No action or contact from neighbours solicitors

Dantheman_3141

Our neighbour has a boundary dispute with us. Back in May 2021 his solicitors sent us a letter explaining that you have your bins on my clients land and a gate on the rear of your property that encroaches on my clients land. You need to remove the bins and stop using the gate as you will be responsible for any damages to my clients land. 

We replied back to the neighbours solicitors with our evidence explaining that the gate has always been at the rear of my property since the house was constructed in the 1980’s and provided a historical photograph that belonged to my other neighbour as proof, we also attached a planning permission document that was granted by the council with the councils stamp on it which was granted to the previous owner of my property that had an extension done on the property in year 2005 and we also gave a surveyors report to prove that the land does not belong to the neighbour. After that the solicitor sent us no more further letters and no further actions has been taken against us and our bins are still on the disputed land and we are still using the gate at the rear of my property. 

Because it’s been almost 4 years since the solicitors letter. Does that mean legally the case has been closed?

Sorry the neighbour is still being a nuisance but he’s not backing off and has not instructing the solicitor to take any more further actions against us. 

Also we moved into this house in 2012 and the nuisance neighbour moved here in 2018 snd before 2018. No neighbours on my street has had any issues with us. 

Browntoa

A "solicitor letter" is a throwaway low cost option 

If nothing else has happened then I suspect he's been advised that any real legal action is likely to be expensive.

It was never was taken any further legally after the initial letter so there was never any outstanding legal action 

Forget about it 

ThisIsWeird

In what way is the neighbour still being a nuisance?
Do you have solid Legal Protection included in your house policy? If not, add it.

Albermarle

As above a solicitors letter is often just a 'frightener', in the hope the recipient is intimidated by it and caves in straightaway.
If they have not followed it with anything else in 4 years, then just forget about it.

sheramber

Let sleeping dogs lie. 

Bobbityboo

Do you mean the neighbour is pestering you about using what they think is their land? Or are hey being generally difficult?  Either way that sounds horrible for you!  Can you get a solicitor to send them a decease and desist (is that what they are called?) letter to drop it as you have proved it is your land?  The legal approach may get them to just stop it.  I would check first, but I’m sure as there has been a legal element already you would need to declare when you sell, so nothing to lose by contacting him legally?  Just a thought that might get the neighbour to leave you alone.  

Dantheman_3141

The reason why I am asking this question is that everyone who I have spoken to recently have advised me to report the neighbour to the police or council. 

I said I have in the past and I have cctv footages of the neighbour when he does his nuisance behaviour but the police and the council keep saying that it’s a civil matter and won’t do anything about it. 

Then some of the people told me that say to the police snd council it’s no longer a boundary dispute as the neighbours solicitors has taken no actions against you and has not replied to your letter so its case closed as its been over 4 years. This is more of a harassment and anti social behaviour case which the police and council should take action against. But the person who I have spoken asked me to look up if there is a threshold or a timeframe where someone drops a dispute or claim/ compensation case which it gives it a case closed status then explain to the police or council and say that by law. If an individual drops a claim or dispute case and takes no further action then by law it means case closed then the police and council will stop thinking it’s a boundary dispute. 

But not sure if there is such a thing. 

user1977

You’re still being rather vague about what’s been happening recently. If it was simply a solicitor’s letter from 4 years ago then I would say there’s no ongoing dispute, but it sounds like something else is going on.

sheramber

There never was a case if it was only a solicitor's letter.

The fact that you proved him wrong doesn't mean he has to like it.  

If his anti social behaviour is because of  the result of the dispute does that mean it is still a boundary dispute?

thegreenone

Have you obtained yours and neighbour's deeds to see what they outline as yours and his land?  I believe you can do it very cheaply.

Land Registry Deeds | Title Deeds and Documents – Land Registry Search  I hope this is the correct website.  Happy to be corrected.

user1977

thegreenone said:

Have you obtained yours and neighbour's deeds to see what they outline as yours and his land?  I believe you can do it very cheaply

Land Registry Deeds | Title Deeds and Documents – Land Registry Search  I hope this is the correct website.  Happy to be corrected.

"We are a commercial company neither owned by nor affiliated with HM Land Registry or the Government. We are an online service provider that charges an administration fee for our online services."

So not very cheaply! Use the actual HMLR site (assuming the property is in England or Wales), not the rip-off middlemen.

https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/land-registry