Wheelie Bin Terraced House

arashtrip

I am going to buy a terraced house as a BTL. The problem is that the house is victorian with an enclosed rear garden and no front garden, so the only way is to carry the bins through the house. Apart from this issue I liked the house.

I have two questions:
-as I checked the deed, the house has a right of way through the back of the next houses but that way was blocked by the neighbor. I asked the agent and they told me that I need to talk to the conveyancer whom I dont have one. Is there any chance that I can do any legal action to clear the access?
-the facts that the bins may need to be carried through the house or using the bags are a big deal that put many potential tenants off? I have not seen a house like this and so I am confused about it.

Thanks in advance

Slithery

How are you purchasing the property without a conveyancer?

A_Lert

What do neighbouring houses do? Where I live, even though it's strictly speaking not allowed, everyone whose houses open directly onto the street just put their bins on the pavement. The council turns a blind eye. (Though the pavements are wide enough you can do that and not obstruct a wheelchair).

arashtrip

Slithery wrote: »

How are you purchasing the property without a conveyancer?

I have not placed an offer yet.

arashtrip

A_Lert wrote: »

What do neighbouring houses do? Where I live, even though it's strictly speaking not allowed, everyone whose houses open directly onto the street just put their bins on the pavement. The council turns a blind eye. (Though the pavements are wide enough you can do that and not obstruct a wheelchair).

Have not asked them but did not see any bins outside.

davidmcn

arashtrip wrote: »

I have not placed an offer yet.

Nothing stopping you from seeking advice before you make an offer.

Have not asked them but did not see any bins outside.

Maybe go back on bin day and see what happens.

arashtrip

davidmcn wrote: »

Nothing stopping you from seeking advice before you make an offer.

Maybe go back on bin day and see what happens.

good suggestion, Anyway, would you see it as a big issue in letting the property?

diggingdude

arashtrip wrote: »

good suggestion, Anyway, would you see it as a big issue in letting the property?

It kind of depends on the area, what you are charging and what people expect. In uni we had this set up. Now i would never consider a house which relied on bags going through the house before getting ripped up by cats on the pavement. Many other people seem not to mind

Mabel2012

I would not consider buying a house that didn't have proper access and storage for bins - unless I couldn't afford a better house.

elsien

You could do what my neighbour did when someone put a fence across a the alleyway and take it down again - doesn't make for good neighbourly relations though. Having the right and enforcing it are two different things, regardless of what the conveyancer says.

Have you actually spoken to the vendors about it? You may find there's a a gate and an access arrangement, for example.

I certainly wouldn't live in a house where I had to drag the bins through.

Nebulous2

Looking to buy a holiday home last year, I viewed a terraced one which had a small courtyard drying area where the wheelie bins were kept. They had to be dragged through the kitchen and hallway then out the front door. That was the single deal breaker in not proceeding for us.

We've become used to the idea that neighbours help with putting out / taking in bins. That has a safety aspect at times like high winds, when somebody moving them to a sheltered spot can prevent damage. I wouldn't like to be somewhere that couldn't happen as they had to go through the house.