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AIBU?

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for wanting people to follow the rules

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ScarlettAlexandra · 21/05/2012 15:42

i am really annoyed with this. i moved from my last home for my neighbours parking their vehicles in our spaces and it got really nasty. we have since moved to a new development where there are set rules about what you can and cant do re: parking and vehicke types its ones of the reasons i bought the house. My new neighbours are basically flouting them even though they have been warned by the developer.

aibu to expect for people follow the rules that are set, and not take the piss.

its been handed to the solicitors now i hope this can be resolved ir ill be moving again.

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ScarlettAlexandra · 21/05/2012 20:22

rules are worded to say no work vehicles with a capacity more than 600 kilos. or something like that. my house kinda faces half of the house opposite and half the parking.

i don't know what was deleted fuckarama, mn has rules too see?

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hermioneweasley · 21/05/2012 20:22

Fuckerama, this debate is now ndermining my comments about your technical knowledge. Take the higher ground, love

fuckarama · 21/05/2012 20:24

I just actually just had a thought.

This Volkswagen transporter. The one the guy has been polishing and cleaning.

My neighbour has one of those. Looks like a van.

Except it's adapted for his terminally ill wee boy who is in a wheelchair. They rarely get out with him in it because of his difficulties, so it barely moves.

It's black, the van-that-isn't-a-van.

If that helps.

fuckarama · 21/05/2012 20:28

Bottom line. It's not a caveat on the mortgage.

It's a covenant on the deeds.

Covenants can be negative or positive - you must keep that tree, you must not park a van over x size.

They will be different for every house, so unless you go to the Land Registry and look up the files, you won't know what restrictions are on the deeds of the other houses.

Your solicitor should be able to do this for you - but he/she will charge for it. You can do it online for yourself and not involve a solicitor.

Also, any restrictive covenant can be lifted, depending - usually you have to pay a whacking great fee.

So how do you know that your neighbours haven't paid the fee to get the restrictive covenant lifted?

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ScarlettAlexandra · 21/05/2012 20:28

its a works van he had all the doors open on it all day yesterday. i could see his tools no disability involved, and its white.

why try and defend what it is.

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PickledFanjoCat · 21/05/2012 20:28

It might not even be a work vehicle. And your only half facing it.

It's not really a biggy is it?

I expect your neighbour will be rather surprised that the first he has heard of it is a solicitors letter. It probably won't make him feel terribly well disposed to be considerate of you.

Why don't you just ask about it?

Sarcalogos · 21/05/2012 20:28

applauds fuckarama

Get a grip OP! A van is parked in a parking space. Oh dear what a shame. Perspective needed here methinks.

PickledFanjoCat · 21/05/2012 20:29

It's a vw can though? It is over 600 kilos? Have you checked?

fuckarama · 21/05/2012 20:29

You do realise that you're going to end up getting these people put out of their house don't you?

Pandemoniaa · 21/05/2012 20:30

i could see his tools

Please, OP, just step away from this thread and throw the spade away before we can see clear to Australia.

SauvignonBlanche · 21/05/2012 20:31

A white van, how bloody common!
I'd sue.

Sarcalogos · 21/05/2012 20:31

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fuckarama · 21/05/2012 20:34

I should have realised it would be a white van

Must go off and read up on whether a negative covenant runs with the land or conveys an equitable right only ....

To my eternal shame I can't remember

fuckarama · 21/05/2012 20:35

If it's an innocent successor in title that is.

With bad conveyancing.

bishboschone · 21/05/2012 20:36

I live in a ' new ' development . It has the same rules . I paid above the odds to live here and I don't want to look at a van . You have my sympathys!

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ScarlettAlexandra · 21/05/2012 20:38

because they knew they where in the wrong when questioned about it. why would the developer and my solicitor be involved if they had.

plus as a part buy home they only own half and they would need permission from the housing association.

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TheUnMember · 21/05/2012 20:39

OP, why did you ask if you were being unreasonable?

SauvignonBlanche · 21/05/2012 20:40

I knew they wouldn't be full owners - these sort of people should be kept away from naice people.

fuckarama · 21/05/2012 20:40

Why did you ask AIBU if you are convinced you're not and you know you're right?

What was the point?

BabyDubsEverywhere · 21/05/2012 20:41

This mightg really fuck you off op, but a friend of mine lives on a simelar new build set up, with simelar rules regarding cars and parking etc. She couldnt care less but her neighbour sounds just as fucked off as you. The developer got involoved and it all went to court...long and short of it the courts were unwilling to effectivly make the guy homeless over parking a vehicle for employment purposes. Regardless of what the terms of purchase were. The vans stayed.

This is a fucking funny thread btw :D

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ScarlettAlexandra · 21/05/2012 20:41

I'm not they will just have to park the van else where, i don't want them to move just the van.

I'm not that evil.

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SauvignonBlanche · 21/05/2012 20:41

Was everyone just supposed to agree with you?

LollipopViolet · 21/05/2012 20:41

What about "vans" that have been converted to take wheelchairs OP? Is there any signs this might be the case with the ones parked outside your house?

Whatever kind of vans they are, YABU. If the developers saw firt to sort it they would've done it in time, without you getting a solicitor involved.

fuckarama · 21/05/2012 20:42

How do you know that the same covenants are on the common people's houses are as on your naice detached house?

Maybe they thought the commoners might need to park vans and things to they can be deserving poor and work for their keep so the covenants aren't on their houses?

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ScarlettAlexandra · 21/05/2012 20:43

i asked if i was aibu to expect people to follow the rules.

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