Land Registry question.

[whatsadentist]

If a house was being transferred to 2 people from one person, all the paperwork done through solicitors and sent off, what would happen if one person died before the land registry actually completed the change?

@whatsadentist

A google search reveals, it depends;

As Joint Tenants: The deceased recipient's interest automatically passes to the surviving recipient

As Tenants in Common: The deceased recipient's share does not automatically go to the survivor. Instead, it becomes part of their estate and passes according to their will or the rules of intestacy

Thanks Eideann, I know what would happen going forward but having paid a stupid amount of money to get this changed am I going to have to do the same again to get it changed again? As they haven’t actually changed it the first time yet!

Ring the Land Registry to see if you can cancel the application. They are very helpful.

I may be wrong so don’t take it as gospel but I’m sure my parents were told that once the signed documents had been received by the Land Registry the changes would be back dated to take effect from that date.

Did they transfer to joint tenants or tenants in common? Make sure you have either the death certificate or grant of probate. You don't have to update the title to reflect the death.

You can't stop a Transfer that was correctly signed and dated being registered.