bought some/need help with the agreement/ dam clauses

constantsmiler

Hi guys, wee question, i bought some land behind my property when i was building it to extinguish a right of way through the property, I was totally shafted as the original price when the seller came to visit was £2000, and as he was a neighbour he said to build away and wed get the paperwork sorted. As a young green first time builder I took him at his word, and proceeded to build the house right up, about a month later he called up I expected him to have the agreement and welcomed him with a smile and he welcomed me with a price hike- £20, 000 telling me circumstances had changed and id built on away at the property, even though he told me in front of witnesses. Anyway, id just become single and was in bits only a week before and broke down, to cut a long story short ended up settling on £12,000 but he wrote conditions into the agreement which i made sure I went to solicitor with.

The solicitor advised just to sign as he had me over a barrel. the main one is that i am only allowed to build a double garage on the property.

it extends to well over an acre, the deal was done about 5 years ago, is there anyway i can get this clause removed? He is a well known property developer, and obvioulsy just did this to cash in in the future when i wanted to apply for a site or something.

I know i was in wrong for building on, then signing, but does anyone know a way to get around this old !!!!!!!??

many thanks

DVardysShadow

What do you want to do with the land? What would you get planning permission for? and would you want all of the land? Essentially, you were mugged and about your only way out is to buy yourself out, possibly using some of the land to do so

G_M

DVardysShadow wrote: »

Essentially, you were mugged and about your only way out is to buy yourself out, possibly using some of the land to do so

I agree with the 2nd part - buy your way out - but not the 1st part.

You weren't mugged - muggers jump out at you, knock you down, and rifle through your pockets while you are inconcious

What you did was go to a dark alley in the roughest part of town in the middle of the night and stand there with your wallet in your hand, and £50 notes hanging out of your wallet, then when someone came along you shouted "take it all, take it all!"

I can't believe you 'sold' land on the basis of a conversation.

I can't believe you took no legal advice.

I can't believe you built on the land without first registering it with the LR.

constantsmiler

i know, the guy was a neighbour who we never had any problems with, we live in very rural part of country where everyone knows everyone etc etc, and nothing like this ever happened before. i have now been living in the house for 3 years, so not worried about it at all. The question revolves around the land to the rear of the house that initailly had the rightof way through my land to get to it. to get rid of the right of way, the land was bought as right of way went with it. thats all done.

my question is there any legal way i can fight that this guy has put a stipulation on the use of the land, on land he sold? its been there for 4 years. as for whats the land used for, presently just for extra ground/ storage, and he stipulated that it be only used for a double garage. its an area of approx 1/2 acre with a land to rear, that a building site could be applied for. its heavily forrested all around too.

have i any legal case to have his 'only a double garage' clause to be removed? if i have to pay him, so be it..... just would rather not

tbs624

If you have already had advice from a solicitor on this , why are you not taking that advice?