Mr C instructed us to sell his mother's house after she had died. The title deeds to the property could not be found. We advised Mr C that he could still apply to register the title to the property at the Land Registry. We explained what needed to be done, and drew up a detailed statutory declaration for Mr C to sign. We were also able to prepare similar declarations for Mr C's previous solicitor and bank manager who at some point had held the deeds for safekeeping. The application for registration of title was successful and Mr C was able to sell his mother's house.
Mr and Mrs T came to see us for advice about selling their house which they wanted to divide into two flats. Having taken advice from our specialist Planning Department, we were able to outline the various options open to Mr and Mrs T in order to sell the two flats for maximum profit. This included drawing up new Leases for each of the flats, and also putting in place proper arrangements for disposing of the freehold in the building once the second flat had been sold.
When Mrs B asked us to deal with the sale of her house we discovered that the property had been extended in the past without planning permission or building regulation consent - these points unfortunately had been overlooked by Mrs B's previous Solicitors when she bought the house 5 years ago. Mrs B thought she would have to apply for retrospective permission which could have been a very costly and lengthy exercise. As an alternative, we obtained a number of competitive quotations for defective title indemnity insurance which we were able to put in place within 24 hours thereby preventing any delay in the sale of the property.