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Un-adopted footpath /pavement and Homebuyers Survey questions from a seller

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  • 3or4magpies
    3or4magpies Posts: 90 Forumite
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    edited 17 March 2021 at 6:10PM
    Next issue is getting the proof to send to the solicitors though, up to 10 working days apparently, and they want us to exchange asap
  • davidmcn
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    3or4magpies said:
    Next issues is getting the proof to send to the solicitors though, up to 10 working days apparently, and they want us to exchange asap
    Why can't the other solicitor just talk to the highways dept like you did?
  • Seashell517
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    3or4magpies said:
    Next issues is getting the proof to send to the solicitors though, up to 10 working days apparently, and they want us to exchange asap
    Can you get an indemnity policy instead of waiting?
  • 3or4magpies
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    davidmcn said:
    3or4magpies said:
    Next issues is getting the proof to send to the solicitors though, up to 10 working days apparently, and they want us to exchange asap
    Why can't the other solicitor just talk to the highways dept like you did?
    Damn good question- incompetent?
  • davidmcn
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    3or4magpies said:
    davidmcn said:
    3or4magpies said:
    Next issues is getting the proof to send to the solicitors though, up to 10 working days apparently, and they want us to exchange asap
    Why can't the other solicitor just talk to the highways dept like you did?
    Damn good question- incompetent?
    It would be a bit weird for there to be an adopted road with an unadopted pavement running alongside it, and like I said above, the consequences are minimal anyway even if it were unadopted.
  • 3or4magpies
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    I'm still unclear if they mean the pavement (along the edge of the road) or the footpath (running inside that with grass verge in between. The county council chap implied both are adopted though
  • NeverTooLate
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    3or4magpies said:
    davidmcn said:
    3or4magpies said:
    Next issues is getting the proof to send to the solicitors though, up to 10 working days apparently, and they want us to exchange asap
    Why can't the other solicitor just talk to the highways dept like you did?
    Damn good question- incompetent?

    They did spot the issue to start with though, maybe not so incompetent.
  • 3or4magpies
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    edited 18 March 2021 at 3:39PM
    davidmcn said:
    3or4magpies said:
    davidmcn said:
    3or4magpies said:
    Next issues is getting the proof to send to the solicitors though, up to 10 working days apparently, and they want us to exchange asap
    Why can't the other solicitor just talk to the highways dept like you did?
    Damn good question- incompetent?
    It would be a bit weird for there to be an adopted road with an unadopted pavement running alongside it, and like I said above, the consequences are minimal anyway even if it were unadopted.
    Issue would potentially be that the house is landlocked if an unknown owner stuck a fence up along it 
  • 3or4magpies
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    NeverTooLate said:
    3or4magpies said:
    davidmcn said:
    3or4magpies said:
    Next issues is getting the proof to send to the solicitors though, up to 10 working days apparently, and they want us to exchange asap
    Why can't the other solicitor just talk to the highways dept like you did?
    Damn good question- incompetent?

    They did spot the issue to start with though, maybe not so incompetent.
    Well, I'd agree if highways didn't just tell me it IS adopted...
  • 3or4magpies
    3or4magpies Posts: 90 Forumite
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    Just checked it out myself on the county council highways website and although the road adoption is clear to see, I am unable to see what they were telling me at their end (the detail about the pavement and footpath. Completely beholden to the council therefore to give an answer in writing (or get an indemnity insurance policy as suggested).
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