Theres a house which looks totally abandoned around the corner from me, garden all over grown, windows boarded up, fences smashed etc. It looks like its been this way for a while as well. Id like to find out who owns it so i could see if they want to sell it, is there anyway to do this?
How to find out who owns a boarded up house
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not surprised they board up a lot of houses to save from vandals just never bother to keep anything outside the house in a reasonable state!
I doubt a lot they will just sell it to you btw
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some councils have an "empty home officer" (I recently discovered this)
they can help you, if it's council owned you would likely have to speak to the estates department, the only downside in this that I've seen happen twice before, is that instead of agreeing to sell it directly to you, once they know there is some interest they either put it to auction or just sell it on the open market themselves
they can help you, if it's council owned you would likely have to speak to the estates department, the only downside in this that I've seen happen twice before, is that instead of agreeing to sell it directly to you, once they know there is some interest they either put it to auction or just sell it on the open market themselves
A friend of mine used to do just this and he has managed to buy a number of house fairly cheap as a result. I think one house that he looked at was just given to him by the family of the people that owned it becuase they didnt know what to do with it and didnt need the money either.
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Start digging up the front garden.
Someone will soon come along claiming ownership or hire some heras and heras round it.
Someone will soon come along claiming ownership or hire some heras and heras round it.
Paid for the searches, turns out its council owned. In the end i managed to get through to the right person and it turns out it was put up for auction 3 weeks ago, they were looking to get £220,000 for it, in the end it went for £570,000 ! slightly out of budget lol. 100% sure its a property developer whoes bought it, we'll be seeing 3 houses on there in a couple of months.. Shame really, i would have liked to have actually lived in it in the way it is with a little bit of work.
Local councils will also have a list of abandoned buildings they can force sell, so you might want to get in contact and see what's about. Although finding the right person to speak to with the council, well that's the hard part.
And ouch, is it a castle or you in London.
And ouch, is it a castle or you in London.
It was a bungalow, i would say it looks like a 2 bed from the outside, main attraction to the developer i would imagine was the plot it was on, after further investigation its massive! one owner since 1924 then the council took ownership in 1974 and have had it ever since.
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I would have a guess he is in the south. That much for the plot, it must have been a big old plot!
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In the south a private purchaser may as well not bother with trying to buy plots of land, developers swoop in and are prepared to outbid you on the basis that they'll build several properties not one.
Pretty pointless waste of time.
Pretty pointless waste of time.
You were lucky to find the owner from the Land Registry title register. Most of the time as it's not uncommon is the property will be registered to Mr XXX at the said property address. Which is not much help if the property is empty.