Urget help, Complete on Friday. Scaffolding blocking shared Drive

Daisymoocow

Blimey give the chap a break - Ritz was simply enquiring if the fact that part of his land was occupied by a neighbour on completion day would this cause any legal issues with regards to ownership ( that's the way i read it anyway). As they stated, their solicitor is away so has been unable to ask them. Im pretty sure there are many petty rules and laws associated with the purchase of land and property that you are all unaware of - I would say Ritz is right to ask for clarification.

BeansOnToast_2

Surely most garages are full of boxes immediately after completion. I know mine was / still is.

pararct

Rather than sour the relationship with your neighbour before you have even moved in simply ask them how long it is going to be there.

Presumably they asked the existing owner permission to erect?

Has he said anything about this?

I would suck it and see. In the meantime if it was my drive I would park my car up the scaffolding just to get it off the street.

I presume the scaffold is blocking the neighbours garage as well?

ritz55

They didn't get permission from the current owner unfortunately but just put it up. Not so worried about the parking as there is also parking on the road.

stator

You could ask them to sign a simple agreement that it will be removed within 2 weeks? Of course there would be costs to create the agreement but if it puts your mind at ease, why not?

ritz55

stator wrote: »

You could ask them to sign a simple agreement that it will be removed within 2 weeks? Of course there would be costs to create the agreement but if it puts your mind at ease, why not?

That maybe a good idea and will clarify things

Ritz

martindow

ritz55 wrote: »

That maybe a good idea and will clarify things

Ritz

Maybe, but it could just as easily annoy your neighbour that you are going to be living to. He's having his roof done not barricading the drive. I'm sure he will be as keen as you to get the work done so he can get to his garage again.

fairy_lights

stator wrote: »

You could ask them to sign a simple agreement that it will be removed within 2 weeks? Of course there would be costs to create the agreement but if it puts your mind at ease, why not?

Why on earth would the neighbour agree to sign something like that? Even if the building work is completed quickly it can take weeks for scaffolding forms to remove the scaffolding, why would he agree to something he can't guarantee and risk getting sued?

pinkteapot

pararct wrote: »

I would suck it and see. In the meantime if it was my drive I would park my car up the scaffolding just to get it off the street.

Would love to see that. :rotfl:

OP, if you were living there already it would have gone:

Neighbour: I'm really sorry but I need work done on my roof, so we're going to have to have scaffolding on the drive for a few weeks. Is that OK?
You: Of course.

If there wasn't street parking, they might have offered to pay your parking costs.

It's still worth checking with your solicitor just to be sure, but the reality is that you have exchanged - you are legally obliged to buy the house. If you don't complete, you'll lose your deposit and possibly more.

Don't ask your neighbour to sign something - you'll get off on completely the wrong foot with them. Just go and have a friendly chat.

If your removal van had been planning to park on the drive but will now need to park on the road, you may want to make them aware of the situation.

duchy

Are you a first timer buyer ?

Stop looking for problems that don't exist.
There may be a time when you need the assistance of your neighbour -don't rot the relationship before you even move in . Don't start banging on about rights and suing -use commonsense and have a reasonable conversation with your new neighbour.

Noted the neighbour didn't ask the current owner for permission......also noted the current owner has moved to Australia. Would the neighbour have even known how to contact them ? In that situation would you have got your leaking roof fixed or waited til someone emerged to ask (knowing the house was already empty) some months later ?