Right, I’ve done my digging with the help of
@Nikkinikki7788 and
@Beggars belief (thanks ladies!)
We can categorically say she’s lying about owning the house with Will. Will doesn’t even own it according to the land registry - it’s legally owned solely by his Uncle. The public deeds show his uncle’s name as an entry on the deed in December 2017. In 2017 there was a planning application approved to convert the building into 3 residential properties. I can see it has definitely been split into at least 2 properties, which makes sense when Elaine said they were moving to the house next door. The building itself remains as one freehold title so there’s no way Will could have bought just the one house (UNLESS the uncle has made an application to the land registry to split it into separate freeholds or create a leasehold. I know the land registry have been backed up with processing applications but surely it would’ve been done by now. I bought a house in July last year and the land registry have already updated the deeds etc). There also doesn’t seem to be any mortgages on the property so Will certainly doesn’t have a mortgage and I’m not sure how the renovations have been funded.
All this makes sense when you put it with what Elaine has said about sharing the garden and the grandparents moving 2 doors down - if the building is split into three then the family from South Africa are probably moving into the remaining property in the building.
It’s a public record if you know where to look. Public have to pay £3 for the deed. But let’s just say I have a bit of insider knowledge on these things
I haven’t accessed any information that members of the public can’t access though!