Ousetunes   10 #1 Posted August 11, 2016 I know this is a long shot! Between 1981 and 1996 I lived at my parents' house on Fulwood Road, just up from Nethergreen. The house stands on the corner of Fulwood Road and Stumperlow Park Road and across from Belsize Road. (I won't give the number out for obvious reasons.) I am writing to ask if anyone knows whether the house is presently occupied, which I hugely doubt as the once well-maintained gardens and lawns are now totally overgrown. It looks as if the property has been empty for years. A strange request but my heart sinks every time I go past my former home. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
geared   318 #2 Posted August 11, 2016 Why not walk up and peer in through the windows?  You can buy a copy of the title off the land registry for a few quid. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Ousetunes   10 #3 Posted August 11, 2016 Technically I could be trespassing but I did have a look yesterday. There's post piled up in the porch and all the curtains and blinds are drawn. Land registry idea is a good idea though. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
mecheng46 Â Â 10 #4 Posted August 11, 2016 Land registry will not tell you if there is somebody in the house or not. You will only find out the current owner... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Miss_60 Â Â 10 #5 Posted August 11, 2016 hows about the Electoral Role? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
geared   318 #6 Posted August 11, 2016 Land registry will not tell you if there is somebody in the house or not. You will only find out the current owner...  True, but it's a place to start.  I imagine the current owner has moved away for some reason, which might make tracking them down difficult, but if you could locate them they could be quite receptive to selling it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
LeMaquis   10 #7 Posted August 11, 2016 The house stands on the corner of Fulwood Road and Stumperlow Park Road and across from Belsize Road. (I won't give the number out for obvious reasons.) I am writing to ask if anyone knows whether the house is presently occupied, which I hugely doubt as the once well-maintained gardens and lawns are now totally overgrown.  I wonder how difficult it would be to guess which house it is. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Ousetunes   10 #8 Posted August 11, 2016 (edited) Well, in order to get a decent reply - from a neighbour perhaps - I thought it best to narrow it down as Fulwood Road is quite long. Unless you were just being childish, of course? Edited August 11, 2016 by Ousetunes Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
tzijlstra   11 #9 Posted August 11, 2016 I know of a few people who live here half the time and elsewhere the other half, could it be that they are retired and have a house in another country? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Ousetunes   10 #10 Posted August 11, 2016 It's quite probable but I would have thought they would arrange for the grass, at least to be cut. It's three feet high and obviously gives a signal that the house is unoccupied. I know my mum sold the property to a Chinese family but I don't know if they have sold it since. I know it went up for sale a few years ago but don't know if it ever sold. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
tzijlstra   11 #11 Posted August 11, 2016 It's quite probable but I would have thought they would arrange for the grass, at least to be cut. It's three feet high and obviously gives a signal that the house is unoccupied. I know my mum sold the property to a Chinese family but I don't know if they have sold it since. I know it went up for sale a few years ago but don't know if it ever sold.  Ah, in that case, with some certainty, I can say that they are hanging on to it as a fall-back option in case something goes wrong in China (economically).  Several Chinese I know now live in China again but have decided not to sell their UK property as an insurance policy. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
geared   318 #12 Posted August 11, 2016 It's not a very wise insurance policy to leave a house unoccupied and not looked after though.  You run the very real risk of your nest egg turning rotten! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...