Why does my (leasehold) address have 3 freehold titles registered against it?

[leaseholdq]

I searched the LR for my leasehold title today and it came up with five results: 1 for my leasehold, THREE freehold titles, and one unknown result it is not able to display online.

Why might my property have three different freeholds registered against it?

I checked my lease and yes indeed those three titles are there. My lease has one of them printed on, and the two other freehold titles written on in pen!

For context my flat is ex-council, in a block of about 12 flats, 3 of which are now leasehold and the remainder are still council flats. I bought from the original right-to-buyer, and my solicitor at time of purchase did not inform me of this weirdness and I didn't know enough to think it weird at the time.

Any insight would be appreciated!

[atticus]

Can I just check - have you looked at Land Registry records for each of those 3 titles?

[leaseholdq]

I've looked at one of them, the main one which was printed onto my lease rather than the two written on. The red box is half of my property. (My leasehold plan is the whole of wha I expect my property to look like)

[atticus]

Check out the other two! Let's identify whether there is a problem, and, if so, its nature.

[leaseholdq]

Here they are. The largest one is the leasehold, showing my actual flat+garden.

The other three seem to be contiguous rectangular segments of the block of flats, one freehold for each segment. And I am "registered" under each freehold which contains any part of my flat or garden. Which makes sense.

However, when you search for my property number 55, you get these three freehold titles as results. But only the middle one is "labelled" as 55, the other two freehold titles are "labelled" as 56. If you search for these two title numbers directly, you don't see 55 referenced anywhere.

Extremely confusing how it works but I guess it seems fine? I don't really know

[atticus]

It looks as if your lease is created on 3 adjacent freehold titles.

Are those 3 titles all in the same ownership?

[leaseholdq]

Yes the council is the freeholder, it owns the entire block, including right, left + upstairs neighbour

[atticus]

So your leasehold title stradddles 3 freehold titles. Mystery solved.