Trace Age Lease For Free

This should have been given to you by your solicitor when you bought your property. If there is a mortgage on the property, you can ask the mortgage lender if they can give you a copy. The Land registry will also hold a copy.

How can I find out when a house was built? Checking your title deeds. ... Checking your mortgage survey or mortgage offer. ... Checking your home survey. ... Checking your property information form. ... Speaking to your local authority. ... Contacting HM Land Registry. ... Search local archives. ... Check the census.

Yes, it is completely legal and safe to buy a property that is under a lease from the owner or leaseholder. What is the difference between freehold and leasehold property? A buyer is the owner of a freeholder property and has all legal rights as any landowner would have.

An example of a leasehold estate would be an individual who leases an apartment for one year with the option to renew. The tenant has the right to use and occupy the property for the specified period of time and can build on that property, while the landlord retains ownership.

The best place to try searching for the history of the ownership and construction of a house is the local archive for the area in which the house is located. This might be a local borough, city or county archive or a local studies centre or library.

The Land Registry is a publicly accessible register which will show who owns the property, the full address of the property, and whether the property is registered as leasehold or freehold. If the property is registered as leasehold, the Land Registry will also have a record of when the lease runs out.

Request the owner to show the original papers of the apartment that highlights the ownership of the property. In a freehold property, the owner will have permanant rights to hold the property till the time he/she decides to trasfer the ownership of the property to someone else.