Gifting a wash house

DaftyDuck

.... you may have found out why the previous owners hated the neighbours...

G_M

Additionlly, as you check whether it IS chockie cake they'd like rather than that scrumptous-looking rasberry cream sponge, make it clear that you have a mortgage.

Your mortgage lender will have a Chrge registeed on the property with the Land Registry, so no transfer will be implemented by the Land Registry without your lender's permission.

Your lender may or may not agree, but there will be a fee for getting their agreement, whichagain, you'llwant your neighbour to agree, in writing, to pay, before you submit any applicaion.

goodwithsaving

I really don't think the loss of right of way over your land will match up to the gain that they get from a big kitchen (or potentially big extension which could affect your view / sun over your garden / make your house look small etc.).

I'd have told them to sod off and say if done, it'll be done on your terms when you choose to, or not at all. You might need to be firm with these people or be in for years of neighbour irritation.

Tom99

Yes I think you should be asking £2/3,000 plus your solicitors costs.

getmore4less

If it is a gift, uplift clause

Might also want to consider covenants to stop them building even bigger than just the 2 washhouses.

Are there any other rights of way giving access to the back of the properties?

Davesnave

I think this is a good opportunity to set ground rules.

You want a solicitor to represent you and they probably need one to cover their side of things.

That's how most intelligent people would handle the transfer of some land/outbuildings. To expect otherwise implies they don't think you're too bright.

The rest is down to the character of the plot and your own wishes. For example, if their new extension is built astride the existing boundary, this would enable you or your successors to use their wall for a similar extension, thus reducing costs. I'd want that in writing so everyone's clear about it.

Norman_Castle

Forgoodensake wrote: »

Can I please have some input from yourselves. Maybe I am being over the top.

You will have paid for the wash house as part of the property price, why give it away?
Don't agree to anything you are not entirely happy with. Explain you need the agreement of your mortgage provider and the process, if you proceed, will not happen overnight.

Forgoodensake

Where they want to build the extension would have no affect on us or our property. We would not even see the building. The main thing we want to get out of it, is for them to give up their right of way into our garden, this is really to protect ourselves, if for any reason in the future they became difficult and wanted to walk through to annoy us.

We will absolutley not sign anything until we have spoken to a Solicitor, we have told them we will look into it, but they still produced these forms yesterday. We have since had a brief word with the Solicitor that handled our purchase and he said that he would produce a form for them to sign agreeing to paying all of our costs and also, that our lender would need to be notified.

We have been told by the other neighbours that the person who lived here was a stubborn old so and so and that they were as bad as each other. We are quite happy to go through with the exchange, but on our terms only. Like my husband said to them from the start, it makes no difference to us whether you have it or not (wanted to play the 'cool' card) We have no time to deal with this now, up to our eyes in renovation work and Christmas. They have waited 30 year's, they can wait a bit longer.

Thank you for all your good advice.

caronoel

You need to get an uplift clause on this, in addition to them paying your mortgage and legal fees.

Sounds like they are in line for a substantial value uplift.

Have you factored in the negative impact on your home's value from giving up a portion of your garden.

You are being far too generous here

trailingspouse

You've already told them that you'll swap the privy and the right of way for the wash house, so the time for people to tell you to get actual money for it is past. Whether it was a sensible thing to do is another matter, but it's done now.

Bear in mind, they've been thinking about his for 30 years!! So I can sort of understand them being a bit quick on the draw - and it's easy to forget all the hassle involved in moving house if you haven't done if for such a long time. So don't read too much into them being keen. Perhaps they were providing the paperwork for their side of things and thinking that you would provide the paperwork for the privy/right of way side of things.

So, stay friendly and calm, tell them you haven't had chance to talk to your solicitors/mortgage providers yet, and will get back to them as soon as you can.

I think you are being a bit over the top - they asked, you agreed, they've produced paperwork maybe a bit quicker than you expected. But really, what have they done that's objectionable?