Land Registry

[ColonelBlimp]

I will soon be buying a house in England.
Is it compulsory, BY LAW, to register my ownership with the Land Registry?
I do not need a mortgage, so I think it is no one else's business who owns my house.

[woofgang]

so far as i know it is a part of the legal purchase process.

[buildersmate]

Yes it is. There are still many hundreds of properties that are unregistered (because they haven't been sold since the start of compulsory registration), but the rules of the game are that, on sale, the property must now be registered.
It gives the owner some protection.
You may find it possible to 'hide' your as proprietorship behind the name/address of your solicitor, but it going to cost.

[vindi48]

You can't really be serious Colonel.

England has been behind the times in land registry so, now, as a property is sold/purchased registry is compulsory. Consider, without registration there would in future be no record of your ownership when eventually you wish to sell. You may be able have the property owned by a Trust with trustees other than yourself whereby your own name may not appear on the Title.

Am unable to see quite where a mortgage comes into it as registration would still be
necessary. As I read the question, if there were a mortgage you would be content to be publicly known as owner which doesn't make a lot of sense as that would tell the world you owed money on the place. Without a mortgage all will see you are not a debtor - so hooray and take a salute.

[ColonelBlimp]

I just want to be under the radar of nosey officialdom! Similarly, I don't wish to be on the voter's roll.
I don't REALLY want the nosey-blooming-parkers to track me, spy on me, track my spending by loyalty card use, be a number on a census form, have my internet use recorded and generally be treated as one of the governed numbers in the all-powerful state machine!

[sandyRoe]

I believe you can avoid being on the census by not being at home the night it should be completed.

[dzug2]

<<I believe you can avoid being on the census by not being at home the night it should be completed. >>


Not legally - you should be included wherever you are

[vindi48]

The answer is simple Colonel.

Don't have:
any property owned or rented.
a credit card, debit card, loyalty card, driver's licence, passport, bank or other account.
taxable income - so the tax man misses you.
any vehicle.


Don't:
draw any pensions, private or NHI.
get injured or visit a doctor.
be at home on census night or any anyone else's home.
travel anywhere out of England.

As to census night, I suspect you could be safe in prison as prisoners may not have a vote though am uncertain on this. But then, officialdom would know you were there which ruins that idea I guess.

That computer is also a problem.

Siberia perhaps?

[bushbaby_de]

The Council doesn't use the land registry to make the Electoral Roll... whereever did you get that idea?!

[Sooper]

Vindi48 - England has been behind the times in land registry??

I would say that England and Wales are the undisputed world leaders when it comes to registering land!