Positive things from today: the old Doblo has been collected to go to scrap, plus a hugely heavy old cast iron oil fire which I knew we couldn't shift on our own, and a few other random bits of metal which hadn't already gone to the Tip. Plus we got paid more for the car than expected, so a real bonus. We'd have been happy to give it away, just to get rid of it.
This is the little Arts & Crafts lamp we bought this week. I need to give it a little clean up as there are noticable sharp dark streaks down the canopy/lid of it on one side.
This lovely old French ship's lamp has been carefully packed away ready to go to the new house. We have a couple of these.
I spent a lot of today in the kitchen, baking. I made a Chocolate Apple Cake, Apple Dappy, and a big Granary loaf, and then Beef Cobbler (with cheesey scone topping) for our evening meal. We will have the other half of it tomorrow night.
I had to look up Doblo and also Curate's Egg, of which I now get the general gist but sadly I don't ''get'' the original cartoon's joke. Glad your day was somewhat productive.
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Oh Lizzy, I am guessing things are different here. The Doblo is just a sort of car (we will miss it as we had many happy outings in it, and it drove like a sports car - the current Nissan drives like it has square wheels!! Very poor suspension.) The curate's egg is just an expression these days.
DeleteAlso looked up Beef Cobbler, which looks hearty and delicuous. I'll try it next snow day or storm day.
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Because Keith is a fussy eater, we just have ours as (ground beef) mince with gravy - not even any onion, but it is still tasty because of the cheese scones on the top. I am sure you will enjoy it, and you can of course add what you like to the ground beef baase.
DeleteYum! And easy. I found a more stewlike recipe on a BBC cooking site, looks delish either way. Thanks. [you know I try recipes!]. PS I had a Jeep that drove hard too, exhausting.
DeleteLove that lamp. I thought Deeds were no longer as important as they used to be now that every house is registered with the Land Registry.
ReplyDeleteI'm hoping that Deeds aren't so important too. I am close to tearing my hair out here!
DeleteA few years back there was a big upheaval with the Land Registry and documentation where things were simplified as far as the Land Registry was concerned. Solicitors when dealing with Land of any description every time there were any relations between Land Registry and owners and new owners had to prepare an Epitome of Title and list all the documents in date order. In those days used to have to send copies of all the documents to the Land Registry as well but I am not sure that is a requirement these days. There is a telephone enquiry line at Land Registry Offices to try and circumvent lots of trails with no information. If you can speak to one of the Assistants and tell them what the problem is i.e. you are looking to sell and buy and that your buyer's solicitor are asking for original Deeds, plead ignorant and ask for their advice as the best way to tackle this. They may be kind and help you. There may be some fees, but if you ask about how best to approach and track these down they may help. I think you can request documents etc on line from the Land Registry but telephone first and speak to someone to save a lot of hassle so that you know exactly what you need to do. There is no harm in being proactive; normally your solicitor should deal with this aspect so make enquiries of all parties. As you know I was a Litigation Legal Secretary for 40 years mainly matrimonial, family, child care law, Social Services cases which I do know. Property was always a learning curve for me - a different animal altogether, but I did dabble from time to time. I would suspect that the original Deeds are lurking in a solicitors office somewhere although I would have thought traceable as normally if a solicitor's practice closes all files are usually transferred to a nominated solicitor by the Law Society so there should be a paper trail somewhere. Technically speaking I would have said that all property should be registered but if it has been owned for a long time I think that there are occasionally cases which do crop up although very rare. When you bought though there should have been Deeds to the property that should have been with your solicitor. If your solicitor has lost them - they should be responsible for replacing them - that can be extremely expensive. I hope you find them soon. What pretty little lamps I can see why you indulged with the Arts and Crafts one but love the other one too. Glad you have had a productive day for the best part and that you have managed to do some baking. Do not fret about the freezer, just make sure that the fridge is well stocked. I can understand being without the freezer as I still do not have the big replacement one. That will come. Just take it steady and one day at a time, chink away at it. Take care Hugs Tricia xx
ReplyDeleteThank you so much for that Tricia. I have copied and pasted it so that I show it to Keith. We will discuss it and hope it can be sorted. We had ALL the Deeds that we "inherited" when we bought the house, so if the 1860 Deeds were supposed to be with them, our Solicitor (who had been storing them for us) should have them.
