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Can neighbour do this?
SPELLKASTER
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I need to ask a question regarding my neighbour.
He bought his house and has lived there for 24 years.
For 24 of those years, he's been running a business from their illegally; i.e. he does not have planning permission from the Council to do this.
He is doing car servicing by the side of the road and is a bloody nuisance.
He does this cash in hand so I doubt it he has declared it to tax, or benefits.
The fact is would he be allowed to do this; I need to apply to the Land Registry to check and see what it says on his title deed!!
If he has broken anything on his title deed what can I do about it!!??
He bought his house and has lived there for 24 years.
For 24 of those years, he's been running a business from their illegally; i.e. he does not have planning permission from the Council to do this.
He is doing car servicing by the side of the road and is a bloody nuisance.
He does this cash in hand so I doubt it he has declared it to tax, or benefits.
The fact is would he be allowed to do this; I need to apply to the Land Registry to check and see what it says on his title deed!!
If he has broken anything on his title deed what can I do about it!!??
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I'd tread carefully and weigh up the possible outcomes of any action you take.0
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^What he said.They deem him their worst enemy who tells them the truth. -- Plato0
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How is it affecting you?0
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Looking for a decent mechanic do you have their details. & What they say above ???:cool: hard as nails on the internet . wimp in the real world :cool:0
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He does? Do you have access to his accounts? Have you made waves with the HMRC?SPELLKASTER wrote: »He does this cash in hand so I doubt it he has declared it to tax, or benefits.
He has? Have you checked with the council on this?SPELLKASTER wrote: »For 24 of those years, he's been running a business from their illegally; i.e. he does not have planning permission from the Council to do this.
He is? That's subjective. In what way is he a bloody nuisance?SPELLKASTER wrote: »and is a bloody nuisance.Mortgage free I: 8th December 2009!
Mortgage free II: New Year's Eve 2013!
Mortgage free III: Est. Dec 2021...0 -
Any covenents will likely be the same as yours if they were built around the same time.0
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SPELLKASTER wrote: »For 24 of those years, he's been running a business from their illegally; i.e. he does not have planning permission from the Council to do this.
He may well not need it.He is doing car servicing by the side of the road and is a bloody nuisance.
He does this cash in hand so I doubt it he has declared it to tax, or benefits.
That's your opinion.
But I'd tread carefully before declaring war with a neighbour who may well be doing nothing illegal.The fact is would he be allowed to do this; I need to apply to the Land Registry to check and see what it says on his title deed!!
If he has broken anything on his title deed what can I do about it!!??
It would be unusual to see covenants preventing home businesses on most older houses.
Modern identikit estate houses may well have such covenants however.
Check your own deeds, if they don't have anything chances are his won't either.“The great enemy of the truth is very often not the lie – deliberate, contrived, and dishonest – but the myth, persistent, persuasive, and unrealistic.
Belief in myths allows the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought.”
-- President John F. Kennedy”0 -
Take your car in for a service with him. Get the works. Refuse to pay him. See what recourse he takes. If it's down the officially accepted routes, then he's probably legit. If he just breaks your windows, you may have a case to complain about the way in which he operates.0
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Council sent him a warning letter back in October asking him to stop doing car repairs, because I foned and reported him!! They told me he was not registered as running a business from there!!0
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