Question: PLEASE ANSWER THE QUESTION IN THE PICTURE ATTACHED!! Thanks!! Roger is buying a Cottage that he viewed last week called Woodlands which is situated in

PLEASE ANSWER THE QUESTION IN THE PICTURE ATTACHED!! Thanks!! Roger is buying a Cottage that he viewed last week called "Woodlands" which is situated in Cheshire and is owned by Barbara John and Josh. Barbara has been one of the owners of the property for around 15 years and has renovated it over this time. Title to this property is registered. The asking price for the property is currently 475,000. Roger has put an offer in for 455,000 which Barbara has now accepted. Barbara informed Roger last week there was another person viewing the property called Rachel. She was also interested in buying Woodlands and wanted to make a higher offer of purchase to Barbara. Barbara decided against accepting the offer when she heard that Rachel still had another property to sell.Roger's Solicitor has discovered that the property was purchased by Barbara and her 3 brothers John, Dylan and Josh together 15 years ago. John was made bankrupt a few months ago after a few disastrous investments and Dylan sadly died around 1 year ago and had left his share to his wife Rebecca in his will.Roger's Solicitor has also discovered that in 2017 Barbara and her brothers split the land in two parts and built a second property called 'Pastures' which they leased to Elizabeth for five years. Shortly afterwards Barbara and her brothers agreed that Elizabeth could: i) Use the garden shed of the Woodlands to store logs for her wood burner; ii) Use the driveway belonging to Woodlands at all convenient times to gain access to her garage.Last year Barbara and her brothers renewed Elizabeth's lease for a further 5 years. A few weeks ago Barbara had an argument with Elizabeth that she had left no room in the garden shed for Barbara to store anything, as it was full of her logs. Barbara has told Roger's Solicitor that she has now forbidden Elizabeth to store her logs and has said that Elizabeth cannot use the driveway of Woodlands. A week after contracts are signed and exchanged, there is a terrible storm and the cottage's thatched roof is extensively damaged and burnt when lightening hit the tv aerial and caused a fire. Roger's Solicitor has also discovered from the plans that part of the back garden Barbara has been using actually belongs to the registered property to the rear of them but Barbara said when they first bought the property there was no fence dividing the two properties just a bit of barbed wire, so she erected a nice fence herself and may have taken a little bit more than she was supposed to. Barbara said that Josh has been using it to plant his potatoes and organic veg!

PLEASE ANSWER THE QUESTION IN THE PICTURE ATTACHED!! Thanks!! Roger is buying

6) Regarding the extra garden that Barbara and Josh have taken, how would your advice to Roger differ if the Land was unregistered? Which one of the following would you give as the correct answer? Please answer A, B, C or D. 21) Barbara and Josh now own that extra land through adverse possession as they have used it for 15 years and nothing further needs to be done. b) Barbara and Josh now own that extra land through adverse possession as they have used it for over 12 years and therefore can automatically register it as theirs. 0) Barbara and Josh can make an application to HMRC as they have been using the land as theirs for over 10 years but the current owners can object. d) Barbara and Josh can make an application to HMRC as they have been using the land as theirs for over 10 years and the register will be amended to include it in their title

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