A little question about gardens

MoneySaverForever

Hi there, I hope this question is going to make some sense to you because it's so clear in my head what I want to say and I just hope others can understand it too! anyway, as it's the time of year when you're supposed to be keeping on top of your gardens, I just thought I'd ask if someone knows the rules when it comes to flats? I live in a four in a block flat with one person above me and another across the hallway with someone up above them. To my knowledge, I have a front and back garden and the person above me has the long side garden the front of the building to the very back but apparently the very front of this garden know longer belongs to them!? is this correct? they've put up a fence and left the very front of what I thought was their garden to grow wild and when I approached the subject they just said it didn't belong to them.

I don't want to cause problems but when I moved here I was told what gardens were mine and I've tried to keep them as tidy as I can every since. I don't think I like the fact that people can just give up gardens as they please and then expect someone else to take over, especially considering they've always looked after them and that I'm not very well right now. I asked another question here about my home and people are going to think I either have too much time on my hands or don't stop complaining, believe me, that's not the case at all

I hope you can help me because this is really frustrating and I don't want to fall out with my neighbours above over this. They recently bought their property and I'm still a council tenant. We've never had any problems before this but they're adamant this front part of the garden is no longer theirs and that it's now mine. It's hard to explain the layout but it's really very simple. They now maintain their garden until the front part of the building and leave the rest from there to the street to grow like a jungle. I had a look at it earlier and the hedge is way out of control and the grass... don't get me started

Can someone put me right? thank you xxx

Desperado99

I think that's one only your landlord (council) can answer for you. But if they do want you to maintain it and haven't told you, I would try to get them to at least clear it (cut it back etc) for you.

PasturesNew

Every one is different. I used to live in a block of 8 flats, four on the ground, four on the first floor. The ground floor flats had the open plan gardens, upstairs had nothing at all.

It becomes complicated when anybody's a renter - because usually renters won't be told all the little clauses and details and will often make it up for themselves.

You need to read your actual lease/deeds/documents.

G_M

The only way to tell is to read the lease for the flat. This, together with the Plan, should explain/show which bit of garden 'belongs' to the flat, and whether it is for the flat's sole use or shared.

It may also have clauses related to maintenance, which may be the flat-owners obligation or the Freeholder or Management Company's.

cbrown372

I thought you had no gardens where you lived just a concrete jungle?