Changing the status of ownership from tenants in common to joint tenants

[ediblewoman]

Does anyone know how you'd do this? We bought before we were married and elected to own the property as TinC as my (now) DH was putting in a deposit and we thought that should be reflected in the ownership to secure his initial contribution if we were to break up.

However a wedding and two DCs later we would prefer it to be jointly owned I suppose thinking about inheritance etc. is this possible? I can find how to sever a joint tenancy but not how to smoosh a TinC into a joint.

Thanks

Hi, you need to enter into a trust deed stating that you are now joint tenants, then register it at the land registry. A residential property solicitor can deal with it for you.
See www.landregistry.gov.uk/public/guides/public-guide-18#guide-mark-12 for an explanation of what's involved.

We actually severed a joint tenancy to aid inheritance tax planning as then each tenant can will his/her share to the children

Thank you, that's really helpful.