Land Registry building has been left ‘in shambles’

A government department whose services were sought by many, especially notaries and their staff, remained neglected for many years and was “in shambles with the situation now being almost inhuman”, the Times of Malta was told.

Formerly a division of Identity Malta, the Land Registry, in West Street, Valletta, resembled a building hit by enemy fire during World War II, a frequent client complained to this newspaper.

“We have been telling the government, particularly the Transport Ministry responsible for the department, about the embarrassing situation for a long time”, an employee said, insisting on anonymity.

“The building is falling to pieces and it is not even adequate to be used as a pigsty. Still, no one ever bothered to take the initiative. The place has not been plastered or whitewashed for long years,” another staff member commented.

A senior official who has been working there for many years said the office, which mostly dealt with the registration of promises of sale and sale contracts of land and buildings worth millions of euros, remarked that the situation had been deteriorating and had now become almost “ridiculous”.

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