bevbabe

It is from the lease deed. Thanks you for your help but we have pulled out of the purchase now unfortunately.

It is registered at HMLR (my solicitor says it's leasehold but the internet says leasehold and freehold??) The freeholder is the Duke of Norfolk and an individual person. Companies house say the company has been dissolved so is non existing. I've just read the leasehold document from my solicitor and it says that 3 of the neighbouring houses were on the same lease.

I am buying a house with only 88 years left on the lease. My solicitor is unable to find the freeholder and no ground rent has been paid for a while . Is the only option to go through the courts to extend the lease or buy the freehold and does anyone know how much it might cost and the timescale to do this. If I pull out of the sale the present owner is going to have the same problem with another buyer. Any advice appreciated many thanks.

Blakesley, I will try and contact another member of the Cadet family and maybe we could all share what information we have. ps this is my 5th post I think

Blakesley, The children that Duffems lists are correct as far as I know. Oscar Cadet was my Grandma's brother and she was called Mary. Oscar's father and grandfather were both called Oscar aswell and they were born in France.

Blakesley, Will share what info I have on the Cadets if you want to pm me.

My father and his father both worked at Mountfords and this company bought out my grandads small scythe making business. I've just found a photo of a Mountfords works "do" when I was going through my dads photos as he fairly recently passed away. My dad has written which ones are Phillip and Fred Mountford. I don't know any facts about scythes though.

I am related to this Cadet family and have been slowly trying to build the tree. My mother was a cousin of Charles Cadet but I had not heard the sad story before.