Neighbour has demolished outbuilding.

Davesnave

It's become part of the cost of selling your property.

Some people put in a new bathroom, or carpets, or whatever. You need to remove the rubble, simple as that.

Whatever the rights and wrongs, going down some legal or confrontational route is likely to cost more, take much longer and provide no guarantee of success. Once you move, the people involved in this will be nothing to you, unless you're one of those who can't let go.

System

The rubbles one thing but wait till a solicitor is going through the deeds asking about the outbuilding that doesn't exist!

LEMMONY

Yes I think I'd established a few posts ago that we are going to have to get it sorted.We are starting to get some quotes .Thanks for all the opinions and suggestions.

lstar337

Sorry, but it sounds from your OP, that when you were initially confronted about this you told the neighbour that the toilets were nothing to do with you (thinking they were council owned). But now they are knocked down you suddenly have decided they did partly belong to you, and you are not happy they are gone because you wanted them for storage.

It sounds to me like all this could have been avoided if you were more actively involved from the start. If you had asked them to wait while you investigated the ownership and could decide whether you wanted to keep your part or demolish them, you wouldn't be where you are now.

Instead, they tried to consult you, you thought they were just after your money and said "not my problem mate, they are the councils".

Forgive me if I have interpreted your OP wrong.

bmthmark

Personally I would speak to neighbours about splitting the cost of a skip (I presume a skip would be big enough) then just get out there and get rid of the rubble.
Probably cost you £100 each to get sorted.

I wouldn't get stressed about it as its not a major issue as you weren't even using it.

Just get the rubble removed and sell your house and move on

LEMMONY

lstar337 wrote: »

Sorry, but it sounds from your OP, that when you were initially confronted about this you told the neighbour that the toilets were nothing to do with you (thinking they were council owned). But now they are knocked down you suddenly have decided they did partly belong to you, and you are not happy they are gone because you wanted them for storage.

It sounds to me like all this could have been avoided if you were more actively involved from the start. If you had asked them to wait while you investigated the ownership and could decide whether you wanted to keep your part or demolish them, you wouldn't be where you are now.

Instead, they tried to consult you, you thought they were just after your money and said "not my problem mate, they are the councils".

Forgive me if I have interpreted your OP wrong.

No I didn't suddenly think part of it was mine - a guy from the council also thought they weren't ours, not being on the land registry or on the plans.But he found out that in the 1880's there was a reference to a shared building etc.I didn't want the building for storage , but in a conservation area like here that's what most people do .Make them sound and make them useful.I agree all 4 of us should have been consulted together .Not just a knock on the door and give us money to pull this down .I didn't want it pulled down and never believed it was that unsafe either .This landlady who doesn't even live in the road just rail roaded it, with no discussion whatsoever .She didn't say "we're thinking of pulling this outhouse down , what do you think ?"
Anyway , we'll just get it done and hopefully that will be the end of it .

melb

Wouldn't they have had to get approval for demolition as it's in a conservation area?

I wonder if the area is big enough for a building plot? Maybe they have designs on that

Sicard

Also don't forget when you sell you have to notify any prospective buyer of any neighbourly disputes by law.

Davesnave

melb wrote: »

I wonder if the area is big enough for a building plot? Maybe they have designs on that

I should think approval for 4 toilets would go through, no problem.

LEMMONY

melb wrote: »

Wouldn't they have had to get approval for demolition as it's in a conservation area?

I wonder if the area is big enough for a building plot? Maybe they have designs on that

Yes we thought they did need permission and they didn't have it(the woman at the council told me ) .But now the council has found the shared building bit , they now say it's dimensions weren't large enough to require permission.
Yes we did know about declaring disputes thanks Laurie.