Right of use?

AW618

Tell them you are pulling out of the purchase because of the toilet situation.  If they are making it up, they will soon say so.  If they are not, you don't want to buy it anyway.

NameUnavailable

Sounds like a crazy situation. But I've come across a couple of these odd arrangements looking for places myself. 

One was a maisonnette with a garage and apparently use of all the parking space to the front and in front of the designated garage, with the other property allowed only access to their garage (shared drive). However the neighbour had cars parked in front of the garage and on the drive 'by arrangement' with the owner of the other property.

It put me off but then the other maisonette came up for sale with the description saying 'off road parking in drive and a double garage'!

Why do people make these problems for themselves?! As a buyer you need to unravel whatever arrangements were made previously and at best will mightily pxxx off someone you're living next to.

V46R

AW618 said:

Tell them you are pulling out of the purchase because of the toilet situation.  If they are making it up, they will soon say so.  If they are not, you don't want to buy it anyway.

I think this is my best option unless my solicitor sorts things. Let the two owners agree otherwise I walk and the homeowner loses .... surely not many would buy under this circumstance? 

V46R

NameUnavailable said:

Sounds like a crazy situation. But I've come across a couple of these odd arrangements looking for places myself. 

One was a maisonnette with a garage and apparently use of all the parking space to the front and in front of the designated garage, with the other property allowed only access to their garage (shared drive). However the neighbour had cars parked in front of the garage and on the drive 'by arrangement' with the owner of the other property.

It put me off but then the other maisonette came up for sale with the description saying 'off road parking in drive and a double garage'!

Why do people make these problems for themselves?! As a buyer you need to unravel whatever arrangements were made previously and at best will mightily pxxx off someone you're living next to.

Did the other neighbour have rights in the deeds or was it a friendly agreement that was "enforced by the neighbour?" To if it's not written it's not legal. If you become owner it's your land and rules.  I may be wrong but surely..... if we but a property we own it and can stop and prior agreements? If not that other party should.pay rent? I'm an FTB so really unsure on what my rights are. 

Davesnave

V46R said:

AW618 said:

Tell them you are pulling out of the purchase because of the toilet situation.  If they are making it up, they will soon say so.  If they are not, you don't want to buy it anyway.

I think this is my best option unless my solicitor sorts things. Let the two owners agree otherwise I walk and the homeowner loses .... surely not many would buy under this circumstance? 

There will be a legal position, and that would guide me, rather than what other parties might say. I wouldn't walk from a property I really wanted because there might be a little ruffling of feathers when I moved in.

Your solicitor is likely to advise you as to the legal situation, rather than 'sort things.'

Davesnave

V46R said:

NameUnavailable said:

Sounds like a crazy situation. But I've come across a couple of these odd arrangements looking for places myself. 

One was a maisonnette with a garage and apparently use of all the parking space to the front and in front of the designated garage, with the other property allowed only access to their garage (shared drive). However the neighbour had cars parked in front of the garage and on the drive 'by arrangement' with the owner of the other property.

It put me off but then the other maisonette came up for sale with the description saying 'off road parking in drive and a double garage'!

Why do people make these problems for themselves?! As a buyer you need to unravel whatever arrangements were made previously and at best will mightily pxxx off someone you're living next to.

Did the other neighbour have rights in the deeds or was it a friendly agreement that was "enforced by the neighbour?" To if it's not written it's not legal. If you become owner it's your land and rules.  I may be wrong but surely..... if we but a property we own it and can stop and prior agreements? If not that other party should.pay rent? I'm an FTB so really unsure on what my rights are. 

Sorry but it's not as simple as this. Our neighbour has acquired the right to discharge excess water from their septic tank system onto our land, because they have been doing that for over 20 years and created what's called a 'prescriptive right.'  It was obviously a private verbal agreement because there is nothing in our property's deeds describing the arrangement and we knew nothing of it when purchasing.

There are many situations where prescriptive rights apply and no rent is due.