Should i tell new neighbours?

theoretica

Will telling or not telling them affect the situation if at some unspecified future time the sewer pipe needs attention?  Is it's a breach of covenant and I told you when you moved in significantly different from surely you realised, yes it's a breach of the covenant?

Tokmon

david29dpo said:

Its my business because the wall is build over my sewer pipe (as already said)
All 4 houses have the same covenant.

I don't see why your concerned because the wall is built so it's too late now and if the sewer doesn't need attention and the wall is in the way they it will just have to be knocked down to access it which won't be an issue because it's not on their land. So no real reason to bring it up now. 

You keep mentioning the covenant but it doesn't sound like it applies because the wall isn't on their land and is on land owned by someone else. This still makes it wrong because it shouldn't be there but not because of the covenant.

david29dpo

warwick2001 said:

So, to sum up:

1. Old neighbour built wall over sewer pipe, despite the fact they were not allowed to via existing covenant
2. Old neighbour didn't declare this on selling documents, and new couple buy house not knowing the wall is over a sewer pipe (issue not discovered during searches, surveys etc.)
3. You are now debating whether to tell new couple in the hope they will pull the wall down/some other reason

Is that about it?

Yes it is.

NameUnavailable

How can they pull a wall down that isn't on their land? It's nothing to do with them as such.

 

david29dpo

Some of the wall is.

goodwithsaving

In all honesty, you sound bitter. I honestly don't understand why you would want to upset people who have invested an enormous amount of money, and pride, in a new home. Let It Go.

david29dpo

goodwithsaving said:

In all honesty, you sound bitter. I honestly don't understand why you would want to upset people who have invested an enormous amount of money, and pride, in a new home. Let It Go.

I was warned about replies like this. 

user1977

david29dpo said:

GrumpyDil said:

Is it built on your land? If not and you stand nothing to gain by telling them, then I don't really see why you would need to.

I certainly wouldn't worry about them finding out what you may or may not have known. Also, how do you know it wasn't discussed as part of the sales process and they decided to proceed anyway? 

Its not built on my land, Highways Englands land (next to a main road) they may find out in the future.
I have never be so sure that they were not told.

If you've got a problem with the wall which is on Highway England's land, then the party you need to speak to about it is Highway England, because they own the land (and therefore, the wall). It isn't your neighbours' wall.

Davesnave

david29dpo said:

goodwithsaving said:

In all honesty, you sound bitter. I honestly don't understand why you would want to upset people who have invested an enormous amount of money, and pride, in a new home. Let It Go.

I was warned about replies like this. 

Did you need a warning after over 3.5k posts here? On anything worth discussing there's bound to be varying points of view, not all of which you may like. No one expects you to respond to every thought others have had. You can let them go too.

Irishpearce26

I think you already knew what you are going to do about this but were hoping for justification from the forum. If you ask for advice its not always going to be on the side you want it to be.