My elderly father lives in a terrace of houses. Access to all the gardens is only possible through the houses themselves.
His neighbours want to build an extension to their home. This will come right up to the boundary between the two properties. They have told him/me that their builders will need access to his garden through his house for the duration of the build and that he is legally obliged to agree to this.
DF is in his 90s and has dementia. This will be profoundly disturbing for him. Does he have the right to refuse access?
I have suggested to the neighbours that they demolish part of the wall between the two gardens. This would allow their builders to access his garden to do any necessary work on his side but would not require them to enter his house. This would be bad enough, but they have said they do not want to do this. My suspicion is that they are not keen on builders having unfettered access to their home while they are out and are trying to see if they can use DF’s home as a solution.
I am actually so p off that I am now tempted to give them a flat NO.