CF allotment thief part 3: The ‘plot’ thickens and auditions begin for the west end musical

[YaMuvva]

Just creating one now before t’other fills up. Will post updates when I have them

Last thread https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/_chat/5048540-cf-allotment-thief-part-2-the-battle-of-barbara-and-the-beansprouts?utm_campaign=thread&utm_medium=share

Oh thanks for that recipe!

@YaMuvva get your seeds planted now indoors and you can get them planted out as seedlings once you get it back

That it “belongs to Barbara really” because Barbara did her a favour taking it off her hands and it would be awful for us to take it away from her

This just blows my mind! She took your money, and then proceeds to tell you to give Babs free use! So, she and Babs are in agreement to steal from you and your DH and she has no shame at all in this?!?!?

How did you respond to that?

28 Days is far too long. You're missing the most important part of the growing season.

I would reduce this to 7 days, or 14 days if your solicitor protests. She really doesn't deserve any kindness or warning after what she and the seller have done to you.

Scheming, nasty entitled cunts, the pair of them.

I hope the seller has to pay you compensation.

It wasn’t just the plot used for growing vegetables though. The garage was full of a neighbour’s crap too and the vendor didn’t leave that with vacant possession either. At least he took his stuff, unlike Barbara.

Are there any 'other allotment holders' though? The use of the word allotment has confused the discussion here from the start, because that sounds like a series of plots rented from another party. A renter might have sympathy for another renter.

The plot in question is not rented it is owned by the OP - is the same true of the others?

If what is there is a set of vegetable gardens (or just gardens - is there any restriction on what you can grow?) attached in law to specific houses, though detached by position from them, then what you have is 'other land owners'. Who are going to view a squatter claiming rights in a very different way.

Seller should additionally face criminal charges in my opinion. 'Barbara' has behaved unreasonably but is really only the accomplice at most in a way.

The seller's solicitor could be judged an accomplice to obtaining money by deception. Perhaps that point should be made to them.

I would imagine that solicitors are protected from this sort of thing, especially as the seller's solicitor has a signed form saying that the property would be vacant. They would just pass it all on to their client.

Seems unlikely. It’s the seller at fault.

Thank you for the update OP.

But what we all want to know is who will play the solicitor?

I Suppose those firms are a bit confusing.

Would it be clear to everyone answering that your answers related to 3 different bits of land? Ie does it say at the top "house/garage/allotment" etc

So issue may lie with her solicitors who may have given get the form pre establishing the deeds? Or making it clear it referred to all assets.

Just read the OP posts then…

It only got used once or twice in my primary before the Headmistress banned it.

This thread is the best ever. Drama, celebrities, legal wrangling, feisty heroes and bonus chocolate cake!! OP you are a treasure 😀

What I would do now, if I were in your shoes is wait until Barbara has received the letter and then head down to the plot of land and start introducing yourself to the neighbouring plot owners, perhaps bring your chocolate cake with you to share around, get to know them, explain your situation and how you discovered that the previous home owner did both you and Barbara dirty by not making it clear from the get go that she never transferred ownership and it's yours and you would really have much preferred not to be in the situation you find yourselves in, and oh isn't life terrible when it does things like this to you, woe is me and I feel for Barbara but it's our land and we hope to have many happy years here, that kind of thing.
That's what I'd do - so that they realise that you're not the devil incarnate and you didn't want to be having to go down the path you're now on.

Best of luck to you!

I was just so gobsmacked I just said “riiiiight” and then ended the call.

Stephen Graham? He just makes everything better

Alan Carr?

Alan Carr? Alan Carr?!

I know this has the makings of a great comedy but I don't think Alan Carr has the depth or range (or any talent whatsoever frankly but that's beside the point) to play a solicitor.

Did you mean Alan Cumming?

Stephen Fry for the solicitor.

Stephen Fry is too intelligent to have made the basic conveyancing mistake of not ensuring the seller understood what vacant possession meant…

I know some pompous condescending misogynistic twats, and some of them are solicitors, but there's no need to perpetuate the stereotype by giving Stephen Fry the gig.

Andrew Lincoln.

Thanks for the recipe @YaMuvva it looks an absolute cracker!

I'm intrigued by the instruction that says make appropriate adjustments to the recipe if you live at high altitude. Does this mean I can double the quantities because I live up a small hill and I like cake ?
Please say yes.

Oh I think she knew exactly what it meant. What she didn’t understand was that it actually mattered.

Fortunately the form contains a warning about that.

No, they really couldn’t.