Title Deeds Question

daleyland

Hi

I am hoping somebody can help me. I am due to exchange and complete on a property imminently but I have been questioning my solicitor over a paragraph I found within the title deeds of the property and I still don’t have a clear, satisfactory answer. Please could you take a look at the paragraph below and let me know what it means?

The first blacked out section is the address of the house NEXT DOOR to the property I am buying. 

greatcrested

This used to be one (larger) plot of land comprising your property (or the land on which it is built) and next door's.

That plot obviously had various water and drainage supply pipes (and other easements eg perhaps for a phone line etc) which it had use of.

When part of the plot (now your house) was sold, it was agreed that the right to use all those pipes etc was granted to your house.

So for example, if your water supply pipe crosses next door's land to get to your land, you have the right to use that pipe and for that pipe to be maintained, in the same way that next door can use that pipe.

daleyland

That makes total sense. Not sure why it has been so difficult getting a straight answer from my solicitor. Thanks very much for your help. 

badger09

daleyland said:

That makes total sense. Not sure why it has been so difficult getting a straight answer from my solicitor. Thanks very much for your help. 

If everyone understood every word of the legal jargon, most solicitors would be out of a job

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badger09 said:. 

If everyone understood every word of the legal jargon, most solicitors would be out of a job

And most legal documents would fit on a single page.

greatcrested

[Deleted User] said:

badger09 said:. 

If everyone understood every word of the legal jargon, most solicitors would be out of a job

And most legal documents would fit on a single page.

and would not cover every eventuality unambiguously leading to ... disputes and court resolutions.