Re: Sensible
Too right;; As we discovered when we paid off our mortgage and I asked the bank for the deeds
Me: "When do we get the Deeds"
Bank: "You don't; They've been dematerialised" (their exact term)
Me: "What like in Star Trek"
Bank: "No they've all been digitised and sent to the Land Registry"
Me: "So there is no paper document showing the plot or my ownership"
Bank : "No"
I'm all for digital records, ease of search, conveyancing etc. but it would have been nice to have been told this was happening and have the option to have the original, even if legally useless, paper returned to us. Needless to say I can order a reprint from the LR for a fairly hefty fee £80 or so for a document which I believe was my property anyway..