Urget help, Complete on Friday. Scaffolding blocking shared Drive

princeofpounds

Thanks for the photos. Couldn't see them when I last posted.

Yes, this is not as bad as what I had imagined. To be frank, it should be possible to remodel the scaffold quite quickly to minimise the intrusion. Or to remove the intruding poles temporarily before coming up with a more permanent solution/agreement.

You can still park very close, so the issue is really one of putting your car away rather than jeopardizing the move.

ritz55

In fairness I'm not too worried even if the scaffolding is there for a few weeks after completion but with the law being the way it is I don't want to end up loosing any rights.
For instance if a tenant was living in the property then on completion they become a sitting tenant.

Mallotum_X

Fixing the roof is unlikely to be a long job, they wont want to be paying out for scaffold hire indefinitely, so chances are it will be gone fairly quickly.

bris

OMG your pathetic, thank god your not my neighbour, suing for what? let the guy get the job done. It even looks like you can still park a car in front of the scaffold.
He even says hes trying to get it moved but maybe not before Friday, but obviously he want it down quickly, get a life.


How to alienate your neighbours on day one.

eddddy

From your first post, it sounds like you are worried that the presence of scaffolding will have a legal impact on your right of way. I can't see how it would.

Or is your main concern a practical one? e.g. You can't get to your garage whilst the scaffolding is there.

I'd suggest a friendly chat with your new neighbour, to find out when the scaffold will be removed. If you're happy with the answer, I'd say no other action is needed.

(Theoretically, you could ask your solicitor about injunctions etc. But then if you ever need to block your neighbour's right of way because you need to put up scaffolding... )

ritz55

Bris - As mentioned I'm more worried about the legal side on completion. If the neighbour asked me after completion wouldn't have an issue with any work which needs to be carried out. Just not sure of the legal implications with the scaffolding being there on completion day


Eddddy - Your right its just the legal impact which worries me. I understand everyone needs to carry out work on there property and don't have an issue with that or the scaffolding. There is the issue with not being able to get to the garage but I can live with that for a few weeks if required.

Argghhh

just agree with neighbour whilst scaffolding up u can park on the drive not him until he frees up the driveway
you sound rather negative regarding getting on with ur new neighbours
dont forget they would have no idea when u were completing so hardly intentional to upset u

phill99

God lord. This is a wind up, surely? So you can't get your car in the garage for a few days? Has the world stopped? Has the sky fallen in? No. It would have been a whole lot worse if you had put your car in the garage and then he out the scaffolding up!

What are you going to sue them for?

As others have pointed out you have to live next door to these people.

Within a few days the scaffolding will be gone. Its not a permanent fixture.

You really are making a mountain out of a molehill. I can see you ending up on on of thise 'neighbours from hell' programmes.

anselld

ritz55 wrote: »

Bris - As mentioned I'm more worried about the legal side on completion.

There is no "legal side on completion" except in your imagination; you will have the same rights as the current owner. Confirm that with your solicitor if you are still worried.

ritz55

anselld wrote: »

There is no "legal side on completion" except in your imagination. Confirm that with your solicitor if you are still worried.

Thanks for the clarification. That's all I was worried about.


Thanks