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Neighbours boundary dispute!

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Bingooo · 09/07/2013 19:49

We're set to complete on a house we're buying next week.

The elderly neighbours have tended the garden for 40 years and there was no fence when in first went on the market. We explained a fenc ewould need to go up before we bought it, there were only to obliging and offered to do it themselves.... Only problem is it is about 8 inches over the boundary.... I have put pics on my profile.

I spoke to them today and they are adamant that is where the boundary was, I don't believe them. They have built over their whole garden with sun houses and want a bit of flowerbed.

They got pretty shirty with me so I have now left it to the solicitor. DH says I am being ridicuous and we should let them have it but it works out as a bout 3k of garden! AIBU?

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LIZS · 09/07/2013 19:55

can't see pics . Was it you who raised the issue before as ndn had effectively commandeered 3 gardens ? If so why on earth did you trust them to put a fence where it should go ?

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Bingooo · 09/07/2013 19:56

Yes, that was us. They promised to put it along the boundary line... Pics on now

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Trifle · 09/07/2013 19:57

I'm astonished that they agreed to put a fence up, they are not legally obliged to do so.

BellaVita · 09/07/2013 19:58

You need to make your profile public first. Cannot see the pics.

LIZS · 09/07/2013 19:58

Can't click on your name !

TeamEdward · 09/07/2013 19:59

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attheendoftheday · 09/07/2013 19:59

YANBU to want all of your garden. I would ask your solicitor to get it sorted before exchanging. Their prob if they have no garden. But, I'd accept that you may need to pay for the new fence, and place it on your side of the boundary.

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Bingooo · 09/07/2013 20:00

I've set it to public now Blush

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Bingooo · 09/07/2013 20:01

We'd be happy to pay and put fence up as long as we had our garden. DH thinks I'm over reacting

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Goodadvice1980 · 09/07/2013 20:01

Defo sticks to your guns on this one!!

LIZS · 09/07/2013 20:03

looks a pretty ropey fence anyway ! Do the deeds mark it more clearly ?

annh · 09/07/2013 20:04

Why are you dealing with this? You don't own the house yet so surely it is up to the current owners to sort this out with the neighbours before completion? I'm also unclear why the neighbours agreed to put up a fence? Presumably the integrity of the boundary could have been maintained without them necessarily having to fence it? Although maybe they agreed so they could steal some ground at the same time?!

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Bingooo · 09/07/2013 20:04

It's a horrible fence but it will do for the moment as they have a pond and we have DC.

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manticlimactic · 09/07/2013 20:05

That fence looks awful! Check the deeds and get a measuring tape out.

Do you really want to live next to these people. I sense future trouble

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Bingooo · 09/07/2013 20:06

I am pretty sure it was so they could decide where it went, they seemed very keen to be the ones to put it up!

Our solicitor needs to contact their solicitor (deceased estate).

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LunaticFringe · 09/07/2013 20:07

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Bingooo · 09/07/2013 20:07

There is no land registry on the house which muddies the waters further.. There is a pretty clear boundary though!

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TimeofChange · 09/07/2013 20:07

I think it may cause problems in the future if you want to sell.

LIZS · 09/07/2013 20:07

Agree the problem should be passed back to vendor's' solicitor to resolve, before exchange. You need secure and definitive boundary fences. They can't just claim it and hope no one realises !

LIZS · 09/07/2013 20:08

There must be some LR documents or covenants demarking the plots.

LunaticFringe · 09/07/2013 20:09

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Bingooo · 09/07/2013 20:09

Our solicitor is going to check the neighbours land registry.

Do you think they are way over, judging by the photos?

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ImNotBloody14 · 09/07/2013 20:10

if I remember correctly you were warned on your last thread that this would happen. why are you going ahead with this house buy? it has recipe for disaster written all over it- as you are now finding out.

LunaticFringe · 09/07/2013 20:11

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Bingooo · 09/07/2013 20:12

They seem to thikn it is where the original fence was Hmm and DH thinks I'm overreacting which is why I'm a bit unsure whether this is ok or not.

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