"Adverse possession"
Discussion
This photo, showing my brilliant camera skills, is of two houses. Built around 1850, the one on the left ends at the "lump" in the guttering adjacent the roof (th black thing lower down is a flue).
I have helpfully shown the boundary in red here
I am interested in buying the house on the left. Circa 20 years ago, maybe more, the current owner of the house on the right simply extended what is their kitchen into this property's curtilage, deciding to take around 6 feet to have a bigger area, even rendering the outside wall above it, and then placing the flue on the outer wall. Cheeky.
The owner of the house on the left, a bed bound pensioner I am told, did nothing.
This far down the line, apart from being "really quite weird", can anything be done? It effectiveness means inside the existing property, upstairs and down "matches" in both houses, but this, jutting out at the front simply was built over the boundary.
I have helpfully shown the boundary in red here
I am interested in buying the house on the left. Circa 20 years ago, maybe more, the current owner of the house on the right simply extended what is their kitchen into this property's curtilage, deciding to take around 6 feet to have a bigger area, even rendering the outside wall above it, and then placing the flue on the outer wall. Cheeky.
The owner of the house on the left, a bed bound pensioner I am told, did nothing.
This far down the line, apart from being "really quite weird", can anything be done? It effectiveness means inside the existing property, upstairs and down "matches" in both houses, but this, jutting out at the front simply was built over the boundary.
20 years on, it's all probably lies and conjecture.
For all you know, the 'victim' was bought off with a handsome stack of gold sovereigns.
Or both properties were in fact owned by the same entity.
I know someone who spent a very big sum of money on a technical victory over a boundary dispute.
For all you know, the 'victim' was bought off with a handsome stack of gold sovereigns.
Or both properties were in fact owned by the same entity.
I know someone who spent a very big sum of money on a technical victory over a boundary dispute.
If you contact the Land Registry and they think there's a significant anomaly they will send out a team of people to do a digital survey. It's all clever stuff involving GPS, satellites and who knows what. They will map the boundaries AS THEY ARE. This then becomes definitive unless you (or someone else) has evidence to show the boundaries are wrong.
As mentioned by the poster above, if you want to try to show they are "wrong" it could cost you a great deal of money. It's usually best to accept things AS THEY ARE.
As mentioned by the poster above, if you want to try to show they are "wrong" it could cost you a great deal of money. It's usually best to accept things AS THEY ARE.
It's registered as a straight line, the daughter inherited it and "made sure", what the boundaries were, despite the build over. She's now croaked so I suspect it's just gone/.lost with time and the theft.
This particular house has 10 acres despite being mid terrace, and it seems almost every one of the neighbours has tried to pinch bits over the years. I suspect there's still enough space left, lol!
This particular house has 10 acres despite being mid terrace, and it seems almost every one of the neighbours has tried to pinch bits over the years. I suspect there's still enough space left, lol!
macron said:
It's registered as a straight line....
The Land Registry don't care. "You can get an idea of where the boundaries for your property are by looking at its title plan. Most title plans do not show exact boundaries - you usually do not need to have the exact boundaries recorded anywhere."Check out this link and the downloadable guide referred to to in it.
https://www.gov.uk/your-property-boundaries
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