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In my experience it's all electronic now.... but you might get lucky. My current house, built in 1600, had no original deeds, just the electronic paperwork.
A few houses ago I ended up with parchment (?) with wax seals and including some wills too. I think it all depends what's on file - house owners can retain the original deeds and then you'll never see them.
A few houses ago I ended up with parchment (?) with wax seals and including some wills too. I think it all depends what's on file - house owners can retain the original deeds and then you'll never see them.
ThunderGuts said:
Any paper deeds won't mean anything, it's all on the Land Reg now.
Well, moving that way fast as various things trigger 'first registration', moving from old paper deeds to electronic records.
Not everything is scanned and stored with them. I would still recommend storing pre-registration deeds safely just in case. Whilst your title is registered they may be useful and shed some light on things further down the line.Well, moving that way fast as various things trigger 'first registration', moving from old paper deeds to electronic records.
Muncher said:
Not everything is scanned and stored with them. I would still recommend storing pre-registration deeds safely just in case. Whilst your title is registered they may be useful and shed some light on things further down the line.
Most Banks will bin them rather than send return them. The OP will more than likely have to ask for them to be returned, however the fact he has been informed means they are probably confetti already
55palfers said:
Electronic eh, what a shame. I'd have liked the original paper ones.
I know what you mean - I was fortunate enough that my current house was unregistered when I bought it, so that meant I got a big stack of paper deeds. Some of the earlier ones (1830-ish) aren't far short of works of art - A2-sized bits of parchment covered in really intricate cursive writing. Got one particularly nice one framed on my wall. I'm glad I wasn't a lawyer then as writing those things must have been a nightmare!V8A*ndy said:
My solicitors firm wrote to us to tell us our deeds are "safely locked away in the secure fireproof vaults"
Probably the cupboard under the stairs.
It's not a bad move to ask for scanned copies of these things if there is any need to retrieve them. They can and do get lost!Probably the cupboard under the stairs.
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