Neighbour blocked garage with fence

TonyMMM

Johnny123123 wrote: »

The garages were in place since house was built and most the houses on the street have the same layout. 2.5/3m between most semi datched houses on the street and double garages at the end.

It sounds very unlikely that the houses were built in this way with no provision for shared access - you (and your neighbour) need to get this sorted out, because as it stands both your houses are probably unsaleable.

Johnny123123

TonyMMM wrote: »

It sounds very unlikely that the houses were built in this way with no provision for shared access - you (and your neighbour) need to get this sorted out, because as it stands both your houses are probably unsaleable.

I dont know where more to check than title deeds and title plans?
Why is our houses now unsaleable? Is it becuause this counts as dispute?

HampshireH

Unsellabe because nobody wants a drive and garage they can't drive or park a car down.

You pay more for those things. To have them purely for cosmetic reasons and then to have no parking would automatically stop me looking further.

You bought your house with off road parking and a garage.

What's the other side of your 1.25 is it grass? Can you not extend you 1.25 on your side and form a driveway?

Johnny123123

HampshireH wrote: »

Unsellabe because nobody wants a drive and garage they can't drive or park a car down.

You pay more for those things. To have them purely for cosmetic reasons and then to have no parking would automatically stop me looking further.

You bought your house with off road parking and a garage.

What's the other side of your 1.25 is it grass? Can you not extend you 1.25 on your side and form a driveway?

Our houses are 2.5m apart. now the fence is 1.25m away from side of my house all along length of my house, I cant move the house to make this 1.25m wider.

victoriavictorious

ScorpiondeRooftrouser wrote: »

It's hardly the same thing. The neighbour has ended up with a perfectly usable private garden which is exactly what they want; they are hardly cutting off their nose to spite their face as in your example.

They may not plan to sell and not be too bothered about a few thousand pounds on the value of the house twenty or thirty years down the line.

No, they might not, but there again, they just might, and so might OP whose potential buyer may well want to know what the heck was going on. I wouldn't be thrilled at such a set up and might suspect something is going on.
Oh and btw, Harold and Albert Steptoe did actually remove their 'boundary' as they realised the futility of cutting off their noses to spite their faces, especially as neither of them ever got to see more than half a tv progrsmme.

UKSBD

Johnny123123 wrote: »

Our houses are 2.5m apart. now the fence is 1.25m away from side of my house all along length of my house, I cant move the house to make this 1.25m wider.

Keep an eye out for planning applications, maybe his is planning to extend to the boundary.

If he isn't, start dropping hints that you will now that the space can't be used for a drive.

HampshireH

I meant did you have a front garden or anything you could utilise on your side of the 1.25 but ok.

I wasn't suggesting you move your house

TonyMMM

You need to take proper legal advice and get the legal position confirmed.

This type of build with a shared driveway was quite common at one time, but there would be a right for each party to use (but not park on) the full width of the driveway to get to their garage.

If you don't challenge it now and just leave it, you will just make things worse should either of you ever wish to sell ...

mrschaucer

TonyMMM wrote: »

You need to take proper legal advice and get the legal position confirmed.

This type of build with a shared driveway was quite common at one time, but there would be a right for each party to use (but not park on) the full width of the driveway to get to their garage.

If you don't challenge it now and just leave it, you will just make things worse should either of you ever wish to sell ...

If the driveway was indeed "shared" it would be noted as such in the deeds. Ditto if they each had right of way over each other's half.

MysteryMe

What would be the point of building a house with a garage that could not be used?

Do any other neighbouring houses have the same set up. I wonder if it might be worth asking if they have shared access stated on their deeds.