Fifteen months on the market and three collapsed sales, caused by a right of way dispute with the pub next door. Augusta bought the property in two weeks, resolved the dispute by formal legal easement, and sold it on to an end user.
- Location
- Lancashire
- Property type
- Residential probate property
- Time to completion
- 2 weeks
- Fees charged
- £0
What was the situation?
A Lancashire probate property that had been on the market since June 2024 without completing a sale.
What made it difficult?
Three sales had fallen through, mainly because of a right of way dispute with the pub next door that affected the title. By the time the estate agent called us, the executors had lost fifteen months and the agent was running out of options.
What did Augusta do?
We bought the property with the title defect unresolved, taking on the dispute ourselves rather than asking the executors to fix it before completion. We then resolved the rights of way issue with the neighbour through a formal legal easement.
What was the outcome?
We purchased the property within two weeks, settled the easement, and sold the property on to an end user, the outcome the open market had failed to reach in fifteen months.
What condition was it in?
Photographed as we found it. We bought it in this condition, with nothing cleared, repaired or redecorated first.
After fifteen months and three failed sales.
Your situation
Is your property stuck like this one?
Every estate is different, but the reasons a sale stalls are not. Tell us where the property is and what is holding it up, and we will tell you what your options are, including the ones that do not involve us.