Restrictive Covenant

[v8lante]

Hi in the process of buying a house which has a restrictive covenant on extending....put on by the original builder (early 50's) now long gone. Our solicitor... who's been fairly useless has said it won't be a problem as they no longer exist...they're happy to quote to remove it but have said it will be costly! Does anyone on here have any experience on this?

[v8lante]

Thanks for that...very helpful..... A covenant can be created by separate deed (a Deed of Covenant). The deed will need to be protected by the entry of a notice on the register of title and needs to be signed by the covenantor though not necessarily by the covenantee....am i reading this right that you can place a covenant on a property without the owner being fully aware?