Neighbours land

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We have a narrow strip of land between our house (roughly 20ft by 3-4ft) and our neighbours at the front the property.

The original developers were too lazy to do anything worthwhile with it and it is both raised (compared to our drive) and currently rough grass.

We are planning to get the front drive down and thinking about including this land into our drive to get a bit more parking space and to tidy things up.

We have spoken to our neighbours and they are happy with our ideas in principle. I have suggested they consult a solicitor to make sure they understand any/all disadvantages for them.

However neither of us has any idea of the legal implications of this and would like to make sure it is done properly so that there are no issues in the future if they/us move house.

Does anyone have any experience of such situations?

Thanks in advance.

[x5x3]

ChrisnChris said:

First call would be the developer.

sorry if I was not clear but the land is owned by our neighbours and not the developer.

[x5x3]

thanks all - what exactly is involved in that?

and does it involve anyone else - e.g does it matter if the building is directly on the boundary line or is there a need to have a certain distance between the physical property and the boundary?

[x5x3]

slightly embarrassing but I don't have one currently - will try to find the original deeds

[x5x3]

here is a very basic one - i.e. not to scale



the piece of land is the bit shaded blue - i.e. surrounded by the pavement at the front, their house, the fence dividing the front and rear gardens and the existing boundary line.