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

Indeed

It's fairly interesting land law type question. Not sure many people make up land law or conveyancing questions!

And you can't claim adverse possession when you have been given explicit permission to use the land. Also now much harder for registered land as the owner can just object to the possessors claim (even if they passed the adverse possession requirements) and take actions to remove that person within 2 years (I think)

@YaMuvva I counter your Claire Foy with Michelle Docherty. You could have this set in the early 1910/20's. Think of the finery you could wear doing your notlottment. Plus she's been partial to getting herself a bit dirty so wouldn't mind (I'm sure..??)



Plus troll hunting is against the rules of MN. If people don't think it's real, they should report it.

I'd like to introduce a sub-plot whereby the results of a famous local heist were buried in the allotment by Barbara's ne'er-do-well nephew giving us the opportunity to write in some bad boy characters and perhaps a policeman with a wonderful handlebar mustache

I can’t believe we’ve got this far without a diagram.

I was just thinking we need a diagram. Not sure what of. Where was the cheeky landgrabber in relation to the shed? Positioning of any gnomes?

It was old man Monty Don all along under the mask and he would have gotten away with it too if it wasn’t for those pesky kids! 😂
Do you have a Great Dane Op?

I don’t know why I’m finding this story so fascinating 😆. I’m waiting to be informed that Babs has been told to pack up her veggies.

Plus a cursory look at past posts confirms OP is a regular poster who has talked about moving house.

I may have to steal ‘allotment bonking’. It’s a fabulous phrase. Well done.

Me neither, I have no interest in gardening, land law or anything relevant to the threads but I'm fascinated!

Borne out by the fact that on thread 2 someone accused OP of being a ‘colonial style bully’ because she wanted her land back !!

and another on, they just keep coming 😂

someone mentioned needing an Old Korean Lady in the dramatisation.

I agree, she could be making kimchi on one of the other allotments, whilst desperately straining to overhear what was going on

He did. It’s on the first thread. Found out during the conveyancing and informed OP. The seller had failed to disclose that, and the garage being used by someone else.

From Thread 2

PS. Elderly Korean Lady must have a part somewhere in the film. Non-speaking if necessary, but still

EKL could be an extra, one of the other allotment holders, along with a few other characters like flat-capped man and his dog (David Jason, with at least 2 of Monty Don's dogs ), worthy young earth mother (Hellin from the Archers) and so on.

EKL still doesn't speak much English, but every now and then she's been known to give Babs a few of her extra parsnip, beet and chard seedlings from her veg stash.

I'm sniggering childishly at all the back-biting and snarky comments on this and the previous threads.

I love a land law dispute!

and adverse possession is just that - adverse, clue’s in the name!! If you’ve given someone permission it’s not really adverse 🤷🏼‍♀️ unsure why so many people keep mentioning it !

Are you kidding - I do hope so !! Adverse possession has been done to death. Not applicable here - if you’ve read both previous threads you’ll know why.

Checking in!

I cant believe this is thread no 3 bloody brilliant 🍿 🍷

as long as she is making kimchi, that is essential

I do find these threads fascinating. I'm still very confused about the way property sales are handled in England. I'm American and pretty old and have bought and sold quite a few houses in the US because of job moves. In every one, we toured the property either the day before or the morning of the closing, and everything was vacant at the time. If there had been boxes in the garage, those would have to be moved out before money was disbursed. It was the same when we sold. We moved everything out before the sale closed.

I've read other threads about people showing up to their newly purchased house and find that the sellers are still there. Or they are several months along in the process of buying and selling, and someone just walks away, or most confounding of all, a seller asks for more money just as everything seems to be ready to close (or whatever it's called in England).

Yes. The clue is in the "adverse" part. It's not adverse, as I understand it, if occupancy is by permission.