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

stator

You might have trouble with the green route. Going around it would be longer than the diagonal red line, depending on the destination of the walker. You might find it easier to propose a shorter diversion that just goes around the building only as necessary.

New2Forum

Thanks stator


Just to reiterate, I don't believe the left hand fork could have been used for at least 60 years. I've never seen anyone try to use the right hand fork (and I've been here over 20 years). The pathway doesn't really go anywhere and if anyone were to use it, I doubt it would be to get from Point A to Point B as quickly as possible, it would be for the walk itself.


The yellow route (just to repeat - not on my property) is used reasonably extensively (many times a day) by dog walkers and horse riders.


My view at the moment, based on the feedback I've received (thanks to everyone for the input) is to do nothing about the footpath (except check the definitive map shows what I think it will show) and wait and see what happens if I get an interested buyer.
Similar approach with the kitchen - to do nothing until a potential buyer is found and if there is an issue, to try and resolve either with indemnity insurance and/or removal of the cooker and calling it a utility room or something (already a washing machine in there).

Ozzuk

I don't think I'd be leaving the footpath issue - could cause you a massive amount of stress/issues later down the line. I wouldn't touch a property with a footpath, let alone one with issues. You may find someone who won't care, but I'd certainly want to mitigate it by trying to sort a secure alternative route. Would cause issue with people with dogs for instance, maybe even children. Massively limiting your market.

stator

Interesting question. When the buyer's solicitor sends off the standard quetions to the Council's search team, will they notice the public footpath that has been built over, and could this potentially trigger enforcement action?

sheramber

Interesting scenario

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1386987/Footpath-runs-through-kitchen.html

moneyistooshorttomention

New2Forum wrote: »

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


s14.postimg.org/7j96b0zpd/map.jpg

I've tried a couple of times to bring this up now by typing this in with that www. beforehand and it hasn't worked.

Can anyone provide a direct link that will work please?

moneyistooshorttomention

sheramber wrote: »

Interesting scenario

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1386987/Footpath-runs-through-kitchen.html

I did read that one and it does raise the question that its never just one person trying to amend a footpath route (which wouldn't be a problem per se), but it does tend to be a pretty common problem because there tends to be a noticeable number of people trying to do so and, by the time you've got half a dozen different people trying to amend a footpath route...then it becomes a problem...

New2Forum

moneyistooshorttomention wrote: »

I've tried a couple of times to bring this up now by typing this in with that www. beforehand and it hasn't worked.

Can anyone provide a direct link that will work please?

Stator kindly posted the image in post 31 above.


My link will work just copied and pasted as is, without any www at all.

New2Forum

stator wrote: »

Interesting question. When the buyer's solicitor sends off the standard quetions to the Council's search team, will they notice the public footpath that has been built over, and could this potentially trigger enforcement action?

I don't know the answer to your question - but would it be any more likely that they would notice a footpath being built on then, than when the application for planning permission was submitted.

sheramber wrote: »

Interesting scenario

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1386987/Footpath-runs-through-kitchen.html

Scary indeed. I hope that the difference would be that that article is for a new build, whereas in my case the footpath was probably originally built over, over 60 years ago (and not by me)

moneyistooshorttomention

stator wrote: »

is how Stator's post comes up to me - ie blank. Once there was one of those little squares with a cross in it...which, to me, means a photo I cant see for some reason.

Tried typing in that link you gave with www. typed in front and got a "Internet Explorer could not find" page coming up.

EDIT: oh....the photo has come up now. Can see it now.