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csswiift
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Thoughts…
I’ve purchased a property which benefits from a private front terrace as the entrance but the rear garden belongs to a neighbour. We have no access from our property (which is no issue for me).
Our title deeds state that we have access to the garden to to maintain our rear windows (again, no issue).
However, we have arranged for Open Reach to install broadband which is installed via the rear of the property and will require a small Open Reach box to be installed under our window (facing into the neighbouring garden but attached to our building).
I’ve purchased a property which benefits from a private front terrace as the entrance but the rear garden belongs to a neighbour. We have no access from our property (which is no issue for me).
Our title deeds state that we have access to the garden to to maintain our rear windows (again, no issue).
However, we have arranged for Open Reach to install broadband which is installed via the rear of the property and will require a small Open Reach box to be installed under our window (facing into the neighbouring garden but attached to our building).
The neighbour has complained and say that they don’t want the box on our building facing into their garden. The box is a few inches in width and length. Can they stop us from installing the box?
Any help and advice is much appreciated.
Any help and advice is much appreciated.
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Hopefully not a daft question, but does the box have to go there?
I presume the wall is common property (i.e. it serves your property and flats upstairs)? Strictly speaking, any changes to it (other than maintenance) require consensus from all the owners. And if your neighbours own all the land in the back, anything mounted on the wall is going to encroach into their airspace. Unless there's anything more specific in the titles.
But as utilities tend to have various overriding rights, I wonder if Openreach might have the power to stick their boxes and cables where they like - they probably ultimately can do that, I'm just not sure if there is a process they'd need to go through. Might be something to ask them, if you haven't already.1 -
If the border between your property and your neighbour's property is the rear wall of your buildig (and the land the other side of your wall constitutes the neighbour's garden), then yes, the neighbour can prohibit you from trespassing on his land by installing a box that will cross that boundary (your rear wall) and hang over his land/garden.
So the key question is, where does your property end (on your deeds) and his begin (on his deeds)?0 -
Who owns the freehold?? How many people??0
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