New build garden wrong size and shape

Ath_Wat

LittleMissAspie said:

It's hard to explain without a picture. Basically the garden was supposed to be the same size on each side of the pathway to the front door, which is in the middle. They've made it asymmetrical and it's smaller on one side than expected. 

We haven't lost any plot because the road paving in front of the house belongs to us too.  It's just the shape and size of the grass within the plot that is wrong. 

I will double check the exchange documents this evening but everything I've ever seen had the same neat shape for the garden, which is not how they've built it.

So the issue is not your boundary, but the shape of your lawn within your boundary?  

That's going to have little to do with plans or deeds.  Just raise it with them and see what they say.  You can always change it later; it's not like it's something you are stuck with.

ProDave

And just what are you going to do in the front garden that you can't now it has "changed shape"?

Most people just push a mower around it from time to time and the really dedicated plant some flowers.  Your back garden is where you do things and it would bother me more if that were significantly different.

UnderOffer

Are you saying the pavement to left (or right?) of your house is now wider? Are you sure that’s within your boundary and not owned by highways/local authority or builder?
of if it is within your boundary does that mean you now have a wider drive or wider path to home. Tricky to picture without drawing. 

TheJP

Is the house on a bend? My parents new build was and they had to cut the driveway into part of our front garden as next door couldn't have a drive on the bend.

propertyhunter

A lot of the questions we have can be answered with a picture of the planned front drive, and the actual one. Do you have these to hand? 

LittleMissAspie

Ath_Wat said:

So the issue is not your boundary, but the shape of your lawn within your boundary?  

That's going to have little to do with plans or deeds.  Just raise it with them and see what they say.  You can always change it later; it's not like it's something you are stuck with.

Yes that's it.

I remembered I can see the docs on my phone - we have a conveyancing plan from solicitor showing the boundary of the whole property, and it shows where the buildings and landscaping will be. It has a disclaimer saying that things might change if planning permission changes. PP hasn't changed but it also says landscaping does not form part of any contract.

I will post a proper picture tonight, can't do it on phone.

LittleMissAspie

ProDave said:

And just what are you going to do in the front garden that you can't now it has "changed shape"?

Most people just push a mower around it from time to time and the really dedicated plant some flowers.  Your back garden is where you do things and it would bother me more if that were significantly different.

It looks rubbish and that bothers me a lot. 

RelievedSheff

LittleMissAspie said:

ProDave said:

And just what are you going to do in the front garden that you can't now it has "changed shape"?

Most people just push a mower around it from time to time and the really dedicated plant some flowers.  Your back garden is where you do things and it would bother me more if that were significantly different.

It looks rubbish and that bothers me a lot. 

Redo it after you have moved in. Its a bit of turf. Not the end of the world. (Trust me that bit of turf will be the least of your problems after you move in  )