Property Line?

IT_nerd

Just wondering what the document's called that shows the property line between one house and another. Can't find the info online..
My neighbour keeps moaning at me to stop parking so far over on my driveway because he can't get out. So I've been making a concious effort to park over so he can get out.
But today he storms out and got angry at me and implied I was doing it for fun or something.
So I need that document so I can go draw the line with chalk so there will be no more arguments.
He's about 70 and shouldn't even have a license with the way he drives.
I shouldn't be forced to park elsewhere just because he's too old to turn the steering wheel.

Thanks.

hethmar

Oh dear, not so simple as you think Im afraid. You need your deeds but most show just a vague outline drawing which is of no use legally- if you are very lucky you may have a measurement shown from a datum point. Do you have a garage or a wall that you can see is clearly the boundary? Are your relative driveways not equal in width?

IT_nerd

Here's a picture to show the shape of the driveways.

We each have a double garage, or 2 garages depending on how you look at it.
I would think the grey line would be the property line.
A always park on that side of the line, and right up against the garage door so he can swing around and drive out on our side of the drive.
Which is why this made me so angry.

poppysarah

If his driving is dodgy you could snitch him to the police/dvla.

Does he need to cut back his garden?

IT_nerd

If he did then he would have a much more useable driveway!
It's the original builders that designed it that way for some reason.
It means his only real option is to swing onto our side, which makes it even more cheeky that he's having a go at me and claiming I do it for some twisted kick.

poppysarah

It might be in your deeds that he has some sort of right of access to it.... but you'll have to have a read and check.

Round here some houses have shared drives and a garage each at the back. Stupid idea. Plenty of reasons to fall out with neighbours.

You can get a copy of the deeds from land registry. couple of quid. Should have a plan on it and in the legal blah about whether he's legally got right of way.
If there's room for him to drive straight out of one garage down his drive then I don't see why he should have.

IT_nerd

My drawing isn't 100%. The exit is slightly off center for his side. By about 3-4 feet right.
I'll find the deeds.
Thanks.

PasturesNew

The line is a boundary line. The answer will be in your deeds and his. There is a small chance your deeds may even show something different.

Maybe the drive is even shared - with neither of you having any right to park on any of it and it is a shared access into the garages only. But the answers are on your deeds. You can get a copy of yours and of his online, £3 each, from the land registry site.

If it says you have a right to pass and repass, that means you can't stop or park.

Many people have no idea what's in their deeds. Many never understood, or misunderstood, or simply didn't pick up on the meaning when it was gone through with their solicitor. Some simply assume and think they're right.

Good luck - and can you pop back and let us know what your answer was when it's resolved.

IT_nerd

I'll buy them and report back.

Sonofa

why not post a link to google maps of the satellite image and we can all have a nosey?

domcastro

I fell out with my neighbour over a shared drive. They used to park right on the "line" but that meant I had to park 2 ft away from the line for door opening, access etc. They were fitting 4 cars in the drive and I could barely manage 2 (drives were exactly the same size). There view was that as they weren't over the "line" - it was fine. They were too thick to realise that if they parked on the "line" I couldn't park anywhere near the "line" so effectively losing lots of drive.

I effing hated them over this for being thick and have sworn never to buy a house where I share a driveway - people are too selfish