New builds rules on new estates

blueybug

googler wrote: »

Whose brand?

Does it matter?

gazter

blueybug wrote: »

Today I visited a house that I'm hopefully buying and the sales person said there are rules on the estate

One is " no sign written vans are allowed on the estate"

Can they do these crazy rules?

Does anyone live on an estate where these rules are placed at the moment?
Do people break them?

My van is sign written ( with no telephone number or email/web address ) and I think it's crazy that my own personal vehicle isn't allowed in my own drive/car port.

Every new estate has these rules, and universally ignored by everyone. However, if a rule exists, it can be enforced....

Katgrit

blueybug wrote: »

Does it matter?

Yes it could well matter. If it's a privately owned commercial company work van with the name of the local surfboard hire company emblazoned over the side that's a big difference between a special edition ford fiesta with an Oneill branding and swirl across the back.

charleyroo

Yep, this all isn't unusual. I just saw all the restrictive covenants (if that's the correct phrase) that will come with my newbuild.

Get your sol to talk you through - some are applicable only while they are actively marketing the development, some are permanent.

When you get the docs, keep them (along with the planning permission!) it reduces hassle when selling in x years.

louiserer

We have been sold the same thing - not about printed vans though.

If there are still properties to sell the builders will want to make sure their development is appealing to buyers to sell the rest, they'll want to make it look appealing. I dare say as soon as they have gone though they'll not be that interested.

On a previous property I had to agree to not build a conservatory (there was one already!) no sat dishes (everyone in the street had one) and no boats to be kept on the front of the property, including the roof.

AnnieO1234

The only issue you could have is at any point in the future a Norris cole style neighbour with benefit of the covenants could seek to enforce them. It would not surprise me if these things were outlawed in the future tbh. Xx

princeofpounds

These rules are normally enforced through covenants attached to the deeds.

The thing to understand is that these are not laws. Covenants can only be enforced by the beneficiary of that covenant.

Typically on new build estates the developer is the beneficiary, and they do this to keep everything in order while they sell down the plots. They are usually not there to provide a way for neighbours to enforce certain 'desirable' behaviours.

After that, they typically couldn't care less about the situation and it's often, in fact usually, quite safe to ignore the covenants after the plots are sold.

louiserer

I am not sure that working hard for a living in a job that requires the use of a van automatically makes someone a p1key.

We have just been asked not to put the satellite dish on the front of the property. I am not offended by the sight of a satellite dish but we have probably paid a premium to live in a nice house with a rendered finish on a nice estate so it is probably a good thing not to have wires all over the front of a cream painted house.

blueybug

Katgrit wrote: »

Yes it could well matter. If it's a privately owned commercial company work van with the name of the local surfboard hire company emblazoned over the side that's a big difference between a special edition ford fiesta with an Oneill branding and swirl across the back.

I did say my own personal van so it has no business use nor owned by a company.

googler

blueybug wrote: »

I did say my own personal van so it has no business use nor owned by a company.

Why on earth do you want or need a specific brand to be emblazoned upon it, then....?