Neighbours made driveway over new home’s boundary.

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So we’re buying a house and have received the boundary doc.
It shows very clearly where our land would be and we also brought the neighbouring plot’s boundary doc.
When we were there and from Google satellite view you can clearly see they’ve taken a chunk of ‘our’ land to make themselves a driveway (without it they only have a tiny path to their house and no space for a driveway). The solicitor is not giving much advice but I am pushing.

what would others do/suggest?

"Because I don’t know much about it and if it would cause us a huge headache if we tried to sell then I need to be aware..."

No, that isn't the point of posting on Mumsnet

The point is that you INSTRUCT your solicitor to sort it out, or at least to find out the facts. That's what you are paying them a small fortune for and it's why you can sue them if they give you negligent advice.

You can't sue anybody on Mumsnet

That's why you rely on your solicitor's advice and nobody else's - you can sue them when they are wrong

People can ask whatever they like on mumsnet and for whatever reason
Theres no rules of engagement

and Surely if people pop on a thread they do so as they are interested and happy to help or learn from it.

It’s all fine OP

You need to get some measurements and a 'to scale' diagram. The lines vary between photos so it's not clear what's relevant & what isn't - cut it down to 3 photos & delete the rest as it's too confusing to comment realistically.

I think I would be more worried what kind of neighbours you’re going to get. If you don’t mind what’s there and it’s been there a while, hopefully they aren’t CFs. Personally I would want to get it sorted in my mind before rather than after.

This.

I would back out

In the diagram it even looks, literally, like a red flag!

Speak to your solicitor, let him deal with it.

Change solicitor while you are at it.
He or she should definitely have suggestions and advice on this.

I had an issue with my previous house.

Solicitor was clear and to the point, dont buy

I’ll say it for a 3rd time…
You don’t have to lose the land as everyone is suggesting. Rather than getting into a massive boundary dispute, deeds just need to be altered to say your neighbour has right of access over it to get to their home. Plus something similar on their deeds.
If you love the house you’ll find a way to overcome the situation and it can be done in an amicable way. Meet with the neighbours, have a discussion 🤷‍♀️

Your Solicitor needs to be pro-active on this? Or do you have a person doing the conveyancing in a large bundle?

This is a serious issue and should be sorted before you sign anything. A Solicitor will have all the paperwork to hand and you should be informed of any consequences that might arise now or in the future. This is where you will find out the difference in what you are paying for.

The plan shows their path/driveway as being on the actual corner. However, it isn't. They don't have the access of the other side of the corner. This makes me wonder if the plans themselves are actually inaccurate and the driveway got built at a better angle.

I also want to know about the pink triangle and the dotted line that goes to number 9. It's either a sewage pipe across your garden or they have a right of way and you share the pink bit with them.

Of course it could also be that the deceased relative just agreed or did a cash sale and no one ever got the plans updated.

You can see on the 2 red outlined photos that the boundary between the two houses isn't the same