boundary advice

Debt_Free_Chick

mexicanwaver wrote:

The boundaries are usually clearly marked in red ink.

Translating the boundary from paper to reality is where the difficulty starts

Debt_Free_Chick

lynsiloo wrote:

My neighbours are getting an extension at the rear of their house. Today i was told by them that my fence has to come down so they can roughcast the new building, there is also an issue about the boundary line. I have looked at the deeds for my house, it doesnt say. Where can i find out where the actual boundary lies???

Boundary issues are guaranteed to wind anyone up, but before you get into a flap about this ... what, exactly, has the neighbour said about the boundary?

silvercar

There is something called party wall agreements. When your neighbours need to do work involving access to your property they need to set up an agreement, otherwise you can call a halt to the work at any time and accuse them of trespass.

myrnahaz

You don't have to give permission to them for anything involving use of your property. My neighbour has sold her garden to a builder who asked me if he could put scaffolding on my garden so he could build the upper storey (he'd built so close to the boundary that he didn't have room for the scaffolding). I rang the planning people at the council who said I didn't have to give consent to the builder. So I refused. (PS: I'm not usually so nasty but we're having our garden landscaped this month and his scaffolding will stop us getting access to the back garden - and it's likely to be there for about 4 months)

myrnahaz

Tesco sell a booklet called 'Dealing with nuisance neighbours'. It's part of the Lawpack series and has no isdn or other reference other than a website https://www.tesco.com/legalstore. The book was reduced a few days ago so the stocks may be low, but it has some good advice.