![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/luton-stolen-house-owner-still-fighting-to-get-home-back/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/121300261_976ab.jpg&description=Image caption, Police initially told Mike Hall it was not fraud, but are now investigatingA man is still fighting to get his house back more than a year since it was sold without his knowledge.Reverend Mike Hall previously told the BBC of his shock at returning to his Luton house and finding it stripped of all furnishings in August last year.He is still working to obtain compensation for the loss of his property and has been unable to regain formal ownership of his house.A Bedfordshire Police investigation remains ongoing.Mr Hall, who bought the property in 1990, was working in north Wales on 20 August 2021 when he received a call from his neighbours alerting him that someone was in his house and all the lights were on.He drove home to find building work under way and a new owner who said he had bought the house."I tried my key in the front door, it didn't work and a man opened the front door to me - and the shock of seeing the house completely stripped of furniture, everything was out of the property."BBC Radio 4's You and Yours programme obtained the driving licence used to impersonate Mr Hall, details of a bank account set up in his name to receive the proceeds of the sale, and phone recordings of a man claiming to be Mr Hall instructing solicitors to sell the house.Once the house was sold to the new owner for £131,000 by the person impersonating Mr Hall, they legally owned it.As well as Mr Hall fighting to regain ownership, the BBC has learned that over a year later, the new owners are contesting Mr Hall's appeal to have the house transferred back into his name, which may result in a legal tribunal before any decision is made.Mr Hall said: "Back in September [2021] I made that application with the Land Registry giving full details as I see it. "They then processed that and are still processing it. Conversations with Land Registry have been very protracted if I'm honest with you and as it stands today, more than 12 months down the line, they are still waiting to){kind=link}
A man is still fighting to get his house back more than a year since it was sold without his knowledge.
Reverend Mike Hall previously told the BBC of his shock at returning to his Luton house and finding it stripped of all furnishings in August last year.
He is still working to obtain compensation for the loss of his property and has been unable to regain formal ownership of his house.
A Bedfordshire Police investigation remains ongoing.
Mr Hall, who bought the property in 1990, was working in north Wales on 20 August 2021 when he received a call from his neighbours alerting him that someone was in his house and all the lights were on.