Boundary issue and shared drive

M10WEW

I'll try and be as brief as I can . . 2 properties with a shared access drive from the road going between the houses for access to our garage ( neighbour dont have garage)

We both have drives infront of our houses ours is blocked paved inline with our house then we have the slabbed shared drive then the neighbours drive

The neighbour is having a new drive but has come over his boundary onto the shared access drive

My question is is he allowed to do that I have
Checked land registry and his boundary is inline with his house it doesnt come over onto the shared access drive .

Please help

TELLIT01

Does it matter as long as the edge between the new drive and the current surface is finished properly?

Ant555

Has the neighbour come all the way to your drive or to the middle of the shared drive?

ie are there three types of surface now?

Is he paving down the side of the house too?

One issue to keep an eye on maybe that, over time, he might consider the shared bit is his if he has paid for the surface.

Dedekind

He owns whatever the registry and deeds say not what he thinks.

Most likely he owns half of it but you have right of way. I guess slightly changing the surface is allowed

robatwork

Who do you believe (or do your deeds say) should fix the shared bit of the drive if it gets a pothole?

Davesnave

Dedekind wrote: »

He owns whatever the registry and deeds say not what he thinks.

Most likely he owns half of it but you have right of way. I guess slightly changing the surface is allowed

Your first sentence says how things are. The second suggests you might not believe the OP when they say:

M10WEW wrote: »

I have
Checked land registry and his boundary is inline with his house it doesn't come over onto the shared access drive .

I can understand that, because when two properties have an access drive between them, each usually owns the closest half, with the a right of way over the half that isn't owned.

But it's not impossible for one house to own all the land. It's a different set-up, but we own all the land over which our neighbours access their property, and we wouldn't be happy if they decided to 'improve' it without consultation.

So, I guess this question needs to be asked of the OP:
When you examined your title plan did all of the driveway fall within the red outline of your land?

and

Does what you see on your plan correspond with the red line defining your neighbour's property on their title plan?

If the answer to both questions is 'Yes,' then your neighbour shouldn't be altering the driveway without your permission.

Dedekind

Sorry I missed that bit, it's not that I don't believe the OP