DeleteSo when you bought the house ??? This would surely have been checked by your solicitor purchasing? check that. Is there a mortgage? Who has the deeds?
ReplyDeleteOur Solicitor holds the Deeds - we had them sent by the conveyancing company that had dealt with the purchase, many years back now. So if they were there when we bought it before, our Solicitor should have them.
DeleteOh My Goodness I read to how homes are bought in the UK and I am so Happy we do not have to do that here. That is all taken care of by the Title Company during Escrow. All we need to do is write a check !
ReplyDeleteI hope this works out for you.
cheers xx
It is a bit archaic-sounding parsnip. It is wearing us down, all these constant exchanges and further questions - we just want to MOVE!
DeleteHere a title search is done when a property changes hands--mostly to see if previous owners have tied anything up with debts. Property descriptions are given as boundaries and list the more recent owners and reference deed books/records held [usually] at county level. They seem to want you going back to Domesday!
ReplyDeleteWe have the boundary papers here - they want something else put in on them - and I would have thought if there WAS anything to do with the 1860 sale (which I doubt, as our house and a big parcel of land (266 acres) were part of the holdings of a much bigger estate, and then sold on to another big local land-owner and I doubt very much any debts they had were secured against it un-noticed! The last big estate was owned by Copper Magnates! Domesday level is starting to look possible!
DeleteThose lamps are beautiful.
ReplyDeleteThe Beef Cobbler sounds like something my husband would enjoy.
God bless.
Jackie - glad you like them. Give the Beef Cobbler a try. It's very tasty. You can always do a veggie version too.
DeleteI suppose the solicitor has to make his fee work with the deeds, it all must be very suspenseful and worrying. A cobbler is a sort of scone isn't it on top of the stew?
ReplyDeleteWe have had a couple of phone calls with the Solicitor now - don't know if these are part of the service or "extra"! We just want to move on now.
DeleteThe Cobbler part is the scone on top.
Two beautiful lamps.
ReplyDeleteI have the deeds for here going right back to when it was sold off from a big estate and had the same for the smallholding. A little bit of history but not needed for selling since 1992 when Land Registry took over. Houses that haven't changed hands since 1992 might not yet be registered
We bought our house in 1988, so it is possible that the Land Registry doesn't have all our details. Will have to ask.
DeleteLove the lamps :) When I sold my mum's house I had no idea where the deed were so I believe the solicitor got them from Land Registery. Not sure if that would work in your case as property much older. But when you bought it surely your solicitor then would have wanted to see the deeds so would they still have them? I know with our house once the mortgage was paid for the building society sent us the deeds. Good Luck hope you can sort it out.
ReplyDeleteWill have to check out the Land Registry as everyone is mentioning it. We are meant to be protecting ourselves by taking out an indemnity (more money!)
DeleteIf the house is already registered with the Land Registry then they will have scanned copies of the deeds. In isolation from other information, it would appear that your solicitor is doing first registration.
ReplyDeleteTam checked last night and it is already registered, so hopefully this will solve the problem.
DeleteSuch gorgeous lamps! The food sounds delicious. You need to write a cookbook as I would buy one. Happy to hear of all the progress made as you downsize for the new home. All the best to you & Keith and Tam. You have all worked so hard. Take Care and Stay Healthy!
ReplyDeleteWe can't wait to have them up in our new home Judy. I have to say, most of my recipes are filched from other cookbooks, so I would be sued for copyright!
DeleteWe will be glad to have time to unwind and unpack at our leisure when we have moved.
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ReplyDeleteYou did - I hadn't been on the computer to free the comments from the Purgatory they linger in!
DeleteHeres hoping all the paperwork gets sorted soon. Love the lamps. The cobbler sounds delicious, I haven't made one for ages, I like a fruit cobbler too.
ReplyDeleteI will be relieved when it has. Glad you like the lamps. Haven't made fruit cobbler, but will when I have time.
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