Neighbour trying to claim our land as his own

stator

Also, it would be a good idea if you 'staked your claim' too.
Do you have something you can park on your land that would be hard for him to move? An old car or something parking strategically



Do you have CCTV covering this area? If not, get some installed.
If you can catch him breaking the law it will only help you in the long run.

-taff

This legal contract that was drawn up to allow him access, is it in perpetuity? Or can you revoke it?

Norman_Castle

He has not asked our permission for this, and despite verbally raising (politely as he is know for aggression) he has not moved it.

Film any further meetings with him as evidence of aggression. Do you still have contact with the previous land owner?

He also stated that he had paid the previous owners cash for the land

If that happened he has been conned as the previous house owner didn't own the land and wasn't theirs to sell.

Remove anything he puts there as soon as possible. Return it to him with a reminder that it is not his land. Don't wait until Easter to do something, do it now. Be pro active with regards to your ownership.



Take photographs of the land showing all boundaries.

tired_dad

I'd get in touch with your previous owner sharpish. Have a polite chat. Emphasise your not trying to blame him/her but rather just want to find out the facts and protect your position moving forwards.

Very likely the previous owner will reveal same stuff was going on.

If so get a them to make a statutory declaration in front of solicitor confirming who owns the land and that neighbour didn't buy or have use of the land during his/her ownership.

You can bank that for future reference.

Totally agree on comments made above.

Do not sit back. You need to act or assume your land will be gone

PasturesNew

Norman_Castle wrote: »

If that happened he has been conned as the previous house owner didn't own the land and wasn't theirs to sell.

You should remember this... to inform him.

"You were conned.
Not my problem.
Here is a copy of the deeds *point*
You need to sue the last chap who owned this house as he has trousered your cash and done a runner.
Now ... get your !!!!!! orf moi land..."

snowcat75

Quite frankly and iv had this often (farming land against an urban sprawl) send him a letter give him seven days to remove any property that's his, when its not gone inevatibly it wont, put a machine in (digger) heap it up get it removed and then send him the bill...…. solicitors will cost fortunes..... we find heavy equipment and a no nonsense approach makes a statement...

tired_dad

out of interest, would one pay someone to remove as dispose of the stuff (as in sent to the dump) or as its a neighbours property does one have to store it somewhere?

Just asking for my own knowledge but might help OP

Davesnave

tired_dad wrote: »

out of interest, would one pay someone to remove as dispose of the stuff (as in sent to the dump) or as its a neighbours property does one have to store it somewhere?

Just asking for my own knowledge but might help OP

The OP would be well advised to return the other householder's property to their own land. They might be deemed have a duty of care, as it is not a situation where the owner is unknown.

It's a case of warnings etc first, but the swift physical removal and re-location, as detailed above if a time limit is exceeded, would have more impact.

Le_Kirk

Kellyg619 wrote: »

I think I will get my husband to sit down over Easter and write a letter as advised

Why wait until Easter, if you write it now, posted first class with a free certificate of posting (plus a copy had delivered) giving him 10 days to remove the detritus from YOUR property this could all be over before Easter.

ChasingButterflies

Hi op,

We had similar problems with our current neighbours (although our current house was the house my husband grew up in, and their house had been his grandparents - they still tried it on!)

A couple of months after the passing of mil they wrote to us requesting that we replace the fence. Initially we downloaded their title deed (as we had ours) in simple terms they had tried to alter the boundary to accommodate their extension so had formed an irregular shape. Their title showed that the boundary was in fact a straight line... He was somewhat flabbergasted that we had managed to give him a copy of the title, as he really had nowhere to go with that. To be certain we had a land surveyor come out and they conducted a gps survey so that the fence could go in the correct position. When the fence went up they had the cheek to request they got the “nice” side.

Although not entirely relevant, I just wanted to show that you need to be firm, gather as much evidence as you can, and know that they will try until the very end to get their way.

Also google maps has a program that you can download onto a pc which show you satellite image maps over a period of years (it didn’t help us as the boundary is under tree cover, but might help you)

Nobody would pay for land without a receipt/legal paperwork- he is just trying to mislead you.