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Simple solution: neglect the second issue for long enough for the first issue to sort itself out.
Seriously though, what a mare. Did he manage to sell it on without losing too much cash?
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Wtf was his solicitor doing?!
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Gosh. Was he actually buying it to live in?
Who even has lifetime tenancies anymore.
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My sister persuaded her then-boyfriend to buy the house two doors down from my parents at auction while back, which he did without a proper viewing because he'd seen it loads of times, and without paying attention to the contract because he'd 'bought loads of houses'.
When he bought it, he found that:
-The tenant had a lifetime tenancy
-The cash-strapped former public corporation it had belonged to had written into the contract that the buyer would have sole responsibility for the septic tank servicing the row of houses - which had recently overflowed
He thought he was just a canny buyer who'd got a right bargain.