Fence/Wall Boundaries help

dx052

I am try to determine if a back wall is within our boundary as we need to claim under the insurance due to damage. I bought a plan from the land registry but it doesn't really give me that information required for the insurance company. I paid for an official copy of the plan from the Land registry website via gov.uk website. So I am not really sure where to turn to next.

lincroft1710

Could the wall possibly belong to someone else?

melstar11

Is this damage to the wall or damaged caused by the wall? If your title register and plan don't help, try the title register and plan for the property backing on to yours. If they don't help either than the assumption would usually be that you and the neighbour over the back are jointly responsible for the wall.

lincroft1710

Responsibility is usually with the party (or their successor) who erected the wall.

dx052

lincroft1710 wrote: »

Could the wall possibly belong to someone else?

that is a possibility hence the reason I am having to go down this road.

dx052

melstar11 wrote: »

Is this damage to the wall or damaged caused by the wall? If your title register and plan don't help, try the title register and plan for the property backing on to yours. If they don't help either than the assumption would usually be that you and the neighbour over the back are jointly responsible for the wall.

The damage is to the wall which is at the back of our garden.

dx052

lincroft1710 wrote: »

Responsibility is usually with the party (or their successor) who erected the wall.

I don't know who erected the wall as it was before my time.

HouseBuyer77

What's on the other side of the wall? If a neighbour's garden then you'll need to reach an agreemen with them who pays for what.

If it's just a road/right of way and there's no-one else who would be interested in it then you'll have to deal with it yourself.

G_M

You have spoken to the owner of the land the other side yes?

If not, invite them to tea, offer them a cake, and discuss who owns and who maintains the wall........

If the wall also extends sideways forming the rear of your neighbours' gardens, talk to them too.

These people are all more likely to have a realistic view of ownership than a bunch of strangers on the internet who have never seen the wall, the garden, the street or (perhaps) the town.

dx052

G_M wrote: »

You have spoken to the owner of the land the other side yes?

No I haven't thanks for the advice.

SmlSave

So there are no 'T' marks on the Land Registry plan? Are any Transfers or Conveyances mentioned in the Office Copies (the deeds)? If so these are where boundary ownership is going to be mentioned.

If the other owner isn't helpful then you would be best to get the same info from the Land Registry just to check.

Lots of boundaries are shared so no mention is ever made, it's just assumed unless you can prove otherwise