jamie m
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If you lived there for over 10 years, you could claim squatters rights. As it stands, you have no claim to the house. If it is in a dilapidated state, you might be able to purchase it cheaply. Check out ownership at your local Town Hall, or get a solicitor to do a search for you. |
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James L
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Check with the courthouse and see if the taxes are paid to date.
If they aren't, then you can payoff the taxes, hold a lein against the property, then eventually claim it if noone pays you back the taxes. There are rules to this though, you have to publish it publically and attempt to contact the person. Then it takes a few years before you can claim the property. |
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steven p
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why not try ourproprty.co.uk as this will tell you who owned the house previously, and if it was sold on. you could also try the land registry for the deeds. The chances are that this person was renting and the Landlord cannot be bothered to maintain the property. What tends to happen is that you contact the council about the mess, they track down the owner and he/she will probably offer to sell you the property. But beware it will not be cheap as they will not give you a large discount and you will pay a fortune to renevate it. is this the best answer? Vote for me |
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Linds
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Look at public record see who's name holds title to the property. Once you find that out buy it from them, the county, or who ever has ownership and its yours. |
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Landlord
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wizjp is right. You can't just up and take another persons property just because they are not living in it. Someone owns it, even if it is the city. You can complain to your city and get it cleaned up, usually mentioning weeds and potential fire does the trick.
There is no way for you to just up and take it and turn it into a rental. Squatting is actually fairly hard. You have to opening live in the house for 20 years and pay all of the property tax to claim it. The 20 years is to give any heirs with a ligitiamate claim to the property time to realize that you are trying to steal it.
You can ask your county tax accessor who owns the house, that is public information. Usually the mailing address is available too, in case you want to be honest and buy the house. However, the county does not HAVE to disclose contact informtion for the owner, only name. |
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Bossman â„¢
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Break in with minimal damage. change the locks and window locks etc and bingo its yours! |
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DEREK M
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You need to be in undisputed possession of the property for 10 years after which you apply to Land registry to make a claim of Adverse Possession of the property, euphemistically called squatters rights. If there is a registered owner Land Registry will contact them. They then have a further 2 years to object to your claim. This is a very shortened version of the procedure.Do some reseach on the net and look for adverse possession and also the Limitation Act 1980 I think Section 14 should help. You could contact Land Registry yourself and for a small fee (£2.00 on line)possibly find out who owns the property and approach them regarding purchasing the house.That might be a quicker way rather than wait 12 years. |
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Charles A
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contact a lawyer and see what your options are. |
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El Cid
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My advice is that you clear out at least one room in the house and start occupying it. Assuming that your neighbour had abandon it and is not likely to turn up soon, you should be undisturbed in its use. The kitchen would be a good place. Cook at least a meal in it per week to show that you have occupied it. Take some photos or video to show your occupation. This is necessary to show to that you have occupied the property if you want ot claim squatter's rights. I believe 12 years is the length of time allowed for reclaiming. So you have some way to go. |
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Ellie
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Follow this link- it might help:-)http://www.theunregistered.co.uk/ |
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MOM KNOWS EVERYTHING
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If it truly has been abandoned, then no one has been paying taxes on it, and eventually it should be put up for auction by your local taxing authority. Check with them to see the status. If the taxes ARE being paid, then the taxing authority should have a name and address of who is paying them, and you can contact the owner that way. Ignore the answers that tell you about "squatters' rights". That's a concept that went out with the wild, wild west. |
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misty19492000
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You can't exactly claim it without buying it or paying any liens. Either the owners have been paying the taxes all these years or there's a lot of back taxes owed. I believe that you could have the city condemn it. Then, either the owners would have to fix it up and pay the back taxes or the city could sell it. There are always tax records on property. The information on the property is public - anyone can look it up by address or name. Contact your county tax commisioner. |
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Albatross
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Just go in and shout "Bertie? Are you there?" |
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philipscown
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One approach is to get squatters rights (I'm not a lawyer). There was a recent case of this for a house in Highgate, which was a nice earner for the squatter. I've a feeling it took over seven years though. |
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harryhotun
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OK.first check with your local council,they may know the owners name,but may not let you know who it is; so say you are concerned by the fact that your garden is being infested by weeds whose seeds originate from this property;that you intend legal action regarding this,they may then have to give you the name!!Secondly check the national land registry.If you have sufficient funds to consider buying this property to let,then you can afford to employ a solicitor to act on your behalf.You will eventually need one if you go ahead and purchase this property. |
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volunteerjim
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It depends on what state and area you are in.
First if it's been abandoned that long it's odd that the local government hasn't sold it for back taxes. Go to the tax assessors office and see if someone is paying the taxes.
If so they would have their name and address.
To claim a property by adverse possession (essentially invoking squatter's rights) is very difficult and the time varies greatly depending on what state you're in. You need to consult with an attorney to find out exactly how adverse possession works in your area.
Generally adverse posession must be: "actual, open, notorious, exclusive, hostile, under cover of claim or right, and continuous and uninterrupted for the statutory period."
"These terms have special legal meanings as legal "terms of art", meaning that their definition for purposes of adverse possession law may be different from a definition you would find in a standard dictionary."" |
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fireblood
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squat in it , after afew years you have rights to claim it |
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stoned
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Theres really no way to "claim" it you would have to buy it legaly, you can always squat there for free if you need a roof over your house. |
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wizjp
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In law there is adverse posession; if you have been paying taxes, living in and maintaining a property for what is usually 20 years you can make a claim for adverse posession and quiet title. Otherwise, you have no right or rule of law that allows you to take posession just because it's empty.
Try the tax assessor for the last party to pay taxes on it; or try a public notice. |
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alex_marshall21
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Just go live there for long enough and you'll probably get it as like a squatter type situation. |
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Hoodoo
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1) If there is a sign on the door which there is in most cases read what it says.
2 ) Then ring the council in that rea and query about it you know they might say give us ..... and then that is yours. |
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kevrigger
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Call County Comptroller and ask. And yes it is spelled right. |
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>G%)(Q_)Hfreagtrw
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Well i would go and look at it but you should ask your local restate agent on that. |
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