Solicitor Negligence? Nobody told me they were going to build a bridge...

GDB2222

besonders1 wrote: »

I have heard somewhere that you can claim compensation from the council even if your home is not demolished but the selling value is affected by the development. If it did not show up in a search and you still have the documents then I would contact the council and a solicitor just to see where you stand and make sure that you don't give up easily.

The standard search form (at least south of the border) asks questions about the property itself, and very limited questions about the neighbourhood. these questions are very specific - for example are any roads within 200m subject to a road-widening scheme? is the road adopted? Clearly, a large project 1000m away could be much more disruptive than a small one 100m away, but the form sent to the council does not ask the right questions to get a sensible reply.

Ilian2008

Hello. Not sure how it works in Scotland but here a local search is a 'Misnomer' it only covers the house you arepurchasing, not neighbouring land. We advise clients to make their own searches of theplanning office if they are concerned about neighbouring development as searching awider area is very expensive

carefullycautious

It just shows that if you had knocked on a few doors the neighbours would have told you. Im surprised you did not do this anyway to check if the neighbourhood was ok re; anti social behaviour, crime problems etc. I thought that this would have come top of your list of to do's as most people say vet an area morning noon and night to check for any potential problems. Even a visit to a local pub can be enlightening for talking to the locals about an area. Sorry you are having to go through this I hope you have some redress.