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property boundary free search

Hey, want to look up neighbours boundary - are there any free sites where I can do this? A site called Nimbus I think. FYI, I am aware of LR and 3 quid per request but I want to check out several houses and then decide the LR route.
Thanks so much.
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  • That's a new one on me - ie Nimbus.

    Off to google...
  • G_M
    G_M Posts: 51,977 Forumite
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    https://www.nimbusmaps.co.uk/?msclkid=9b67e266d2ab19111f9eb9b27bdc3ff2&utm_source=bing&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=GSM%20-%20Brand%20Exact&utm_term=nimbus&utm_content=Core


    some of it is free some of it is paid-for.


    If you can get the info you want for free, and you trust it, then go for it!
  • Tom99
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    Nimbusmaps looks quite good. Whether the title boundaries are 100% accurate I am not sure but they look ok for my property.
    Info re Listed status is not right though.
  • A very interesting site with lots of useful information.

    But the red rectangles showing title boundaries are not 100% accurate: for example, the rectangle documenting my own house is not positioned correctly: it's laid half over my house, and half over a neighbour's - as are the rest in the terrace. And there are some oddities in the shape and position of red boundaries of other buildings, and car parks.
  • I found the site useful - think it should be added to the useful links for house buying/selling - may be worth contacting MSE to have it added to their resources list...
  • Tom99
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    edited 30 October 2018 am31 10:43AM
    [FONT=Verdana, sans-serif]Doesn't that defeat the whole object of purporting to show the title boundary lines as supplied by the Land Registry.[/FONT]
    [FONT=Verdana, sans-serif]It would make more sense to overlay the boundary lines you have acquired from the Land Registry over an OS Map not a Google aerial view, or would it be too expensive to buy that data.[/FONT]
    [FONT=Verdana, sans-serif]Just to mention, some of the site areas are way out. A similar but slightly larger plot is 0.383 acres whilst its smaller neighbour is 0.885 acres, 130% bigger. These are both simple rectangular plots not complicated shapes.[/FONT]
    [FONT=Verdana, sans-serif]As mentioned above the Listed Status cannot be relied on. For example a pair of semi-detached houses but with only 1 entry with Historic England and you have only 1 of the houses as Listed even though the Historic England entry lists the two Statutory Addresses.[/FONT]
    [FONT=Verdana, sans-serif]It looks a very useful website, but if the information cannot be relied on?[/FONT]
    [FONT=Verdana, sans-serif]I would expect whoever pays for the more detailed access at £810 pa will be expecting 100% accurate and reliable data.[/FONT]
  • davidmcn
    davidmcn Posts: 23,596 Forumite
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    Tom99 wrote: »
    [FONT=Verdana, sans-serif]It would make more sense to overlay the boundary lines you have acquired from the Land Registry over an OS Map not a Google aerial view, or would it be too expensive to buy that data.
    [/FONT]
    [FONT=Verdana, sans-serif]The latter, I expect - at that scale the OS charge a fair bit for the data.[/FONT]
  • Tom99
    Tom99 Posts: 5,371 Forumite
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    [FONT=Verdana, sans-serif]I agree its a very good free resource, for example the title number and owner of private roads are listed[/FONT]
  • teneighty
    teneighty Posts: 1,347 Forumite
    I think it could have it's uses although the plans are far too inaccurate to check boundaries. It really doesn't work overlaying it on Google maps. Apparently I own a large chunk of my neighbour's dining room.

    One unexpected benefit I stumbled across is you can check which houses are still owned by the Council. I recall several people have asked how you go about checking if neighbouring properties are "social housing" and this will do it.
  • Our neighbour owns about a third of our garages and hubbies workshop. lol
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