Property Law

In summary My wife and I were given £300,000 to purchase a 1 acre property (consisting of pastoral and domestic land containing several out buildings and several dwellings). We are within both a national park and a conservation area. Relationships between our friend and us deteriorated at the start of the covid era, when we were asked to have mRNA gene therapy before we could continue to see her. We explained at the time that it was still on trial and that we had a young family dependent upon us, and that we were hesitant as we believed that the shots could be pose potential risks to our short and long term health. Which has proven to be correct with recent admissions and the latest statistics produced from the National Statistics and the Pharmaceutical company admissions. However, our hesitancy was seen as proof that we did not care enough about protecting the health of our friend. Which is of course ridiculous but never less this is how it was perceived. From here on in our relationship fragmented and all of her benevolence was regretted. We now find ourselves in a situation where owing to the regret of her charity towards us, we are seen as an enemy, and she is trying everything to claw back part of her investment in us. It’s a long story, but she has instructed a solicitor to offer us the opportunity to consent to a charge on our property of £150, 000 in the event of its future sale, to go to a local charity. They have also provided evidence that during the time of the purchase, our friends husband paid £50,000 separately to the previous owner of the land. At the time that this happened we were told by our friends husband that this was a sweetener to the seller and a kind of deposit to secure the total sale. However, they have produced an invoice given by the seller to our friends husband for the sun of £50,000 which included the sale of several buildings on the land. This included a wooden lodge, a large barn, an office, a tool shed, and a container. I presume that this is something that they are using as leverage to nudge us into accepting this charge. Our concerns are in relation to the ownership of these buildings and the charge itself. Where do we lay legally with regards to the use of those buildings. We have lived here for 3.5 years and fully use each building, they contain all of our belongings and I have spent a considerable amount of money upkeeping and renovating them unbeknownst that they possible are not owned by me. Kindest regards Will Robbins