We bought our house 5 years ago. At the time we were told there was a piece of land above our yard backing onto the field that didn’t belong to us or our neighbour. It actually held up the buying process, because the deeds weren’t clear who it belongs to. The access is via next door. However, it seems to belong to the farmer who owns the field and hillside behind (his sheep use it to graze).
The old neighbours moved out a year and a half ago and then the new neighbours moved in. They have been doing lots to their outside area and I mean lots, the previous owners were there 15 years and didn’t do anything like this amount. I’m assuming they have more money and time (and they don’t have kids!) they’ve started to use the part above us, planting trees, plants etc.
As it doesn’t ‘belong’ to either of us, I don’t know what we can do, probably nothing. I wouldn’t have minded using that spot for a vegetable patch as it’s an ideal place. But I never did, because I wasn’t sure who it belonged to (again, now I know it’s the farmer). But I felt awkward about it when the previous neighbours had been there for 15 years.
Has anyone else been in a similar situation? We’ve hardly got any outdoor space as it is, it would be nice to have somewhere to grow things, but it’s not like we can say “that’s our space” because it isn’t. And if we both leave it, it’s just a wasted piece of land which is full of weeds and just looks ugly. So I really don’t know what the answer is. They’re fairly nice and friendly people and I don’t want there to end up being bad feeling.