garden not as big as it should be on plans

ANNIEHAHA

Hi just wondered if anyone knew what to do with this
Our garden seems to have lost some grass to the side,when compared to the measurements on our plans
we have access down both sides of the house, however one neighbour reckons they own half of our access and this would leaves us with a strip of land between garages (we also have a shared driveway with said neighbours )
I have tried going through land registry but can't seem to get any help/pointers from anyone
any advice would be really apprecisted
thanks in advance

never_enough

ANNIEHAHA wrote:

Hi just wondered if anyone knew what to do with this
Our garden seems to have lost some grass to the side,when compared to the measurements on our plans
we have access down both sides of the house, however one neighbour reckons they own half of our access and this would leaves us with a strip of land between garages (we also have a shared driveway with said neighbours )
I have tried going through land registry but can't seem to get any help/pointers from anyone
any advice would be really apprecisted
thanks in advance

Have you just bought the house, because if so I'm sure the solicitor would've brought something like that to your attention (well, I would've hoped so) if it affects access to your house. You could try downloading plans from the land registry to see if they tally, I think it's about £2. Although that's not *always* useful, when I did that the plans for my house show lots of extra land still attached to the house which was sold in the 1960s & now has about 10 homes on it! Btw, you can download the plans for your neighbours house too I believe, which may be useful too.
The other thing is to check in your deeds to see if there is some kind of covenant to give you right of access over that land although it belongs to your neighbours.
You could get a surveyor out to measure up exactly, although they'd be working from the same plans as you. Might be worth it though?

ANNIEHAHA

Hi never enough, we bought the bungalow 3 and a half years ago
when we took down a shed near their fence they took the oppurtunity to replace their old one
When we made a measurement accross the garden it was about a foot out so we have lost a foot of our garden from somewhere on one side
But I kind of gave up as I wasn't getting any where and had seen a lot on tv about people getting no where on these things ,couldn't afford a solicitor and didn't have access to any site for advice
I don't have a problem with rights of access just don't know where to find the land thats gone 'missing'

Whistling_Gypsy

Have you tried writing in to the Land Registry (often get fobbed off/told to write in anyway if you phone!) - give them as much info as you can -including a plan (even hand drawn) if possible, showing where the problem lies?

If you already have - try addressing it to a Senior Plans Technician (by name if possible) in the Technical Team - and ask for any advice they are able to give if they don't hold the relevant info?? (though they can't give legal advice)
(Worked for me after a boundary dispute a few years ago!!)

Becles

If the Land Registry plans are not clear, you'll need to instruct a boundary surveyor who will be an expert in these things.

I had to consult one last year following a dispute over land at the front of our house and next door. To cut a very long story short, next door claimed I was parking and then laying a new driveway on land that belonged to them. A boundary surveyor sorted the problem out in no time. I had taken digital photographs of the area, and as well as doing a proper formal report, he also drew on the photographs to show who owned what (next door are not very bright and don't understand written documents).

It sorted the matter out once and for all. He charged around £70 a hour, which seems expensive, but after months of hassle and abuse from the neighbours, it was worth every penny just to get the matter laid to rest.

ANNIEHAHA

Thanks so much for your advice I'll start looking in to it straight away.