How old is my house?
...to ask “How old is my house?”, often because they need this information to take out building insurance. We keep records of land ownership, not what’s built on the land....
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The quirkiest thing I’ve ever registered
Posted by:
Maria Blenkin, HM Land Registry caseworker, Posted on:
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Categories:
Buying and selling property, Historic, Working at HM Land Registry
...very old and significant tree called Hethel Old Thorn. This ancient hawthorn tree in Norfolk is thought to date from the 13th century. When it was measured in 1755 its...
Our 10 most-read blog posts of 2018
...owns property passes away. 3 - Drawing the line on boundaries Despite popular opinion, our title plans do not show precise property boundaries. Instead they show general boundaries, based on...
My apprenticeship story: using my passion for writing
...they needed somebody to help with content migration. This consists of collating and editing existing information from the old intranet site and publishing it to the new one. The old...
GOV.UK - what we’re working on: June 2017
...is never polite to ask a lady her age don’t you know), if you want to find out more we wrote a blog about it, How old is my house?...
My birthday surprise
...five large folders of instructions; scores of stamps; specialist pens and pencils, (including a “crow quill” which was an old-fashioned fountain pen that had to be dipped in ink); and...
Testing our approach to faster, sustainable services
...also learned how to make this work practically. How different customers submit applications to HM Land Registry, how they could technically provide assurance of each applications’ quality, and how this...
The HM Land Registry portal redesign
Posted by:
Eddie Davies, Deputy Director – Digital Services (Head of Product), Posted on:
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Categories:
Digital services
...from customers that the portal currently looks clunky and old fashioned, a fair criticism given it’s 13 years old! The design we’ve gone for aligns with other government designs along...
Breaking down barriers: 120 years of women in HM Land Registry
Posted by:
Jodie Cuff, Communications Officer, Posted on:
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Categories:
Historic, Working at HM Land Registry
...HM Land Registry were recruited shortly after we received our first typing machines back in 1899. Our amateur historian Peter Mayer tracked down records from the 1901 census where 18-year-old...
Casework, Taekwondo, a book and 3 cats
...However, I can communicate in different ways, by email, by Skype, text/WhatsApp or good old fashioned 1-2-1. Skype has recently been introduced to HM Land Registry, which is great for...