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Boundaries
LouLouHelen
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Please can someone point me in the right direction. We moved into a house in November last year. We are responsible for both of our boundary fences.
Currently the fence on one side of our house is nailed to the edge of our garage. I can see this has been done out of ease as there is no point in spending out to run a fence down the side of the garage if it is not going to be seen and is not a big enough space to walk down.
The neighbour on the other side of this fence is currently clearing out their garden with the intention of selling the house and have mentioned that they are going to clear out down the side of their garage(the building next to our boundary) to enable a walkway down the side. Looking at the old fence that was left down there is not enough room on his side to do this and we are concerned that as it unused he might claim it as his own.
We have looked at our paperwork and Deeds for our house but it is not clear anywhere where exactly the boundary ends.
We do not want to be petty but neither do we want to loose some of our land when they sell next door - how can we find out more so that we can fence the boundary accurately?
Any help greatly appreciated!
Currently the fence on one side of our house is nailed to the edge of our garage. I can see this has been done out of ease as there is no point in spending out to run a fence down the side of the garage if it is not going to be seen and is not a big enough space to walk down.
The neighbour on the other side of this fence is currently clearing out their garden with the intention of selling the house and have mentioned that they are going to clear out down the side of their garage(the building next to our boundary) to enable a walkway down the side. Looking at the old fence that was left down there is not enough room on his side to do this and we are concerned that as it unused he might claim it as his own.
We have looked at our paperwork and Deeds for our house but it is not clear anywhere where exactly the boundary ends.
We do not want to be petty but neither do we want to loose some of our land when they sell next door - how can we find out more so that we can fence the boundary accurately?
Any help greatly appreciated!
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The Land Registry may be able to help, although the only way to accurately define a boundary is to have it re-surveyed and both of you agree on what the surveyor says. This is quite pricey.(AKA HRH_MUngo)
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Usually when you buy you get a map with boundaries outlined and your solicitor asks if you agree with them. Have you got one of these with your paperwork?0
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If it runs between your two garages, could you make it a common walkway, with gates into either garden at the end? That way you both get the use of it, without causing a lot of trouble over what sounds like pretty unusable space otherwise.When I had my loft converted back into a loft, the neighbours came around and scoffed, and called me retro.0
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bobsa1 wrote:Usually when you buy you get a map with boundaries outlined and your solicitor asks if you agree with them. Have you got one of these with your paperwork?
But the trouble with that is that a biro line on the map will be a foot wide when translated onto the ground and still you do not know where the actual boundary is.(AKA HRH_MUngo)
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We had a similar problem when we moved into our house. Our neighbour had fastened his fence against our wall when there should have been a gap of at least 1ft. Although we had a map, the scale was so small so I contacted the Land Registry. They came out and measured (free of charge) and said the boundary was where I felt it should be (1ft from our house wall). Neighbour, cantakerous old devil, did not agree but luckily he moved and new neighbour more amenable and fence now sited where it should be.Thrifty Till 50 Then Spend Till the End
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