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Bugs

Joined: 28 Oct 2004
Posts: 10744

Posted: Wed Sep 14, 05 11:32 am Post subject: Finding out when a property was bought?
What's the simplest/quickest/most reliable/any way to find out the date a property was sold? I'm working my way through upmystreet and nethouseprices but I suspect it may have been sold earlier than they cover. I have the postcode and property name and address but nothing else.

tahir

Joined: 28 Oct 2004
Posts: 45712
Location: Essex

Posted: Wed Sep 14, 05 11:34 am Post subject:
https://landregisteronline.gov.uk You should be able to find the title deeds and plan, �2.00 each, only works with Internet Explorer

Bugs

Joined: 28 Oct 2004
Posts: 10744

Posted: Wed Sep 14, 05 11:38 am Post subject:
Thanks Mr T However Am I being really blonde? I;m using IE but the results list - which includes the property I'm after - doesn't show anything to click in order to get the download.

tahir

Joined: 28 Oct 2004
Posts: 45712
Location: Essex

Posted: Wed Sep 14, 05 11:41 am Post subject:
Did it come up with this: Results We do not have a record of any Title numbers for this property. This does not necessarily mean the property is unregistered. We would find any Title numbers affecting it via a manual Search of the Index Map. You can post a request to us for a manual search if you complete a Search of the Index Map form online (instructions will be provided on screen).

Bugs

Joined: 28 Oct 2004
Posts: 10744

Posted: Wed Sep 14, 05 11:58 am Post subject:

Noooo:

Your enquiry has found: 6 properties
We have found more than one record that matches your enquiry. Please select the details you are interested in by using one of the links below. To return to this page use the 'back' button on your web browser. Alternatively, you may wish to refine your search to reduce the list. If so, please make a new enquiry.

Each property is listed below like a file, but there is nothing to click, might be the settings on my browser, I must have cookies enabled

tahir

Joined: 28 Oct 2004
Posts: 45712
Location: Essex

Posted: Wed Sep 14, 05 12:06 pm Post subject:
Each property has an orange coloured number starting with EX, click on that and it'll take you to the next step

tahir

Joined: 28 Oct 2004
Posts: 45712
Location: Essex

Posted: Wed Sep 14, 05 12:07 pm Post subject:
Just thought the EX may stand for Essex or summat...

Bugs

Joined: 28 Oct 2004
Posts: 10744

Posted: Wed Sep 14, 05 12:19 pm Post subject:
No, no orange numbers, honest, look: oh, you can't see from there. But really, there are no such numbers. I did have a problem last week with another site I wanted to make a booking on, I think I might have changed some settings on my browser

RoryD

Joined: 02 Jun 2005
Posts: 692
Location: West Yorkshire

Posted: Wed Sep 14, 05 12:40 pm Post subject:
Not sure whether you've got it sorted yet. We use https://www.ourproperty.co.uk/ Its free.

Jb

Joined: 08 Jun 2005
Posts: 7761
Location: 91� N

Posted: Wed Sep 14, 05 12:45 pm Post subject:

tahir wrote:

https://landregisteronline.gov.uk

You should be able to find the title deeds and plan, �2.00 each, only works with Internet Explorer

Just tried that with Firefox and it works with no problems.

tahir

Joined: 28 Oct 2004
Posts: 45712
Location: Essex

Posted: Wed Sep 14, 05 12:47 pm Post subject:

JB wrote:

Just tried that with Firefox and it works with no problems.

Until you get right to the end, once you've paid you get an error message...

I've tried it in Mozilla, FF, Opera, and IE. The only one that it really works with is IE, although Opera sometimes works.

Bugs

Joined: 28 Oct 2004
Posts: 10744

Posted: Wed Sep 14, 05 1:18 pm Post subject:
Twasn't on that one either Rory, I think they mostly only go back 5 years and it might be longer than that Turns out it is indeed all my fault, Tahir, luckily, can read, and spotted this on my results page: "If you require information about addresses found that do not have a "Title number" you can post a request to us for a manual search, called a Search of the Index Map. "

tahir

Joined: 28 Oct 2004
Posts: 45712
Location: Essex

Posted: Wed Sep 14, 05 1:19 pm Post subject:
It's not the easiest site to work.

tawny owl

Joined: 29 Apr 2005
Posts: 563
Location: Hampshire

Posted: Wed Sep 14, 05 3:40 pm Post subject:
Try www.nethouseprices.co.uk. Will tell you date of completion and how much it was sold for (a nosey parker's dream!!)

wellington womble

Joined: 08 Nov 2004
Posts: 15051
Location: East Midlands

Posted: Wed Sep 14, 05 8:19 pm Post subject:
land registry will only have a record of it if it has changed hands in the last 20 years at most (I think it might be less than that) Local knowledge (libraries are a good place to start) or (gulp) a solicitor, but are sods and will probably charge you - I'll ask one of my pet ones, if I can find them under their piles of money!

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