Property deeds

Gorteen

I am wondering what advice people can offer on the best place to store deeds. My solicitor has retired and has asked me to arange collection of deeds of some land I bought years ago.

Pat Mustard

If you get a new solicitor, he may be willing to store your deeds for you.

You could get a safety deposit box and store them there. I presume that there would be a charge.

You could instal a safe at home and store them there.

You may be able to give them to your bank and ask said bank to store them, although I don't like this idea for various reasons, and there also may be a charge. I'm not sure if banks still do this for customers without secured lending.

You should keep a photocopy of your own deeds. You could also scan the deeds as a .pdf document and email them to yourself.

Carawaystick

Can you get the land registered if there is no change of ownership?
the prai probably charge some outrageous price for this I'd imagine though it might be worth it for peace of mind.

Addle

Carawaystick wrote: »

Can you get the land registered if there is no change of ownership?
the prai probably charge some outrageous price for this I'd imagine though it might be worth it for peace of mind.

If the property is registered, then the prai store the original deeds.
Have you a mortgage?
It's just paperwork. Keep it with all your other paperwork.

dats_right

Even if the title is registered in the Land Registry there are other important documents such as grants of planning permission, architect's certificates of compliance/exemption with planning control/building regs/bye-law approvals, local authority letter re roads and services, certificates of discharge/ exemption re nppr charge, etc. The point is that even if the title is registered there will still be a number of important documents requiring storage.

Addle

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