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I'd be tempted to ignore the letter and continue to park in the two spaces, otherwise, as mentioned earlier, any buyer may believe they have parking for two vehicles.0
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Two rusting Jags were parked for years in a sort of little layby up the lane from my old house, an unused field entry. They were probably a long forgotten restoration dream from a cottage opposite. Everyone moaned but they stayed there. My son walked past every day from school. One day he arrived home with a handle, sold on E*ay, then a switch, sold on e*ay, then other bits, all sold on E*ay - anything removable. Finally, one of his buyers asked for his address and came and took away the the remaining frames. Everyone happy!Love living in a village in the country side0
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aishahepton wrote: »Thank you for all your comments. We park two cars there, that are both running vehicles (not rusted/ SORNED vehicles as suggested)
The land is big enough for three cars, however our deeds and next door neighbours deeds only show one parking space each. The land in-between is unclaimed, and as far as I am aware no-one owns it?
We have therefore used this space, as opposed to parking our second vehicle on the nearby street.
If the land has not been fenced off (which it hasn't, otherwise we couldn't have parked on it) then it looks like we are facing a losing battle.
Many thanks for your advice everyone!
I don't think you are facing a battle let alone a losing one. Next door , solicitor or not, can't stop you parking on some one else's land. So ignore it.
Any battle will come if the new buyers either buy that land or start parking there before you do.0 -
aishahepton wrote: »Thank you for all your comments. We park two cars there, that are both running vehicles (not rusted/ SORNED vehicles as suggested)
The land is big enough for three cars, however our deeds and next door neighbours deeds only show one parking space each. The land in-between is unclaimed, and as far as I am aware no-one owns it?
We have therefore used this space, as opposed to parking our second vehicle on the nearby street.
If the land has not been fenced off (which it hasn't, otherwise we couldn't have parked on it) then it looks like we are facing a losing battle.
Many thanks for your advice everyone!
Land usually belongs to someone, I'd do some digging to find out who owns it , then offer to buy.
AP isn't an option here I don't think0 -
Are there actually '3 spaces with an unowned one in the middle' or 2 large spaces and you have decided there's room for three?0
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There is not officially three spaces. Our deeds show one space each, the space in-between is sufficient for a third car (easily). That is the space in question.0
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aishahepton wrote: »There is not officially three spaces. Our deeds show one space each, the space in-between is sufficient for a third car (easily). That is the space in question.
So you've been trespassing for 18 years?
The space doesn't exist. move your car.0 -
aishahepton wrote: »There is not officially three spaces. Our deeds show one space each, the space in-between is sufficient for a third car (easily). That is the space in question.
Now I can see why a solicitor has got involved, they are correct and you need to remove your car0 -
So its seems the "space in between" doesnt really exist as unclaimed land.. There are two wide area, in the centre of each, there is space to park a car. If you drew a line in the middle of the space you've been parking no doubt one side is yours and one side theirs?
Which would also tend to be backed up by them writing to you and saying "get orf my land".
The fact theres room for a car doesn'st mean its yours to park on. In which case you've been parking on half of their land as well for 18 years? It does seem strange they would have carved a chunk out and left it unsold, this seems to be more logical.0 -
What steps have you taken so far to check this assumption? All land is ultimately owned by someone.aishahepton wrote: »The land in-between is unclaimed, and as far as I am aware no-one owns it?0
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