9 Crown Row, Bracknell, Berkshire, RG12 0TH
Liam McDonnell
Lettings Valuer
Liam attended school locally in Ascot and began his career in estate agency aged 18 in the Bracknell area. He has gone on to gain experience within the Maidenhead, Reading and Wokingham markets too. Building relationships is what Liam enjoys the most in his role, which gives him the opportunity to meet and help all kinds of people. Away from work, Liam enjoys playing football throughout the week and for a local Bracknell team on a Sunday (some say the next Sunday League Pirlo).
The best piece of advice I’ve ever been given is…
The way to get started is to quit talking and start doing.
Top of my bucket list is…
To travel around America and Australia.
On Sunday mornings, you can usually find me…
On a football pitch in all weathers – potentially a little jaded from the night before.
My guilty pleasures are…
Watching Super Sunday and the F1 whilst devouring a takeaway. Highly recommended.
The thing I like best about my job…
Helping and advising landlords on how to make the process of letting their property as stress-free as possible, and assuring tenants throughout the process so that it becomes an enjoyable and exciting experience.
The person I’d most like to go for a drink with is…
Sir Alex Ferguson.
19 Apr 2016
Nowadays, the Land Registry holds a digital register of the ownership of all registered land and property under a unique title number. Much of the land and property in England and Wales is now registered, but not all.
The Land Registry do not hold paper copies of historic Title Deeds although they may hold scanned copies and you can apply to receive a copy of the register.
‘Old fashioned’ historic Title Deeds can vary but would usually include various paper documents showing a chain of ownership, perhaps contracts for sale, leases, easements, boundaries, other interests, rights and charges, including details of former owners.
In most cases, mortgagees (banks and building society lenders) hold onto the deeds as well as registering their mortgage at the Land Registry. However, if you have no mortgage you can either keep the title documents at home or put them into safe keeping with your solicitor or bank.
Where an unregistered property is sold, it must now be registered with the Land Registry. To do this, you will need to prove ownership by providing the proof of Title (the title deeds). If you cannot do so because the deeds are lost, you will need to provide a declaration of truth and proof of ID. Even then, you may only obtain Possessory Title, which is considered slightly defective in legal terms.
Many companies now offer insurance for those holding Defective Title.
For more information or to speak to a Bracknell Estate Agent, contact us on 01344 860121.
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