Legal action help against social housing from private home owner

Mistral001

Sarah.so said:

Hi hope you can offer me some advice.

My neighbour who lives in socila housing property buillt his fence/wall/part of drive way on my land.

i have been in dispute with the social housing for over 3 years, i have paid for a survey done and it has identified he is 0.9m on my land, social housing demanded a 2nd report, findings were the same. The said they would rectify with in 60 days, then said they wouldnt and offered me £1k for the land (i had to pay costs of changing everything with land registry  etc) i have declined this offer and  then they offered 1k plus costs. again i have declined this.

i can not afford a private solicitor, used one attached to my insurance who have just said because my insurance was taken out 2 years after fence errection they wil now not help. can anyone point me in the direction of any template letters to take this further or offer any advice?

I paid 200 for a 45 min call with a solicitor and i can not afford the 20K they have quoted me to take this to court.

It would appear that you did not go to a local solicitor, as they usually do not charge for a first consultation.   That quote of £20k from the solicitor would appear to be set at that level because they do not want the work. 

Have you tried the newspapers to raise the profile of your case and put pressure on the social housing association.  You certainly have the "little fella against the big organisation" angle, but you might need more to get the newspapaers interested, such as a human interest story like you cannot open your car door to drive to the shops etc.

PS.  Your local member of the Town Council might be interested in you case. 

FreeBear

Mistral001 said: It would appear that you did not go to a local solicitor, as they usually do not charge for a first consultation.   That quote of £20k from the solicitor would appear to be set at that level because they do not want the work.

£20K would be a projected cost of pursuing the case through high court - And that could/would be a minimum. If you get barristers on the case, costs could easily head northwards of £40K.

Mistral001

FreeBear said:

Mistral001 said: It would appear that you did not go to a local solicitor, as they usually do not charge for a first consultation.   That quote of £20k from the solicitor would appear to be set at that level because they do not want the work.

£20K would be a projected cost of pursuing the case through high court - And that could/would be a minimum. If you get barristers on the case, costs could easily head northwards of £40K.

I take your point.  Even £40k is low for some boundary disputes, but those are usually cases where you get feuding neighbours and big egos where the case drags on for years, but is this one of those cases?  It seems to be a dispute between the OP and a organisation.  That is why I suggested local councillors or the papers or both. 

FreeBear

Mistral001 said:

FreeBear said:

Mistral001 said: It would appear that you did not go to a local solicitor, as they usually do not charge for a first consultation.   That quote of £20k from the solicitor would appear to be set at that level because they do not want the work.

£20K would be a projected cost of pursuing the case through high court - And that could/would be a minimum. If you get barristers on the case, costs could easily head northwards of £40K.

I take your point.  Even £40k is low for some boundary disputes, but those are usually cases where you get feuding neighbours and big egos where the case drags on for years, but is this one of those cases?  It seems to be a dispute between the OP and a organisation.  That is why I suggested local councillors or the papers or both. 

The HA appear to have accepted that the fence is in the wrong location by initially offering to "resolve the situation" (and failing to do so), then offering a paltry cash sum. Hopefully, just the threat of court action will persuade them pull the corporate finger out of the backside and move the offending fence.