Ransom Strip

[kerrymucklowe2020]

20cm "ransom Strip" ( presume it's this as not in title deeds ). Presume it's being retained by the builders ( 9 year old house ). Causing delays and frustration as solicitors seem to be at loggerheads. It's in-between 2 houses at the side of the neighbours house but within boundary of property I'm buying ( I think ). Advice? Will a Stat Dec cover this?

How can the tell 20com is not a material amount according to boundary lawyers?

I don’t understand. Plans can’t possibly show 20cm

@positivelynegative How can the tell 20com is not a material amount according to boundary lawyers I don't understand the question.
@HasaDigaEebowai- I've paid £4 to download the deeds - there's a coloured strip showing this AND my solicitor has picked it up

Have posted this in legal too

Is the coloured strip actually showing the measurement of 20cm??

@Thisismytimetoshine - it states something like "the 20cm strip of land adjoining the boundary " ......etc - is not included in the title

It isn’t yours then. It’s as simple as that.

It isn’t yours then. It’s as simple as that.
I need to know what to do though/ where I stand legally/ what happens if I sell the house in the future as it's on the land / boundary of the property I'm buying

It's something to do with preventing future development of the site, I think. It isn't yours, but it only adjoins the boundary so what's the actual problem?

*:Thisismytimetoshine

It's something to do with preventing future development of the site, I think. It isn't yours, but it only adjoins the boundary so what's the actual problem?*
This is what I'm trying to find out as like I said my solicitors seem to be at loggerheads

It isn’t part of the property you’re buying and if you sold the property in the future you wouldn’t be able to sell it. I haven’t done property work for a long time but you can’t correct it with a statutory declaration. Afaik you can only do that where the title is wrong. It isn’t wrong,that bit of land simply isn’t part of the property.

Generally with land sales they hold onto it to make it difficult to redevelop the site without their say so, or getting a cut of any future profits by selling you the ransom strip if you need it to develop the land. If the house is already built and you have no plans to redevelop the plot it shouldn't be too much of an issue - check access for building works etc.

isn’t part of the property you’re buying and if you sold the property in the future you wouldn’t be able to sell it. - do you mean I couldn't sell the property or that I couldn't sell the 20cm strip - I'm trying to find out if it would be a problem to sell the property should I move again in the future

It's not related to the property. It basically prevents you acquiring adjoining land and developing the whole lot together.
It won't prevent you selling, or living in the property in a perfectly normal manner.
Your legal bod sounds clueless.

@Thisismytimetoshine so all I need is for someone to tell my solicitor this BUT as he won't accept the responses from my buyer, could my seller get a Stat Dec/ indemnity just to move forward?

*NB replace the word buyer with seller / solicitor

What would the indemnity be against? They do not own the land, you are not buying the land.

Has your solicitor said why its an issue?

Has your solicitor said why its an issue
He's just asked "Who owns the land?" - I don't know what the sellers solicitors have replied with but he's told me he's waiting for "all answers to be answered FULLY on an A4 sheet" ( apparently the sellers sol has been sending him random answers in dribs and drabs that have not answered the queries properly ).

Does it block access to your property at all op?

Are there services running below it?

Definitely doesn't block access. Not sure about utilities poss water? As next doors drain pipe from gutters goes into it

I would assume the original builder owns the land, but it only adjoins your property; it's no more relevant to the sale than next door's house is

It's one of those things that shouldn't be a problem but does need checking out so your solicitor is right to investigate - although if it doesn't block access it sounds like it's fairly benign.

I think it's probably a case of making sure your solitior is chasing the answers ASAP.

How would your seller know who owns the strip? All they know is that they don’t own it. You need a better solicitor.

@ClashCityRocker- he is, but as explained above my sellers solicitor doesn't t seem to be that forthcoming with full answers

Hmm. Can he not do a search on the land registry to find the owner? There's no reason why the sellers would know, necessarily, as the land isn't owned by them, if you see what I mean.