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Silent deeds on boundary

user18
user18 Posts: 16 Forumite
in House buying, renting & selling
I am in the process of buying a property and the deeds seems to be silent on ownership of boundary I.e 'T' is absent. How should I go about finding out who is responsible for maintenance of which fence?
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  • silvercar
    silvercar Posts: 46,945 Ambassador
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    Ask your seller, or more correctly ask your solicitor to enquire.
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  • G_M
    G_M Posts: 51,977 Forumite
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    Very few Title Plans show this.

    * ask the neighbours
    *ask the pevious owner
    * see who owns the ccorresponding boundaries in neighboring proprties - sometimes in a road, each house owns the left (or right)-hand boundary
  • user18
    user18 Posts: 16 Forumite
    My solicitor has informed me that the seller has confirmed that the boundaries to the right when looking at the house have been regarded as the seller's responsibility. Is this sufficient?
  • Doozergirl
    Doozergirl Posts: 33,805 Forumite
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    Of course. Of all the houses we have owned, I cannot think of one that had that magic T on it.

    The obligation is to mark the boundary, not to pay for or maintain fences unless it is actually specified. The fence belongs to whoever paid for it.
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  • Davesnave
    Davesnave Posts: 34,741 Forumite
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    user18 wrote: »
    My solicitor has informed me that the seller has confirmed that the boundaries to the right when looking at the house have been regarded as the seller's responsibility. Is this sufficient?

    Sufficient for what?

    As has already been explained, it's quite unusual for title documents to mention responsibility for the upkeep of boundaries. If it's a fence and the vendor says they have been painting it, then that might be a good indication of what's been agreed, but it's no more than that.

    A fence belongs to whoever erected it.
  • Alter_ego
    Alter_ego Posts: 3,842 Forumite
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    Davesnave wrote: »

    A fence belongs to whoever erected it.

    Pedantic maybe, but a fence belongs to whoever paid for it.
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  • davidmcn
    davidmcn Posts: 23,596 Forumite
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    Alter_ego wrote: »
    Pedantic maybe, but a fence belongs to whoever paid for it.
    A fence belongs to whoever owns the ground it's been plonked in, surely?
  • Owain_Moneysaver
    Owain_Moneysaver Posts: 11,357 Forumite
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    davidmcn wrote: »
    A fence belongs to whoever owns the ground it's been plonked in, surely?

    Fences are not always located on boundaries, sadly.
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  • PasturesNew
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    It all depends really on whether you see a problem with any of the boundaries.

    If there were no T present I'd assume none of them were my boundary to maintain.... and I'd think about where I might wish to install my own/additional boundary at that point, touching the neighbours' boundaries.

    If there's a boundary that makes you be a bit worried about it - location, size, condition, then you might have to dig a bit further and download the adjoining properties' boundaries to see - and/or go bang on a neighbour's door to ask them their take on it.
  • G_M
    G_M Posts: 51,977 Forumite
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    davidmcn wrote: »
    A fence belongs to whoever owns the ground it's been plonked in, surely?
    So when I plonk my car in a private car park, the car park ownergains ownershipp of my car?

    Ownership is not dependant on location.
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