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Neighbour saying my garage is in his Garden
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suspect OP's garage is in the neighbours land - wonder how long it has been there? - easiest solution would be to have access to back garden / a parking space somewhere along the border before the garage0
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It may well be their land but ROW still restricts what they may do.Thrugelmir said:Neighbour appears to think that the access road is their land.0 -
Yes, that's right and according the map they provided (the one coloured in green) they are right. Its showing that the "road" part of the land is theirs. You can even see my garage that goes into their land. What I dont understand is how that can legally have an access/entry point to a main road which blocks my right of way.Thrugelmir said:Neighbour appears to think that the access road is their land.
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Flugelhorn said:suspect OP's garage is in the neighbours land - wonder how long it has been there? - easiest solution would be to have access to back garden / a parking space somewhere along the border before the garage
My guess from old maps is it has been there for over 50 years...
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It has been, yes. The old owner was in his 90s and been living in that house since a child until I purchased it this year.theoretica said:Flugelhorn said:suspect OP's garage is in the neighbours land - wonder how long it has been there? - easiest solution would be to have access to back garden / a parking space somewhere along the border before the garage
My guess from old maps is it has been there for over 50 years...0 -
Just to give you a clearer view of where the garage is located, I've taken this screen shot from google earth. The black cross is where my garage is and the black line is the right of way that leads to a main road. Number 54 is mine, 52 his. He also owns 50. The car park you see belongs to aldi.
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Have you downloaded your neighbour’s title and plan from the land register yet? £7 cost, I think, and your solicitor will need it to advise you anyway.
I expect that the neighbour does own part of the road marked in brown, but it is worth checking.Does that garage have any real value? You would be hard pressed to get a car down that drive.No reliance should be placed on the above! Absolutely none, do you hear?0 -
Although it likes you’re obviously on his land with the garage how big an extension is he planning? Would have to be massive for the garage to be an issue.1
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My personal guess is that the neighbour owning 50/52 has aspirations to use the access to carve out a plot at the rear of their gardens? Using the full depth of the property in their ownership, and the OP is the only other owner requiring access along that stretch of the "back lane."
If they cut it off at the T junction, all the other properties would still be able to get to their back gardens.If you've have not made a mistake, you've made nothing0 -
It looks on the face of it that the OPs garage shouldn't be on his land, but also he cannot build on or block the right of way by the OP across land he owns either.The question is whether this is an official right of way across all the plots. If it isn't then it will be harder to defend.0
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