Restrictive Covenants

eddddy

Bendy_House said:

Elliot, keep this info under your hat. Just say a verbal 'Non!' to your neighbour, accompanied with a thumb-to-nose-and-wiggled-fingers if you wish, and hope they start legal action.

Keep saying 'Non!' until the actual summons arrives, and then knock on their door and go "TRA-LAAAA!", holding up the letter with the biggest grin you can manage....

I half jest.

... and when you sell, explain to the prospective buyer that neighbourly relations in the street are so bad, that things ended up with neighbour starting court injunction proceedings against you.


Or you could explain to your neighbour in a friendly way that you have permission - before things escalate further. And generally try to get onto good terms with the neighbour.

Then you can say to a prospective buyer something like - there was a brief dispute about the wall, but it arose out of a misunderstanding. It was quickly resolved, and we're all on good terms now. 

Section62

eddddy said:

Bendy_House said:

Elliot, keep this info under your hat. Just say a verbal 'Non!' to your neighbour, accompanied with a thumb-to-nose-and-wiggled-fingers if you wish, and hope they start legal action.

Keep saying 'Non!' until the actual summons arrives, and then knock on their door and go "TRA-LAAAA!", holding up the letter with the biggest grin you can manage....

I half jest.

... and when you sell, explain to the prospective buyer that neighbourly relations in the street are so bad, that things ended up with neighbour starting court injunction proceedings against you.


Or you could explain to your neighbour in a friendly way that you have permission - before things escalate further. And generally try to get onto good terms with the neighbour.

Then you can say to a prospective buyer something like - there was a brief dispute about the wall, but it arose out of a misunderstanding. It was quickly resolved, and we're all on good terms now. 

This ^^.

It isn't even clear that the suspected neighbour is the one who reported the wall to the council - it could have been anyone in the area who felt it was in breach.

And if the council planning officer told the OP exactly who it was that complained then they've been unprofessional and have possibly acted unlawfully.

The wall needed consent from the developer (the OP knew this from the start).  The visit from planning has highlighted the issue, the OP has obtained the consent, and as a result has avoided any difficult questions when they come to sell the property.  All's good, assuming there's no lingering planning issue.

There's no need to seek vengence (half serious, or otherwise), whoever contacted the council has done the OP a favour.

Bendy_House

eddddy said:

... and when you sell, explain to the prospective buyer that neighbourly relations in the street are so bad, that things ended up with neighbour starting court injunction proceedings against you.


Or you could explain to your neighbour in a friendly way that you have permission - before things escalate further. And generally try to get onto good terms with the neighbour.

Then you can say to a prospective buyer something like - there was a brief dispute about the wall, but it arose out of a misunderstanding. It was quickly resolved, and we're all on good terms now. 

Oh, yeah, good point. That makes more sense.

booooooring!