Fence Wall on the boundary.

Taraka

Hi,

I am in the process of buying a Semi Detached house and would like to build wooden fence on to the side of my house on common walkway.
This common walk way to garage (Tools Garage not driveway -) with right of way mentioned in the deed of my house and my neighbors deed it is mentioned as "provisions of deed of grant of right of way."

I am not sure if I can build wooden fence with wooden door on the boundary and also there is brick wall to the front of the house which I would like to extend to the boundary.

Your help is much appreciated. Not able to post Image links as I am first time to forum.

Thanks Tara

Aylesbury_Duck

If you're in the process of buying it, ask your conveyancer the question. S/he will be best placed to advise you what is allowed or not permitted and where you may erect a fence, what height it can be and so on. On each of the three occasions I've bought a house, I've had a meeting with my conveyancer where he went through everything and allowed me to ask questions like yours.

magn8p

From the sound of it, if it is a shared drive way with "provisions of deed of grant of right of way", you can't build anything there - not even a wooden fence. To what extent is the drive way is shared will be marked in the provisions document.

Clarify this with your solicitor before jumping into any further conclusions.

All the best.

Taraka wrote: »

Hi,

I am in the process of buying a Semi Detached house and would like to build wooden fence on to the side of my house on common walkway.
This common walk way to garage (Tools Garage not driveway -) with right of way mentioned in the deed of my house and my neighbors deed it is mentioned as "provisions of deed of grant of right of way."

I am not sure if I can build wooden fence with wooden door on the boundary and also there is brick wall to the front of the house which I would like to extend to the boundary.

Your help is much appreciated. Not able to post Image links as I am first time to forum.

Thanks Tara

TheCyclingProgrammer

As magn8p says, if there is a right of way over your land (e.g. a shared driveway), you generally can't do anything that would restrict the right of way for anybody who benefits from such a covenant.

Assuming its just shared between you and your neighbours, you may be able to get them to agree to the erection of a gate on the basis that it would make whatever it gives you access to more secure and all have a key, but there's no guarantee that they'd agree (and if they did, a future neighbour may not).