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What do we do? Missold house
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I doubt you have any comeback. there is a risk someone could build right next to you but that's a risk anytime you buy a house that builds right up to the boundary. There have been a few instances in the news recently off appalling planning decisions however you can see why they would grant it - if your house is built right to the boundary then there is no reason why the neighboring house shouldn't be.0
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Am I missing something here?
If the relationship between the house and the building next door is so difficult to see (even by somebody undertaking due-diligence in anticipation of purchase), what does it matter?
There was no deception, just a slightly unusual arrangement of buildings.
Enjoy your new home and move on with life.0 -
Emerald1992 wrote: »He had massive metal gates there is no way you can see in. We knew there was a garage as you could see through the bathroom window however from that view we are on an angle so we honestly couldn't see. Like I've said what's done is done now we should of checked and not took other people's word. The question is what can we do about it.
What would you like done about it?
Do you think it may impact on the use or value of your new property?0 -
Don't be daft.
Our last house was detached - but the house filled the plot to the boundary on both the east and west sides. On both sides, the fences were attached to the house. On the east, next door's garage was about 200mm away, while the west butted up to the end of gardens in the next street, giving a bit of a dog-leg at the back of the house, where there was a short stretch of north wall on the boundary of the plot, too.
Nobody in their right mind could possibly have called it anything but detached, because - quite simply - it didn't touch any other building.
I'd call the OP's place link-detached. There's no party wall to a neighbouring house, but there is a link to their garage. If you had to bring it down to real tick-box numpty level, then detached is a better fit than semi-detached.
But, again, it's basic pre-purchase due-diligence to notice whether next door's garage is actually abutting the property or not. I suspect that the real problem is buyer's remorse when they've found out what the neighbour is actually doing on their property.
errr......I had already edited my post conceding this point."Real knowledge is to know the extent of one's ignorance" - Confucius0 -
You have learned a costly lesson and I bet you won't make the same mistake twice. good luck with it anyways.0
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Emerald1992 wrote: »Deeds say detached and no one can build or block our sun light.
If that's what the deeds say, surely the garage has been built without permission? Just ask that he removes/rebuilds the garage so it's not attaches to your property.
I'd also take it up with your surveyor - this should have been noticed in the survey.0 -
If that's what the deeds say, surely the garage has been built without permission? Just ask that he removes/rebuilds the garage so it's not attaches to your property.
I'd also take it up with your surveyor - this should have been noticed in the survey.
Just like that , crack on op! :eek:Never, under any circumstances, take a sleeping pill and a laxative on the same night.0 -
I agree. Unless there is some kind of nuisance emanating from this garage, like noise or fumes, it will have little impact on the your life in the house.
Which there are likely to be if he is working from the garage - and still would be if the garage was a few cm further away.
My feeling is the OP has noticed the noise and doesn't like it, so is trying to find a get out clause. On the information given, they have two hopes ...
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Which there are likely to be if he is working from the garage - and still would be if the garage was a few cm further away.
My feeling is the OP has noticed the noise and doesn't like it, so is trying to find a get out clause. On the information given, they have two hopes ...
I missed that.
Who is 'he?' Is it now a business premises?
Edit: Thanks.:) Poor reading on my part, but even greater lack of diligence on OP's I fear.0
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