who's driveway?

[petemurphy]

So I am one of 3 "terraced" houses and there is parking opposite. we bought our house on the basis it has 2 spaces. one of the other neighbours has one space. the 3rd - a holiday house says he owns a space. we cant all fit on.

Ive pulled his land registry files and title from land registry and see no mention of them owning a car parking space.

does this definitely mean he does not own one before I get narky or is there another way of finding out etc?

[George111]

Who told you it had 2 spaces ? In writing ? In the contract ? Go back to them.

[Troubleatmill]

petemurphy said:

So I am one of 3 "terraced" houses and there is parking opposite. we bought our house on the basis it has 2 spaces. one of the other neighbours has one space. the 3rd - a holiday house says he owns a space. we cant all fit on.

Ive pulled his land registry files and title from land registry and see no mention of them owning a car parking space.

does this definitely mean he does not own one before I get narky or is there another way of finding out etc?

What does the land registry say for your spaces?

[petemurphy]

Troubleatmill said:

What does the land registry say for your spaces?

shows a space although not def 2. it was sold in the particulars as 2 spaces.

[Troubleatmill]

See George11's post.

If you used a solicitor - and it is in writing 2 spaces... you have cause to complain.

[Jasandjules]

petemurphy said:

shows a space although not def 2. it was sold in the particulars as 2 spaces.

Ok. But the particulars are likely to state (unless this was a new build) that you can't rely on anything therein as estate agents lie therefore ask your solicitor to check when purchasing...

[petemurphy]

Jasandjules said:

Ok. But the particulars are likely to state (unless this was a new build) that you can't rely on anything therein as estate agents lie therefore ask your solicitor to check when purchasing...

should the solicitor have checked? should it say on the neighbours land registry details?

thanks

[Troubleatmill]

You are paying the solicitor to do the checks.

[98elise]

petemurphy said:

Jasandjules said:

Ok. But the particulars are likely to state (unless this was a new build) that you can't rely on anything therein as estate agents lie therefore ask your solicitor to check when purchasing...

should the solicitor have checked? should it say on the neighbours land registry details?

thanks

The solicitor is unlikely to check what the estate agent has said. They will have shown you a plan of what you are buying, and asked you if thats what you thought you were buying.

If there is no second parking space on the plan, then its very unlikey that you own it.

[Jasandjules]

petemurphy said:

should the solicitor have checked? should it say on the neighbours land registry details?

thanks

The solicitor is unlikely to check if the property should have two spaces. They will have checked the boundary and most likely sent you a document with the land registry map on it (i.e. your property marked in red) asking you to confirm it.

Each of your neighbour's land registry entries should have the same thing as yours, a little map showing what they own. So yes if you pay the £3 or so for each property you will (should be able to) see if they each have a space.

[petemurphy]

98elise said:

The solicitor is unlikely to check what the estate agent has said. They will have shown you a plan of what you are buying, and asked you if thats what you thought you were buying.

If there is no second parking space on the plan, then its very unlikey that you own it.

its a slightly larger looking space than the others! any come back on estate agents / solicitor or do they just do what they want for my cash either way should the neighbours plan state that they have a space?

[George111]

petemurphy said:

98elise said:

The solicitor is unlikely to check what the estate agent has said. They will have shown you a plan of what you are buying, and asked you if thats what you thought you were buying.

If there is no second parking space on the plan, then its very unlikey that you own it.

its a slightly larger looking space than the others! any come back on estate agents / solicitor or do they just do what they want for my cash either way should the neighbours plan state that they have a space?

You ought to have checked and had it clarified in writing if it was important to you. Often shared parking is in the plan but you don't have allocated spaces, just a right to park in a spare space if there is one.

[jwo]

Surely you own a defined piece of land that you can park on? That should be on the title deeds which show ownership boundary including any land that can be parked on?

[Qwert1e]

Quite. Your starting point should be to establish what YOU are entitled to do. This will be set out in legal papers somewhere - either as "ownership" or as a "right to park".

Sometimes a "right to park" will be on a basis which doesn't guarantee the availability of a space. In which case others will have similar rights and you will want to find out who has those rights and how many cars they are allowed to park. Sometimes you find situations where people entitled to park one car get a bit cheeky and park two.