Garden land dispute..

stator

If the title plans held by Land Registry disagree with the Plot Layouts originally given to you by the developer, then obviously it's the Land Registry versions that are legal.


If your neighbour has a grevience then it is against the builder and he should seek compensation from them.


If the title plans held by Land Registry for you and your neighbour differ, then you do have a bit of a problem. But the physical border on the ground would probably be taken as the correct boundary, if there is one.


If the title plans held by Land Registry support your neighbours view, then he owns the land no matter whether you thought it was yours or not

barnaclebill

We had this in our previous new house, front garden had low hedge front and side and rear garden was fenced. All was ok until the house on the right sold, after a few days my wife found a plastic pot on top of a sewer manhole that was to the side of our front garden, she thought it was children playing so moved it.
I came home from sea that night, next morning the neighbor rang the doorbell saying did we have some of his property, it turned out his wife had placed the pot there as he told her they owned the land. On the land registry it was a straight line from the back fence to the main road, the landscapers had done the front garden to the edge of their drive so the side hedge and 18" of our lawn was the neighbors, we never studied the land registry plans in that much detail.
It did cause a bit of bad feeling the way they behaved over it, we did not lay the front garden, in the end we put a low fence on our boundry, they did nothing for about two years before finally taking out the hedge and widening their drive.
When I looked into this I was told it is very common, the landscapers lay out front gardens where they think.
It turned out we had about one yard of our neighbors to the left front but we never did anything about it.

moneyistooshorttomention

barnaclebill wrote: »

We had this in our previous new house, front garden had low hedge front and side and rear garden was fenced. All was ok until the house on the right sold, after a few days my wife found a plastic pot on top of a sewer manhole that was to the side of our front garden, she thought it was children playing so moved it.
I came home from sea that night, next morning the neighbor rang the doorbell saying did we have some of his property, it turned out his wife had placed the pot there as he told her they owned the land. On the land registry it was a straight line from the back fence to the main road, the landscapers had done the front garden to the edge of their drive so the side hedge and 18" of our lawn was the neighbors, we never studied the land registry plans in that much detail.
It did cause a bit of bad feeling the way they behaved over it, we did not lay the front garden, in the end we put a low fence on our boundry, they did nothing for about two years before finally taking out the hedge and widening their drive.
When I looked into this I was told it is very common, the landscapers lay out front gardens where they think.
It turned out we had about one yard of our neighbors to the left front but we never did anything about it.

I'm reading that post as you kept right-hand neighbours bit of garden and you kept left-hand neighbours bit of garden - ie you are up one bit of garden you don't own and have more than 100% of a garden in total? Is that accurate?

I have read of developers making that sort of mistake - ie not laying out gardens in accordance with the houses themselves. When that happens I read that people keep the bit of garden they don't own on one side only and the house one up from them keeps a bit on same side. For instance - every house keeps either a bit of garden they don't own to the left OR every house in the row keeps a bit of garden they don't own to the right. So everyone lands up with a garden that doesnt "match" with the house - but everyone has 100% of a garden (no more no less) iyswim.

Everyone in the row "shifting along a bit" may be what OP needs to do - so that no-one loses any land on the one hand or gains a bit that is extra to their 100% on the other hand.

barnaclebill

I gave up the bit on the right by laying a low fence even though it looked stupid fence, 18", of lawn, hedge then their drive.
The one on the left I did nothing about so a net loss.

xyz111

i think the land registry and plan by developer match...its builder who constructed in the wrong way.. what should i do...if i give them a strip which is narrower than it should be but neighbor is happy with..then later neighbor (or whoever they later sell to) can demand bit more and so on..

xyz111

don't want any dispute and huge legal fee for later...

stator

We don't understand the details. You need to take photos of the land and post diagrams from the land registry to explain your problem

moneyistooshorttomention

xyz111 wrote: »

i think the land registry and plan by developer match...its builder who constructed in the wrong way.. what should i do...if i give them a strip which is narrower than it should be but neighbor is happy with..then later neighbor (or whoever they later sell to) can demand bit more and so on..

If the Land Registry and developer plans match - then any discrepancy would surely be down to the builder (ie nothing to do with you). If the Land Registry and developer info. both match and both say it's yours then I would have thought that is enough evidence that it is really yours personally.

A plan/photo would still help to clarify what you are saying. I agree that it would be best for you to put one up if you can and someone here will correct any missing links for you.

I do know how builders can get things built wrong and I think most people would believe that was perfectly possible. I can see, for instance, that the builder who built my house hasn't put it exactly straight on the plot and that has created a discrepancy in width of a side garden. It happens...:cool:

xyz111

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xyz111

moneyistooshorttomention wrote: »

If the Land Registry and developer plans match - then any discrepancy would surely be down to the builder (ie nothing to do with you). If the Land Registry and developer info. both match and both say it's yours then I would have thought that is enough evidence that it is really yours personally.

A plan/photo would still help to clarify what you are saying. I agree that it would be best for you to put one up if you can and someone here will correct any missing links for you.

I do know how builders can get things built wrong and I think most people would believe that was perfectly possible. I can see, for instance, that the builder who built my house hasn't put it exactly straight on the plot and that has created a discrepancy in width of a side garden. It happens...:cool:

if the error is down to builder then how to get compensated for it.. so that me and neighbor are both happy...