Land boundary issue what should I do?

Jamesb94

Wow talk about putting a spin on it...

I discussed the fence with the neighbours 2 months in advance of work and they replaced their back garden fence last month. They told me they intended to replace the one on the front as well. Which is when I mentioned when it would be as I would try and book the render in for same same time.

They said it’s fine to take down well in advance and all is fine and dandy. The woman is a very elder woman who probably doesn’t understand about the land issue..

Her son on the other hand probably does but not sure what his intentions are as he is the one who suggested he do this to her and she mentioned it to me.

oddjobbpb

It doesn't matter whether or not they think a mortgage lender wouldn't say that.

but....

1. They probably would.
2. What's it got to do with the neighbour? They can't talk to your lender!

Just say no

silvercar

Given it is in the front garden rather than the back and it only encloses 30cm of your land, I do wonder why they are bothering with a fence at all.

markin

The problem comes when the builder or son puts the fence as marked by red instead of green, ... Or they one day build right up to yours and then in 20 years someone says the fence is in the wrong place.


But yes it will keep footballs, hanging baskets of your wall.

Smodlet

OP, no-one is "putting a spin" on anything. People are giving you good advice, for free. If you choose to ignore it, why post in the first place?

You could have googled all this in less time than it took to read this thread. Do as you please. Happen to have a few acres you can just gift to me?

Jamesb94

I was talking to the guy who said that I probably took the fence down without permission and going on like I was making stuff up.

The advice here has been helpful. I did google it. However I was looking for real peoples opinions which a forum is a perfect place for that

Davesnave

Jamesb94 wrote: »

I was talking to the guy who said that I probably took the fence down without permission and going on like I was making stuff up.

If you use the quote button, which probably looks like a single speech bubble on your version of the forum, we'll all know who you are talking to.

In your original post you said: "I’ve taken down the fence on the boundary as next door said they were replacing it anywhere (anyway) so the side of my house can be rendered."

By the way that was written, without mention of consultation, this implied you'd just gone ahead without permission.

You then went on to say "I’ve attached a drawing.. it’s rubbish I know.. best I could do."

People here might have found that quite aggressive in tone, since it clearly wasn't the best an adult could do, unless they had some kind of motor problem or injury. It implied this matter wasn't really worthy of your time.

Posters don't just read the words in a post literally; they read between the lines too, forming an impression of the poster along the way. Sometimes, they might challenge something to see if there was more to it than an enquirer has said, as in this case.


Yes we are all real people. We don't always get things right either, but together we usually muddle through.


Thanks to markin for the picture of the quote button, not visible on my grade 2 listed version!

paddy's_mum

Jamesb94 - I have an opinion, based on hard, expensive and painful experience.

Our dementia'd neighbour kicked off a boundary dispute over a piece of land that he claimed he owned (since 1988) but which was clearly shown on our deeds (dating back to 1769). I bet your bathroom floor area is bigger than the piece of land he claimed.

It ended up costing us in excess of £15,000 in costs and fees, several years of stress, multiple attendances by the police to remove him from our garden and was a nightmare.

Why? Because the daft old devil extrapolated that 3 feet by 5 feet discrepancy to run the entire 200 feet of the boundary which, had he succeeded would have narrowed our drive substantially and rendered us virtually landlocked.

As someone up thread remarked,- give some people an inch and they will take a mile.

Only agree to your neighbour's suggestion if you fancy an long-winded and expensive battle some day in the future. If it ain't broke, you won't need to fix it, will you?

littleblue735

I have this layout with my house, my neighbour built a massive 60ft long double height side extension front to back and there is about 60cm gap until my boundary starts. They didn’t want the expense of putting in a fence on the boundary so the previous owners of my house incorporated this land into the driveway and carried it into the back garden.
Its actually nice because I now have a walled garden. Its quite obvious as their fence steps back into my garden halfway down after the extension finishes. I queried it when I bought but my solicitor and lender had no issue.
I let them into my property if they need to do work etc but there’s no issue. Its also in the deeds that we have access rights to do maintenance etc which is standard. I assume if I was banging a football against it every day they would have regretted it!

Hectors_House

paddy's_mum wrote: »

Jamesb94 - I have an opinion, based on hard, expensive and painful experience.

Our dementia'd neighbour kicked off a boundary dispute over a piece of land that he claimed he owned (since 1988) but which was clearly shown on our deeds (dating back to 1769). I bet your bathroom floor area is bigger than the piece of land he claimed.

It ended up costing us in excess of £15,000 in costs and fees, several years of stress, multiple attendances by the police to remove him from our garden and was a nightmare.

Why? Because the daft old devil extrapolated that 3 feet by 5 feet discrepancy to run the entire 200 feet of the boundary which, had he succeeded would have narrowed our drive substantially and rendered us virtually landlocked.

As someone up thread remarked,- give some people an inch and they will take a mile.

Only agree to your neighbour's suggestion if you fancy an long-winded and expensive battle some day in the future. If it ain't broke, you won't need to fix it, will you?

I live in one of two 16thC farmhouses in our village. They sit on either side of the street. A neighbour in the one opposite repeatedly claimed the land at the back of our cottage (used for parking) actually belonged to her.

Another dementia case sadly.

You never know what will happen in the future OP so best not to just give land away - no matter how small.