I live in an end-terrace. There are four houses which were once all owned by the same landlord. When we moved in, we were renting. The house had been rented for short periods by many people, and my adjourning neighbour had been there for years. At one point, apparently, she and the longer-term tenant of my house had shared the garden and used it as a joint allotment; at some even earlier point, all the four houses had outdoor privies in the back of what is now my garden. My neighbour isn't that elderly (60s), but she loves to tell me about how she used to be entitled to go into what's now my garden, and how she knows it better than me.
After renting for a couple of years, our house came up for sale and we bought it. My neighbour is used to us both having the same landlord, and she still seems to think she has access over my property. We've had to point out to the landlord's contractors that we won't allow access to her loft through our loft any more (in fact, we can't: it was a condition of sale that the access point between our lofts was bricked up, because it was a fire hazard). Recently, my neighbour has told me she will send her son into our garden to prune a tree that's on the boundary. She didn't ask: she told me. Her son isn't a tree surgeon or a gardener, and we're in a conservation area, where you need permission to prune trees of that size. As the tree is on the boundary, I'm naturally concerned we'll be held responsible - and we've not yet seen deeds to make clear where the boundary is, because we're still chasing land registry, and the title hasn't previously been split.
Is it me, or is she being incredibly cheeky?!