Visibility splay on front garden

getmore4less

Pretty sure round our way the visibility splays have been part of the property.
They just have a restriction on how high anything can go and are marked with a row of edging blocks in the drive/grass areas.

Some have low hedges on the boundary

anne_stroud

I understand and my solicitor is involved.  I think I've gone off in a tangent a bit.  My origional post was, "What advice would you give regarding this.  We still love the house, but the front boundary literally goes straight across the front door.  If we decide to proceed, should we try to negociate a reduction in the house price?  If so, how would you value this? "

davidmcn

anne_stroud said:

I understand and my solicitor is involved.  I think I've gone off in a tangent a bit.  My origional post was, "What advice would you give regarding this.  We still love the house, but the front boundary literally goes straight across the front door.  If we decide to proceed, should we try to negociate a reduction in the house price?  If so, how would you value this? "

I doubt it makes any significant difference to the price. As I said above, even if it was part of your title, you'd have restrictions on what you could do with it, so it's not as if it's potential space for an extension etc. A bigger garden isn't really worth that much. And in practice, nobody's likely to steal it from you.

unforeseen

I think you'll find it is classed as part of the highway which woul probably scupper any AP bid.

Apart from which for an AP bid you will need to prevent other people using it. If its a visibility splay you won't be allowed to erect a fence. 

Cash-Cows

The OP should establish from the council's highway records (usually on line) if the splay has been adopted (or there's a s38) in place. It's normal for HAs to adopt splays so don't rely on land registry until this is checked. 

princeofpounds

Taking the point with the difficulty on adverse possession given the short occupancy and unforeseen's point about highway classification... but do we actually know it's unfenced or otherwise without a material boundary feature? A couple of people have stated that but maybe I missed where the OP confirmed that.

anne_stroud

princeofpounds said:

Taking the point with the difficulty on adverse possession given the short occupancy and unforeseen's point about highway classification... but do we actually know it's unfenced or otherwise without a material boundary feature? A couple of people have stated that but maybe I missed where the OP confirmed that.

There is no fence or hedge, the lawn just goes from the house to the road, with a pathway in the middle leading to the front door.  Nobody would actually know that the garden didnt belong to the house, so would be unlikely to walk on it.