House about to go on the market: Dealing with Footpath and Kitchen issues

deanos

New2Forum wrote: »

The annexe does have separate Council Tax (but not dating back to 2008). It also has its own electricity and telephone if relevant at all (Water supply is shared)

water should have a separate bill as well if you pay separate council tax, might be brought up by a solicitor

giddypenguin

Can't advise on the footpath, but when we sold our last house it had a second kitchen in the basement - we removed the cooker the day before the mortgage valuation on the advice of our solicitor (as mortgage companies don't like 2 kitchens) and this was sufficient. This was in 2011.

New2Forum

moneyistooshorttomention wrote: »

It's called the "Definitive Map". Each county has one as I understand it.

What format would this be in?
My Local council require an appointment be made 1 week in advance to view the definitive map. Presumably I need at this point to tell them what footpath I wish to look at. I worry that this could bring attention to what I want to look at - is my concern unwarranted?
The footpath is clearly visible on OS maps (and the council online footpaths map - which they make clear is not the definitive map)

New2Forum

Davesnave wrote: »

I don't believe a local authority is going to waste money by taking action to insist a footpath, unused for 60 years, is now re-established through someones living room, or whatever. As people would be quick to point out, there's a shortage of homes, and that isn't a good reason to destroy one.

The solution lies in re-routing the footpath elsewhere through the property's gardens, which would provide a benefit to walkers, assuming there are some at a future time.

Having a footpath in the garden isn't the end of the world, especially one this infrequently travelled!

The house is rural and surrounded by fields - there are many rerouting options that make a lot of sense for me, and I would presume anyone who would want to use footpaths in the area.

Davesnave

New2Forum wrote: »

The house is rural and surrounded by fields - there are many rerouting options that make a lot of sense for me, and I would presume anyone who would want to use footpaths in the area.

I think re-routing would be most easily achieved by making sure that the new path wouldn't differ significantly from the old in gradient and directness to the access points. It would be a plus if it could avoid any existing natural obstructions e.g. marshy ground.

I know two people with public footpaths in their gardens. In one, there has almost certainly been subtle re-routing over the years. Presumably, no one has complained, because the small changes have caused no inconvenience.

As an occasional walker, I know how awkward it is if paths near habitation aren't clear. Just making the route easily apparent, goes a long way towards good, untroubled relationships with users.

New2Forum

Here's an image of the layout as I think that may help.


The red line is where I believe the public footpaths are currently located. The green line is where I would like the footpath to be in an ideal world (maybe continuing parallel to the yellow line)! The yellow line (just outside the boundary of my property) is a bridleway (I believe it is a tollway - not a public right of way).


There are stiles at the bottom of the red "V" and at the top right of the red "V".


To the right of the green line, it is about 75 metres to the next property. Our annexe is about 85 metres to the left of the green line (just to give an indication of scale on the map).


Apologies the lines aren't straight!!


Oops - not allowed to post the image/links - any way around this?

deanos

just put it in without www

stator

New2Forum wrote: »

What format would this be in?
My Local council require an appointment be made 1 week in advance to view the definitive map. Presumably I need at this point to tell them what footpath I wish to look at. I worry that this could bring attention to what I want to look at - is my concern unwarranted?
The footpath is clearly visible on OS maps (and the council online footpaths map - which they make clear is not the definitive map)

It's just a map that you can look at. They may ask you for the area you want to see but you won't have to give an individual address, just a village name etc. I don't think they will suspect anything at all

New2Forum

deanos wrote: »

just put it in without www

no www in the link - so I've just removed the http part.


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stator