Sign on our plot

lika_86

Your diagram is a bit misleading I think as you've put the line much further away from the boundary (assuming it is along the edge of the tarmac) than where it is in real life. Assuming the tarmac does represent the boundary, is it the fact of the sign's existence (which could be a few inches over and potentially not on your land) that you take issue with or is it the fact that you think it's on your land?

glennevis

AleksandraK said:

It hasn’t been adopted yet, the estate is still being built, not sure how to check if they will. 

I just find it annoying because some weeks ago they planted a tree on the other side of the house, also within our boundary, they had to dig out some grass around it, put supports in, without any contact prior to this. 

Now the sign. 

What else can we expect? A bin? A public bench? 

Could be worse, could be a lamppost right in front of a bedroom window. This happened to me about a year after they had finished our road.

Decades,ago the developers planted a tree in the middle of our front garden after we had moved in, but that wasn't unexpected as it was on the plans. Unfortunately it died (honestly, didn't touch it officer).

pinkteapot

I'd be irritated that it's in my front garden rather than a few inches forward in the tarmac. Is that what you're unhappy about? Our old house was the first in a cul-de-sac so the road name sign was just outside our front wall, in the pavement. Never bothered us. 

I'd ask the developer to move it forward (wonder if laziness had them put it in mud rather than dig up tarmac). If they won't, I'd plant a shrub behind it that'll grow to a few feet tall and cover up the back of the sign. Only thing with that is you'd have to keep the back of the shrub pruned so the sign stays clear. 

pinkteapot

AleksandraK said:

It hasn’t been adopted yet, the estate is still being built, not sure how to check if they will. 

I just find it annoying because some weeks ago they planted a tree on the other side of the house, also within our boundary, they had to dig out some grass around it, put supports in, without any contact prior to this. 

Now the sign. 

What else can we expect? A bin? A public bench? 

And did you ask the developer why they'd done that? 

You need to talk to them and get explanations. It may be that it was a tree on the estate plans that should have been there before you moved in. 

I'd be annoyed at work done on my land without being consulted, but get talking. 

GenieBoy

These new build estates usually have an amount of trees they have to plant. The tree was probably meant to have been planted before the plot was sold.

But what's wrong with a tree or are you going for the fake grass look?

mi-key

I'm a bit confused why it is bothering you? It is right on the edge and corner of your plot, so is hardly in the way. It could be a lot worse, they could have rotated it 90 degrees and put it on the pavement right in front of your house? 

If they do leave it there in a couple of months you won't even notice it is there

SallyCinnamon

mi-key said:

I'm a bit confused why it is bothering you? It is right on the edge and corner of your plot, so is hardly in the way. It could be a lot worse, they could have rotated it 90 degrees and put it on the pavement right in front of your house? 

If they do leave it there in a couple of months you won't even notice it is there

I'd imagine it's more about the fact it just appeared. Presumably the developers had opportunity to let them know it was going to happen. I'd be upset if I came home to find something permanent had been put on my land. If they told me in advance what was planned (even as a fait accomplit) I think I'd get over it 

Postik

I don't know the answer for sure, but I suspect they can. My parents have a street sign nailed to their fence. One day they tore the fence down and had it completely redone, putting the street sign in the garage and forgetting about it.  A week later a new sign appeared, screwed to the new fence!

I also see plenty of houses where the street sign is actually attached to the upper storey of the house itself, and I strongly suspect the owners don't have any say in this, because I can't imagine anyone would agree to it given the choice.

Section62

SallyCinnamon said:

mi-key said:

I'm a bit confused why it is bothering you? It is right on the edge and corner of your plot, so is hardly in the way. It could be a lot worse, they could have rotated it 90 degrees and put it on the pavement right in front of your house? 

If they do leave it there in a couple of months you won't even notice it is there

I'd imagine it's more about the fact it just appeared. Presumably the developers had opportunity to let them know it was going to happen. I'd be upset if I came home to find something permanent had been put on my land. If they told me in advance what was planned (even as a fait accomplit) I think I'd get over it 

There's still a question whether the land is the OP's though.  In new developments it is quite common for a strip of land beyond a hard surface feature to belong to the owner of the hard surface, it is possible to assume the boundary is where the change of surface is, but that isn't always the case.

Postik

Section62 said:

SallyCinnamon said:

mi-key said:

I'm a bit confused why it is bothering you? It is right on the edge and corner of your plot, so is hardly in the way. It could be a lot worse, they could have rotated it 90 degrees and put it on the pavement right in front of your house? 

If they do leave it there in a couple of months you won't even notice it is there

I'd imagine it's more about the fact it just appeared. Presumably the developers had opportunity to let them know it was going to happen. I'd be upset if I came home to find something permanent had been put on my land. If they told me in advance what was planned (even as a fait accomplit) I think I'd get over it 

There's still a question whether the land is the OP's though.  In new developments it is quite common for a strip of land beyond a hard surface feature to belong to the owner of the hard surface, it is possible to assume the boundary is where the change of surface is, but that isn't always the case.

There are shrubs underneath and next to the sign, which to me is a vauge indication that this is the OP's land and not just common green space, because those particular shrubs usually make up the front "garden" or boundary on a new build house.