Shared driveway - potential issue?

lcc86

I think you'd need to see what the deeds say. If it's split 50/50 then you have every right to park your cars on your side of the property. You can find out from Land registry before deciding whether to go any further with it.

Abbafan1972

Of course they are going to say the neighbours are nice, they want to sell the house.

hannah021

it might be that the neighbour had asked your seller if they can over stretch, clearly they did it together with good intentions. 
for me, no barrier wouldnt put me off as long as i have my own driveway, but i can see myself fencing it and saving myself the headache... they could sell their house or rent it out to a nuisance tenants... 
Shared is a big no no

Doozergirl

hazyjo said:

lzzwzz said:

Would a shared driveway put you off purchasing a house?

Wouldn't touch a shared driveway with a bargepole (sorry!). Try searching the forum for Shared Driveway (or drive) for some examples. 

The OP doesn't even know if it is a shared drive. 

Also, don't touch a house with neighbours with a bargepole.  Try searching the forum for examples 😉

oystercatcher

hannah021 said:

it might be that the neighbour had asked your seller if they can over stretch, clearly they did it together with good intentions. 
for me, no barrier wouldnt put me off as long as i have my own driveway, but i can see myself fencing it and saving myself the headache... they could sell their house or rent it out to a nuisance tenants... 
Shared is a big no no

A fence down our shared drives would make them both too narrow to open car doors properly those inches count it's much better being open plan as it were, can get wheelie bins past the car etc too which wouldn't happen with a fence there. 
The idea of painting a white line down the centre is ridiculous total nit picking. I don't care if my neighbours bin or foot crosses to my side , live and let live.

hazyjo

Doozergirl said:

hazyjo said:

lzzwzz said:

Would a shared driveway put you off purchasing a house?

Wouldn't touch a shared driveway with a bargepole (sorry!). Try searching the forum for Shared Driveway (or drive) for some examples. 

The OP doesn't even know if it is a shared drive. 

Also, don't touch a house with neighbours with a bargepole.  Try searching the forum for examples 😉

I'm sorry, I thought their opening question was "Would a shared driveway put you off purchasing a house?"

I quoted that and answered. What's your problem with that? No need to pick me up on it. The point of a forum is to look at previous answers or we'd all be repeating ourselves and tbh it's better to read someone's thread and the problems they've incurred rather than me listing random scenarios.

Saying that, I'd be happy to list a dozen reasons why I'd not touch one, but seeing as you've corrected me and said it's not necessarily a shared drive, I will save my breath (well, fingers).

Davesnave

hazyjo said:

lzzwzz said:

Would a shared driveway put you off purchasing a house?

Wouldn't touch a shared driveway with a bargepole (sorry!). Try searching the forum for Shared Driveway (or drive) for some examples. 

There can certainly be issues, but it's important to distinguish between a legally shared space, where both parties have a right to pass over all or part of  the other's land and a space where there are two separately owned  areas, but no barrier and owners who have simply agreed to an informal amount of sharing IRO opening car doors etc.

Aspiration

From experience... I would recommend not buying with a shared driveway. 

As described, with the right neighbours it’s absolutely not a problem. However you can’t guarantee who will live there and legal disputes are costly! 

Doozergirl

hazyjo said:

Doozergirl said:

hazyjo said:

lzzwzz said:

Would a shared driveway put you off purchasing a house?

Wouldn't touch a shared driveway with a bargepole (sorry!). Try searching the forum for Shared Driveway (or drive) for some examples. 

The OP doesn't even know if it is a shared drive. 

Also, don't touch a house with neighbours with a bargepole.  Try searching the forum for examples 😉

I'm sorry, I thought their opening question was "Would a shared driveway put you off purchasing a house?"

I quoted that and answered. What's your problem with that? No need to pick me up on it. The point of a forum is to look at previous answers or we'd all be repeating ourselves and tbh it's better to read someone's thread and the problems they've incurred rather than me listing random scenarios.

Saying that, I'd be happy to list a dozen reasons why I'd not touch one, but seeing as you've corrected me and said it's not necessarily a shared drive, I will save my breath (well, fingers).

If the point is to read previous answers then you didn't do a brilliant job at it, considering mine was the first answer, asking the OP to actually check the situation as there is more than one potential arrangement.  The second answer asked the same.  By the time you posted, it wasn't looking like a shared drive at all. 

You've been here long enough to know that the answers often come from asking more questions, not frightening nervous FTBs with comments about bargepoles.  There's no reason for them to go looking for scare stories about situations that probably aren't comparable.  

They need to spend £3 on the Land Registry website.  

lzzwzz

hazyjo said:

Doozergirl said:

hazyjo said:

lzzwzz said:

Would a shared driveway put you off purchasing a house?

Wouldn't touch a shared driveway with a bargepole (sorry!). Try searching the forum for Shared Driveway (or drive) for some examples. 

The OP doesn't even know if it is a shared drive. 

Also, don't touch a house with neighbours with a bargepole.  Try searching the forum for examples 😉

I'm sorry, I thought their opening question was "Would a shared driveway put you off purchasing a house?"

I quoted that and answered. What's your problem with that? No need to pick me up on it. The point of a forum is to look at previous answers or we'd all be repeating ourselves and tbh it's better to read someone's thread and the problems they've incurred rather than me listing random scenarios.

Saying that, I'd be happy to list a dozen reasons why I'd not touch one, but seeing as you've corrected me and said it's not necessarily a shared drive, I will save my breath (well, fingers).

Thanks for your reply. It was my intended question, you’ve answered it for me