The Swedish church has sold rented houses in the old town for 550,000 SEK

The Swedish church thought selling only a farm. In fact, they also sold a 17th century house. The dispute has now been resolved by the district court, writes Home & Rent.

It was in 2003 that the Stockholm Cathedral Assembly sold the property located in the Old Town. The property, which they wanted to sell, was a farm of 54 square meters. The purchase price was 550,000 SEK.

Ten years laterIn 2013, the company that bought the house contacted the meeting to assert its rights to another property. The contract of purchase revealed that it was not only the farm house that had changed ownership, but also the street house with four tenants and a local adjacent to the farm house, writes the newspaper .

The assembly of the cathedral took the litigation to court. Now, the District Court finds that it is the buyer, ie the company, who owns the property.

Domkyrkoförsamlingen argued that the company should have realized that its intention was not to sell the rented house at a price of 550,000 SEK. The property is currently valued at SEK 9 million. The assembly also means that the buyer has also requested access to the property only ten years after the end of the transaction.

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The borough court, however, considers that "no circumstance makes the purchase documents deemed invalid." The court argues that it is strange that the congregation did not interpret it so that the purchase agreement was aimed at both the rented house and the farm house, but admitted that this assembly meant only the sale of the farm house.

The company says however that at the time it was not possible to divide the farm house and the rented house and that it was something that the assembly knew. They also think that the initial purchase price matches the market price for the entire property.

However, the assembly could not show that the buyer knew it was only the farm that would be sold. As the purchase contract is valid, the property is therefore imputable to the company. The Church of Sweden must also replace the company for 1.7 million Swedish kronor.

The Stockholm Cathedral Assembly appealed the judgment to the Court of Appeal.

In addition to the trial, there are other aggravating circumstances. Secondly, the current rental house is associated with another property owned by the church, which means that the disputed house has room in the church-owned property.

Secondly, the contentious house can not be reached without first going through an entrance belonging to the Swedish Church, and their legal representative also claims that there is no agreement giving to the ## 147 ## 39; business the right to use the entrance to the assembly, writes Home & Rental.