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Re: Landlord absence
By: Southpaw82 Date: November 16, 2024, 3:45 pm
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I suspect he has one (having purchased a leasehold property) but
might not have read it.
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Re: Landlord absence
By: mickR Date: November 16, 2024, 4:05 pm
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very likely.
it is an unusual circumstance tho.
28yrs with no contact with LL.
subletting it??
now selling it? sounds like that's going to be hard work.
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Re: Landlord absence
By: roythebus Date: November 16, 2024, 4:22 pm
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Squatters rights?
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Re: Landlord absence
By: Southpaw82 Date: November 16, 2024, 4:49 pm
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[quote author=mickR link=topic=3868.msg45860#msg45860
date=1731794742]
very likely.
it is an unusual circumstance tho.
28yrs with no contact with LL.
subletting it??
now selling it? sounds like that's going to be hard work.
[/quote]
If it’s a long leasehold I’d be entirely unsurprised at no
contact with the landlord.
[quote author=roythebus link=topic=3868.msg45861#msg45861
date=1731795774]
Squatters rights?
[/quote]
He’s not a squatter, is he?
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Re: Landlord absence
By: desktop_demon Date: November 26, 2024, 9:54 am
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I presume the freeholder also has some deal with the shop below?
It might be worth asking the shop manager if they have any
information. Otherwise write to the land registry for the last
known contact details of the freeholder. The land registry
should have some details of the leasehold. The lease may have
expired... :0) Good luckl
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Re: Landlord absence
By: JoCo Date: December 12, 2024, 7:08 am
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FWIW my brother was in a similar situation.
He bought a flat, one of two, above a run down & vacant carpet
shop.The shop was owned by the freeholder. The landlord never
contacted my brother for rent /service charges.
Turns out the freeholder had done a flit, having not paid his
VAT, and the shop & freehold was put up at auction. Which
attracted little interest. My brother and other leaseholder
attended auction and bought it for something ridiculous, £10,000
or so. In London.
At which point, they extended into the garden, creating a 3 bed
flat from the ground floor shop, and extending both flats by one
15' x 15' room. Each flat was then given a 999 year leasehold.
The ex-shop flat owned equally between the two.
He still rents out his original flat. The other leaseholder sold
original flat. But both still let out the ex-shop flat.
Incredible good fortune to land with such an opportunity, OP may
too, who knows?
Long story short. It might well be worth the hassle, and
expense, of OP fully investigating this.
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