Jayne31 0 #1 Posted March 17, 2022 Hi Any advice on selling a house that has a leasehold on it. It’s paid up for quite a few years the buyer is happy with this but their solicitor is requiring recent documentation to verify this. Coppen and pass extremely difficult to contact. No answer to voicemails or emails for months. Making my dad ill with worry. Thank you Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Guest sibon #2 Posted March 17, 2022 8 minutes ago, Jayne31 said: Hi Any advice on selling a house that has a leasehold on it. It’s paid up for quite a few years the buyer is happy with this but their solicitor is requiring recent documentation to verify this. Coppen and pass extremely difficult to contact. No answer to voicemails or emails for months. Making my dad ill with worry. Thank you Ask your solicitor to deal with it. That's what you pay them to do. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
crookesey 635 #3 Posted March 17, 2022 I’ve never heard of ground rent being paid up a few years in advance. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
ECCOnoob 1,050 #4 Posted March 17, 2022 3 hours ago, sibon said: Ask your solicitor to deal with it. That's what you pay them to do. ^^^^^ what they said. You are paying your solicitor to do the job. If they want the information they should be the ones going to find it. Tracing leasehold details and finalising figures should be routine for any competent conveyancing lawyer. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Jeffrey Shaw 90 #5 Posted March 17, 2022 (edited) All true; but the ground rent receipt for the last rent due is an important item. Why? See s.45(2) of the Law of Property Act 1925- below, underlined, with my bold added: [from https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo5/15-16/20/section/45] Where land sold is held by lease (other than an under-lease), the purchaser shall assume, unless the contrary appears, that the lease was duly granted; and, on production of the receipt for the last payment due for rent under the lease before the date of actual completion of the purchase, he shall assume, unless the contrary appears, that all the covenants and provisions of the lease have been duly performed and observed up to the date of actual completion of the purchase. So a clear (= unconditional) ground rent receipt tells P that V is not in breach of covenant. It avoids the need to obtain the freehold reversioner's explicit confirmation. Note: it says 'shall', i.e. P is legally bound- and therefore cannot refuse- to accept it. Edited March 17, 2022 by Jeffrey Shaw Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
topflat29 10 #6 Posted March 18, 2022 The proof of last ground rent payment has been paid , can be on verified and the date is on your bank account statement . Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Jeffrey Shaw 90 #7 Posted March 20, 2022 On 18/03/2022 at 19:55, topflat29 said: The proof of last ground rent payment has been paid , can be on verified and the date is on your bank account statement . That's not sufficient. OP needs a clear ground rent receipt if s.45(2) is to operate. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Jayne31 0 #8 Posted April 8, 2022 Thank you for your replies. The solicitor has has eventually got in touch with the leaseholder and sent payment for them to send proofs of payments. The problem is getting them to reply with the receipt.. no answer to phone calls or emails Amd no one ever at the office. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
geared 320 #9 Posted April 9, 2022 Yea, they're well known for that. Not alot you can do about it now. Should have bought the freehold reversion. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Jeffrey Shaw 90 #10 Posted April 10, 2022 On 08/04/2022 at 15:51, Jayne31 said: Thank you for your replies. The solicitor has has eventually got in touch with the leaseholder and sent payment for them to send proofs of payments. The problem is getting them to reply with the receipt.. no answer to phone calls or emails Amd no one ever at the office. But you are the leaseholder (tenant). The ground rent is payable to the freehold reversioner (landlord). If no receipt can be obtained, tell your solicitor to consider an indemnity insurance policy. It will cost about £100. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Mongoose 10 #11 Posted April 29, 2022 On 10/04/2022 at 16:02, Jeffrey Shaw said: But you are the leaseholder (tenant). The ground rent is payable to the freehold reversioner (landlord). If no receipt can be obtained, tell your solicitor to consider an indemnity insurance policy. It will cost about £100. Hello Jeffrey, Do you have any experience with coppen/PAS and remortgages? It appears the providers conveyancer will (attempt!) to contact them for details as part of the process. Having read many threads on here; will PAS respond? - and if not, is there a way of 'encouraging' them by a specific process? Also assume they will charge one of their lovely admin fees to do whatever is required. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Jeffrey Shaw 90 #12 Posted May 3, 2022 Yes, I have daily experience of dealing with Coppen/PAS. You need to ensure that your legal position is protected. There are ways to cajole them into action but none of these is either simple or cheap. (If I had £1 for every person- or even solicitor!- who's told me "But I tried sending a reminder letter/ a stamped-addressed reply envelope/ telephoning/going to the firms' premises [delete inapplicable], to no avail", I'd be very rich!) 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...