Unadopted road

jojo9239

Selling our house and our road outside is Unadopted will that affect anything

Hoploz

You and any neighbours will be responsible for maintaining it

elverson

What does your solicitor say?

moneyistooshorttomention

Hoploz wrote: »

You and any neighbours will be responsible for maintaining it

Possibly.

Some roads have just one person responsible, some have everyone sharing responsibility, some no-one is responsible.

It needs to be spelt out what exact arrangements there are for this - eg "Its just down to the road-owner and we do know who they are" OR "We all contribute and we have a yearly meeting where we all discuss together as equals what we think we will do/not do about this", or "Goodness knows - no-one knows who owns the road".

jojo9239

I've been here 3 years never had anything to pay or done on it I think we just leave it x

stator

It may put off some buyers. Check the land registry to see who owns it and see your title documents to see if you have any obligations.

glasgowdan

You can't just leave it... you need to complete a questionaiire that asks if there are any private roads to be maintained. If you say 'no', and the deeds say otherwise, you could lose a sale, or get in financial bother later if something crops up long after the sale completes

Davesnave

jojo9239 wrote: »

I've been here 3 years never had anything to pay or done on it I think we just leave it x

I've lived here 7 years and never paid a bean either, but I know that the people who own the road can come after me for 10% of any repair bills.

You can say you'll just leave it, but eventually a buyer or their solicitor will cotton-on, ask questions and expect written answers.

Your title documents will probably mention any formal obligations. If they don't, that's potentially good news, but it would be wise to check with neighbours in case of informal arrangements.

People will be put off if they receive vague or evasive answers in matters relating to maintenance.

jojo9239

I don't mean leave it as in not think about it we were never asked the questions when we bought it our solicitor never mentioned it to us

jojo9239

I think the road is owned by the occupiers of the houses

ANGLICANPAT

We avoided a property a couple of years ago that had a private road with public access . The deeds just said it was the property owners responsibility to maintain it . The seller said he just threw rubble in the dips periodically . Our fear was that maybe at some point someone would fall and hurt themselves and sue us for negligence , or that the council may suddenly demand that it be laid to a set standard for safety purposes. Left it in the end , as subsidence and damp was a bigger issue, but yes , I think you do need to be able to tell the buyer their legal obligations now, or it could slow the sale later.