Over the last few years my next door neighbour (a single guy who is very single minded in getting what he wants!) has done a top-to-bottom refurb of his house. My house and his house are separated by an alleyway but it's my private alleyway (there's a locked gate at the front to which I have the only key) and therefore it sort of forms part of my backyard.
The work he has done has involved new boiler, loft conversion, ensures, new bathroom etc and on several occasions he has knocked to tell me he needs access to the alleyway to run a bit of pipe here, put a boiler flue there, add a piece of gutter here etc. So after a few years of this, I have ended up with quite a bit of pipework, soil drains, flues etc on the outside of his flank wall, the same wall which forms the boundary into my property.
I've never really thought anything of it until now as it's mostly within the alleyway and not really in view from my garden - it seemed neighbourly to agree and as I said, he's quite a bully determined person who would put it over in such a way that it made it pretty awkward to say no (like I'd be putting him to a lot of expense and hassle if I did)
However, a couple of friends who work in property have recently visited my house and, in passing, commented that he has no right to do all this; all his services should be within his curtilage and that I might be making problems for myself when I come to sell (which I will probably want to do within the next two or three years).
Does anyone know the legal position - have I set myself up a conveyancing nightmare with unlawful flying freeholds (?) and potentially illegal boiler flues overhanging my land?
I certainly won't be agreeing to anything else until I have resolved this - AIBU to be concerned? Any advice welcomed.
I'm in the NE of England, if that's relevant.
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Neighbours pipework and flue overhanging my land
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adjacentneighbour · 07/02/2017 17:32
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