Real Estate Law
Most Property Disputes Are Title Disputes
Property disputes are almost always title disputes wearing a different coat.
Boundary arguments, rights of way and lease covenant breaches usually resolve once someone reads the registered title properly and plots it against the ground. We do that first, before anyone writes a letter.
Transactions
We act on freehold and leasehold purchases, refinancing and development site assembly. Searches are ordered the day we are instructed, not the day the mortgage offer arrives.
Disputes
Forfeiture, dilapidations and service charge challenges. We will tell you when the cost of being right exceeds the value of the point.
Reading the Title First
Boundary arguments, rights of way and covenant breaches almost always resolve once someone plots the registered title against what is actually on the ground. We do that before anyone writes a letter, because it frequently ends the dispute.
Transactions
Freehold and leasehold purchases, refinancing and development site assembly. Searches are ordered the day we are instructed rather than the day the mortgage offer arrives, which typically saves three weeks.
Disputes
Forfeiture, dilapidations and service charge challenges. We will tell you when the cost of being right exceeds the value of the point, and we will put that in writing.
Key Benefits
How long does a purchase take?
Eight to twelve weeks for a straightforward freehold with a mortgage. Leasehold adds three to four weeks because of the management pack.
My neighbour disputes the boundary. What now?
We obtain the title plan and the historic index map before anything else. In more than half the cases we see, the documents settle it.
Can a restrictive covenant be removed?
It can be modified or discharged by the Upper Tribunal where it no longer serves a practical purpose. We have done this by consent more often than by contested hearing.
What is a dilapidations claim worth?
Rarely the figure in the schedule. The cap is the diminution in the reversion’s value, which is usually a great deal less.
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