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My house is due to complete sale in a few weeks. The neighbours are getting a driveway but we have a shared middle path down both sides. If they try and move boundaries what happens? 

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  • GrumpyDil
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    You tell them to stop.  They can make alterations up to the boundary but not over it.
  • Brie
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    Agree you need to make sure they know where the boundary is.  

    Personally I'm confused with "a shared middle path down both sides".
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    Brie said:

    Personally I'm confused with "a shared middle path down both sides".
    I'm guessing that there are 2 paths - one on each side of the house.

    The path on the left is shared with the house on the left, the path on the right is shared with the house on the right,

    gadget88 said:
    My house is due to complete sale in a few weeks. The neighbours are getting a driveway but we have a shared middle path down both sides. If they try and move boundaries what happens? 

    Is this a purely hypothetical question, or do you have any reason to suspect that the neighbours might try to move the boundary?

    In general, as above, if a neighbour tries to take some of your land or block your right of way, the first step would be to tell them not to.



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