Vehicular right of way through garden?

lindens

It looks to me that the house you like has two gardens - one near the house then a fence then some tarmac that next door maybe have access to and then another piece of garden (very green with nice trees) that you have to cross the tarmac to gain access to.
Not ideal I agree.

Snooze

WestonDave wrote: »

Looking at it in birdseye view on maps.live does suggest that next door are driving through the back garden. If you have (or are planning) small children I wouldn't take this on as it will be impossible to secure the exit to the road which will then make it hard to allow the kids free run in the garden

Oh come on, let's be realistic! :rolleyes: The vehicle is only going to be travelling at walking pace max for a start, and secondly I highly doubt that your neighbour will be deliberately looking to mow your kids down. If anything they will drive with extreme caution if they know there could be kids running about.

Rob

PasturesNew

A lot of old terraced houses have this. The right for the neighbours to pass/repass across the land. The thing is, you don't own it really - you should think of it in terms of: I have a couple of feet outside my back garden. Then, the other side of a driveway I have a separate garden.

Then it makes more sense mentally.

The map won't load for me at the moment. So I can't look. But to me the details seem to say nothing of any shared access.

kunekune

It's the lack of a gate (and potentially if there was one, the lack of control over someone else's use of a gate) between the garden and the access onto the main road as well as the car driving through the garden that bothers me. This is quite a busy road. Maybe your kids would be safe: mine wouldn't. Not all children are the same, and the one I'm worried about has a severe learning disability.

PN, I like the way you put it (I plan to post every house I am interested in, if only for your insights). It's true there is nothing in the details, and in fact they emphasise the safety of the garden, but elsewhere there is a comment about 'layout' being suitable for older children, which may be a wee hint! It's funny: I'd have booked a viewing were it not for the birds eye view. For us, an ultra-safe play area visible from the kitchen and living rooms is the make or break factor.

WTF?_2

Snooze wrote: »

Oh come on, let's be realistic! :rolleyes: The vehicle is only going to be travelling at walking pace max for a start, and secondly I highly doubt that your neighbour will be deliberately looking to mow your kids down. If anything they will drive with extreme caution if they know there could be kids running about.

Rob

I still wouldn't want to buy a place where someone was regularly driving through my garden and could possibly claim a legal right to continue to do so if I attempted to stop them.

And how about if something did happen and they attempted to claim off of me, as the landowner? No thanks.

Bf109

I know most old houses have some right across the back of way but a vehicular right of way? Does this include combine harvesters and artics?

Wouldnt touch that place with someone else's bargepole

Snooze

!!!!!!? wrote: »

I still wouldn't want to buy a place where someone was regularly driving through my garden and could possibly claim a legal right to continue to do so if I attempted to stop them.

And how about if something did happen and they attempted to claim off of me, as the landowner? No thanks.

Yes, it's an individual choice, but not everyone in the world is out to get you, !!!!!!? !

Personally I wouldn't take a house where my neighbour had to drive across my garden either as I like my privacy, but I don't think the "my kids wouldn't be safe as they'd get mowed down by the neighbour" comment by someone was a valid argument at all.

2p.

Rob