To buy this land and risk upsetting the tenants next door

[Mrsdavidcaruso]

Long story short. My house is at the back of a large house which was converted into flats last year. I own the freehold to my property and have had problems with the tenants of the flats parking on what is actually my land. It got bad when the LL of the large house 'rented' a part of my property to one of his tenants as an extra parking space and it took a long time and solicitors letters to get it all sorted.

I also had to spend money on getting bollards and a fence to ensure no-one parked on my property.

My property is at the end of a T shape and I part is used as a passage to my house ( I have legal access over it) and a parking area for 5 cars rented by the LL to his tenants

However because of all the problems my solicitor has done some digging to ensure my legal right of way and that nothing comes back to bite me on the bum with the owners of the large house.

It then got interesting - it seems that the LL bought the large house at auction on a 99 year lease. My Solicitor saw the legal pack and there was no mention of the land on the paperwork.

He has now found out through the freeholder that the land does not actually belong to the large house but to the house next door.

The freeholder of the house next door has confirmed yes its his land but as he does not live in the house was unaware that the LL of the large house was using it as far as he was aware only I had access to it.

He has now contacted my Solicitors and offered to sell me the land, If I don’t want to buy he is going to offer the LL the chance to lease it from him but if he does that I am worried about my own access across it.

I am very tempted I can enlarge my garden and my husband (who rents a garage ) can also park his car on the property we can afford it and it may increase the value of my house and provide a safer environment for my DS and bump when he/she arrives.

But that is not going to sit well with the tenants of the large house and I can forsee huge problems with them as a couple were very abusive to me during the problem with the parking before.

I have a couple of weeks to decide. I know it would not fair to the tenants but its something they will have to take up with their LL as either he has been badly advised/mistaken or is chancing his arm renting out parking spaces when he knows its not his land (I suspect the latter).

According to my Solicitor there would be no legal or planning issues if I wanted to change the area to a larger garden (although I will check with the council myself)

So would I be UR to buy it

[BlackeyedSusan]

START NEW THREAD PLEASE MRS CARUSO

I would love to see your posts highlighted as it i going to be a doozy of thread.

[GiraffesAndButterflies]

Wellies just what I was thinking

[enriquetheringbearinglizard]

Excited for a resolution after all this time, love the idea of penguin bollards. I want Horlicks to get one for her spot on the train platform but am I seeing something different? It says £777.70 for a large one
is that a price fuelled by MN supply and demand?

[Peekingduck]

I think the horses are supposed to be moving today, so cross fingers on that one!

[enriquetheringbearinglizard]

The horses have gone!

[FuckYouChrisAndThatHorse]

Well that's my lot sorted. I hear there are bollards going on over here. How's that going?

[woodmouse2]

Chris I hope you've got the dcs safely padlocked in that field before you dive off into a tangent?

[DejaVuAllOverAgain]

Ooh, the horses have gone. I can go to work partially happy Just have to wait to see what happens here now.

[BoreOfWhabylon]

[WorkingItOutAsIGo]

Am I bad that secretly I want the tenants to still be there and locked in? Except I don't want Mrs David to have any stress.

[SauvignonBlanche]

Cheeky bastard tenants!

Please start a new thread Mrsdavidcaruso

[Mamagiraffe]

DelurkIng to Get link to new thread x

[mistlethrush]

They can hardly complain that they didn't have enough notice to remove their cars....

[Pollydon]

Cheeky fuckers

[DinoSnores]

This is the parking thread that gives and gives! What with this and the horses, it is an exciting day!

Please start your own thread to keep us updated, mrsdavidcaruso!

[MarysDressSways]

Oooo. Can't believe none of them have moved their cars!

Have you put call in to the letting agents?

I would put notes through their doors saying bollards are going up, even if it's half an hour before it happens. Just so you have 100% moral high ground.

[MarysDressSways]

And yes please start your own next thread OP. Doesn't work if someone else does it.

[wowfudge]

Mrsdavid - have just caught up with developments. I had no idea how far things had moved until today! So, how are the bollards coming along this afternoon?

[MsMarvel]

Op please come back!

[kappadelta]

Yes please update

[Morgause]

Please start a new thread OP.

[YellowDinosaur]

Shaking head at all the people filling up the thread with 'please can you start a new thread op'

If she doesn't read the first she'll not read the 30 other posts will she?

In anycase she's probably got her hands full dealing with the irate tenants!

[Peekingduck]

Hooray, the horses are gone. Will have to trundle to that thread... Weather is shit, so tucked up on MN seems to be the way to go today.

[FuckYouChrisAndThatHorse]

Shaking head at people for shaking heads at people filling the thread with demands for a new thread