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I'm Claire and I would be most grateful for some advice
My father recently passed away having left no will and everything concerning the house etc in his name.
I have finally completed and registered all the paperwork involved with HMRC and the probate office, to have all of this altered into my mothers' name. I now have the letters of administration to enable me to do this. The only thing now outstanding is the deeds to their property, for which the paperwork is lodged with the land registry office and is being dealt with.
The house is leasehold and has another 23 years left to run..
Having contacted "Estates & Management Ltd" to whom my father paid the ground rent, enquiring as to whether the freehold could be purchased, they offered to sell my mother the head lease......not what I'd asked them at all. I contacted them again and expressed an interest (on my mothers' behalf) in purchasing the freehold. They sent us details of the current owner for me to contact directly.
All good so far, except I can't seem to trace them.
I double checked with the land registry that their details were the same and they agreed it is registered as belonging to "Freehold Properties Limited". E & M Ltd. also gave me an address in London for them. They are no longer there. I have spent several hours hunting on the internet via search engines for them and re-contacted E & M Ltd. They confirmed their offer sent to my mother, stating that "Fairhold (Huddersfield) Limited (their clients) currently hold the head lease interest for my parents' property.
Guess what......I can't find them either.
I rang E & M Ltd again and excusing my ignorance on fully understanding what they were offering, I asked them just what my mother might be getting herself into with regards to what her liabilities would be.
I have recieved another letter from E & M Ltd today confirming that they have not recieved any ground rent demands from Freehold Properties Ltd. for whom they now give me an address on Isle of Man.
Another online search for them tells me that their status is dissolved.
The letter also states that she would be liable to the freeholder for any ground rent dating back to a maximum of six years in accordance with section 5 of the Limitation Act 1980.
I am now more confused than ever and any advice would be most welcomed
Kind regards
Claire
I'm Claire and I would be most grateful for some advice
My father recently passed away having left no will and everything concerning the house etc in his name.
I have finally completed and registered all the paperwork involved with HMRC and the probate office, to have all of this altered into my mothers' name. I now have the letters of administration to enable me to do this. The only thing now outstanding is the deeds to their property, for which the paperwork is lodged with the land registry office and is being dealt with.
The house is leasehold and has another 23 years left to run..
Having contacted "Estates & Management Ltd" to whom my father paid the ground rent, enquiring as to whether the freehold could be purchased, they offered to sell my mother the head lease......not what I'd asked them at all. I contacted them again and expressed an interest (on my mothers' behalf) in purchasing the freehold. They sent us details of the current owner for me to contact directly.
All good so far, except I can't seem to trace them.
I double checked with the land registry that their details were the same and they agreed it is registered as belonging to "Freehold Properties Limited". E & M Ltd. also gave me an address in London for them. They are no longer there. I have spent several hours hunting on the internet via search engines for them and re-contacted E & M Ltd. They confirmed their offer sent to my mother, stating that "Fairhold (Huddersfield) Limited (their clients) currently hold the head lease interest for my parents' property.
Guess what......I can't find them either.
I rang E & M Ltd again and excusing my ignorance on fully understanding what they were offering, I asked them just what my mother might be getting herself into with regards to what her liabilities would be.
I have recieved another letter from E & M Ltd today confirming that they have not recieved any ground rent demands from Freehold Properties Ltd. for whom they now give me an address on Isle of Man.
Another online search for them tells me that their status is dissolved.
The letter also states that she would be liable to the freeholder for any ground rent dating back to a maximum of six years in accordance with section 5 of the Limitation Act 1980.
I am now more confused than ever and any advice would be most welcomed
Kind regards
Claire
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