you occupy land not shown as yours on the plan or that a neighbour occupies land shown as yours on the plan?

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https://forums.landlordzone.co.uk/fo...-v-s-mortgages

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You can only do that if there is an obligation on the tenant....

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We need some more detail, please. Do you have a written agreement? What use do you put the land?

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That is utter nonsense. You cannot write to someone saying they owe you money and when they reply asking for details respond by asking for personal details to prove who you are. Why do they need them? What relevance is your age? If they do not know who you are why are they writing to you? Are they sure...

[Lawcruncher]

Write back to the agency asking them to prove the debt and show compliance with section 136 of the Law of Property Act 1925.

[Lawcruncher]

I think you should have gone with your solicitor's initial advice. If the LR plan correctly identifies what you are buying then you are home and dry. The discrepancy is best dealt with when your solicitor applies to register you as owner.

[Lawcruncher]

In what way does the condition appear invalid?

[Lawcruncher]

Best practice has to be to agree the inventory before the tenant takes up occupation. It avoids argument about whether any damage was caused after the tenant took up occupation.

If the inventory is not going to be agreed before the tenant takes up occupation you need to be careful that...

[Lawcruncher]

You could be covered by paragraph 7 of Schedual 2A of the Housing Act 1988 which sets out tenancies which cannot be shorthold tenancies. For convenience here is the paragraph:

(1) An assured tenancy which—

(a) is granted to a person (alone or jointly with others) who, immediately...

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What we have is an acknowledgement for production of deeds.If your land is registered the whole thing is now a dead letter.

In dealings with unregistered land it often happened that an owner bought, say five acres from A and later sold two to B. Obviously he could not hand over to B the...

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I do not know what guidlelines the Law Society lays down, but if a solicitor provides a service for the safe custody of documents it has to be implicit that he looks after them properly. That would involve having a strong room or secure fireproof cabinets. Documents should also be produced on request,...

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The clause is clear. The notice is to be given to the landlord's solicitors. Tell **** that if they let you know who the solicitors are you will send them notice. If you get the solicitors' name and address send them notice with a cheque for five pounds. If they say they want more say the lease requires...

[Lawcruncher]

Your best bet if you know where the tenants are is to sue them.

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The wording does not look likely to have been put together by a marketing department. The time to tell someone a further fee will be incurred is when it is likely to be incurred.

I do not know what current practice is, but I think that on the whole most solicitors used to provide some degree...

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Assuming that is the problem, it does not come under "flying freehold", but rather under "easements". The meaning of easement is explained here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Easements_in_English_law

The first question to ask is whether the right to open a window into...

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Just to clarify this, the precise problem is that one window opens out into the airspace of the neighbouring property?