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Hello everyone and a Happy New Year.
I wonder if anyone has any experience in this area and can offer advice.
My girlfriend is renting a semi-detached house from her stepfather who purchased the property in Jan 2011.
We are now looking for a house to purchase and her stepfather has indicated that he would sell the house to us.
However, when we have looked at the Land Registry website, the last recorded purchase of the property was in 2009.
Also, there is a conservatory fitted to the rear of the property which is actually in excess of 4 metres projection rearward from the property at approx 4.4 metres.
Upon checking the planning requirements, I have noted that the maximum rearward projection should not exceed 3 metres (for an attached property. 4 metres for a detached).
It would appear that there is only one planning application attached to this property, but this was for a 2 storey extension which was never implemented and subsequently expired.
The strange thing is that this oversized conservatory is featured in both the existing and proposed drawings for the planning which was passed for the extension without any reference made to the conservatory or its dimensions.
My questions are as follows:
1) If the conservatory is indeed in breach of regulations, would it have to be removed or is there a time limit whereby it would have had to have been in place without objection before it might become accepted as part of the property?
2) Are there instances where the land registry might not have been informed of a sale of a property and asssociated land or is there a possibility that this was due to it being a cash sale?
3) If the conservatory is not allowed how did my partners stepfather manage to buy the property without this being brought to his attention?
All comments/advice welcome thanks.
I wonder if anyone has any experience in this area and can offer advice.
My girlfriend is renting a semi-detached house from her stepfather who purchased the property in Jan 2011.
We are now looking for a house to purchase and her stepfather has indicated that he would sell the house to us.
However, when we have looked at the Land Registry website, the last recorded purchase of the property was in 2009.
Also, there is a conservatory fitted to the rear of the property which is actually in excess of 4 metres projection rearward from the property at approx 4.4 metres.
Upon checking the planning requirements, I have noted that the maximum rearward projection should not exceed 3 metres (for an attached property. 4 metres for a detached).
It would appear that there is only one planning application attached to this property, but this was for a 2 storey extension which was never implemented and subsequently expired.
The strange thing is that this oversized conservatory is featured in both the existing and proposed drawings for the planning which was passed for the extension without any reference made to the conservatory or its dimensions.
My questions are as follows:
1) If the conservatory is indeed in breach of regulations, would it have to be removed or is there a time limit whereby it would have had to have been in place without objection before it might become accepted as part of the property?
2) Are there instances where the land registry might not have been informed of a sale of a property and asssociated land or is there a possibility that this was due to it being a cash sale?
3) If the conservatory is not allowed how did my partners stepfather manage to buy the property without this being brought to his attention?
All comments/advice welcome thanks.
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